They scrapped decades of precedent and set up a new process Thursday to confirm Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs' nominees.
PHOENIX — Senate Republicans scrapped decades of precedent and set up a new process Thursday to confirm Gov. Katie Hobbs' nominees.
"They are executing changes within that department, ushering in new policies,'' he said in a floor speech."And none of us in the legislative branch, the check on the executive branch, none of us have any insight into what they're doing and whether they're qualified to make those decisions.'' Series of disagreementsThe change in the nomination procedure is just one in a series of events as the Republican-controlled Legislature figures out how to deal with a governor of a different party. The last time that happened was in 2008, before Gov. Janet Napolitano quit to take a job in the Obama administration.
Hobbs' press aide Josselyn Berry said GOP senators are off the mark in claiming the governor is withholding nominees from consideration.
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