Politics, Government and Business in Southern California's Inland Empire
By Brian Sumers Staff Writer
Posted: 03/15/2013 03:27:15 PM PDT
Updated: 03/15/2013 07:28:08 PM PDT
Concerned that the agency operating LAX could be illegally sending money to the city of Los Angeles, two Southern California congressmen are calling for a more thorough investigation and audit of Los Angeles World Airports’ spending patterns.
By Matea Gold
February 21, 2013, 9:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Four California Republican House members are among 16 GOP legislators being targeted by a pro-Obama advocacy group in a new online ad campaign urging them to back a more robust background check system for gun sales.
January 03, 2013 8:52 AM
Staff Reports
WASHINGTON • Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, reluctantly backed the agreement that prevented the so-called fiscal cliff.
By Richard Simon and Jean Merl, Los Angeles Times
April 8, 2012
WASHINGTON and LOS ANGELES — It’s not a TV political drama but it could be. Call it “The McKeons.”
It’s set in the sunny, suburban and largely conservative Santa Clarita Valley and stars Republican Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, former co-owner of a chain of western wear stores turned powerful congressional committee chairman. His wife, Patricia, long by his side during campaigns, has launched her own bid for political office at age 69.
Though it’s unusual to have a husband and wife on the same ballot, the race has another odd twist: Patricia McKeon’s chief rival in the June state Assembly primary is a former staffer to her husband, Scott Wilk.
By Abby Sewell and Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times
February 12, 2012
Four years after Countrywide Financial became a symbol of the mortgage meltdown, the company and its questionable dealings have become a potent political issue in the Santa Clarita congressional district held by Republican Howard “Buck” McKeon.
POLITICS
By Shane Goldmacher
Updated: January 26, 2012 | 5:34 p.m.
January 25, 2012 | 9:30 p.m.
A sleepy race for a California Legislature seat is turning into a fractious family feud that pits a former top staffer to Buck McKeon, R-Calif., chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee, against the congressman’s wife.
By LARRY MARGASAK
Associated Press
Published: Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 – 7:45 pm
Last Modified: Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 – 12:50 am
WASHINGTON — Two veteran House Republicans received discounted mortgage loans from the now-defunct Countrywide Financial Corp. under a VIP program, a congressional official said Friday.
November 21, 2011 5:06 PM
From Staff Reports
WASHINGTON • After the congressional super committee ground to a stalemate Monday, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon said automatic spending cuts will seriously harm the military.
BEN GOAD
STAFF WRITER
bgoad@pe.com
Published: 31 October 2011 05:17 PM
WASHINGTON — Close to 7,000 Inland jobs could hang in the balance as the House-Senate “supercommittee” works against time to avert deep, automatic cuts to the nation’s defense industry and operations.
July 29, 2011 5:50 PM
Don Holland
Brand-new congressional district boundaries sent a shock through the High Desert on Friday as longtime congressmen Jerry Lewis and Howard “Buck” McKeon were “re-districted” out of the Victor Valley, setting the stage for local politicians to jockey for the open congressional seat.
By James Rufus Koren Staff Writer
Posted: 06/10/2011 09:42:17 PM PDT
After months of meetings and public input, the California Citizens Redistricting Commission on Friday released a first draft of what California’s new Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts could look like.
In time of spending cuts, some House staffers cash in
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/05/2011 09:26:39 PM PDT
Late last year, while many members of Congress were promising to cut federal spending, some House members were handing out large bonuses to their staffs.
By PE Politics
June 1, 2011 12:40 PM
Inland Southern California’s five-member House delegation voted last night against a measure to lift the nation’s national debt ceiling.
April 13, 2011 5:31 PM
From Staff Reports
WASHINGTON • High Desert congressmen took aim at President Barack Obama’s call Wednesday for higher taxes and spending plan that fails to address the key causes of federal deficits.
McKeon
April 08, 2011 5:08 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WASHINGTON • Shortly after an afternoon update by House Speaker John Boehner, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon expressed frustration the Senate hadn’t taken up House proposals he said would help drive down the federal deficit while preventing a government shut down.
McKeon
March 10, 2011 5:51 PM
From Staff Reports
WASHINGTON • Following the Obama Administration’s decision to stop defending portions of the Defense of Marriage Act Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon joined fellow Republicans in signing a congressional resolution to protect the law.
By Michael Doyle
mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 1A
WASHINGTON – Bakersfield is in, the Bay Area is out. But California as a whole could hold its own in the new Congress that starts Wednesday.
The shifting Capitol Hill currents are summed up in the demotion of soon-to-be former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the ascension of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, as the next House majority whip.
Trio eyes plum posts
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/06/2010 07:12:01 AM PDT
Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives this week, which will likely mean a big increase in clout for the Inland Empire’s congressional delegation.
Of the four Republicans who represent parts of San Bernardino County, three could be chairmen of powerful congressional committees when the 112th Congress takes power in January.
McCarthy
Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield is eyeing the post of majority whip. Others are expected to chair key panels. These moves could boost Democratic-leaning California’s clout among the new majority.
By Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times
November 3, 2010|5:25 p.m.
Reporting from Washington —
Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield launched a bid Wednesday for majority whip, the third-ranking job in the new Republican-controlled House, as Rep. Ed Royce of Fullerton kicked off a campaign for the chairmanship of the Financial Services Committee.
If successful, the moves could further strengthen Democratic-leaning California’s clout among the new GOP majority.
A California National Guard ground crew pushes a Predator out of its hangar at George Air Force Base in Victorville. The robotic plane is built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems in Poway. (Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times / September 12, 2010)
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
September 11, 2010|5:18 p.m.
Reporting from Poway —
The cars begin rolling through the security checkpoints before dawn. Here, in a sprawling complex amid the craggy rock outcroppings of north San Diego County, 3,300 workers are building a new generation of weapons central to the military’s vision for modern warfare.
August 04, 2010 4:02 PM
DAVID KECK, Special to the Daily Press
McKeon
VICTORVILLE • With his own job likely safe from serious challenge, Republican U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon focused Wednesday morning on campaigning for his party’s broader goal of getting back the congressional majority it lost four years ago.
The nine-term representative gave a legislative primer to more than 200 guests at the Victorville Chamber of Commerce Morning Insight Breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn, emphasizing that legislation necessarily follows the party in power.
McKeon
McKeon criticizes suit against Arizona
July 06, 2010 3:35 PM
From Staff Reports
WASHINGTON • Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and 18 other Members of Congress criticized the Obama administration’s decision to challenge Arizona’s new illegal immigration enforcement law, SB1070.
On the heels of Independence Day, it’s ironic that the Obama administration has filed suit against “a state trying to enforce laws which are already on the books to secure borders and protect residents from illegal immigration and drug cartels,” McKeon said in a press release.
February 27, 2010 11:00 AM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WASHINGTON • As Congressional Democrats look to forge ahead with a controversial health care reform plan — with or without Republicans’ support — Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and Rep. Jerry Lewis are joining fellow Republicans in a call to begin a new proposal from scratch.
“If we do not start over with a blank page, we ignore the fact that the American public does not want a massive government takeover of health care that does not make health care more affordable,” Lewis, R-Redlands, said in a statement. “They want it fixed, with common sense, step by step reforms.”
Babies of illegals would not receive citizenship
Stephen Wall, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/14/2010 09:11:01 AM PST
Republican lawmakers in Congress are sponsoring a bill that seeks to abolish birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents.
Federal law automatically grants citizenship to any person born on American soil, regardless of the immigration status of the child’s parents.
Supporters of the bill say that many people come to this country for the express purpose of having children who are American citizens, making the family eligible for welfare and other government benefits.
February 04, 2010 4:04 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WASHINGTON • Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon voted against legislation Thursday to raise the debt ceiling on national debt to $14.3 trillion an increase of $1.9 trillion dollars.
The Democrats’ measure passed 217-212.
“Just last week, Democrats were touting ‘fiscal responsibility’ and told America they had seen the error of their spending ways, but today passed an outrageous $1.9 trillion debt limit increase, showing their willingness to allow America’s debt to reach over $14 trillion,” McKeon said in a news release.
January 28, 2010 5:44 PM
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WASHINGTON, D.C. • In response to the President’s State of the Union address, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon cited three Republican alternatives on key Obama administration priorities.
“Republicans continue to stand ready to work with the President to address the nation’s most pressing issues such as the economy, job creation, small business investment, federal spending, energy, and national security,” McKeon said in a news release.
Rep. Buck McKeon
Congressman blasts Obama’s climate change bill, approach to terrorism
January 09, 2010 5:51 PM
BY NATASHA LINDSTROM
VICTORVILLE • Republicans have a chance at reclaiming the House majority this year, taxpayers could be hurting badly if cap-and-trade legislation becomes law and the Obama administration is not taking anti-terrorism efforts seriously enough, U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon told the Daily Press.
In an exclusive interview in Victorville, McKeon discussed some of his most pressing national concerns, such as how the recent al-Qaida bombing attempt on a U.S. airliner revealed the urgent need to beef up federal efforts to combat terrorism.
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