Zoe Lofgren News Archives

It's safe to say that Thursday was an eminently bad da y for Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat.

U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur of Toledo , whose ties to a defense lobbying company are being examined by congressional ethics investigators, says she's cooperating with the probe and expects to be vindicated.

Leaked documents that surfaced this week reveal that the U.S. Justice Department asked the House Ethics Committee last summer to back off its investigation of U.S. Rep.

House leaders on Friday called for an "immediate and comprehensive assessment" of congressional cybersecurity policies, a day after an embarrassing data breach that led to the disclosure of details of confidential ethics investigations.

The accidental disclosure of a House ethics investigation has kicked up quite a fuss on Capitol Hill as it turns out that more than 30 congressman and aides are under investigation.

Rep. Jeff Flake wants Speaker Nancy Pelosi to get rid of earmarks tied to the PMA Group.

A confidential weekly report of the House ethics committee found its way to an Internet site in a case of "cyber-hacking," the committee's chairwoman said Thursday.

House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.

The House ethics committee voted Thursday to investigate Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson .

A confidential weekly report of the House ethics committee found its way to an Internet site in a case of "cyber-hacking," the committee's chairwoman said Thursday.

The U.S. Congress extended a visa program for religious workers for three years.

Apregnant 17-year-old in Utah hires a man to beat her in an attempt to cause an abortion after her boyfriend threatens to leave if she has the baby.

Symphony Silicon Valley's season of experimentation continues this weekend with "Kiss Me Kate," the first of its Broadway in Concert shows that puts singers on stage with the orchestra.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi again covered for Charlie Rangel last week, but new developments suggest her patience is running out -- and with it, perhaps, Rangel's luck.

The grounds of the U.S. Capitol hosted an angry crowd on Wednesday, September 30, as several of the demonstrators, wearing homemade T-shirts, proclaimed themselves as "victims." But these weren't Tea Party protesters, and "big government" wasn't the victimizer.

Remarks by the President at the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation Ceremony.

The House ethics committee on Thursday said it will look into why the nation's chief tax-law writer failed to report millions of dollars of income and business transactions on his financial disclosure forms, deepening the potential trouble for Rep.

After a months-long review by a U.S. House ethics panel, Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., has disclosed the amount of his privately-paid trip to Mecca in December.

The House ethics committee met privately on Thursday and is expected to issue an announcement about its sprawling Rangel investigation later in the day.

STATUS REPORT Date Released: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Source: White House - Comments East Room 1:52 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much.

Dozens of 7-Eleven store owners, in a move intended to call attention to credit-cards' swipe fees, gathered in Washington Wednesday to present to Congress 130 boxes containing more than 1.66 million signatures in favor of lowering the fees, according to a Dow Jones report.

This is a post by guest blogger Don Sniegowski, the founding editor of the daily franchise news site BlueMauMau.

Unemployment is getting worse in California, despite federal money being spread around to stimulate jobs.

" 7-Eleven franchise owners stormed Washington on Wednesday to deliver 15,000 petition booklets to Congress, with almost 1,700,000 signatures.

Advocates of high-speed rail gathered Friday morning in San Jose to release details of California's formal application for $4.7 billion in federal recovery act dollars for the planned 800-mile statewide bullet train project.

The National Census will be taken April 1, 2010, but as the preparations for that are getting underway, a boycott is being organized in the South Bay.