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Senate passes appropriations bill of $1.1 trillion, during football games
Scrooge McDuck "Making it Rain" Click Here for Part 1 As far as earmarks are concerned, there were about $3.9 billion of those, according to Republicans in over 5,000 projects .
Can the GOP Win Back the House?
The Democrats hold 258 U. S House seats, the Republicans 177. In the last two cycles the Democrats gained a net 55 House seats.
BVF Holiday Gala Focuses on 2010
Dignitaries, guests and community members came from near and far to celebrate The Black Voice Foundation's 5th annual Holiday Gala and birthday celebration for Black Voice News Co-Publisher Hardy Brown.
O.C. reps not sold on Obama economic plan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama's prescription for the ailing job market Tuesday didn't sit well with Orange County's congressional lawmakers who want the administration to stop spending and take the long economic view.
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Storage Units, minces no pie in his disdain for Democratic spendiness.
Democratic congressional candidate Bill Hedrick reacts to Obamaa s West Point speech
Pres. Johnson's Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, explains why escalation in Vietnam was a huge mistake Bill Hedrick, Top Democratic Congressional Candidate , Reacts to President's Afghanistan Policy Speech at West Point Even - Short Term' Escalation Will Cost Taxpayers Tens of Billions that America Can't Afford CORONA, CA - " Bill Hedrick , ...
Calvert, Lewis support Obama plan, Baca on the fence
In a rare moment of bipartisan accord with the Democratic White House, conservative members of Inland Southern California's congressional delegation on Tuesday applauded President Barack Obama's decision to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Federal Eye: Men back on the Moon soon?
Some lawmakers really want President Obama to fund trips back to the Moon -- and beyond.
A strange thing happened Monday on Capitol Hill. True bipartisanship - as good as dead in a bitterly divided Congress - made a very rare appearance to support a new NASA mission and the money to carry it out.
Kosmas and Calvert Lead Bipartisan Letter to President Calling for...
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, November 23, 2009 Source: U.S. House of Representatives - Comments 81 Members Sign Letter in Strong Display of National Support for Space Program - Today, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert sent a bipartisan letter to President Obama signed by 81 members of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
Dave Reichert among Republican lawmakers targeted in new DNC ads
The Democratic National Committee is targeting 32 House Republicans, including Washington State's Dave Reichert, in a new radio ad campaign that criticizes them for voting against health care reform legislation earlier this month.
Land seizure back on Jurupa park district agenda
A resolution of necessity that would trigger eminent domain proceedings to seize four acres of property owned by a private partnership, Stadium Properties, is back on tonight's agenda of the Jurupa Area Recreation and Park District's board.
OFA Volunteers To Target House Republican Members Who Voted Against Health Insurance Reform
Washington, DC Following passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act in the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, Organizing for America , a project of the Democratic National Committee , announced today that its volunteers would be called on to drop by the offices of the 32 House Republicans who voted against reform and represent ...
The San Bernardino barber who was arrested and hospitalized - but so far, not charged with any crimes - after a beatdown by cops outside a convenience store in October returns to his shop to find it burglarized and ransacked .
There's a frequently quoted adage around the halls of the Capitol that while everything on an issue has been said, not everyone has said it.
Congreesman Clavert sponsers resolution to dismiss Judge Goldstone and support Israeli war crimes
It's the same old song when it comes to Congress and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Oct.
Push in Congress for Additional NASA Funding
In response to the Human Spaceflight Committee's call for an additional $3 billion for NASA, Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert have created a letter calling on the President to increase NASA's funding.
The Washington Bureau will be covering the following news events: - A Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs full committee hearing on Monitoring the Nation's Response on H1N1 Flu.
It's one of the few things an FBI agent can talk about -- most likely because J. Clayton Taylor is 82 and long retired.
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