Outgoing Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, set to leave her post in the next Congress, has reportedly disappeared from the radar so far this month. According to congressional reporter Jamie Dupree, Sinema has missed every Senate vote since last week.
The senator has made sporadic publications on social media, posting three times all month between her personal and official accounts on X. In the former she congratulated the Arizona State Sun Devils for winning the Big 12 championship. "Way to make State 48 proud. #ForksUp," reads the publication.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema I-AZ missed every Senate vote last week and has not cast a vote again so far this week pic.twitter.com/8yusXRYjrW
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) December 10, 2024
As for the official one, Sinema announced on December 6 "over $27.5 million bipartisan infrastructure law investment to enhance safety along the I-40 Window tock and Lupton traffic interchange."
Along with fellow Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, she said the money will be "invested to replace four Interstate 40 (I-40) rigid-frame concrete bridges built in 1963 that do not meet current geometric design standards from the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs law led by Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema and shaped by Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
"The bipartisan infrastructure law provides $110 billion to repair bridges and roads, including unsafe rural roads, and build new major highway projects," the senator added in a statement.
Sinema and Kelly also announced on December 9 a $26 million investment to expand US 93 in the town of Wickenburg. "I'm proud to secure $26 million from my bipartisan infrastructure law to make much-needed infrastructure improvements along US 93 in Wickenburg – boosting economic opportunities and keeping Arizona families safe while traveling," said Sinema in another statement.
Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent, announced in March of this year that she would be retiring for the Senate. "I believe in my approach, but it's not what America wants right now," she said back then, setting up a bitter fight to replace her. The Senate seat was ultimately won in the November election by Democrat Ruben Gallego, who narrowly beat Republican Kari Lake.
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