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    May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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 inaugurated for a second term.
    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: U.S. House of Representatives, Kevin de Leon, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, MSNBC (tv network), Elections

    2. May 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Sexual assaults in military: 'Little monsters' now in charge

    Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is the former Navy lieutenant who blew the lid off the tawdry goings on at the 1991 gathering of Naval aviators known as the Tailhook Assn. Symposium.
    Paula Coughlin was grocery shopping in Jacksonville, Fla., when I caught up with her on the phone this week. If anyone has an interesting perspective on the U.S. military’s absurd inability to deal with sexual assault, it’s Coughlin. She is...

    Tags: Lotteries, Assault, Abusive Behavior, U.S. Department of Defense, Chuck Hagel

    3. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Military sex crime record should bring shame

    Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Unit, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery early Sunday after a woman reported he drunkenly approached her in a parking lot and...

    Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Kirsten Gillibrand, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Assault, Abusive Behavior

    4. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax

    WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases.
    WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...

    Tags: Steve Womack, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System

    5. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill

    WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases.
    WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...

    Tags: Max Baucus, Amazon.com Inc., John Boehner, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice

    6. May 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Senate OKs Internet sales tax

    WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday.
    WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday. Now the issue shifts to the more skeptical, Republican-controlled House,...

    Tags: Steve Womack, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Crime, Law and Justice

    7. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains

    Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To <a href=&quot;http://climate.nasa.gov/effects">this list of calamities</a>, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate change could force more women to become prostitutes.
    Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...

    Tags: Raul Grijalva, Earth Day, Keith Ellison, Ecosystems, Jan Schakowsky

    8. Mar 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Obama wraps up his three-day Capitol Hill tour

    WASHINGTON&nbsp;-- After a rough-and-tumble meeting with House Republicans&nbsp;earlier in the week, President Obama wrapped up his Capitol Hill tour Thursday with friendlier crowds in the House and Senate, &nbsp;even as lawmakers signaled opposition to his budget proposals and revealed the deep divide that could prevent a deficit-reduction deal.
    WASHINGTON -- After a rough-and-tumble meeting with House Republicans earlier in the week, President Obama wrapped up his Capitol Hill tour Thursday with friendlier crowds in the House and Senate,  even as lawmakers signaled opposition to his budget...

    Tags: Pete Sessions, Susan Collins, Foods and Beverages, Keith Ellison, Emanuel Cleaver

    9. Oct 25, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  9. Duckworth criticizes Walsh on abortion

    Democrat Tammy Duckworth today campaigned with a California congresswoman who said she had to have an abortion to save her life as part of Duckworth's ongoing effort to highlight her differences with Republican Rep. Joe Walsh.
    Clout Street
    Democrat Tammy Duckworth today campaigned with a California congresswoman who said she had to have an abortion to save her life as part of Duckworth's ongoing effort to highlight her differences with Republican Rep. Joe Walsh. The appearance with...

    Tags: Richard Mourdock, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Elections, Joe Walsh, Social Issues

    10. Jan 21, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Steinberg: Steriods not for sports

    Warren Moon, the late coach Bill Walsh, Ken Dorsey and I testified before the California Senate and Assembly several years back supporting a bill by State Senator Jackie Speier to ban steroids and dangerous supplements from high school students and...

    Tags: Steroids, Government, Weightlifting, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Health

    11. Dec 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Congressional leaders reach agreement on pipeline safety

    Nation Now
    House and Senate leaders on Thursday reached agreement on tougher safety rules for the nation’s vast network of pipelines in the wake of a spate of incidents including a deadly pipeline explosion in San Bruno last year that killed eight people and...
    12. Dec 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Explosion fears: House OKs pipeline safety bill; Senate up next

    Nation Now
    A pipeline safety bill that gained momentum after a spate of incidents around the country, including last year's deadly explosion in Northern California, cleared the House with unusual speed on Monday. The pipeline safety bill was expected to move quickly...
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