by Bill Hess

Sierra Vista Herald

Add-ons to war funding bill blamed for defeat in Senate

The demise in the U.S. Senate of more than $700 million for border security brought reaction Friday from both sides of the political aisle.

Arizona Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said she was appalled by Senate action on a House bill that includes the extra money for border security.

“Southern Arizonans should be appalled that the United States Senate said no to supporting our troops on the border, said no to protecting the ranches in my district who are threatened daily and said no to increasing Border Patrol agents who would help stop the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants into our country. Arizonans repeatedly have said they want stronger border security, and senators yesterday turned their backs on them,” she said Friday.

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by Rhonda Bodfield

Arizona Daily Star Pueblo Politics Blog

Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords says she is outraged at her Senate colleagues for killing $700 million in emergency border security funds from a war funding appropriations bill.

On Thursday night, the Senate voted against some $20 billion in domestic spending that was tacked onto a $59 billion war funding request. The additional projects included stepped-up border security efforts, as well as money for teachers, summer jobs and student loans.

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KVOA

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday will speak about border security to ranchers from across Arizona who are gathered in Tucson this week for their 106th annual convention.

During the convention, Giffords also will receive the organization’s Public Service Award for her work to secure the border.

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By Elise Viebeck

The Hill.com

Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords used Twitter Friday to express her anger that a border security appropriation in the $59 billion war funding bill was rejected by the Senate Thursday night.

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Cochise County rancher Warner Glenn, whose family has ranched along the U.S.-Mexico border for 100 years, testifies that Gabrielle Giffords is fighting to secure our border.

Click here to watch "Gets It."

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by Dawn Gilbertson
The Arizona Republic

The tourism fallout from the state’s new immigration law is sparking calls for more political activism by industry members.

At the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Tucson last week, industry leaders encouraged attendees to support politicians who have come to their support in the wake of meeting cancellations and calls for travel boycotts of the state and to vote out anyone they feel has caused some of the damage.

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Outpouring of support from across Arizona shows enthusiasm for Giffords’ work standing up for Southern Arizona and fighting for border security, local solar energy jobs and our servicemembers and veterans.

Today Giffords for Congress will report nearly $600,000 raised in the second quarter of 2010 and more than $2.2 million cash on hand, the results of an impressive grassroots fundraising effort that includes more than 3,200 Arizonans so far this cycle.

The report, which will be filed today with the FEC, is the latest demonstration of Southern Arizona’s strong and growing support for Gabrielle’s work. In May, Gabrielle’s grassroots signature collection effort set a record for the most petition signatures collected by a congressional campaign in Arizona history.

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Watch Robert’s story of how Gabrielle stood up to Washington and fought for him.

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Phoenix Business Journal

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is upset with two federal agencies that canceled Arizona meetings because of the state’s new immigration law.

Giffords – who represents Tucson, Tombstone and Sierra Vista – is writing groups, cities and federal agencies asking them to reconsider boycotts of the state.

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