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Leadership in the U.S. House did not include compensation for victims of radiation exposure in its current budget proposal. The program expired in June and advocates were hoping Congress would renew it before the end of the year.

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley is threatening to block attempts by House Republicans to only partially renew a law that compensates victims of radiation exposure.

Arizona Representative Raul Grijalva has announced he’s been diagnosed with cancer.

Arizona’s congressional delegation was split in Wednesday's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on a proposed TikTok ban if the China-owned app is not sold to another company.

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House designed to improve the federal government’s response to wildfires in the West.

Leaders of the Navajo Nation and New Mexico's congressional delegation expressed outrage with the U.S. House leadership's move to block compensation for people sickened by radiation exposure during nuclear weapons testing and Cold War-era uranium mining.

If elected, Jonathan Nez would be the first Native American to represent Arizona in Congress.

Representatives Eli Crane and Andy Biggs were among only eight Republicans in the U.S. House who backed the historic motion. Arizona’s other Republican members voted against McCarthy’s removal.

Reps. Andy Biggs, Eli Crane, Paul Gosar, Debbie Lesko and David Schweikert were part of the 90 Republicans who opposed the resolution that keeps federal spending at the current levels for another 45 days.

The legislation, which is backed by Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, protects Native children by expanding on the late-Sen. John McCain’s Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act.