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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson today voted against his own legislation, the Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015, after House Republicans rejected Thompson's amendment to pay for the bill.
Higher education can be the key to a better-paying, more productive adulthood. But how can college students avoid being sucked under by debt in search of their dreams?
Top trade officials and congressional lawmakers said Wednesday that the United States is launching a challenge to China's extensive export subsidy program.
Presented with the opportunity to pitch an idea to their local congressman, students at American Canyon High School picked a hot topic: Should students be required to pass a civics test to graduate.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) and Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced legislation in the House (H.R. 761) and Senate (S. 393) to designate the 360,100 acre Berryessa Snow Mountain region as a national monument.
Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation in the House and Senate on Thursday to designate the 360,100-acre Berryessa-Snow Mountain region — all federally owned land — as a national monument.
Rep. Mike Thompson will try again to convince Congress to create a 360,000-acre Berryessa-Snow Mountain National Monument.
California representatives in Congress are making another push to get Berryessa Snow Mountain nationally recognized.
Almost politically unfathomable.
That's how North Coast Rep. Jared Huffman characterized any attempt on the part of the Republican-controlled Congress or the next president to reverse President Barack Obama's recent executive actions on immigration.
Regional and California lawmakers, all Democrats, hailed President Barack Obama's words Tuesday night as a forceful speech with a bold and optimistic vision that sets a clear agenda for his final two years in office despite fierce Republican opposition.