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The San Diego Union-Tribune
February 19, 2018
State investigators continued to serve warrants on senior regulators and utility offices into 2016, but the case stalled after Harris announced she would run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Barbara Boxer. Brown quickly endorsed the attorney general, and voters promoted her toÃÂ ...
Porterville Recorder
February 19, 2018
Things have also gone farther for Feinstein in the current campaign than they ever have in her previous four reelection bids. She may be coming to realize, as her longtime colleague in the Senate, former Sen. Barbara Boxer, said during her 2010 reelection bid, that “six years (the standard Senate term) is aÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
February 17, 2018
D.A.P. Board Chair Steve Kaufer introduced the Gala Co-Chairs, former US Senator Barbara Boxer, Patrick Jordan, and Lauri Kibby, But even before that, the co-chairs had introduced the evening's host -- television fashion expert Carson Kressley. Kressley stepped in to replace Ross Matthews who isÃÂ ...
Arkansas Times
February 17, 2018
Use the National Guard, as Barbara Boxer once suggested? Some have argued that military veterans should shoulder the task, though these ideas seem to go in the grouping of “Let's run it up the flagpole and see it anybody salutes” notions. It won't be the feds who will come through. Hell, the best theÃÂ ...
The Hill
February 17, 2018
Barbara Boxer ÷ Barbara Levy BoxerDems face hard choice for State of the Union response Billionaire Steyer to push for Dem House push Billionaire Steyer announces million for Dem House push MORE (D). Harris, 53, is also widely considered a potential 2020 presidential contender. Newsom is runningà...
Modesto Bee (blog)
February 16, 2018
The casually dressed man standing outside Modesto Junior College's student center Wednesday didn't much look like a billionaire. Didn't sound like one, either. Tom Steyer was in Modesto to talk to college students about his NextGen America organization. If you're having trouble placing the name, SteyerÃÂ ...
Chron.com
January 31, 2018
Barbara Boxer wrote to the CIA director demanding an explanation. There were Senate hearings and three federal investigations on the topic. No evidence was found of any CIA effort to introduce crack cocaine to American communities. In 1981, Washington, D.C., was convulsed by Gary Sick's allegationsÃÂ ...
Sierra Sun
January 31, 2018
Since then, this state's top officials, the likes of Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brown and Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer have been no threat to national politicians in either major party. Yes, Schwarzenegger might have been a credible candidate and would have loved to run, but hisÃÂ ...
Kurdistan24
January 31, 2018
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the Republican co-sponsor, along with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California), of a 2015 measure that would have provided for the direct arming of the Peshmerga. The Senate Armed Services Committee has been strongly supportive of the Peshmerga. In addition, Sinjari met with two Senators from theÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
January 20, 2018
Twelve-year-old Solange Signoret stepped to the microphone and with her first sentence held the attention of the more than 1,000 people in front of her as she thanked those who have fought for equality – the women especially – and vowed “to make them proud.” “You've done many brave things. You haveÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
January 20, 2018
... Managing Director Rhea Lewis-Woodson, Adam Rifkin, Ariel Winter and Levi Meaden, Shellie Reade, Sarah Milmet, Leo Milmet, RC DiTanna, Al Jones and Marc Byrd, Richard DeSantis, Susan Stein, Stewart and former Senator Barbara Boxer, Raymond and Janis Musante, Jerry Green, John McDonaldÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
January 20, 2018
Throughout Southern California, other marches were planned in San Diego, San Marcos, Idyllwild, Hemet, Riverside, Santa Ana, Redondo Beach, Burbank, Seaside, and Huntington Beach, among others. In Palm Springs on Saturday, retired Democratic California Sen. Barbara Boxer's PAC for a ChangeÃÂ ...
San Francisco Chronicle
January 20, 2018
Barbara Boxer, who served during previous shutdowns, agrees that “in general (voters) do” blame both parties for the federal government grinding to a halt. But “they're going to blame the people who run the show,” Boxer said on The Chronicle's “It's All Political” podcast. “The truth is people are not dumb.
Chico Enterprise-Record
January 19, 2018
Barbara Boxer, endorsed Proposition 1, which passed with a landslide 65-35 percent vote in November 2014. Major unions, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and the California Chamber of Commerce endorsed it, as did the California Farm Bureau Federation and numerous environmental groups,ÃÂ ...
KESQ
January 19, 2018
The Palm Springs march is being organized by former Senator Barbara Boxer's PAC for a Change. The official event page lists the event as going until 1:30 PM, with a plan to wrap up the march route in front of the Wellwood Library. Los Angeles, Riverside, Idyllwild, San Marcos, and San Diego will alsoÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
January 19, 2018
And Senator Barbara Boxer has previously said she doesn't care who or what people vote for, as long as they vote. Palm Springs City Councilwoman Lisa Middleton said anecdotally she has also watched more women get involved in politics. Locally in Palm Springs, the number of women on city councilÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
January 10, 2018
After years participating behind the scenes in local politics, Issa's first foray as a candidate came in 1998 when he spent $9.8 million in the Republican primary for the chance to challenge Barbara Boxer for her Senate seat, but lost to Matt Fong. He was elected to the House in 2000 with 61% of the vote, andÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
January 5, 2018
This year, former California Senator Barbara Boxer and NBC News correspondent Katy Tur will be among the many talented speakers at the conference. Past conferences have featured inspiring and talented role models and speakers including actress/producers Mindy Kaling, Geena Davis, and ReeseÃÂ ...
OC Weekly
January 5, 2018
You may recall from the obviously soon-to-be-award-winning Dana Watch ("She's a Man, Baby!" Dec. 14) that the comedienne-turned-political-activist tweeted about Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Russian Bride) and his troubling ties to the Putin regime. A couple weeks later—and after catching heat forÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
January 5, 2018
Barbara Boxer. Three years later, he ran in a neighboring House district and spent more than $4 million of his own money against conservative Republican Tom McClintock, losing in a rancorous GOP primary where he was beaten up over poor ratings from groups on abortion and gun control. Before OseÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
January 4, 2018
Barbara Boxer were elected in 1992. It was a pivotal election, known as “The Year of the Woman,” after Anita Hill made national news by accusing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during his confirmation hearings. Though she has faced intense backlash within her ownÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
January 3, 2018
Barbara Boxer in 2010 and $500 in 2011 to U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, another Democrat. Allen also gave $250 to the Democratic State Central Committee and $100 to Gavin Newsom for California lieutenant governor in 2010. Newsom, a liberal Democrat, is now the leading candidate for governor.
Los Angeles Times
January 2, 2018
Barbara Boxer's chief campaign adviser. Newsom, a former two-term San Francisco mayor, is expected to receive a warm embrace from voters in the Bay Area, where turnout is historically higher than L.A. County, especially in non-presidential years. Combined with his aggressive courtship of California'sÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
December 31, 2017
For 10 years starting in 2007 I was either chairman or vice chairman of the United States Senate Ethics Committee, the only committee of the Senate equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. I can tell you without hesitation, that it is against the rules to ask your staff to carry your clean clothesÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
December 20, 2017
Barbara Boxer's political action committee, comes after 12 of California's 14 House Republicans voted Tuesday for the $1.5 trillion tax bill that slashes the corporate tax rate to 21 percent and limits deductions for state and local taxes – a provision that hits high-tax blue states like California and New YorkÃÂ ...
TIME
November 29, 2017
Former Sen. Barbara Boxer predicted that if elected, Alabama candidate Roy Moore will eventually be expelled from the Senate. The California Democrat, who served in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and in the Senate from 1993 to 2016, said that based on her experiences in office,ÃÂ ...
NBC Bay Area
November 3, 2017
At least three former and one current California congresswomen have come forward alleging sexual harassment and groping from colleagues, adding to the growing list of women coming out against powerful men. Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer described an incident where a male colleague madeÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 27, 2017
Barbara Boxer said she has no inside intel on what Feinstein will do in 2018. “I believe she is running until I see any other indication,” Boxer said Wednesday at a Sacramento Press Club lunch. “Every single race is hard.... Anyone who runs against her will give her a tough race.” Feinstein, 84, has madeÃÂ ...
The Desert Sun
December 2, 2017
Five desert women were celebrated Friday with Athena Awards for their leadership, vision and community involvement. Among them was former U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce for her commitment to equality for women ...
TIME
November 30, 2017
Former Sen. Barbara Boxer predicted that if elected, Alabama candidate Roy Moore will eventually be expelled from the Senate. The California Democrat, who served in the House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and in the Senate from 1993 to 2016, said that based on her experiences in office, ...
Washington Examiner
November 24, 2017
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. In a Senate floor debate on the bill to protect unborn children from partial-birth abortion, she was asked by then-Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Penn., “You agree, once a child is born, is separated from the mother, that that child is protected by the Constitution and cannot be killed? Do you ...
Patch.com
November 21, 2017
Former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, Lifetime Achievement Award – a Coachella Valley resident, Boxer is widely respected in the Palm Springs community for her commitment to supporting equality for women and the LGBTQ community. She was also instrumental in securing federal funds for the City's ...
The Cut
November 17, 2017
When former Democratic congresswoman and senator Barbara Boxer went in front of the House in the 1980s to present a bill — a relatively ordinary motion for a congresswoman to make — she said she was met with condescension and laughter, The Hill reports. “One of my colleagues said after I spoke, ...
The Hill
November 15, 2017
WATCH: Fmr. Sen. Barbara Boxer recounts sexual harassment experience on Capitol Hill, 'the entire audience started laughing.' pic.twitter.com/zEmwSl88U0. — MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 15, 2017. Former Sen. Barbara Boxer Barbara BoxerBarbara Boxer recounts harassment on Capitol Hill: 'The ...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
November 6, 2017
Hilda Solis, former Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, and current Democratic Rep. Linda Sanchez — came forward with allegations of sexual harassment by their colleagues in a recent report by the Associated Press. California Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier recently discussed her own allegations of sexual ...
NBC Bay Area
November 3, 2017
At least three former and one current California congresswomen have come forward alleging sexual harassment and groping from colleagues, adding to the growing list of women coming out against powerful men. Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer described an incident where a male colleague made ...
NPR
December 31, 1999
California Democrat Barbara Boxer entered the Senate in 1993, in a wave of female lawmakers elected after the Anita Hill scandal. "I'm waiting for the Ethics Committee to kick this guy out and a year goes by, two years go by, still nothing happens," says Boxer, describing her surprise at the time. So in 1995Â ...
Markets Insider
September 30, 2017
Join Senator Barbara Boxer and Newt Gingrich, 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for a provocative discussion about theÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 30, 2017
Gubernatorial candidate John Chiang orders lunch at Al & Bea's Mexican Food in Boyle Heights in June. Christina House / For The Times.
Salon
September 29, 2017
A supporter of liberal-leaning candidates Al Gore, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer, Louis-Dreyfus has a long history ofÃÂ ...
Sacramento Bee
September 29, 2017
Barbara Boxer, to the Sacramento Press Club. SIGNATURE, PLEASE: Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, D-Los Angeles, is receiving a little helpÃÂ ...
Orange County Breeze
September 28, 2017
Local environmental leaders called on former Senator Barbara Boxer to disclose the payments she has been receiving to lobby on behalf of theÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
September 28, 2017
And even though they served as colleagues in Washington for more than two decades, former Sen. Barbara Boxer said she has no inside intelÃÂ ...
Sonoma Index-Tribune
September 15, 2017
Barbara Boxer. Usually starting in May, the Pacific Coast commercial salmon fishing season was postponed until a few weeks ago. This yearÃÂ ...
KQED
September 15, 2017
... in 1992, Dianne Feinstein has consistently enjoyed higher approval ratings than the other U.S. Senator from California, Barbara Boxer.
Gant Daily
September 15, 2017
Barbara Boxer — just before she retired — introduced legislation aimed at eliminating the Electoral College. “In my lifetime, I have seen twoÃÂ ...
CNN
September 14, 2017
In the wake of Clinton's popular vote win/Electoral College loss, California Sen. Barbara Boxer -- just before she retired -- introduced legislationÃÂ ...
SFGate
September 13, 2017
Barbara Boxer, in promoting Howard Terminal, hoping to transform the city's northern waterfront and boost the struggling Jack London Square.
Politico
September 7, 2017
Barbara Boxer of California. “Nadeam's deep insight and effectiveness has been a vital part of our Caucus' unity throughout his time as Chief ofÃÂ ...
KCET
September 5, 2017
Jeanie Buss, Barbara Boxer, John Ridley and Other LA Leaders Explore Intimate Conversations with Val Zavala in Second Season of TOWNÃÂ ...
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