Of Orange County’s six members of the U.S. House of Representatives, only one, Democrat Loretta Sanchez, for voted the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the House health care reform bill which passed last weekend by a narrow vote of 220 to 215.
It boggles TheLiberalOC.com’s mind that...
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PUBLISHER’S NOTE:
Correction: Congressman Probed story
October 19, 2009 — In an Oct. 17 story about an alleged improper sale of publicly owned land, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a newspaper said the FBI was investigating Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported the FBI had sought information on a lawsuit against an agency that...
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From Capitol Alert at the SacBee:
Californians represented on most corrupt members of Congress list
From Rob Hotakainen in Washington
California is home to four of the most corrupt members of Congress, according to an annual report released today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
It’s a bipartisan distinction in California. The list includes Democrats...
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The nation’s largest auto dealers association has apparently decided to end its long standing participation in the Cash for (Political) Clunkers program.
An historically dependable source of income for Republicans in the House and Senate, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has long contributed about twice as much to Republican election campaigns than to Democrats.
In...
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On Thursday evening the National Republicans held a fundraiser for Ken “Sanford” Calvert (CA 44) with the goal of raising $100k for him. It’s part of their new Patriot Program which is supporting 10 Republican incumbents across the country they think will be vulnerable in 2010. They’re fundraising like crazy to try to hang...
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With Orange County’s real estate and mortgage industry-driven economy in shambles and local home foreclosures on the rise, you might think that our Republican politicians would want to distance themselves from those who are profiting from the misery of Orange County voters who have lost or are about to lose their homes.
Not so.
The Orange...
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Not to be outdone by Bobby Jindal, Congressman Ken Calvert (CA 44) has prepared his own response to the State of the Union Address. You can read the whole thing here, but I want to call your attention to a few points.
Most of the piece is about the President’s mortgage relief plans. Calvert says “The...
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