“I think it’s pretty clear at this point that no bill from our Congress is going to meaningfully “bend the cost curve”. Every time I argue that cost control seems unlikely, I hear that no, the Senate bill is going to make some serious inroads into delivery system reform. Well, [...]
While the population in many parts of Louisiana has decreased significantly since Hurricane Katrina, the Northern part of the state has seen its population remain fairly constant or even grow. Yet, because Louisiana’s overall population has declined and the state will likely lose a Congressional seat in 2011 redistricting, the [...]
Rupf
Contra Costa Country Sheriff Warren Rupf, who considered running for the 11th Congressional District himself, has endorsed Lodi grapegrower Brad Goehring in the 2010 Republican primary.
“Brad Goehring is a candidate that understands the nature of the law enforcement mission and the tools we need to accomplish [...]
Pat Lynch, editor-in-chief and host of “Speak Up” on womensradio.com recently interviewed Irvine’s Beth Krom, who, as most of you know, is running for Congress in the 48th District which is mostly Irvine.
Have a listen to the [...]
Former Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher’s district director, Jennifer Barton, has been selected BART’s new executive manager of external affairs.
BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger told her team this morning of her choice of Barton, who has been the face of District 10 for seven years. (See memo below.)
Barton has been working for [...]
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There is a movement to REPLACE ALL Members of Congress because they are NO longer representative of the American voters who sent them to Washington.
But, the Democrats in Congress must be especially fearful [...]
Majority leader Harry Reid and Senate Democrats unveil health bill.
The long-awaited Democratic health bill that Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring to the Senate floor was unveiled tonight after the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill [...]
A watchdog site led by former GOP staffers called the Frankin Center for Government and Public Integrity has been having great fun with reports on the White House’s recovery.gov site, which purports to track all the jobs “saved or created” by the $787-billion “stimulus” bill passed last January. It [...]
There simply can't be any member of Congress who now doesn't know what's coming when they're interviewed by Stephen Colbert.
The comically conservative late night host has made mincemeat of both Republicans and Democrats in his now infamous "Better Know A District" segment, in which he randomly picks a' [...]
The news is not good for President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats on the political front. Obama's popularity has dropped below 50% in public opinion polls and independents, who often provide the margin of victory in national elections, aren't backing Democratic policies.
That suggests big problems for Democrats in next year's [...]
In two weeks the first wave of unemployed who qualified for COBRA health insurance subsidies under the "stimulus plan" will start losing their health insurance, and Congress has not acted.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans will start losing their health insurance each month as their COBRA subsidies expire.
Of course, [...]
Congressman John Campbell
The OCRegister published Congressman John Campbell’s OP-ED full of lies about the House Health Care Reform bill today. I wonder if they will [...]
According to the Recovery.gov website, California -- with its 101 congressional districts -- has created or saved a total of 110,185 jobs since the Obamic stimulus bill passed.
Oddly, other, less reliable sources report that "the state has lost 732,700 jobs over the last year."
And those same other sources [...]
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Tom Campbell (you know him, the five-time congressman, former state senator and one-time state finance director) swung through Sacramento Friday and, in between...
Rep. Ed Royce has lunch with local midshipmen at U.S. Naval Academy..
To go to one of the nation’s military academies you have to get your member of Congress to nominate you.
Today, Rep. Ed Royce went to [...]
Today’s San Diego Union Tribune online mentioned the Rose Institute in two separate articles. In an article about Congressman Brian Bilbray’s (R-50) 2010 reelection prospects:
Squaring off against Busby is Solana Beach Councilman Dave Roberts (no, not the former Padres ballplayer), whose ability to raise funds ($153,000 in the last [...]
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It was remarkable to see a packed out, standing room only crowd attend a 10 am Saturday meeting with their Congressman. Congressman McClintock commented on this numerous times and at one point a lady yelled out, "We want our country back!"
The crowd of 600 people were predominately [...]
The Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson was cited in an article in Sunday’s New York Times about Congressional redistricting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
“That kind of stretching can help them keep their power, keep them focused on their base in their district,” said Douglas Johnson, who led a study [...]
A week after he took the oath of office. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, held his first congressional town hall.
More than 100 people packed the Livermore City Council chambers through the lunch hour today. It was, for the most part, a friendly crowd although opponents of his favorable vote [...]
The special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district may be more special yet.
This report from Gary Bauer: “Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman may have conceded too early. Recanvassing has dramatically narrowed Democrat Bill Owens’ lead to just 3,000 votes, with thousands of absentee ballots still to be counted.”
Interesting, hm? [...]
Congressional approval health-care reform may seem increasingly likely, but that didn’t stop nearly 100 demonstrators - and a dozen counter-demonstrators - from hitting the streets at Fashion Island today.
“The concern now is with the Senate,” said Irvine’s Bruce Tierney, 47, who markets software. He said he [...]
A belated, emotional ‘welcome home” for many Vietnam vets at Auburn parade - Auburn Journal
Vietnam veterans were showered with hearty applause from hundreds of onlookers as they marched or rode the Veterans Day parade route Wednesday in Auburn.
Congress members' town halls likely to focus' [...]
Of Orange County’s six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, only one, Democrat Loretta Sanchez, for voted the [...]
At some point, I will have to blog about the consideration I have given to runnig against my big-spending Congressman Henry Waxman, a man who has spent 35 years representing Hollywood while doing nothing to stop the steady drain of entertainment jobs from his district. Ol’ Henry, like all too [...]
Some of the top liberal bloggers -- Daily Kos , FireDogLake , Dan Savage -- are tired of waiting for President Obama and the Democratic Congress to take major action on gay rights issues. So...
