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Our View: Senators' support could bring funding to port
We’re more than willing to listen to any idea regarding how to make our nation’s ports of entry more efficient. When an idea involves one of our local ports and public-private partnerships, our level of interest skyrockets. A public-...Tags: U.S. Congress, Migration, Company Privatization, Juan Vargas, John Cornyn
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City Council Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from the March 19 City Council meeting. All council members were present. * EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS Mayor Kelly Boyd presented a proclamation declaring April as Donate Life California Month in Laguna Beach to Marisa Garcia, ambassador...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Dana Rohrabacher, Lobbying, FEMA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Senators asked to back P3
Staff WriterEfforts to rally political support for the so-called P3 continues, as the county Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to urge California senators to back the bill that allows private funding for port of entry expansions. U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Company Privatization, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Juan Vargas
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Ron Kaye: Wishing PACs would pack it in
Just days before Burbank voters went to the polls, Mike Gatto was the star attraction for a Napa Valley retreat at a five-star hotel where, for $5,000 each, guests could schmooze with the assemblyman and four of his legislative pals. The event was...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Separation of Church and State, Brad Sherman, Michelle Rhee, Judaism
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Progress slows on Budget Bill to avoid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to...
Tags: Republican Party, Government Debt, U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan, Budgets and Budgeting
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Progress slows on federal budget bill
WASHINGTON -- A dispute over budget cuts that threaten dozens of smaller control towers with closure slowed Senate progress Tuesday on legislation to avoid a government shutdown on March 27. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., refused repeatedly to permit...Tags: Republican Party, Government Debt, U.S. Congress, Paul Ryan, Budgets and Budgeting
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Agents to feel cuts
Staff WriterThe local economy, border security and Border Patrol agent safety will be affected as more than 1,200 Valley agents have their pay reduced by about 35 percent through furloughs and slashed overtime as a result of the sequester, a local union...Tags: National Security, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Congress, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Migration
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Senate committee OKs bill expanding background checks for gun sales
WASHINGTON — A bill to expand background check requirements for gun sales cleared its first Senate hurdle Tuesday, even though a compromise measure that would attract sufficient bipartisan support in the full chamber remains elusive. The Senate...
Tags: Republican Party, Patrick Leahy, Tom Coburn, National Rifle Association of America, Mark Kirk
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Sen. Barbara Boxer backs Mike Feuer in city attorney race
L.A. NOWFormer lawmaker Mike Feuer, running in a contentious race for Los Angeles city attorney, has added Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) to his list of endorsements by elected officials.... -
L.A. mayoral election a wide-open contest
For decades becoming mayor of one of the nation's most ethnically diverse big cities revolved around a simple election strategy: dominate a couple of key voting blocs, then grab enough ballots from other slices of the metropolis to claim victory. Tom...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Voting, Wendy Greuel, David Geffen, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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The double threats
Cal ThomasJust as Lenin's body remains on public display in Russia, because one never knows when he might be useful to rally the masses, so, too, does the ghost (but thankfully not the body) of the late Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.) remain a useful symbol for...Tags: Cal Thomas, Barack Obama, Robert H. Bork, Chuck Hagel, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Politics and energy policy
Quick: Name one thing mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on when it comes to energy policy. Other than that both sides would like it to be cheaper, you're probably drawing a blank. That's why there was something a little quixotic in President...
Tags: Republican Party, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Natural Resource Industry, Conservation
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Coastline Pilot
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 2, 2013
|Story| Glendale News Press
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 19, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Mar 13, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 12, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 26, 2013
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Dec 19, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 19, 2013
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Feb 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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