New rules, if in place after 2020 election, would have kept public from knowing about certain efforts to throw out Biden's win in Arizona.
Bob Christie Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature will exempt itself from state public records law and destroy all email correspondence sent or received by lawmakers or staff after 90 days under new rules adopted by majority Republicans over vigorous opposition from minority Democrats.
People are also reading… The House changed its rules on Tuesday, and the Senate on Wednesday. The changes create broad exemptions for the Legislature from state Public Records Law, which requires retention of records indefinitely and release to the public on request. The House package that was adopted despite unified opposition from minority Democrats also makes major changes to many other rules of the chamber. These include limiting debate on controversial legislation to just 30 minutes and requiring the Republican speaker to approve future rules changes — even if a majority of members vote to do so. And it allows Speaker Ben Toma, R-Peoria, or Senate President Peterson to sue for any perceived slight by new Democratic Gov.
"And now it could potentially impede a bipartisan budget unless the Speaker is a yes vote,'' he continued."If a member wants veto power, run for governor.'' Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, a member of the Republican leadership team, defended the new rules during the vote, saying the limits on debate were needed because Democrats were using lengthy floor debates as a"weapon.'' He also said Republican leaders here looked to rules adopted by the U.S. Congress as a template.
The Washington Post first obtained Thomas’ emails in May 2021, more than six months after she sent them. And American Oversight, a watchdog group whose lawsuit seeking to obtain records of the Senate"audit'' of the 2020 election led to the state Supreme Court decision, would have come up empty.
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