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Jun 2, 2008 | PanArmenian Network

Bush administration planning to launch a strike against Iran within next 2 months

The source, a retired US diplomat and former assistant secretary of state, said senior Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California and Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana have already been briefed ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Richard Lugar, Republican, George Bush

Sat May 31, 2008

San Bernardino County Sun

What's in a number? Forest Service hiring

The U.S. Forest Service wants to fill more than 500 positions in California in its next round of hiring.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Riverside Metro, San Bernardino, CA

Thu May 29, 2008

Redlands Daily Facts

Senator on the alert

Sen. Dianne Feinstein wants companies suspected of polluting the city's groundwater to pay for safe drinking water while a final cleanup strategy is devised.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Wed May 28, 2008

Houston Chronicle

Tempers boil as execs, politicians spar over oil prices

With oil prices screaming past $133 a barrel and prices at the gas pump smashing records, lawmakers berated, needled, even sneered at oil company executives Wednesday for trying to present themselves as the ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Richard Durbin, Democrat, ConocoPhillips, Energy, Oil & Gas, Exxon Mobil

Mon May 26, 2008

Mason Valley News

Nev., Calif. governors to receive Tahoe fire report

Recommendations from a blue ribbon panel on how to ease the threat of another catastrophic wildfire at Lake Tahoe will be presented Tuesday to the governors of California and Nevada and a U.S. senator.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Jim Gibbons, California, California Government

Sun May 25, 2008

McClatchy DC

Official: White House influenced EPA ruling on California emissions

Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson was interested in granting California's petition to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks, but later changed his mind and denied it after ...

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Related Topix: US News, California, California Government, US Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Henry Waxman, Environmental Law, Law

Fri May 23, 2008

El Paso Times

Obama gains delegates, moves closer to nomination

Barack Obama inched closer to securing the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, picking up four delegates, including a California congressman who switched his allegiance from Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, California, California Government, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, US Senate, Democrat

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Feinstein plan to grant legal status to immigrant farmworkers dies in Senate

An ambitious agricultural guest worker plan died with a whimper and not a bang this week, as senators quietly dropped the proposal from an Iraq war spending bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Immigration Reform, Democrat

Thu May 22, 2008

LancasterEagleGazette

Feds should pay for jailed immigrants with no papers

STATES shouldn't be burdened with the cost of detaining criminals in the country illegally.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Immigration Watchdog

Farm-labor measure tucked into Iraq war spending plan

' The Senate dives back into the immigration debate this week, with a possible vote looming on a measure that would give temporary visas to farm workers who are in the United States illegally.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Jeff Sessions, Republican

Wed May 21, 2008

News24.com

US 'stuck' with Guantanamo Bay

The United States is "stuck" with its war-on-terror detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba because it cannot figure out what to do with prisoners who cannot be charged or set loose, US Defence Secretary ...

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Related Topix: US News, Camp Delta, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Senate could vote today on special status for illegal immigrants

Well over 2 million illegal immigrants could gain temporary legal status for up to five years under a measure moving toward Senate consideration as early as today.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Immigration Reform, John McCain, Republican, Larry Craig

Mon May 19, 2008

Free Republic

Feinstein pushing for ag worker program

“This to me is a fair compromise, just to get something in place”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein has changed her tune about using Iraq war spending bills to provide temporary legal status for illegal farmworkers. via Free Republic

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Robert Byrd, Immigration Reform

Sun May 18, 2008

The Post Chronicle

Firefighting Aircraft Delayed For A Year

Aircraft promised by the federal government to help fight California wildfires won't be available until next year, officials say. via The Post Chronicle

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Related Topix: US News, US Air Force, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, George Bush

Sat May 17, 2008

Orange Co. Register

Feinstein farmworker bill takes a baby step forward

Determined to address what she says is an emergency situation in the U.S. agriculture industry, Sen. via Orange Co. Register

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Gerber, CA, Immigration Reform, Robert Byrd

Mon May 12, 2008

Santa Cruz Sentinel

State air chief debates auto engineers on emissions

“The industry is not whining or complaining here.”

It wasn't exactly a California vs. auto industry smackdown, but the state's chief enforcer of stringent emissions controls defended those rules Monday before a tough crowd of several hundred automotive ... via Santa Cruz Sentinel

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, California, California Government, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Sun May 11, 2008

East Valley Tribune

Rights vs. doing what is right

“I can do as I darn well please.”

Is it finally time for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to give up? After Tuesday's North Carolina and Indiana primaries, Sen. via East Valley Tribune

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Related Topix: Hillary Clinton, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Illinois, Illinois Government, US Senate, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat May 10, 2008

The Modesto Bee

Calif. ballot measures address property-right concerns

“If they don't like the music I put on or they don't like that I have visitors, they are going to evict me and I have to rent another place that is three times more expensive than I was living in.”

Barbara Gonzel has lived in a two-bedroom duplex in northwest Los Angeles for 13 years, protected from the region's soaring housing costs by the city's rent-control ordinance. via The Modesto Bee

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

Fri May 09, 2008

KDBC

Humane Society releases new video of mistreated livestock

Senator Dianne Feinstein of California is urging the Agriculture Department to conduct an investigation to assess the degree of animal cruelty in the livestock industry. via KDBC

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Animal Rights

Thu May 08, 2008

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

River restoration plan passes Senate panel

“The only questions about the bill seemed to be based on misinformation”

A key Senate committee on Wednesday handily approved a revised but still ambitious bill to restore the San Joaquin River. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Devin Nunes, Republican, US House of Representatives

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