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Former Senator Shows Congressional Hopeful Some Love

November 21, 2018 2:05 pm

Despite coming up short, after running a stout and respectable campaign against Republican incumbent Tom McClintock in the battle over California’s 4th Congressional District, former California Senator Barbara Boxer made sure to show Democratic challenger Jessica Morse some love. Serving...

Feinstein and Others call on Trump to Remove Student Visa Guidance

November 21, 2018 1:18 pm

In a public statement released by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and other high ranking Democratic Senators, the Trump Administration has been put under the spotlight as the group aims to rescind a rule that punishing international students for violating their...

Rouda Vows to Support Pelosi for Speaker

November 20, 2018 3:17 pm

As longtime Democratic leader and party stronghold, Nancy Pelosi’s 2019 Speaker of the House bid is seriously driving a hard line between many House Democrats. And many newcomers are being pressured to make up their minds. As the California Globe...

California’s 21st Congressional District is Anything but Called

November 20, 2018 2:18 pm

With most races long finished throughout the state, one remains to be called as Democrat TJ Cox is less than 1,000 votes behind Republican incumbent David Valadao. The race, a battle over parts of Kern, Fresno and Tulare counties, is...

Congressman-Elect Gil Cisneros Targets key Issues

November 20, 2018 1:15 pm

During a victory-style town hall, Congressman-Elect Gil Cisneros (D-Orange County) addressed a plethora of excited supporters as he laid out the goals for his future tenure. He told the Buena Park crowd “I am so humbled and honored,” and “this...

Adam Schiff Gets in Schoolyard Tussle with Trump

November 19, 2018 7:21 pmNovember 20, 2018 1:16 pm

President Donald Trump and Congressman Adam Schiff (D-28) this week became engulfed in a fecal fracas. And neither man came out of it looking particularly good. On ABC’s “This Week” Sunday morning, Schiff doubled down on contentions by Democrats and...

Pelosi’s Blue Wave Could Wash Her Out

November 19, 2018 2:40 pmNovember 20, 2018 5:59 am

Nancy Pelosi’s Speaker of the House bid appears to be in serious jeopardy after a group of sixteen Democrats released a letter opposing her leadership. Going public today, the letter—supported by 11 incumbents and four members-elect, plus a challenger in...