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A bipartisan group of legislators reintroduced a gun control bill Wednesday, nearly two years after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a measure that would have closed the federal loophole in the background checks system.
Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will join Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to announce the reintroduction of Thompson's bill to expand background checks on gun buyers, a measure that failed to get a vote in the House last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is returning to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to help kick-start a longshot campaign to expand criminal background checks to all commercial firearms sales.
Rep. Mike Thompson announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a rule to implement Thompson's legislative provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States.
Rep. Mike Thompson announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Defense has issued a rule to implement Thompson's legislative provision requiring every American flag purchased by the Department of Defense to be 100 percent manufactured in the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced that the U.S.
U.S Representative Mike Thompson (CA-5) announced Friday that around $4.8 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration will be given to help the California Department of Transportation and local agencies cover repair costs for infrastructure damaged by the last year's Aug. 24 earthquake.
For many years the natural wealth and recreation opportunities found here in Lake County and the surrounding counties has gone largely unrecognized. The nearly one hundred miles stretching from Lake Berryessa to Snow Mountain in the Mendocino National Forest is a crown jewel of Northern California's Inner Coast Range.
Local earthquake-damaged highways and roads will benefit from $4.8 million in federal emergency repair money.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena on Friday announced the money will come from the Federal Highway Administration. The South Napa Earthquake on Aug. 24 caused road damage varying from pavement cracks to exposing rebar on concrete bridges.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, on Friday announced $4.8 million in federal aid for Caltrans to cover costs to repair infrastructure damaged by the Aug. 24 earthquake centered near Napa.