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Democrats seeking office have their eye on Sacramento
WASHINGTON — Early this year, Leticia Perez and her husband flew here for a whirlwind 48 hours. The couple dined at the Italian Embassy, visited the Lincoln Memorial and joined the crowd on the National Mall watching as President Obama was...
Tags: Adam B. Schiff, Republican Party, Politics, Henry A Waxman, Career and Workplace
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Ron Kaye: Wishing PACs would pack it in
Just days before Burbank voters went to the polls, Mike Gatto was the star attraction for a Napa Valley retreat at a five-star hotel where, for $5,000 each, guests could schmooze with the assemblyman and four of his legislative pals. The event was...
Tags: Politics, Religion and Belief, Maxine Waters, Separation of Church and State, Michelle Rhee
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Michael Dukakis to help Rep. Brad Sherman retire campaign debt
Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, are helping with a "debt retirement" fundraiser for Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks), who last fall won one of the most contentious -- and most expensive -- House races in the...Tags: Regional Elections, Elections, Politics, Brad Sherman, Political Fundraising
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Remembering the Henry Waxman-Howard Berman machine
SACRAMENTO -- The defeat of Rep. Howard Berman last fall marked the end of an era in California politics. Berman, a former state Assemblyman who lost a bitter fight for the speakership in 1980, went on to serve the San Fernando Valley for three...Tags: Henry Waxman
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Schiff, senators introduce legislation to regulate helicopter noise
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) joined California Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer in introducing legislation on Monday to try and provide Los Angeles County residents a respite from helicopter noise. The Los Angeles Residential Helicopter Noise...
Tags: Google+, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Adam Schiff, Henry Waxman
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Ganging up on Bob Blumenfield
Six candidates are running for Los Angeles’ 3rd Council District seat; five showed up to a forum last Tuesday hosted by the Woodland Hills Property Owners Assn. They shook hands, embraced, in a couple cases offered each other pecks on the cheek. Who...Tags: Politics, Paul Koretz, Richard Alarcon, Bob Blumenfield, Curren D. Price, Jr.
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Greuel, Garcetti hope for support from Clinton or Obama
Trying to set yourself apart from the pack in the Los Angeles mayor's race, you couldn't ask for a much more potent ally than former President Clinton. Unless your backing came from the current occupant of the Oval Office, President Obama. The two...
Tags: Politics, Richard Riordan, Eric Garcetti, White House, Steven Spielberg
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Obama nominates John Kerry to be next secretary of State
This post has been corrected. See note at the bottom for details.WASHINGTON – President Obama nominated John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of State on Friday, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his foreign policy worldview and...Tags: Politics, Hamid Karzai, U.S. Military, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. Senate
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Obama to nominate John Kerry to be next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his...
Tags: Politics, Hamid Karzai, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, U.S. Military, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Helicopter rules depend on FAA
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) announced plans to take up legislation to regulate low-flying helicopters above residential neighborhoods, saying voluntary controls for the “persistent flyovers” were clearly insufficient. Whether there will be a...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Industry, Adam Schiff
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Democrats gain big in Legislature
Democrats were within striking distance of a supermajority in the state Senate late Tuesday, and were drawing near in the Assembly as well, moving the party closer to unilateral power to raise taxes. The potential gains, a result of sweeping changes...
Tags: Lois Capps, National Government, Brian P. Bilbray, Bob Huff, Politics
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Berman-Sherman battle enters final weekend
PolitiCalDemocratic Reps Brad Sherman and Howard Berman continue to pound each other as they head into the final weekend before the election. The two are vying for the same San Fernando Valley congressional district seat....
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