Lawmakers aim to update Bay Area refuges
Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont — with the support of Reps. George Miller, D-Martinez, and Sam Farr, D-Santa Cruz — yesterday introduced H.R. 6479, the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex...
View ArticleLawmakers urge banks to allow aid for jobless
Five Northern California members of Congress are pressuring mortgage servicers to work with a new federally funded program in California intended to help unemployed homeowners pay their mortgages and...
View ArticleDems warn of House GOP budget’s impact on CA
California Democratic Congressional Delegation Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, rallied her troops today for a conference call with at least eight members highlighting how House Republicans’ budget...
View ArticleMedical marijuana trial evidence bill reintroduced
A California member of Congress re-introduced a bill yesterday to let federal criminal defendants use medical marijuana evidence at trial. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2005 ruling in the Oakland-based...
View ArticleYour state and Bay Area House-race roundup
All in all, it was a dismal night for Republicans in California House races. Of the 11 California House races deemed competitive by the renowned Cook Political Report, Democrats won seven outright and...
View Article>100 cosponsors for House background-check bill
More than 100 House members from both sides of the aisle have signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would require background checks for all commercial gun sales. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, chairman of...
View ArticleHouse Dems urge Brown to sign TRUST Act
Gov. Jerry Brown got a letter from 28 California House Democrats this week urging him to sign the TRUST Act, which would limit how the state’s law enforcement officers cooperate with federal...
View ArticleLawmakers demand Obama consult them on Syria
Three Northern California House Democrats have signed onto a bipartisan letter urging President Obama to seek Congressional authorization for any military strike against Syria. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-San...
View ArticleBrown’s judicial shuffle might enable House run
In a somewhat unusual move, Gov. Jerry Brown has appointed a Bay Area judge – who has a familiar name – to another county’s bench, perhaps in order to help facilitate her husband’s planned run for...
View ArticleMore calls for Obama to consult Congress on Syria
Rep. Barbara Lee has gotten 53 other lawmakers to sign her letter urging President Barack Obama to consult Congress before taking any military action against Syria. Much like the bipartisan letter by...
View ArticleLee & Farr decry shutdown during House debate
A few Northern California House members were among those who took to the lectern moments ago during the latest floor debate on the impending federal government shutdown. The House is debating the...
View ArticleCalif. House members: ‘Stop fighting, start fixing’
Eight California lawmakers from both sides of the aisle were among more than 50 House members who gathered today in Washington, D.C., to urge congressional leaders and President Obama to “stop fighting...
View ArticleQ3 fundraising reports: CA15, CA7 and many more
As third-quarter Federal Election Commission reports trickle in on today’s deadline, it looks as if freshman Rep. Eric Swalwell still doesn’t have much to worry about money-wise from his Democratic...
View ArticleMore reactions to Obama’s health insurance delay
We’ll be posting a full story about reactions to President Obama’s plan to delay cancellation of some individual health insurance plans that don’t meet standards set by the nation’s new law, but here...
View ArticleLawmakers urge DOJ to back off pot dispensaries
Four Bay Area House members are urging the area’s top federal prosecutor to halt what they say is ongoing “hostility toward dispensaries” that provide marijuana under the state’s medical marijuana law....
View ArticleLawmakers urge Obama to reclassify marijuana
Eighteen House members, including six from the Bay Area, wrote to President Obama today urging him to use his authority to move marijuana off the federal government’s list of most-restricted drugs....
View ArticleActivists seek ‘Robin Hood tax’ upon Wall Street
Activists organized in part by the California Nurses Association rallied Friday at congressional offices in 22 cities – including four in Northern California – to call for a tax on Wall Street...
View ArticleLawmakers cheer tougher penalties for pot grows
Northern California House members from both sides of the aisle are cheering new, stiffer federal penalties for illegal marijuana grows on trespassed lands. The U.S. Sentencing Commission announced last...
View ArticleUSA Freedom Act vote splits Bay Area reps
The Bay Area’s House delegation was somewhat split – and along surprising lines – as the House voted 303-121 on Thursday to pass a bill supporters say would end the National Security Agency’s bulk...
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Lawmakers urge Obama to consult them on Iraq
Rep. Barbara Lee and a Virginia Republican have lead 78 other House members in urging President Obama to seek Congressional approval before taking any military action in Iraq. Lee, D-Oakland, and Rep....
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