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Reporting from Washington - California may be known for its devastating fires, and it may represent 12% of the nation's population, but it received only about 5% of the federal funds provided last year to help fire departments pay for equipment and training.

Washington, DC Following passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act in the U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday, Organizing for America , a project of the Democratic National Committee , announced today that its volunteers would be called on to drop by the offices of the 32 House Republicans who voted against reform and represent ...

In the roiling mix of political crosswinds that may come to characterize the 2009-2010 elections -- in which a Republican quit one congressional race to campaign for the winning Democrat, and in which the president's party was turned away in the two gubernatorial elections held -- a new union-backed ad for a Republican congressman is Exhibit No.

Is your Congressman or Senator on a hit list? While the health care reform sausage is being cased in Congress, the warring political factions are passing the time by making lists.

Inland Empire lawmakers voted along party lines Saturday for and against a massive health care reform bill that Democrats hailed as a milestone and Republicans have denounced as costly and overreaching.

DNC targets 32 Republicans on health care vote - Ben Smith: DNC targets 32 Republicans on health care vote November 09, 2009 Categories: Healthcare DNC targets 32 Republicans on health care vote With the Republican National Committee targeting a list of House Democrats in relatively conservative districts whom it will go after for backing health ...

In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

By Paul Kane The House begins debate at 9 a.m. Saturday on a massive health-insurance overhaul, with a final vote expected by the evening.

Rep. David Dreier said at the House Committee on Rules meeting on Friday that cameras should be installed in the room where the committee meets so that the American public can see what happens at meetings.

As we wrote in a Friday editorial, President Obama is playing politics with his proposal to send every Social Security recipient a check for $250. But Republicans are meeting his bet with political hypocrisy in the health care debate.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger weighed in on the national health care debate Tuesday, sending a letter to congressional leaders supporting reform while also warning about the cost to states.

Republican Rep. Charles Dent of Pennsylvania says it's time to install cameras in the meeting room of the House Rules Committee, but Sacramento Democratic Rep.

Kathleen Mueller has never seen such a rush. Spurred by an $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers, her clients have been entering the market in droves to take advantage of the program.

Fourteen Southern California congressional members have signed a letter asking county transportation authorities to request federal funds for the Gold Line Foothill Extension.

IT'S not often that Southern California's congressional delegation comes together on an issue in a truly bipartisan way.

Perhaps pointing out hypocrisy from the GOP is akin to letting people in on the secret that the sky is blue, but what the heck ... Over the past nine months, House Republicans have worn their Party of No badge with pride, opposing every spending bill to come down the pike and littering the airways to moan about America's descent into socialism.

One of the few bright spots in the nation's struggling housing market has been an $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time homebuyers.

John Tanner, President and founder of Tanner Research, Inc., announced today that the Defense Logistics Agency awarded a contract for $1 million in new funding to accelerate production of the patent-pending ICEPSTM-based micro-initiator board technology needed to ensure the cost-effective manufacturing of the Army MEMS-based Safing device.

The Forbes family in Upland goes through $1 million a year in medical costs. Jane and her husband Ogden "Mike" Forbes have six children, four of which have severe hemophilia that requires them to take thousands of dollars in injections three times a week.

The announcement early Friday that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to President Barack Obama drew immediate ire from some conservatives who said the president does not deserve the prize - or worse.