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Yesterday | Tulare Advance-Register

Interstate conversion is vital to Valley

Thumbs up to Valley lawmakers working to obtain an interstate designation for Highway 99.

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Related Topix: US Politics, George Radanovich, Devin Nunes, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Visalia Metro, Visalia, CA, Democrat, Mariposa, CA, Opinion

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Fresno Bee

GOP ads link Dems to Valley water crisis

Central Valley lawmakers this week briefly summoned House attention to the region's water shortages, challenging the environmental rules that have curtailed irrigation deliveries.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Devin Nunes, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dennis Cardoza, Democrat, Washington, DC

Packer

Town hall meeting pleases few,

Temperatures outside the building climbed to 108 degrees as a standing-room-only crowd of 800-plus farmworkers, growers and environmentalists squeezed into an auditorium on the California State University-Fresno campus June 28 to hear how the Obama administration plans to address the state's ongoing water woes.

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Related Topix: Fresno Metro, Cal State Fresno, US Politics, George Radanovich, Devin Nunes, Dennis Cardoza, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Wed Jul 01, 2009

News Observer

GOP ads link Democratic lawmakers to Valley water crisis

Republican strategists are now roughing up San Joaquin Valley congressional Democrats with radio ads linking them to the region's water woes.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Devin Nunes, Republican, US House of Representatives, Richard Pombo, Dennis Cardoza, Democrat

Tue Jun 30, 2009

AZCentral.com

Social Security audit finds dead people getting checks

The Social Security Administration has continued to pay millions of dollars in benefits to dead Americans, and other elderly U.S. residents are at risk of losing badly needed aid because they're improperly recorded as deceased, federal investigators warn in a new report.

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Related Topix: Social Security, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Press-Enterprise

Salazar assigns deputy as Calif. water czar

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Sunday announced several steps he hoped would ease the toll of the state's water shortage on farmers, and said he would assign a top deputy to help find solutions.

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Related Topix: US Politics, George Radanovich, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, California, Agriculture, Science, San Joaquin, CA, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Politico

Where in the world is Ciro Rodriguez? UPDATED

After all the arms had been twisted, only two four Democrats gave their leadership an unpleasant surprise at the end of the climate change vote -- and are firmly in Pelosi-Obama doghouse: Texas Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Ciro Rodriguez, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Solomon Ortiz, Alcee Hastings, Anthony Weiner

Fri Jun 26, 2009

California Greening

Interior Secretary. Salazar comes of CA.

The following is Dan Bacher's view of the town meeting in Fresno. This will be a significant event for the media in the battle over California Water.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Devin Nunes, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Dianne Feinstein, Dennis Cardoza, US Senate, Democrat, Fresno, CA, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

TIME.com

House Passes Landmark Climate Bill

The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping climate change legislation just after 7:15pm tonight by 219-212. The bill is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's signature issue and a top priority of the Obama Administration.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, 2008 Presidential Election, Bob Filner, Henry Cuellar

Atwater Signal

The Stockton Record: Valley slammed, much like New Orleans

Say this much for Rep. Dennis Cardoza: He certainly knows how to get his colleagues' attention.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Barney Frank, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Atwater Signal

Interior Secretary heads to Valley

Under increasing political pressure to address California's water crisis, the Obama administration said Wednesday that it will dispatch Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to a hastily organized town-hall meeting Sunday in Fresno.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, California, Fresno Metro, Agriculture, Science, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought

Wed Jun 24, 2009

The State

Interior secretary, top aides to visit drought-stricken Fresno

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and his top staff will soon be feeling Fresno's pain, in a high-profile town hall meeting now being organized for Sunday afternoon in the drought-stricken city.

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Related Topix: Fresno Metro, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, San Joaquin, CA, US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Sun Jun 21, 2009

RecordNET

Stockton, Valley touted as a disaster waiting to happen

That's what Stockton is, two Valley congressmen said at a hearing Friday in Washington.

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Related Topix: Stockton, CA, Stockton Metro, San Joaquin, CA, US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Atwater, CA

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Visalia Times-Delta

Central Valley lawmakers seek waiver on requirements in Highway 99 interstate upgrade

Highway 99 would move a step closer to becoming an interstate under legislation that Reps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Devin Nunes, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA, Bakersfield, CA

Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Las Vegas Sun

Calif. lawmaker seeks help for hardest-hit regions

Fri, Jun 19, 2009 Officials in Los Banos, a city of 36,000 on the western edge of the San Joaquin Valley, received a call they didn't expect shortly after they submitted an application for federal money to hire more police officers.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Los Banos, CA, Foreclosures, Barney Frank, Republican, Jeb Hensarling

Atwater Signal

House rejects California lawmaker's water amendment

Central Valley lawmakers this week briefly summoned House attention to the region's water shortages, challenging the environmental rules that have curtailed irrigation deliveries.

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Related Topix: US Politics, George Radanovich, Devin Nunes, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, George Miller, Democrat, Dennis Cardoza, Representative Jerry McNerney

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Atwater Signal

Should state Highway 99 be promoted to an interstate?

Valley counties differ sharply over renewed congressional efforts to promote Highway 99 into a federal interstate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Devin Nunes, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Fresno, CA, Democrat, Atwater, CA, Merced County, CA, Stanislaus County, CA

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Bakersfield.com

Government roundup; Heel-dragging bugs Tandy

Developer World Oil, which wants to build the big Bakersfield Commons project in northwest Bakersfield, is irking the city manager.

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Related Topix: Bakersfield, CA, Kern County, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Fresno, CA

Thu Jun 11, 2009

FloridaToday.com

Kosmas bringing fellow lawmakers to launch

This from FLORIDA TODAY's Eun Kyung Kim in Washington: WASHINGTON - Rep. Suzanne Kosmas plans to bring along some fellow lawmakers when she returns to the district this weekend.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Suzanne Kosmas, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Bill Posey, Republican, Representative Parker Griffith, Representative Gabrielle Giffords

Fri Jun 05, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Dairymen protest in front of Cardoza's office

Frustration over pitiful milk prices spilled over into a dairy farmers protest Thursday outside the downtown Modesto office of Rep.

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Related Topix: Modesto, CA, Modesto Metro, US Politics, Dennis Cardoza, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Merced County, CA, Stanislaus County, CA

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