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U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) and other House Democrats held a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives Wednesday, demanding that Republican leadership allow a vote on what they’re calling bipartisan, common sense legislation to prevent gun violence.

Thompson led the effort along with Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, Thompson spokeswoman Megan Rabbit said.

North Coast Rep. Mike Thompson joined other Democrats in a sit-in on the House floor Wednesday, demanding Republicans vote on two pieces of gun control legislation — one of them, his.

The rare move comes one week after a Senate filibuster that resulted in a vote on several pieces of gun control legislation, though all four bills were voted down.

U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) issued the following statement Monday after the Senate failed to pass amendments offered by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to help keep guns away from criminals, domestic abusers, the dangerously mentally ill and suspected terrorists.

A bill by Rep. Mike Thompson (D- St. Helena) that would allow small businesses to continue offering their employees Health Reimbursement Arrangements, heads to the Senate after passing the House of Representatives Tuesday, Thompson’s office announced.

t’s the photo of a 6-year-old smiling broadly in his Little League uniform that sticks with Mike Thompson as he pushes Congress to consider tougher gun control laws.

The Napa Valley Democrat was sitting in a Yolo Pass duck blind in 2012 when he learned of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Hoping to capitalize on public outrage in the wake of the Orlando, Fla., mass shooting, Rep. Mike Thompson joined Democratic leaders Wednesday in calling for a vote on long-stalled gun-control legislation, saying the growing toll of American lives lost to gun violence demanded action from a deadlocked Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-5) has introduced the Airline Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 5291), legislation to strengthen consumer protections and improve travel experience for airline passengers.

By the Press Democrat Editorial Board

Pull any three political leaders or pundits together, and you’re likely to get five different opinions on the state of Social Security. But there’s only thing on which most agree — a fix is critical.