Open Congress : News Articles for Jerry Lewis

House members wrapping up

2012-12-29T01:00:00Z

...to run after his former 26th Congressional District was scrapped during redistricting. Another retiring congressman, Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, has also closed his offices in Redlands and Washington. At lameduck Rep. Joe Baca's San Bernardino district off

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2012: A look back at Inland Valley news

2012-12-29T01:00:00Z

...transmission lines. The estimated costs • City officials also have their hands full with a Chinese maternity hotel reportedly being run in a home at 15250 Woodglen Drive. City Attorney Mark Hensley filed a public nuisance complaint with West Valley Su

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Wild West moments of 2012

2012-12-28T01:00:00Z

...who must have felt quite confident of keeping his post, even seconded Smith’s nomination. Rep. Ed Ableser, D-Tempe, put Sen. Jerry Lewis, R-Mesa, on the defensive throughout the Senate race in Legislative District 25, often citing the Republican’s s

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Top quotes of 2012

2012-12-28T01:00:00Z

...(And) I’m a Democrat puppet to the Republicans. I’m a man with no party. I think that’s an independent.” — Departing Sen. Jerry Lewis, a Mesa Republican, on his role as a moderate in a divided Legislature. “I see absolute joy on the faces of

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Maven's Morning Coffee: fraud in the Assessor's Office, Rep. Jerry Lewis leaves Congress, crime down in LA

2012-12-28T01:00:00Z

...it difficult to detect reductions, even when they amount to hundreds of millions of dollars," according to The Times. Rep. Jerry Lewis is leaving Congress after three decades of service. The congressman tells KPCC that after his first two years in Washi

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Colbert on TMCP

2012-12-11T01:00:00Z

...of irritating the group. “Such unwarranted attacks should be strongly condemned by Republicans and Democrats alike,” said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., during brief debate on the resolution. Wisconsin Rep. David Obey, a veteran Democrat, recounted how

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Time running out on 'cliff' deal, Cliff poll: Advantage Obama, DCCC targets 35 GOPers over tax cuts, GOP's immigration jam, Senators wary of 'nuclear option,' Boustany beats Landry, Old defense hawks

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...WA-03 Jaime Herrera Beutler, WI-07 Sean Duffy, WV-01 David McKinley. www.GOPHostagetakers.com WSJ LEAD EDITORIAL: ‘The Republican Tax Panic’: “If any Republicans thought that President Obama would respond with magnanimity in victory, they now know

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Defense hawks take flight - Obama mourns special operator killed in rescue mission - McCain: 5th Fleet to stay put - DoD chief a costly job - SNL takes on the fiscal cliff

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...half a dozen heavyweights, such as Sens. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Reps. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.), Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), either announced retirement or lost their seats this fall,” Samuelsohn and Gas

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Congressional Election Stat Porn-- How The GOP Stole The House In 2012

2012-12-06T01:00:00Z

...Five saw their districts splintered or eliminated during redistricting: Reps. Steve Austria (R-OH), David Dreier (R-CA), Jerry Lewis (R-CA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Bob Turner (R-NY). Five others saw their district significantly altered to their disadv

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Ten fresh faces to watch in the new Congress

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...of Congress. A new Latino senator -- one of just three -- is already snagging headlines for voicing a new vision of the Republican party. A record-breaking 20 women will serve in the upper chamber, and 78 will be seated in the United States House. Sixte

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California loses nearly 300 years of Congressional seniority with retirements, defeats

2012-12-03T01:00:00Z

...traffic cop who decided which amendments would get a floor vote. Also retiring is the state’s longest serving member, Republican Jerry Lewis of Redlands, who first came to Capitol Hill in 1978. Lewis says he's been in Washington "long enough." He insi

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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: As Rounds enters South Dakota Senate race, all eyes on Johnson

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...which he now represents (the pledge is to your constituents of a numbered district). • WV-02, WV-Sen: Dave Catanese reports that Kanawha County Prosecutor Mark Plants says he's interested in a possible bid for Rep. Shelley Moore Capito's open seat and

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Could Outgoing Republicans Hold Keys to ‘Fiscal Cliff’?

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...raise tax rates. “[Congressman Jerry Lewis] has always been willing to listen to any proposals, but there isn’t,” a spokesman for Rep. Lewis, Calif., told ABC News. “He’s said the pledge was easy because it goes along with his philosophy that

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When Corrupt DCCC Chair Steve Israel Put Buck McKeon Off Limits This Year, He Also Put Drone Policy Off Limits

2012-11-27T01:00:00Z

...McKeon and Cuellar are co-chairmen of the caucus. Other California Republicans - Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Vista (San Diego County); Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands (San Bernardino County); Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine (San Diego County); and Ken Calvert, R-Corona (Rive

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Fewer moderates in new US Congress makes crossing partisan divide harder

2012-11-27T01:00:00Z

...moderates like Reps. Judy Biggert of Illinois and New Hampshire's Charles Bass were defeated while others such as Reps. Jerry Lewis of California and Steven LaTourette of Ohio decided to retire. Whether the changes are good is often in the eye of the be

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Fewer moderates make deals harder

2012-11-26T01:00:00Z

...moderates like Reps. Judy Biggert of Illinois and New Hampshires Charles Bass were defeated while others such as Reps. Jerry Lewis of California and Steven LaTourette of Ohio decided to retire. Congress seems to be going in the opposite direction of the

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Fresh faces edge out experience

2012-11-26T01:00:00Z

...Democrat after serving 20 terms. He is the senior Democrat on the House committee that oversees Medicare and Medicaid. » Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, the former chair of the House Appropriations Committee, is retiring after 17 terms. » Scott Peters, D-San

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Fresh faces edge out experience

2012-11-26T01:00:00Z

New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder

2012-11-26T01:00:00Z

...moderates like Reps. Judy Biggert of Illinois and New Hampshire's Charles Bass were defeated while others such as Reps. Jerry Lewis of California and Steven LaTourette of Ohio decided to retire. "Congress seems to be going in the opposite direction of t

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New Congress: Fewer moderates make deals harder

2012-11-26T01:00:00Z

...moderates like Reps. Judy Biggert of Illinois and New Hampshire's Charles Bass were defeated while others such as Reps. Jerry Lewis of California and Steven LaTourette of Ohio decided to retire. "Congress seems to be going in the opposite direction of t

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