Rep. Linda Sánchez

Democrat  •  39th District, California  •  5th Term  •  Sworn In 2003
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06/03/12
Our View: Star-News endorsements on Tuesday's ballot

38th CD: Democrat Linda Sanchez is one of the smartest ... on education since her time on the La Ca ada Flintridge City Council and is a plugged-in representative in Sacramento. Young Republican Gilbert Gonzales is a moderate GOP Latino with ...

Source: Pasadena Star-News
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06/02/12
It's Politics: Whittier resident runs for Congress but district doesn't include his hometown

Former Rep. Esteban Torres, D-Pico Rivera ... Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs, and Linda Sanchez, D-Cerritos, have joined the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Compiled by Mike Sprague. Mail items for It's Politics to 7612 ...

Source: Daily Breeze
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06/01/12
It's Politics: Whittier resident runs for Congress but district doesn't include his hometown

Former Rep. Esteban Torres, D-Pico Rivera ... Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs, and Linda Sanchez, D-Cerritos, have joined the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Compiled by Mike Sprague. Mail items for It's Politics to 7612 ...

Source: Whittier Daily News
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06/01/12
CAPAC Members Denounce Attack on Reproductive Rights

Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA-39): "This misguided bill not only infringes on a woman's right to choose, but it increases the health disparities that already exist among minority women, erodes the trust that exists between a woman and her doctor, and denies women

Source: MENAFN
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06/01/12
'Birther' Taitz could be GOP Senate nominee

District 38. This largely Los Angeles County district dips across the county line to take in La Palma. Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood, is the sister of longtime Santa Ana Rep. Loretta Sanchez, and is expected to be the top primary finisher.

Source: Orange County Register
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05/31/12
June primary races at stake Tuesday

Linda Sanchez, D-Cerritos, who moves from the 39th District. The district now includes Montebello, Pico Rivera, Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk and Bellflower. • 40th Congressional District: Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles ...

Source: Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
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05/31/12
Federal Repeal of the Constitutional Right to Self Govern

https://watersforms.house.gov/Contact/ContactForm.htm Washington contact: 202-225-2201 Fax. 202-225-7854 Congresswoman Linda Sanchez D-CA. 39th dist. https://forms.house.gov/lindasanchez/webforms/issue_subscribe.htm Washington contact ...

Source: RedState
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05/31/12
The Verbal Slugfest

...that it could pan out as an effective tactic for rattling the opposition, especially against the likes of Richardson and Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), whose bats pack the most punch in the Members’ line-up. “What kind of psychological things work?

Source: Roll Call
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05/30/12
Football, like politics, is a red-state/blue-state thing

That may prove easier said than done. At a 2009 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Linda Sanchez grilled NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the league’s handling of concussions and player safety, likening pro football to the tobacco industry.

Source: Washington Times
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05/27/12
Rep. Linda Sanchez faces 2 conservatives in 38th House District

The primary for the new 38th Congressional District matches five-term Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood, against two first-time Republican candidates. Since all three will be on the same ballot under the top-two primary format voters passed two ...

Source: Long Beach Press-Telegram
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05/25/12
The Social Security Administration's Equality Problem

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Linda Sánchez, a Democrat from California, would recognize domestic partnership, civil union and marriage. Last week, the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare proposed removing gender-specific ...

Source: DAILY KOS
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05/24/12
Sanchez faces two Republicans in new congressional district

When this year began, Rep. Linda Sanchez was looking at a three-corner fight to keep the congressional seat she has held since 2002. She had state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, on one side and Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs ...

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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05/24/12
Sanchez faces two Republicans in new congressional district

When this year began, Rep. Linda Sanchez was looking at a three-corner fight to keep the congressional seat she has held since 2002. She had state Sen. Ron Calderon, D-Montebello, on one side and Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs ...

Source: Whittier Daily News
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05/23/12
Linda Sanchez: 'Tea Party has made it more gridlocked'

That's one of the provocative things Rep. Linda Sanchez said about life in Congress during a meeting with the newspaper's editorial board. Here are other highlights of our conversation with Sanchez, a Democrat who is running for a sixth term in the newly .

Source: Daily Breeze
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05/23/12
Linda Sanchez: 'Tea Party has made it more gridlocked'

That's one of the provocative things Rep. Linda Sanchez said about life in Congress during a meeting with the newspaper's editorial board. Here are other highlights of our conversation with Sanchez, a Democrat who is running for a sixth term in ...

Source: Los Angeles Daily News
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05/23/12
White House objects as House omits LGBTs from domestic violence and defense bills

It's the right thing to do." Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) also lambasted exclusion of LGBT language in the House version. "My Republican friends in this body have insisted on taking back crucial protections for abused victims, said Sanchez. "This ...

Source: Pride Source
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05/18/12
Ethics Panel Amends Rules at Hastily Called Public Meeting

and ranking member Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) cited clause 2(g)(3)(B ... Earlier this week, the committee received a letter from Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) addressing investigations of CBC members.

Source: Roll Call Online
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05/18/12
Ethics Panel Amends Rules at Hastily Called Public Meeting

...version of the committee’s rules was posted on its website after the meeting. The panel voted to amend Rule 4 to address new reporting requirements contained in the recently passed Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge — or STOCK — Act. It likew

Source: Roll Call
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05/17/12
Cerritos City Councilmember Mark E. Pulido honored with APAICS Trailblazer Award

Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, a member of APAICS, presented the award to Councilmember Pulido at a special event held in Washington D.C. The event was held as part of the APAICS celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Source: Asianjournal.com
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05/17/12
Cerritos City Councilmember Mark E. Pulido honored with APAICS Trailblazer Award

Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, a member of APAICS, presented the award to Councilmember Pulido at a special event held in Washington D.C. The event was held as part of the APAICS celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Source: Asianjournal.com
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05/17/12
Cleaver: ‘Concern’ on ethics probes of black lawmakers

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black ... And the Missouri Democrat, in a letter to Reps. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member of the Ethics Committee, also demanded that they ...

Source: Politico.com
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05/17/12
Op-ed: AIDS Walk Steps Still Lead the Way

Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., is advancing the Social Security Equality Act of 2012 to end the discrimination against LGBT Americans that is embedded in our Social Security system. These are just two of the many legislative paths that ...

Source: Advocate
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05/16/12
FEC says Feinstein can't go back to donors after embezzlement

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood; Loretta Sanchez, D-Anaheim, and Susan Davis, D-San Diego -- also Durkee clients -- are in the same boat, Carrick said. "It's disappointing, definitely," Carrick said. "People intended their money to be ...

Source: Inside Bay Area
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05/16/12
FEC says Feinstein can't go back to donors after embezzlement

Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood; Loretta Sanchez, D-Anaheim, and Susan Davis, D-San Diego -- also Durkee clients -- are in the same boat, Carrick said. "It's disappointing, definitely," Carrick said. "People intended their money to be ...

Source: Inside Bay Area
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05/15/12
Gay couples can't bank Obama's blessings yet

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Linda Sanchez, a Democrat from California, would recognize domestic partnership, civil union and marriage. Last week, the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare proposed removing gender-specific ...

Source: Reuters
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05/15/12
Gay couples can't bank Obama's blessings yet

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Linda Sanchez, a Democrat from California, would recognize domestic partnership, civil union and marriage. Last week, the National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare proposed removing gender-specific definitions .

Source: msnbc.com
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05/14/12
Not recalling is worse

Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), or by Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) and Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.). Instead, we got the usual “I don’t recall,” a response lawyers usually tell their clients to give so as not to get themselves ...

Source: Thehill.com
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05/14/12
The Little Old Legislator from Pasadena: A Guide to the 2012 California Assembly Races (Part 2)

Marquez has the endorsements of Congresswomen Linda Sanchez, Lucile Roybal-Allard ... Akili has the support of former Congresswoman Diane Watson and a few other former electeds, but he looks very unlikely to beat Jones-Sawyer.

Source: DAILY KOS
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05/12/12
It's Politics: Sen. Ron Calderon bills to get committee hearings Monday

PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT: President Barack Obama has endorsed Rep. Linda Sanchez's "the Safe Schools Improvement Act." The bill, which Sanchez, D-Lakewood, introduced would provide schools with the resources they need to prevent school bullying and ...

Source: Whittier Daily News
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05/10/12
Blog: My Choice for Assembly, Jimmy Gomez

Today Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard along with Congresswomen Linda Sanchez and Grace Napolitano announced their support for Jimmy Gomez! You see, I’m a 21 year old guy who is passionate about politics and I was impressed with Jimmy Gomez.

Source: Patch
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Official website: http://lindasanchez.house.gov/
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2423 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6676
Fax: 202-226-1012

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