State Senator Curt Thompson (D-5th)

The battle between deficit spending versus debt austerity economics has been at the forefront of the last 2 elections. In 2010, the Tea Party movement originated largely out of a fear of excessive government spending and in 2012, the Republicans ran on a platform of reducing spending and government through [...]

Senator Curt Thompson (5th-Tucker)

This has been a trying week. Even with the apprehension of the Boston bombing “suspects”, I hope everyone will continue to keep the people of Boston and the brave first responders in your prayers as they recover from the heinous acts perpetrated there. Hopefully with a suspect alive the families and [...]

Sen. Curt Thompson (D-5th)

Later this week, many expect us to see the first detailed proposition for immigration reform from the “gang of 8” committee. While almost everybody agrees at this point on the main issues to be discussed (border, path to citizenship, modernization of process) as the proposal moves through committee, it is important [...]

Senator Curt Thompson (5th-Tucker)

Sine Die wrapped up Thursday night and it took the better part of Friday to figure out what exactly happened in the final hours. This year’s session was, for the most part, uneventful. Much of the heavy lifting was taken away from the legislature; the hospital bed tax is now administered [...]

Curt Thompson (D-5th)

Over the last year, it has become apparent that the nation has reached a tipping point when it comes to our perception of gay marriage. The latest polling shows a majority of Americans now support gay marriage, a marked shift in 25 years where only 13% of the population supported the [...]

Sen. Curt Thompson (D-5th)

I hope everyone enjoyed February as much as I did. I can never quite get enough semi-freezing rain, dark afternoons and state political drama. But alas, February is over and crossover day draws neigh. (Crossover day is the 30th day of the Legislative Session, in which a bill which hasn’t cleared [...]

Sen. Curt Thompson (D-5th)

Back in January after the whole “Fiscal Cliff” debacle in Washington, I wrote about how we’d face the exact same man-made problems later in the year, unless Congress found a way to resolve its ideological issues relating to cooperation and work on reducing the deficit. Well, it didn’t happen. As surprising [...]

Sen. Curt Thompson (D-5th)

Last week’s State of the Union speech made one thing very clear: President Obama hired a new speech-writer and he “got his mojo back, baby”. There was a confidence in the speech that had been sometimes lacking during the past few years. States of the Union addresses are rarely memorable. Great [...]

Sen. Curt Thompson (D-5th)

Wars have shifting boundaries and rules of engagement. Today, the ability to make decisions about our national security must often be made expediently and weigh the consequences of inaction versus potential catastrophe. This week there has been much controversy surrounding the Department of Justice’s 16 page memo that lays out the [...]