ArmsControlWonk (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) gave an outstanding talk to a roundtable I co-hosted this morning at the Center for American Progress, my home institution, to mark the release of a study by Joe Cirincione and me, Orienting the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review: A Roadmap. Congresswoman Tauscher, who chairs the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee, was the driving force...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
Rep. Ellen Tauscher won a seventh term in Congress from the 10th district. In early returns, Democrat Tauscher had 66 percent of the vote, Republican Nicholas Gerber had 31 percent and Peace and Freedom candidate Eugene Ruyle had 3 percent. The rambling district includes parts of Solano, Contra Costa and Alameda counties, sneaks into south Sacramento County, and favors Democrats. Tauscher, of Alamo,...
ArmsControlWonk (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
While Bob and Andreas are minding the store, I just wanted to drop in and plug an event to honor the winners of the 2008 Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest . The event will feature a keynote by Representative Ellen Tauscher and talks by the winners of the essay contest, including our friends Ward Wilson and Russel Leslie. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Republicans in Congress, led by McCain, are once again reacting to Russian saber-rattling in a manner that reflects their complete misunderstanding of the threats the United States and our allies face.
2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a statement this afternoon saying she broke her ankle during a trail walk with Walnut Creek Rep. Ellen Tauscher at Lake Tahoe and won't be able to attend the convention in Denver next week. Feinstein, 75, said the break occurred when she slipped last Friday on the Meeks Bay Trail in the Tahoe forest, just before the Tahoe Summit. Feinstein said her doctor has...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein issued a statement this afternoon saying she broke her ankle during a trail walk with Walnut Creek Rep. Ellen Tauscher at Lake Tahoe and won't be able to attend the...
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Last Friday -- the day before the Lake Tahoe Summit -- I slipped and broke my left ankle while I was on a walk with Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher on the Meeks Bay Trail in the Tahoe forest.
W.C. Varones Blog (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
I wrote this email to my local congresswoman on July 9th. CLICK HERE I recieved a response on August 1 which I have printed below. The original email was regarding the Bear Stearns bailout and I asked her about the FED's ability to tax without the sign off of congress. I asked who controls the FED if, as she stated before, Congress does not so as to keep the FED apolitical. Her response, while completely...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
"The gathering was hosted by California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and attended by Ellen Malcolm, founder of Emily's List... Rep. Ellen Tauscher... and Hilary Rosen... who's now political director of the...
ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Kudos to California Congresswomen Sue Davis and Ellen Tauscher for initiating what could be the beginning of the end of former President Bill Clinton’s colossally stupid, discriminatory "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" policy barring gays and lesbians from serving in the military. Congresswoman Davis held a hearing in the House Armed Services’ Personnel Readiness Subcommittee yesterday. The Washington Post...
Americans For Truth (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Peter Sprigg, frcblog.com One of the most bizarre aspects of the July 23 Congressional hearing on homosexuals in the military was the effort to read 21st-century political correctness back into American history. Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.) insisted, “We’ve had gays in the American military from the first unit that was ever formed.” Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) [...]
D-Day (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
They're not two of my favorite California Congresswoman. But their leadership on repealing don't ask don't tell comes to a head with a hearing today, chaired by Davis. Democrats in Congress hope to ignite a drive to reverse the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy Wednesday with the first hearing on the subject since 1993, when President Clinton said gays could serve in uniform if they kept quiet...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Democrats are preparing next year to lift the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays in the military, an uneasy culture-war compromise instituted under the last Democratic administration, should Sen. Barack Obama win the presidency. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, the...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Congressional Democrats say they are taking what some hope will be the first step to changing the U.S. military's don't ask, don't tell gay service policy. U.S. Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., has introduced a bill that would repeal the policy and let gays and lesbians serve openly in the military. Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee scheduled a Wednesday hearing...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D, CA-10) and Tom Petri (R, WI-06) , both members of the House Transportation Committee, are forming a "Metropolitan Mobility Caucus" to revamp federal transportation policy. Here is the "Dear colleague" letter they are circulating among members of Congress: Dear Colleague, We invite you to join the [...]
