Phoenix – Republican lawmakers are trying to avoid a court challenge allocated for $15.3 million improvements that have been locked up for more than two years at Prescott’s rodeo grounds.
But like the fight in court, Congress is fighting over how to create a plan to actually get money from the rodeo, despite differing opinions on how to do it legally.
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