April 19, 2012, 7:00 PM
General Services Administration officials – now embroiled in an agency scandal over lavish spending – pursued contracts with Fremont-based Solyndra despite orders from White House officials to cease contact with the failing solar panel company, according to e-mails released as part of a...
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November 11, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Occupy Wall Street movement has focused the national discourse on wealth inequality and, specifically, the split between the richest 1 percent and the 99 percent that’s left. While most Californians, by definition, are not members of the wealthiest 1 percent, it turns out that many of us...
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July 29, 2011, 5:28 PM
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission approved the final drafts of the state's controversial new district maps today, setting off what many expect to be a flurry of lawsuits over the next two weeks. The commission now has until Aug. 15 to formally certify the maps and present...
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January 19, 2011, 1:23 PM
Since the GOP swept to victory in November’s congressional elections, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, has been in the national media spotlight. As incoming chairman of the House’s chief investigative committee, Issa vowed to paper the government with a flurry of subpoenas. He told Rush...
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July 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
When members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill Monday after a weeklong break, the debate over extended unemployment benefits looked almost exactly the same – only the number of out-of-work Americans whose benefits have been cut off grew by 415,400. Unemployment benefits have been...
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June 15, 2010, 12:08 AM
Members of California's congressional delegation have invested millions of dollars in companies that their congressional committees oversee, according to a Washington Post story that dropped yesterday. The story specifically calls out Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat who is among...
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May 13, 2010, 12:10 AM
Three California congressmen are co-sponsoring a resolution that reaffirms "In God We Trust" as the national motto. The legislation, introduced by Virginia Republican Randy Forbes last week, also encourages "the public display of the national motto in all public buildings,...
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April 1, 2010, 12:03 AM
Remember the time Heidi Fleiss was having a quiet dinner in a Hollywood bistro, and her head caught fire? The guy dining with the former celebrity madam has given $67 million to political candidates and causes, most of them in California, records show. Publicity photoBing produced "...
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March 31, 2010, 12:07 AM
A few days ago, California Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, announced that alongside Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley, he would be forming the Congressional Transparency Caucus, designed, in their words, to examine the "sweeping changes in law, regulation and culture" that are...
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February 28, 2010, 12:03 AM
During a particularly busy week on the hill, Congress dealt with health care, a jobs bill and the extension of unemployment benefits. But lost in the fray was the extension of three provisions of the Patriot act for another year. Despite what Wired Magazine described as "heated debate...
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February 16, 2010, 12:03 AM
A recent report from the Congressional Research Service breaks down the 111th U.S. Congress by party affiliation, age and length of service, among several characteristics. Democrats account for more than half of the seats in both chambers and have two independents in the Senate that...
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