Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]

California lawmakers running for Congress make heavy use of taxpayer-paid mail

2012-06-03T09:37:20Z

She is challenging Democratic Rep. Joe Baca in the Inland Empire district that overlaps with much of her current seat. She said her campaign wasn't a factor in her use of the mail program, saying her office "didn't utilize it as much as we ...

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California lawmakers running for Congress make heavy use of taxpayer-paid mail

2012-06-03T01:00:00Z

...to run for a congressional seat created by the state's newly drawn political maps. She is challenging Democratic Rep. Joe Baca in the Inland Empire district that overlaps with much of her current seat. She said her campaign wasn't a factor in her use of

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US Senator calls for health warnings on games

2012-06-02T16:12:13Z

A barking US Senator has decided that computer games need to carry health warnings. Democratic Congressman Joe Baca has decide that rather than save his country from rampant economic woes he would rather write a law called the Video Game Health Labeling ..

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New primary system, new districts reshape Tuesday's election

2012-06-01T19:55:19Z

Two Democratic politicians, Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, and state Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod, D-Montclair are going after the 35th Congressional District seat. Also running is Anthony Vieyra, a Green Party candidate who lives in Pomona and ...

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Steve Suto - 1UP.COM

2012-06-01T11:19:55Z

Recently, a bill was introduced to Congress by Representative Joe Baca and Frank Wolf that would require all games, even one's designed for small children, to have a warning that states, "Warning: Exposure to violent video games has been linked ...

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Election news: Josie Gonzales seeks third term as 5th District supervisor; she is opposed by two challengers

2012-05-31T19:20:43Z

Last month, Marroquin received an endorsement from Rep. Joe Baca (D-Rialto) and was backed by some local Democrats as they decided to skip support for Gonzales. The local Democrats claimed that Gonzales has constantly supported Republican ...

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Election news: Joe Baca Jr. seeks Assembly seat

2012-05-31T19:20:43Z

With current Assemblymember Wilmer Amina Carter leaving office, the recently redrawn 47th District, which includes Fontana, will have a new leader this coming November, and one of the candidates hoping to be elected is Joe Baca Jr., son of Rep.

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Election news: Joe Baca Jr. seeks Assembly seat

2012-05-31T19:20:43Z

Ed Perlmutter Leaves Coaching Mark on Women's Softball Game

2012-05-28T01:00:00Z

...of New York Times Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Carl Hulse and Associated Press Special Correspondent David Espo. Reps. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) and Kevin Brady (R-Texas) pitch in on game day for the Congressional women. But one source close to the team tel

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Let's work together to better care for our veterans

2012-05-27T09:59:57Z

Congressman Joe Baca represents the 43rd Congressional District, which includes Bloomington, Colton, Fontana, Rialto, Ontario and San Bernardino.

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Where we stand on local races

2012-05-27T01:00:00Z

...on this race, a contest between two veteran Democratic legislators an a Green Party candidate. Half of the board backs Rep. Joe Baca, the other half state Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod. Both will likely square off again in November anyway, since the state'

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Campaign money is flowing into candidate coffers as primary election approaches

2012-05-26T01:00:00Z

...himself $200,000, but also has hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. Miller has raised $739,513, and Aguilar, $334,193. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, received $561,742 and state Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod, D-Montclair, had $193,048. Democrat Carol Liu

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CONGRESS: Candidates make final fundraising push before primary

2012-05-25T21:36:41Z

No other candidates reported fundraising. State Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod outraised Rep. Joe Baca for the first time in the 35th Congressional District, which includes Ontario, Pomona, Chino and parts of Fontana and Rialto. Negrete McLeod ...

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Congressmen Baca, Burton, Ross, and Runyan Respond to USPSTF Recommendation

2012-05-25T09:33:41Z

Congressmen Joe Baca (D-CA) and Jon Runyan (R-NJ), Co-Chairs of the Prostate Cancer Task Force, along with Congressman Dan Burton (R-IN) and Dennis Ross (R-FL), believe the PSA test, credited with saving thousands of men’s lives, should remain a vital ..

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CONGRESSMAN JOE BACA HOSTS EDUCATION SUMMIT

2012-05-24T18:38:54Z

San Bernardino, CA – On Thursday, May 24, Congressman Joe Baca (D-Rialto) hosted his annual Education Summit, at California State University San Bernardino. The theme of this year’s conference was “The California and National Landscape ...

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USA - Congress know the cost of everything and the value on nothing

2012-05-24T15:47:06Z

That’s a “scare tactic,” said Lucas, who said the changes would close “program loopholes.” The cuts drew a sharp critique from Representative Joe Baca, a California Democrat who said he once relied on food stamps...

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H.R. 1909 — Unfinished Free-Market Business to Lift Barriers to Lending

2012-05-22T01:00:00Z

They said it couldn’t be done. That Congress couldn’t pass a bipartisan bill in an election year to help the economy. Particularly one that lessens the burdens of government on consumers and entrepreneurs. The parties’ ideological positions were just

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House approves perchlorate study

2012-05-20T22:32:43Z

House members approved an amendment by Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, to the National Defense Authorization Act, which orders the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct a study of the perchlorate contaminated plume in the Rialto-Colton water basin.

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ASSEMBLY: Campaigns hot in SB County contests

2012-05-20T20:31:01Z

Baca Jr., the son of Rep. Joe Baca, D-Rialto, represented the 62{+n}{+d} from 2004 through 2006, when he lost the Democratic primary for state Senate. He successfully ran later that year for the Rialto City Council, where he still serves.

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Improvements pay off

2012-05-20T01:00:00Z

...6.8 million in 2007. There has even been talk among managers at Ontario of closing one of its two terminals. On Friday, Rep. Joe Baca, D-Rialto, introduced legislation giving the city of L.A. two months to transfer Ontario International to a local autho

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