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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: Labor Legislation, Democratic Party, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House of Representatives, Darrell Steinberg
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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: Barney Frank, Brad Sherman, Mike Gatto, Separation of Church and State, Politics
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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: Politics, Brad Sherman, Political Fundraising, Regional Elections, Elections
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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: Henry Waxman, Federal Aviation Administration, Brad Sherman, Adam Schiff, Air Transportation Industry
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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: Felipe Fuentes, Gil Cedillo, Herb Wesson, U.S. Congress, NPR
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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: David Geffen, Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti, Jan Perry, Steven Spielberg
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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, Adam Schiff, Air Transportation Industry
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Fiscal cliff bill includes showbiz boost: Tax provision for film, TV production extended
VarietyThe legislation passed by Congress on Tuesday to avert a fiscal cliff includes a sweetener for Hollywood: the extension of a tax provision that is designed to boost U.S. film and TV production. The provision, Section 181 of the tax code, allows producers...Tags: Television, Entertainment, ABC (tv network), Sundance Film Festival, Fiscal Cliff
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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: Democratic Party, Richard Lugar, John McCain, 2012 Democratic National Convention, United Nations
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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: Democratic Party, Richard Lugar, John McCain, United Nations, Vietnam
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Sherman-Berman race sets California spending record
To no surprise of San Fernando Valley voters who were inundated with campaign ads, robo calls and political mail, Reps. Brad Sherman and Howard Berman set a record for spending by candidates in a California congressional race — shelling out more...
Tags: Richard Simon, Politics, Brian P. Bilbray, Elections
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