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California politicos praise Harry Reid
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced Friday he won’t seek re-election in 2016. As jockeying begins to see who’ll replace him as Senate Democrats’ leader (Chuck Schumer? Dick Durbin?...
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Reactions for and against the Iran nuclear deal
Members of Congress are weighing in for or against the framework for a final agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program, reached by a group of world powers including the United States and announced today...
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Bartender, a round of Cuba Libres for the House.
Bay Area House members are thrilled by President Obama’s decision today to remove Cuba from the government’s list of state sponsors of terrorism; Republicans, predictably less so. From Minority Leader...
View ArticleReactions to Loretta Lynch’s confirmation as AG
The U.S. Senate voted 56-43 Thursday to confirm federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. Attorney General, ending one of the longest cabinet confirmation delays in the nation’s history. Ten...
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Pelosi cites California as need for highway fund
California’s crumbling roads are a prime example of why Congress must pass long-term legislation to reauthorize and reinvigorate the Highway and Transit Trust Fund, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi...
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Where Bay Area lawmakers stand on the Iran deal
As House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi continues rolling out Democratic supporters one by one, almost half of the Bay Area’s House delegation has not yet committed to support or oppose the P5+1 nuclear...
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Congressional reax to Pope Francis’ speech
Here’s how some of the Bay Area’s voices in Congress are responding to Pope Francis’ address today. From U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., a series of tweets: Today, religion and science united with a...
View ArticleDems urge creation of gun-violence committee
For the “Fat Chance” file: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asked outgoing Speaker John Boehner on Friday to create a Select Committee on Gun Violence, one day after a man armed with five handguns...
View ArticleWhat they’re saying about Keystone XL
Here’s a sampling of reactions to the Obama administration’s decision not to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline: From House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield: “The Obama...
View ArticleHow Bay Area members voted on taxes/spending
Congress on Friday cleared a year-end spending and tax deal with a strong bipartisan support, despite grumbling from both parties over what was included in the agreement and what got left out, the...
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