Barbara Boxer is an American politician whose ardent support for myriad progressive causes, including environmentalism and reproductive rights, while representing California as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–93) and Senate (1993–
In the race towin the Senate seat once held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Republican Senate candidate and ex-Major League Baseball all-star Steve Garvey has stepped up to bat against Democratic front-runner Rep. Adam Schiff, with both candidates locked in a statistical tie heading intoSup...
The bill now moves to the California State Assembly for committee hearings. Labor and Judiciary Committee hearings could begin in mid-June. As currently drafted, SB 553 authorizes labor unions to seek temporary restraining orders (TROs) based on workplace violence or a credible threat of ...
Lawmakers returned Monday for swearing-in ceremonies and other activities to kick off the new Legislature, which reconvenes on Jan. 6. The special session will run concurrently with the regular session, with work and committee hearings starting next month. Legislators are expected to focus on ...
Hearings before the Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys on S.J.Res.83 and 92, 76th Cong., 1st Sess. (1939). In both hearings, objections to the resolutions were repeatedly made on the ground that passage of the resolutions was unnecessary, since the Attorney General already had ...
In the case of my own appointment as Commissioner of Corporations, the Senate Rules Committee, then chaired by Senator Bill Lockyer, held several days of hearings. On my 365th day in office, the Senate Rules Committee voted 5-0 to recommend my confirmation and the Senate voted 37-0 to ...
Senate bid Eight high ranking current/former California state legislators endorse Kevin de León in #CASen, includes former speakers & committee chairs— Sarah D. Wire (@sarahdwire) October 27, 2017 "We know he is ready to take the fight for the California Dream to Wa...
September 2, 2024 7:00 am Did you know that the Assembly and Senate Daily Files actually list some rule suspensions (often referred to as “rule waivers”)? While the respective Daily Files contain calendars, tables of information, committee hearings, and legislative measures on the two Floors...
That’s where the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees send bills that the ruling party would like to avoid, either for cost or for political reasons. The number of bills that disappeared because a committee chair never brought them up for a hearing totaled 668, while another 274 had ...
The official debate is going on right now on the House floor (and you can watch it live) but there are no committee hearings scheduled and few public events on the schedule. So members on both sides of the aisle are pitching in to help answer the hundreds of phone...