Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Jerry Lewis [R, CA-41]

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

(Source: MSNBC) Redlands Republican Jerry Lewis voted 'no' and warned of 'single payer healthcare'. “The Speaker and her congressional advisors are ...

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Review: 'Boeing-Boeing' lifts off with planeload of laughs

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...Marc Camoletti and adapted by Beverley Cross, ran for 17 years in Paris and is the most-performed French play in the world. Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis starred in a 1965 film version and a 2008 Broadway revival won two Tony Awards. Set in the swinging 1

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Review: 'Boeing-Boeing' lifts off with planeload of laughs

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis starred in a 1965 film version and a 2008 Broadway revival won two Tony Awards. Set in the swinging 1960s, "Boeing-Boeing" ...

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Tracking Your Taxes: The High Price of Nuclear Waste

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...to have to close down if we don't get a handle on it because waste is piling up in those communities with reactors," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, (R-Calif). Lawmakers like Lewis and Sen. John McCain say with no long term repository for America's nuclear waste

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Tracking Your Taxes: The High Price of Nuclear Waste

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

... to have to close down if we don't get a handle on it because waste is piling up in those communities with reactors," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, (R-Calif). ...

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Playing 'gotcha' on Gitmo (Rep. David Price)

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...however, the same Republicans who had eagerly accepted the compromise just months ago were railing against it. As Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) insisted, "Terrorists should not be treated like common criminals in the federal court... [but should be] held and

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Higher bar needed on ethics issues

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...Perata wouldn't face criminal corruption charges, clearing the way for him to vie for the Oakland mayoral seat. Or consider Rep. Jerry Lewis, the California Republican of Redlands. He and his BFF, former politician-turned-lobbyist Bill Lowery, were obvi

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Higher bar needed on ethics issues

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

Or consider Rep. Jerry Lewis, the California Republican of Redlands. He and his BFF, former politician-turned-lobbyist Bill Lowery, were obviously a part of ...

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PLAN COLOMBIA: EXPORTING THE MODEL

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, speaking in back-to-back hearings of his committee and the Homeland ...

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Senate clears bill to avert agency closing

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...especially in light of the fact that Congress must soon consider legislation to increase our national debt," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W. Bu

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Bloated Spending, New Priorities, Few Controls

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

... prime the pump for government waste as these bureaucracies struggle to find ways to spend it,” House Appropriations Ranking Republican Jerry Lewis said. ...

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Lawmakers targeted in ethics probe

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

And Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), ranking member on Appropriations, came under investigation by DOJ over his ties to a former lawmaker turned lobbyist. ...

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Flake to Pelosi: Strip PMA earmarks

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) and the top Republican on the committee, Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) in a letter released to POLITICO. “There is simply no defensible reason to allow no-bid contracts for f

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Senate clears bill, averting shutdowns

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...especially in light of the fact that Congress must soon consider legislation to increase our national debt,” said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W.

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GOP seizing on the leak of ethics probe details

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...of the PMA Group from the defense-spending bill. Flake sent a letter to Pelosi, Boehner and Reps. David Obey (D-Wis.) and Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, respectively, asking them to “take imme

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Tracking Your Taxes: Energy and Water Budget Grows Despite Recession

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...will undoubtedly prime the pump for government waste as these bureaucracies struggle to find ways to spend it," California Rep. Jerry Lewis, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, told Fox News. "A black cloud of unsustainable governmen

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Senate clears bill to avert agency closing

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

Republicans call for death of health care plan

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

Jerry Lewis, the senior member of the area's Congressional delegation, says it will cost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, raise health care costs ...

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2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

Jerry Lewis, R-Calif. But Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., the chief author of the bill in the House, said that former President George W. Bush had squeezed ...

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Stopgap Funding Bill Would Extend Housing Loan Limits

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...families from having their housing vouchers terminated by freeing up extra money left over from the last fiscal year. Jerry Lewis of California, ranking Republican on House Appropriations, said the provision would reward “gross financial mismanagemen

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