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Sen. Bill Emmerson announces resignation
Story By Joe Nelson | The Sun State Sen. Bill Emmerson on Friday announced his resignation, effective Dec. 1, saying his passion for the job has diminished and that his constituents deserved “a Senator with the level of commitment that I once had.” In a brief statement released late Friday,…
House GOP readies new government shutdown, debt limit plan
Story By Michael A. Memoli and Brian Bennett WASHINGTON — House Republicans, moving to get ahead of a developing bipartisan proposal in the Senate, plan to move their own measure Tuesday to end the standoff over the federal budget. The House plan would include stronger measures targeting President Obama’s healthcare…
California Trailblazers Announces Partnership with GROW Elect
Alliance shows GOP is committed to increasing diversity in Republican Party SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Trailblazers, the only statewide program designed to recruit, train and elect Republicans to state legislative office, today announced it has forged a partnership with GROW Elect, an organization dedicated to electing more Republican Latino candidates…
Federal government goes into partial shutdown, Obama to address nation
Story By Andrew Taylor | Associated Press Associated Press writer Lolita C. Baldor in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report. SEE ADDITIONAL GALLERY IMAGES HERE WASHINGTON — Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a protracted dispute over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law…
Rick Perry to headline Calif. GOP convention
By KATIE GLUECK | POLITICO Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible 2016 presidential contender who has overtly encouraged California businesses to move to the Lone Star State, will headline the California Republican Party’s convention this fall. Mark Standriff, a spokesman for the party, confirmed the GOP governor’s speaking slot in…
Protesters gather at Rep. Miller’s office in Rancho Cucamonga
Story By Greg Cappis | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Staff Writer RANCHO CUCAMONGA — About 30 people walked in front of Rep. Gary Miller’s office here on Friday, asking for a formal, streamlined and affordable path to citizenship. With the U.S. Senate-passed immigration reform bill before the House, supporters of…
Ontario officials will face challenges if the city gains control of ONT airport
Story By Brian Sumers | Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Staff Writer July 11, 2013 There’s a cold war brewing between Los Angeles and Ontario. And it’s all happening over an airport that is serving 3 million fewer passengers per year than it did six years ago. Ontario politicians and business…
CONGRESS: National focus on San Bernardino County seat
Story By Jeff Horseman | The Press-Enterprise Staff Writer June 17, 2013 When Democrats look at California’s 31st Congressional District, they see what Nathan Gonzales sees. “This is a Democratic district that happened to elect a Republican,” said Gonzales, deputy editor of the Rothenberg Political Report, a nonpartisan Washington newsletter…
A Farmers’ Rebellion Lifts the California GOP
Story By ALLYSIA FINLEY | The Wall Street Journal Editorial Writer May 24, 2013 Democrats were writing obituaries for California’s GOP after winning a supermajority in the state legislature last November, thus gaining veto-proof power to raise taxes. But their legislative lock may have slipped after this week’s special election…
Uber-Strategist Karl Rove Urges California Republicans To Be Open To New Ideas
By Steven Harmon | Bay Area News Group – SACRAMENTO — GOP uber-strategist Karl Rove on Saturday told California Republicans they need to modernize their message while holding tight to their party principles. But absent from his lunchtime address Saturday to delegates of the California Republican Party’s spring convention was the…
