The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | yesterday
We just received word from the DPOC that Rep. Loretta Sanchez will make an announcement on December 1. The announcement isn’t that she will run for Governor, but will be about the debut of her new holiday card. Will it be racy? Tame? Controversial? And how many lives does that cat have exactly? Previous cards are below:
The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
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 even [...]
Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
UPDATE - 3 more dems that voted to not go forward with debate, but not yet declared: Jason Altmire, Heath Shuler, and Loretta Sanchez. Three more no's? As I publish, there are 33 "no" votes from the dems. These five would bump that to 38. Remember, 41 is the magic number. Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) : Continues To Have Reservations About The Bill. Chandler spokeswoman Jennifer Krimm said her...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Over at Congress Matters, David posts about the first procedural vote of the day. Ordering the previous question is akin to a House version of cloture, except that instead of unlimited debate, there's only an extra hour at stake. Well, that and the ability to amend the rule, which would be an exceptionally dangerous surrender of the power the majority gives itself on the Rules Committee. Essentially,...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Promoted by Jason Springer: A very candid take from Senator Weinberg on the race that was. Thank you for the shout out and for running. Let's get the negatives out of the way first: We lost! Property taxes, unemployment, property taxes, property taxes. That was it in a nutshell. To some of my colleagues whose egos might be a little out of control: Ray , was it really necessary to trash the Governor...
Political Activity Law (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Post reports that Congress’ Sanchez sisters shared staff and that Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s office was a victim of alleged embezzlement.
KY3 News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Roll Call's insider column Shop Talk reports that Republican consultant Jeff Roe of Axiom Strategies is advising candidates in almost every competitive or open-seat race in Missouri and neighboring Kansas. In Missouri, Roe is doing general consulting and direct mail for auctioneer Billy Long in the 7th Congressional District and Bill Stouffer in the 4th Congressional District. He'll also continue to...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
House Leadership met this afternoon to make the decision on the merged bill that will be the one they take to the floor. An announcement on their decision is scheduled for tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern, but we'll probaby be hearing leaks any time now. What we'll probaby hear is that the public option will be based on negotiated rates, rather than the robust public option based on Meidcare rates...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
By GottaLaff When will Rushpublics ever learn? There are these new-fangled things called "tapes" and "videos". They record stuff that can be played back later. Say it with me, "reee-co-o-r-rd". I knew that you could: Audio has been released of an August DUI stop during which Republican congressional candidate Van Tran (Calif.) attempted to interfere with a field sobriety...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Insight School of California has received two special Certificates of Congressional Recognition, one from the office of U.S. Congressman John Campbell (R-CA, 48th District) and another from the office of U.S. Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA, 47th District). The certificates were presented in recognition of the school's innovations in online education and its...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
A group of 72 Democratic lawmakers is the latest to question the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's move to create new net neutrality regulations. Democrats, including U.S. President Barack Obama, have generally supported new rules that would prohibit broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Web content, but the group of 72 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter...
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Next week will be a busy one for Democrats in New Jersey. On Monday October 19, we'll have Vice President Biden making a return visit with the Governor and then Tuesday Fmr. President Bill Clinton will be making campaign stops: Vice President Joe Biden will attend a rally at Middlesex County Community College in Edison on Monday. The next day, former president Bill Clinton will make appearances at...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
On Tuesday, Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) and Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), announced that they were finally breaking with the Blue Dog Democrats and supporting a...
Spook And Muffin's Relaxed Politics (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
October 11th, 2009 – Representative Loretta Sanchez D-Santa Ana, CA 47th District (Left) and Representative Jane Harman D-Venice, CA 36th District (below) published an Op Ed in the Sacramento Bee. They are Blue Dog Democrats from California and have broken with the Blue Dog Coalition on the reform of the health care system [...]
The Liberal OC (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
I just about spit coffee all over my keyboard Wednesday morning when I opened up this email from Assemblyman Van Tran. It seems that Conservative/Republican Van Tran is either getting very bold or very desperate in his bid to unseat Orange County’s favorite Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. Sending an email to the Orange County Drinking Liberally email [...]
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