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Information from Washington released this week, shows that while many Americans are struggling though difficult economic times, they are being represented by officials that may be completely out of touch with their plight.

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she will base a decision on whether to run for California governor next year largely on the solutions the announced candidates put forward to deal with the state's fiscal problems.

Only in America would you need to pass a law to enforce a law. But that is the situation gun opponents have created by filing dozens of pesky lawsuits against law-abiding gun manufacturers and dealers.

CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated at about $251 million.

The governor and the Legislature put together a sweeping water package through old-school negotiations, trade-offs and rewards.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved two bills that would require organizations with data breaches to report them to potential victims.

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

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she will base a decision on whether to run for California governor next year largely on the solutions the announced candidates put forward to deal with the state's fiscal problems.

Senators Diane Feinstein and Lisa Murkowski were presented with the annual US Geological Survey Coalition Leadership Award at a congressional reception on 14 September.

In a race between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Jerry Brown for the Democratic nomination for California Governor, Brown looked like a likely winner.

Hiring a federal judge requires an act of Congress, but Congress hasn't been in much of a hiring mode lately.

Unable to move beyond his ultra-liberal image and far behind his rival in fundraising, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped his bid to become governor, leaving former governor Jerry Brown as the only Democrat in the race to succeed Gov.

When Attorney General Jerry Brown, 71, became the last man standing in the 2010 Democratic gubernatorial field on Friday, the battle-scarred warrior with four decades in state politics pulled off a remarkable feat in California - home to an elbow-throwing pack of ambitious Democratic politicians.

It seems a perfect marriage of nature and commerce. As boats ferry oysters to the shore, pelicans swoop by and seals pop their heads out of the water.

Reporting from San Francisco - California has roughly 37 million residents and about 17 million registered voters.

It was the latest move by lawmakers in both parties to support projects they consider important to their states - and perhaps to their re-election prospects.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that LAPD Inspector General Andre Birotte Jr.

Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner found themselves in the Fresno Convention Center's New Exhibit Hall on Friday.

FEW states have as much at stake as California in the battle to pass health care reform.

President Obama has yet to comment on passage of a gay-inclusive hate crimes bill.