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Long-serving California Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis dies July 16, 2021 GMT REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Former Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, who became a hero in his community for steering hundreds of millions of federal dollars to projects in his inland Southern California district, but was criticized as an exemplar of pork-barrel spending abuses, has died. He was 86. His death was announced in a statement by California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, who said on his website that Lewis “made an en...

Long-serving California Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis dies July 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Former Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, who became a hero in his community for steering hundreds of millions of federal dollars to projects in his inland Southern California district, but was criticized as an exemplar of pork-barrel spending abuses, has died. He was 86. His death was announced in a statement by California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, who said on his website that Lew...

Long-serving California GOP Rep. Jerry Lewis dies at 86 By AP author article REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) — Former Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis, who became a hero in his community for steering hundreds of millions of federal dollars to projects in his inland Southern California district, but was criticized as an exemplar of pork-barrel spending abuses, has died. He was 86. His death was announced in a statement by California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, who said on his website that Lewis "made an en...

How Inland Rep. Pete Aguilar rose from Redlands City Hall to Capitol Hill Jeff Horseman, Ryan Hagen © Provided by Riverside Press-Enterprise Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-San Bernardino, stands to the right of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, during a news conference Thursday, July 1, 2021, to announce formation of a committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. A committee member, Aguilar has risen through the ranks of House Democratic leadership since being elected to...

California poised to set date for election targeting Newsom Poll Yes By Michael R. Blood And Kathleen Ronayne, The Associated Press on July 1, 2021. LOS ANGELES (AP) – California moved Thursday toward finalizing a date for a recall election that could oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, while the Republican field might be headed for a major shakeup with the addition of conservative talk show host Larry Elder. Officials in Sacramento inched toward completing the convoluted legal s...

Newsom to face recall election on Sept. 14 By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Published  Campaign to recall Gov. Newsom collects enough signatures for ballot Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. LOS ANGELES - California on Thursday scheduled a Sept. 14 recall election that could drive Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, the result of a political uprising largely driven by angst over state c...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats gambled by accelerating the date for the state’s Sept. 14 recall election that could cost Gov. Gavin Newsom his job. Their hope is that during a relatively brief stretch of about 10 weeks, the economy will continue to rebound, coronavirus cases will remain low and the embattled Democratic governor can avoid any politically embarrassing missteps. The risk is that it doesn’t go that way. The mid-September date was formalized Thursday by Lt. Gov...

Faulconer, Republicans chip away at high taxes, gas prices as recall focus turns from COVID-19. One Democrat suggests holding election earlier

State of Affairs: Newsoms Big Budget and an Analysis of Rep. Kevin McCarthys World For today’s State of Affairs we’ve got Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget to get into. But first we’re going to go back a bit in the life of CA Congressman Kevin McCarthy. We’ll start November 5th and weave through January 2nd, a two month stretch where it sounded like he had trouble accepting the fact that Donald Trump lost the election. Keep in mind that this whole time, Wyoming congresswoman Liz Ch...

She hopes to repeat Schwarzenegger’s success as a celebrity running to replace the governor. Polls suggest it’s not working