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The debt-reduction fight in Washington may shrink federal funding for community clinics at a time when the government is asking them to gear up for an influx of patients, local health officials said Monday.
Area Congressman Mike Thompson is furious and he has a perfect right to be. He's been calling for action over the past week by both Congress and the Senate to a short-term extension of FAA funding which expired on July 22.
But the Senate recessed without taking any action.
A legislative solution to an administrative roadblock that threatens one of the most successful energy efficiency programs in Sonoma County history would remove current restraints on the PACE program imposed by housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Operation Full Court Press is taking place in Lake, Mendocino, Colusa, Glenn, Tehama and Trinity counties, with emphasis on the Mendocino National Forest
U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag says, "Operation full court press is critically important. An operation that will help bring an end to the illegal marijuana growth sites on public land in California." And they have done just that. Over the past two weeks, Operation Full Court Press, has seized over 460-thousand marijuana plants, raided 56 grow sites, and made a total of 102 arrests..
Rep. Mike Thompson on Wednesday helped lead a bipartisan effort that prevented the gutting of the federal Endangered Species Act.
On Wednesday, Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 2584, the Interior-Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2012, that will preserve essential federal protections for America's endangered and threatened species.
As the nation and Congress face an Aug. 2 deadline to raise the debt limit or face national default, Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, said he is not willing to balance the budget “on the backs of seniors, the poor or the middle class.”
The White House threatened Tuesday to veto emergency legislation pending in the House to avert a threatened national default.
The debt crisis must be resolved without gutting Medicare or Social Security, North Coast Reps. Mike Thompson and Lynn Woolsey said Tuesday.