Washington D.C.

Gun control bill clears first hurdle in Senate

  WASHINGTON (AP) — With teary-eyed relatives of the Newtown school massacre watching, gun control supporters in the Senate won the first showdown over how to respon ...

Former Rep. Giffords highlights emotional hearing on gun control

  WASHINGTON — Severely wounded and still recovering, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords begged lawmakers at an emotional hearing Wednesday to act quickly to curb firear ...

Another View: Veterans Day a time to remember

Veterans Day has a special meaning for many. Throughout our history wars have touched millions of lives, including the soldiers who fight them and their families. It’s fitting t ...

Nations abuse, use, accuse USA

In a recent news publication there is a large photograph of a joyous celebration. Written below it in bold print was “Tripoli, Libya has declared the country liberated” after a ...

DC Trooper angel’s actions inspire

D.C. Troopers is (a group of) eighth grade students, mostly from E.V. Cain, who plan and raise money over approximately a one-year period for an educational as well as fun trip to ...

Throw all the bums out

All we hear from Washington D.C. is squabbling, arguing and name-calling. It is not an issue of Rep or Dem. It is the issue that when we voted for all the over 500 prima donnas we ...

Do city business on local turf

Why are we spending money to travel to Washington D.C. (“Holmes critical of McClintock cuts,” Journal, Feb. 23)? If you go, you should pay for it out of your own pocket, not t ...

Tom McClintock has little time for constituents

California’s Congressional 4th District Rep. Tom McClintock is an excellent representative for the Republican party and all their Political Action Committees, far better than he ...

Reader a closet Tea Partier

For the past 15 years I was a Tea Partier but didn’t know it. I was a concerned citizen and taxpayer. I was concerned about many of the things that my government was doing to the ...

He can’t wait for 2012

It’s become increasingly obvious that legislators in Washington, D.C. are totally insane. After all the trillions of waste including a proposed health care oligarchy, there’s m ...