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Supervisors back immigration reform
Staff WriterImperial County backs comprehensive immigration reform, the Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday although a resolution of support is pending. A resolution of support of comprehensive immigration reform is expected however, once a bill is available. In...Tags: Juan Vargas, Dianne Feinstein, Migration, Barack Obama, Immigration
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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: Juan Vargas, Henry Cuellar, Dianne Feinstein, Migration, Company Privatization
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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: Dianne Feinstein, Local Government, Highway Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
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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. Department of Homeland Security, Juan Vargas, Henry Cuellar, Dianne Feinstein, U.S. House of Representatives
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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: Howard Lawrence Berman, Separation of Church and State, Maxine Waters, Political Fundraising, Doug LaMalfa
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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: Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, Budget Control Act of 2011
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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: Food and Drug Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation
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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: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Juan Vargas, Unemployment, Migration, National Security
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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: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Dianne Feinstein, Criminal Laws, Interior Policy, Chuck Schumer
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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: Minority Groups, Political Fundraising, Kevin James, Eric Garcetti, Jan Perry
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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: Chuck Hagel, Marco Rubio, Cal Thomas, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Parties and Movements
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Feb 26, 2013
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Dec 19, 2012
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Feb 19, 2013
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