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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: Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Adam B. Schiff, Republican Party, Howard Lawrence Berman

    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: U.S. Military, Chuck Hagel, Lifestyle and Leisure, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), U.S. Department of Defense

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

  3. 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="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: Conservation, Malaria, Ecosystems, Lois Capps, Jan Schakowsky

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

  4. Military sex crime record should bring shame

    Maybe, in the end, we will thank Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinksi, head of the Air Force&rsquo;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 grabbed her breasts and buttocks.
    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: White House, Barack Obama, Los Angeles Times Journalists, Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Military

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

  5. 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: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Max Baucus, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Republican Party, Steve Womack

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

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

    WASHINGTON &mdash; 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: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Max Baucus, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Amazon.com Inc., E-Commerce Industry

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

  7. Senate OKs Internet sales tax

    WASHINGTON &mdash; 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: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Republican Party, Small Businesses, Steve Womack, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    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: Salads, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Emanuel Cleaver, Keith Ellison

    9. Dec 8, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Congressional leaders reach agreement on pipeline safety

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    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...
    10. Dec 12, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

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

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    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...
    11. Jan 3, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Obama signs pipeline safety bill

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    President Obama Tuesday signed into law a pipeline safety bill growing out of a string of high-profile incidents, including a deadly Northern California explosion in 2010....
    12. May 4, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times
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