Barbara Boxer News

This morning CA Senator Barbara Boxer headed up a "Boxer Rebellion" on global warming issues, voting to move a landmark climate change bill to the Senate floor despite a complete Republican boycott.

On health care, President Obama and fellow Democrats face a straightforward calculus: sign an overhaul bill into law or suffer grave political damage.

In 2006, the minority party in Congress issued a dire report on the "unprecedented erosion of the democratic process." Rep.

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is by far the most popular candidate for governor in next year's election, but most voters in his party are unhappy that he is the only major Democrat running, according to a new poll on Sunday.

From Staff and Wire Reports Originally published: November 04. 2009 3:01AM Last modified: November 03.

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved climate change legislation Thursday with no Republicans voting for the bill or even participating in the process.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans today to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and oil refineries -- a warning shot to Congress that if it does not move to curb global warming, the Obama administration will act on its own.

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham and two Northeastern senators are working on new climate change legislation, a tacit acknowledgment that a bill being considered by a Senate committee is too controversial to win broad support.

EVEN though no Republican candidate for president or the U.S. Senate has carried California since 1988, it's still not entirely impossible for a Republican to be elected governor next year.

Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.

The fate of President Barack Obama's climate change plans may rest in the hands of Sen.

San Joaquin Valley farmers could swap water more easily under a bill floated Thursday before a Senate panel.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency still does not know the exact number of coal ash dumps at the nation's power plants, but it's moving ahead with plans to regulate them.

In this Sept. 3, 2008, file photo Carly Fiorina, former chairwoman and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co.

Senate leader Harry Reid, facing a handful of moderate Democrats who might not vote for a bill that contains the public option of a government-run program that liberals favor, said Tuesday that his chamber would "not be bound by any timelines." Pushing the legislation to January has been considered unthinkable by most Democrats, who insist that ...

Lots of talk around the American capital today on the topic of global warming. The CO2 emissions from various political factions and lobbyists alone could raise the global temp another degree or two.

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A trio of senators - each with differing politics - is launching a rescue effort for troubled climate legislation.

The race for governor among Democrats started with many of the state's leading Democrats throwing their hats in the ring or considering doing so.

After months of hints and trial balloons, one of Silicon Valley's most recognizable and controversial figures has finally decided to take the plunge into politics, and California could be in for a roller coaster ride of a political race over the next year.