Bob Filner News

Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 3:22 a.m. OVERVIEW Background : The South Bay Power Plant has been on Chula Vistaa s waterfront for 49 years.

The health care network operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs has been named as one of the best employers this year for workers over 50 by the American Association of Retired Persons.

A Washington, D.C.-based senior adviser to Hogan & Hartson was in the Philippines Tuesday where she was awarded an international peace prize alongside a U.S. congressman, a world-famous boxer and a Tony award-winning actress.

The Social Security Administration has been working for years to reduce its backlog of disability claims, which now stands at 780,000 claims.

California today issued the nation's first blueprint for a broad-based cap-and-trade program to control global warming emissions.

The poor economy is driving hundreds of thousands to file claims with the Social Security Administration, straining resources and threatening progress in reducing the claims backlog, the SSA commissioner told Congress on Thursday.

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:33 a.m. When I went to college, our nation was going through a rather uneventful period.

'Gov. Schwarzenegger has insisted on furloughing California Disability Determination Service employees, despite the fact that we fully fund both their salaries and overhead' Nov.

My husband was in the Korean War and served as a boiler man for three years and three months.

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:04 a.m. Major population shifts in California from coastal to inland areas over the past decade will dramatically change the state's political landscape as congressional districts will need to be pushed eastward to follow the population tide.

San Diego County is home to more than 240,000 veterans and today on Veterans Day we remember each one of them is owed a debt of honor that can never be fully repaid.

Main Category: Veterans / Ex-Servicemen Also Included In: Health Insurance / Medical Insurance ; Mental Health Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 5:00 PST Congressional Quarterly : "Senate Democratic leaders reached a tentative agreement with Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on Tuesday night that averted the necessity of filing cloture on a veterans' health care ...

A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of Baghdad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.

CEDAR CITY - Mel Aldrich wells up with tears when he recounts not receiving GI Bill benefits for his eight months overseas as a United States Merchant Marine 65 years ago.

Decorated Marine veteran Nick Popaditch on Tuesday announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 51st Congressional District seat held by Democrat Bob Filner.

On November 4, Congressman Bob Filner of the 51st District, an area covering south San Diego County, was one of 331 congressional representatives who voted in favor of the Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act.

FRA's National Executive Director Joe Barnes attended a roundtable meeting this week of 30 military and veterans' organization leaders hosted by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .

San Diego, CA Focus BIODIESEL IN SAN DIEGO: Biodiesel is one of the alternatives I have been pushing for some time.

"For the relief of" -- four words that typically form the opening of a little-known type of federal law -- could be the secret to solving your problems with the U.S. government.

Jewish money. It's the stuff of political myth, but it's also the backbone of the pro-Israel lobby.