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House Democrats, overcoming nearly united Republican opposition and dozens of defections within their own ranks, narrowly approved a historic health care expansion last night.

San Joaquin Valley Democrats will feel the heat whichever way they vote on the massive health care package now set for House action as early as Saturday.

The House on Thursday approved a bill to boost San Francisco Bay Area water recycling, but only after lawmakers vented once more their unhappiness about San Joaquin Valley irrigation shortages.

Laos, Hmong Students at Arlington National Cemetery with author Dr. Jane Hamilton-Merritt at Lao Veterans of America Monument, February 2009' Hamilton-Merritt and her book "Tragic Mountains" Were Honored in Washington, D.C., on the 15th Anniversary of its publication 2009-11-03 21:31:25 - Bipartisan support for legislation granting burial benefits ...

The health care package unveiled by House Democratic leaders Thursday appears a step in the right direction to the San Joaquin Valley moderates who may hold its fate in their hands.

Nearly half the members of the powerful House subcommittee that oversees more than $600 billion in Pentagon spending have been targeted by ethics investigators who are probing the conduct of a once-influential Washington lobbying firm, according to a confidential document that the House Ethics Committee says was inadvertently exposed.

A corporate lobbyist threatened Rep. Devin Nunes that a local company would move out of the congressman's district unless the Visalia Republican supported an earmarked request for funding, Nunes said today.

The American Farm Bureau Federation has expressed its support of the Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009, which would phase in a $5 million exemption, with a 35-percent rate, during 10 years.

Hmong and Laotian war veterans could secure treasured burial spots in U.S. national cemeteries under legislation now being drafted by San Joaquin Valley lawmakers.

The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is continuing to urge Congress to pass legislation providing additional relief and permanency in the tax code for America's farmers, ranchers and other small business owners.

Colonel Wangyee Vang, of the Lao Veterans of America Institute in Fresno, California, has been in Washington, D.C. urging bipartisan support for U.S. Congressman Jim Costa's effort to honor Lao Hmong veterans with burial benefits.

"The American Farm Bureau Federation supports H.R. 3905, the Estate Tax Relief Act of 2009, introduced yesterday by House Ways and Means Committee members Rep.

WASHINGTON Republican Mike Berryhill is using more than $100,000 of his own money to jump-start his challenge to Rep.

Thursday, October 22, 2009 Many of the House members in both parties who are most opposed to the health care reform legislation moving toward a historic vote represent districts where the share of residents without insurance exceeds the national average, often by substantial amounts, according to recently released census data.

Colonel Wangyee Vang of the Fresno, California, Lao Veterans of America Institute is in Washington, D.C., to urge Members of the U.S. Congress and President Obama to help Lao Hmong Veterans with Benefits 2009-10-21 06:21:09 - Members of the U.S. Congress and the Obama Administration in Washington, D.C., have been urged by the Fresno, ...

California Republicans are seeing political gold in California's water problems, hoping to steal the issue from Democrats and win support from one of that party's key constituencies - Latinos.

San Joaquin Valley lawmakers failed Wednesday in efforts to turn a San Francisco Bay Area water recycling bill toward the Valley's advantage.

The House on Thursday approved a bill to boost San Francisco Bay Area water recycling, but only after lawmakers vented once more their unhappiness about San Joaquin Valley irrigation shortages.

The House approved a seemingly benign water recycling program Thursday for the San Francisco Bay area, but only after Republicans fought to broaden drought relief to California's farm belt.

Republican Mike Berryhill is using more than $100,000 of his own money to jump-start his challenge to Rep.