Rep. Barbara Lee met last week with House Speaker Paul Ryan. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTAs East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee expected, House Speaker Paul Ryan removed her proposed repeal of the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force amendment Tuesday night from… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee’s famous Sept. 2001 speech opposing authorization for war in Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTThe powerful House Appropriations Committee offered a sympathetic ear two weeks ago to Rep. Barbara Lee‘s amendment to a defense budget bill that… Read More ›
Rep. Ro Khanna, his wife, Ritu Ahuja and Speaker Paul Ryan Tuesday during a ceremonial swearing-in. SCREENSHOT/C-SPAN CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Rep. Ro Khanna’s first order of business Tuesday morning was to register a voice vote in support of House… Read More ›
Democrats protesting on the House floor. CONGRESS | Alameda County’s three members of the House of Representatives had starring roles in the historic protest by Democrats on the House floor Wednesday urging for votes on a pair of gun-related bills…. Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee and new Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan have history. CONGRESS | DISTRICT 13 | “I congratulate Paul Ryan on his election as Speaker of the House today,” East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee said Thursday of the new… Read More ›
Kamala Harris attended a fundraiser Tuesday for Rep. Mike Honda. PHOTO/Shane Bond STATE SENATE DISTRICT 10 As Democrats Bob Wieckowski and Mary Hayashi continue sniping at each other, Republican Peter Kuo attended a memorial Tuesday for one of the South… Read More ›
Bill O’Reilly CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | Rep. Barbara Lee brought home a $2.8 million federal grant this week for Asian health services in Oakland, but that’s not what made headlines. Instead, a tit-for-tat, first with Rep. Paul Ryan and… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | When Republicans drop carefully crafted phrases like “welfare queen”, “Dred Scott” and “Barack Hussein Obama, they are called dog whistles. While they may not signify much to some on the surface they conversely ring the… Read More ›
Rep. Barbara Lee votes no. CONGRESS | BUDGET | Rep. Barbara Lee had tough words for the bipartisan budget bill passed Thursday by the House, which leaves over 1.3 million Americans without unemployment checks early next year, while fellow Alameda County… Read More ›
CONGRESSMar. 20, 2012 | Two of the East Bay’s most prominent lawmakers in Congress harshly criticized today a Republican budget proposal aiming to significantly cut spending over the next decade. The plan issued by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the chairman of the… Read More ›
MEDICARE EXPERT ATTRIBUTES 5-YEAR DECLINE IN PROGRAM’S INSOLVENCY TO THE ECONOMY; GOP DISAGREESBy Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter Republican rushed to paint a report from two Medicare trustees estimating the program to be insolvent by 2024 as proof the health… Read More ›
