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Rep. McClintock Only Member of CA’s Congressional Delegation to Vote against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

March 19, 2020 7:18 amMarch 19, 2020 7:24 am

Congressman Tom McClintock was the only member of California’s congressional delegation to vote against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act on Friday. Aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 the FFCRA expands funding of unemployment benefits, mandates testing the uninsured...

Former Congressman Duncan Hunter to Receive 11 Months in Prison Over Campaign Fund Misuse

March 17, 2020 2:45 pm

On Tuesday, federal judge Thomas J. Whelan of the District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego sentenced former Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to 11 months in prison on the basis of Hunter pleading guilty on one...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein Cries ‘Racism’ Over Coronavirus

March 10, 2020 6:21 pmMarch 11, 2020 1:05 pm

“We’ve also seen a rise in racism toward Asian Americans because the virus is associated with China. This is unconscionable, and it’s not the American way,” Senator Dianne Feinstein told reporters last week. “People of all ages, races, and ethnicities...

GOP Uses Obama Law to Fund Dams Barred By State Water Bond

March 9, 2020 2:12 amMarch 9, 2020 7:32 am

The 2014 California Water Bond mainly benefits constituents of the Democrat Party, such as environmentalists, scientists, commercial fishermen, Indian tribes and Bay-Delta farmers to the exclusion of Central Valley farmers and towns for which the federal Central Valley Project was...

2020 California Primary Results

March 4, 2020 11:20 amMarch 4, 2020 5:09 pm

Note: All results are current as of 11:20 A.M. Presidential Democratic Primary Bernie Sanders (VT) 878,562 32.7% (Also won California, Colorado, Utah, Vermont) Elizabeth Warren (MA) 326,616 12.2% Michael...

2020 March Primary Preview: 2nd Congressional District

February 28, 2020 2:34 amFebruary 28, 2020 7:30 am

The 2nd Congressional District: Riding the coastline from the Oregon border all the way down to just outside San Francisco, the 2nd District is the oddball northern California district in that it is solidly blue. Del Norte, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino,...

2020 March Primary Preview: 48th Congressional District

February 22, 2020 9:51 am

The 48th Congressional District: Riding along the Orange County coast from Long Beach to about Dana Point, the 48th sits in upscale seaside suburbia. It’s one of the richest Congressional districts in the state, with a median income sitting at...