Xavier Becerra

Doomed Legislation May Decide Presidential Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Video, Eric Cantor Small Business Tax Cuts, Mitch McConnell, Election 2012 Tax Cuts, Elections 2012, Buffett Rule Republicans, Democrats Buffett Rule, Democrats Tax Policy, Xavier Becerra, Tax the Rich, Election 2012, Eric Cantor, Republicans Tax Cuts, Buffett Rule, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Pay attention, America. Democrats and Republicans in Congress each will launch heated, political debates next week on tax bills that wil...

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Wall Street 'Casinos' Drive Gas Prices, Experts Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Staver | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, High Gas Prices, Video, High Oil Prices, Nancy Pelosi, Oil Prices, Oil Speculation, Michael Greenberger, Xavier Becerra, Oil Price Speculation, Gas Prices Speculation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Americans are paying for $4-a-gallon gasoline because Wall Street "casinos" have blocked regulators from cracking down on rampant oil sp...

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Eric Cantor Tax Cut Would Probably Benefit Dodgers, Paris Hilton, Donald Trump

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Xavier Becerra, Eric Cantor Tax Cut, Slidepollajax, Eric Cantor, Small Business Tax Cuts, Tax Cut, Video, Politics News

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.)'s proposed $46 billion tax cut for small businesses would likely be a home run for lucrative sports teams li...

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Who Might Be The First Latino President Of The U.S?

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Marco Rubio, Antonio Villaraigosa, Brian Sandoval, Democrat Candidates, Xavier Becerra, Susana Martinez, GOP Candidates, Video, Latino Politics, 2012 Election, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Latino President, Gop, Republican Party, Republicans, Latino Voices News

With all the attention being placed on the Latino vote, possible Hispanic vice-president candidates, and the support of influential Latino leaders in ...

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Top Dem: Congress 'A Long Way From Getting There' On Payroll Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Video, John Boehner Deficit, Unemployment, Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Insurance, Xavier Becerra, Medicare, Payroll Tax Deal, Unemployment Extension, Payroll Tax, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Despite optimism by Republican leaders and assurances Tuesday evening that congressional negotiators had reached a deal to preserve a po...

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Super Committee Will Likely Fail, Co-Chairs Admit

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Video, Social Security, Super Committee, Patty Murray, Automatic Triggers, Deficit Reduction, Patty Murray Super Committee, Supercommittee, Xavier Becerra, Medicare, Jeb Hensarling, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

The leaders of a special deficit reduction panel signaled Sunday that they will fail to strike a deal to reduce the deficit before their Wednesday dea...

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Super Committee Stalled As Democrats Reject Latest GOP Offer

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Debt, Deficit, Super Congress, Super Committee Deadline, Congress, Obama Bush Tax Cuts, Video, National Debt, Super Committee, Federal Budget Deficit, Budget Cuts, Xavier Becerra, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The gap between Democrats and Republicans on the debt-cutting super committee appeared as unbridgeable as ever going into the last weeke...

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Super Committee Members Agree to Freeze Time Before November 23 Deadline

Spencer Green | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Deficit, Super Committee, Debt Ceiling, Federal Budget Deficit, John Kerry, Xavier Becerra, Bipartisanship, Pat Toomey, Jon Kyl, Comedy News

With less than two weeks to go before its November 23 deadline for $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts, the twelve members of the bipartisan "Super Committee" have agreed to freeze time on November 22, so November 23 never happens.

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Super Committee Holds More Closed-Door Meetings

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Super Congress, Fred Upton, Chris Van Hollen, Patty Murray, Xavier Becerra, Jon Kyl, Dave Camp, Transparency, Video, Super Committee, Rob Portman, John Kerry, Open Government, Max Baucus, Jeb Hensarling, Pat Toomey, Jim Clyburn, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The six Democratic members of a 12-member super committee with extraordinary powers to shape spending over the next decade held another ...

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Question Remains Whether Congress Can Pass Any Major Jobs Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Entitlements, Social Security, House GOP, John Boehner, President Barack Obama, Jobs Speech, Darrell Issa, Senate Republicans, Obama Jobs Speech, Allen West, Jobs, Xavier Becerra, Growth, Obama Jobs Plan, Eric Cantor, House Republicans, Senate GOP, Louie Gohmert, House Democrats, Unemployment Benefits, Medicare, Senate Democrats, Job Creation, Barbara Mikulski, Kevin McCarthy, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON - Congressional lawmakers were quick to offer boilerplate responses to President Barack Obama's jobs speech on Thursday night, but none wer...

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Super Committee Members Still Raising Money For Themselves

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Super Congress, Fred Upton, Sunlight Foundation, Chris Van Hollen, Patty Murray, Xavier Becerra, Jon Kyl, Campaign Finance, Dave Camp, Super Committee, Rob Portman, John Kerry, Jeb Hensarling, Pat Toomey, Jim Clyburn, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The super committee created by the debt limit deal to plot $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts is set to begin hearings in the next two weeks....

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Becerra On Budget Supercommittee Has Independent Streak

Fox News Latino | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Latino, Fred Upton, Video, Latino Politics, Patty Murray, Supercommittee, Xavier Becerra, Rep. Xavier Becerra, Latino Voices News

The lone Latino on the deficit reduction supercommittee – like his 11 cohorts who are tasked with finding up to $1.5 trillion deficit savings over t...

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Calif. 'Super Congress' Member Claims Tax Breaks On 'Principal' Home -- In Maryland

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 10.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A pair of congressmen representing districts far from Washington -- including one member of the new debt-cutting 'Super Congress' -- hav...

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Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus: A Washington Success Story

Dina Siegel Vann | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Xavier Becerra, American Jewish Committee, Eliot Engel, Jewish Latino Alliance, Latino-Jewish Congressional Caucus, Latino Voices News

A strong coalition between the Latino and Jewish communities is more critical than ever given the many challenges faced by the US, both domestically and globally.

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Former Lobbyists Could Staff 'Super Congress'

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 10.11.2011

WASHINGTON -- With congressional leaders having finalized their selection of the 12-member, bicameral panel designed to pinpoint $1.5 trillion in defi...

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DHS To Review Secure Communities Enforcement Program In August

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, DHS Secure Communities, Secure Communities, Judy Chu, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration, Xavier Becerra, Dhs, Zoe Lofgren, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security announced this week it will conduct an internal review of its Secure Communities program this August...

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Elton Gallegly's (R-CA) Immigration Strategy: Destroy California's Economy and the GOP's Future with Latinos

Frank Sharry | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Proposition 187, Llegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, California Immigrant Policy Center, California, Latino Voters, Economy, Elton Gallegly, Immigration, Xavier Becerra, Birthright Citizenship, House Subcommittee on Immigration, Irrira, Mass Deportation, Attrition Through Enforcement, Politics News

Rep. Gallegly works in concert with Representatives Lamar Smith and Steve King on a strategy they call "attrition through enforcement." That's code for mass deportation.

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Dems Hold Fundraiser To Support Gabrielle Giffords

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Leading House Democrats held a fundraiser on Tuesday for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from brain injuries she sustained du...

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Poll: Democrats Win on Ideas, Lose on Identity

Spencer Critchley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Self-Identification, Democratic Policy, Elites, Democrats, Working Class, Middle Class, Xavier Becerra, Politics News

What Democrats, the party of ordinary Americans, need to do is re-connect with ordinary Americans. This happens on the level of identity, not ideas.

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Time to Save the Democrats From Themselves -- and All of Us From Deficit Extremism

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kent Conrad, Alan Simpson, Xavier Becerra, Max Baucus, Social Security, Erskine Bowles, Dick Durbin, Politics News

Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson are pushing ideas well outside the norm of mainstream politics for the last 75 years. They want to cut Social Security to decrease the deficit -- a move that's even opposed by most Tea Partiers.

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Pelosi Stacked Deficit Commission To Protect Social Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jan Schakowski, John Spratt, Tom Harkin, Kent Conrad, Social Security, Nancy Pelosi, Xavier Becerra, Deficit Commission, Medicare, Max Baucus, Politics News

Nancy Pelosi will be prepared to beat back a run on Social Security or Medicare if the deficit commission recommends cuts to the popular entitlement p...

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Writing Congress About LA's 30/10 Mass Transit and Jobs Initiative

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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What's every Angelenos favorite excuse for being late to a business meeting, lunch, or job interview? That's right, traffic. But now we have the 30/10 initiative. All it needs is our support.

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Are You Feeling It, America?

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigrants, Xavier Becerra, Los Angeles, ri4a, Chirla, Jorge-Mario Cabrera, Los Angeles News

What are your feelings about our nation's history of immigration, our sense of justice and fairness, our ability to encourage dreams?

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Immigration Reform: The Time is Now! Meets Legislative Reality

Jeffrey Kaye | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Xavier Becerra, Labor, Immigration, Los Angeles, Politics News

Hundreds of people who jammed into a Los Angeles union hall for a town hall meeting about immigration reform on Saturday morning got a bargain. Expec...

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Rep. Becerra Skips Ice Cream Fundraiser For Health Care Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the House Committee on Ways and Means wrangled over health care reform legislation on Thursday, one of the panel's members, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-...

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