aggregated from: Political Blotter

The U.S. Senate this week delayed debate on legislation that shipping giant FedEx says would endanger some of the 2,000 jobs it provides at Oakland International Airport, but local lawmakers say the company just doesn't want to lose an advantage over...

topics: committee, oakland, senate

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

By Mark DiCamillo and Mervin FieldThe Field PollIn the Republican U.S. Senate contest Congressman Tom Campbell is running ahead of businesswoman Carly Fiorina by six points and leads Assemblyman Chuck DeVore by nineteen points among likely GOP primar...

topics: congressman, democrat, election, primary, race

aggregated from: Beyond Chron

Congress will pass health care reform any day now, and it probably won't have a public option to hold private insurance accountable. Even though a version passed the House last November, and 51 Senators are on record saying they would vote for it. ...

topics: congress, democrats, health-care, nancy-pelosi, obama

aggregated from: Political Blotter

Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty is among those scheduled to testify tomorrow before U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer's Environment and Public Works Committee, in a hearing on Mobility and Congestion in Urban and Rural America. Haggerty will be tes...

topics: alameda, board-of-supervisors, committee, senate

aggregated from: Political Blotter

The health-care reform battle is reaching fever pitch, with reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, will adopt a rule signaling its assent to the Senate version of the legislation with its vote on reconciliation bill thus bypass...

topics: candidate, clinton, committee, congress, congressman

aggregated from: Political Blotter

CampbellBoxerA new Rasmussen poll out this morning shows Democratic U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger and former Congressman Tom Campbell in a dead heat and posting substantial leads over the other two GOP primary contestants, Carla F...

topics: candidate, congressman, democrat, primary, republican

aggregated from: Beyond Chron

It's been two months since Scott Brown's surprising Massachusetts Senate victory, and Republicans might be regretting an outcome that they once saw as a turning point. Prior to Brown's win, national Democrats were adrift, the base was deeply demorali...

topics: campaign, conservative, democrats, election, health-care

aggregated from: SF Weekly: The Snitch

Republican candidate for senate Carly Fiorina clearly feels the path to victory will be forged by depicting her opponents as Terry Gilliam-esque monsters -- or she's been snowed by cunning filmm... Continue reading Carly Fiorina's Latest Ins...

topics: candidate, republican, senate

aggregated from: Beyond Chron

Recently, Salon contributor Glenn Greenwald wrote a provocative piece that suggested Democrats only support a public option for health care if they're sure that it's not going to happen. If it wasn't for Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign...

topics: campaign, committee, democrats, health-care, nancy-pelosi

aggregated from: San Francisco Sentinel

Sixteen years after the Gingrich revolution, Rep. Kevin McCarthyis concocting his own multipoint plan to win over Americaand take back the House.By Michael HirshNewsweekRep. Kevin McCarthy laughs at the idea that he s trying to resurrect the Contrac...

topics: activist, budget, business, campaign, candidate