• Veteran’s Spending Bill Could Break the Appropriations Ice on House Floor - Congressional Quarterly Today
    Jul 30, 2008  - The House is expected as early as Wednesday to consider a record $118.7 billion spending measure to fund the Veterans lion spending measure to fund the Veterans Affairs Department and military construction projects in fiscal 2009. House action on the bill (HR 6599) indicates a symbolic thaw in the... More
  • Veterans’ Spending Scheduled for House Floor; Defense markup Also Set - Congress Quarterly
    Jul 25, 2008  - The Appropriations process will gain a little momentum next week with the House set to consider the Military Construction-VA spending bill, while a subcommittee takes up the Defense bill.    The Military Construction-VA bill (HR 6599) is expected to be considered on the floor July 30, a... More
  • THAT’S DEBATABLE: Do you back GI Bill changes? - Daily Pilot
    May 29, 2008  - The Senate last week approved war-funding legislation that would expand the benefits of the WWII-era GI Bill. President George W. Bush opposes it, saying it would encourage retirements while the military struggles to retain troops. The education benefit offers full tuition up to the cost of the most... More
  • Campbell rejects Berkeley olive branch-- The Daily Pilot
    Feb 13, 2008  - Rep. John Campbell won’t rescind a bill that would cut nearly $2 million in earmarks to Berkeley, despite the City Council’s amending of a resolution that referred to a Marine Corps recruitment center in the city as “uninvited and unwelcome intruders.” The original resolution encouraged “all peop... More
  • Anti-Marine Berkeley May Lose Earmarks--Newsmax
    Feb 12, 2008  - The city council in Berkeley, Calif., is set to take action Tuesday night in response to proposed legislation to strip $2 million in earmarks from the liberal city in retaliation for its actions against the U.S. Marines. As Newsmax has reported, the council in January voted to advise the Marines... More
  • Senators Put Forward Act to Withhold Funds--The Daily Californian
    Feb 7, 2008  - A threat became real yesterday when a U.S. senator introduced legislation to remove more than $2.3 million from local projects in response to the Berkeley City Council's controversial opposition to the Marine recruiting center in Downtown Berkeley. Sen. Jim DeMint and five other senators introduce... More
  • Berkeley's anti-Marines declaration prompts bills to strip federal funds--Mercury News
    Feb 6, 2008  - Several Republicans in Congress are moving forward with an effort to strip Berkeley institutions of federal funds in retaliation for last week's City Council vote telling the U.S. Marines their recruiting station is not welcome in the city. Meanwhile, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates issued an apology toda... More
  • Rep. says no funding for Berkeley-- The Daily Pilot
    Feb 6, 2008  - Rep. John Campbell has introduced a bill that would rescind more than $2 million in earmarks for Berkeley in the 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill and transfer the funds to the Marine Corps budget. The move, proposed in tandem with an identical Senate bill filed by South Carolina Republican Jim De... More
  • Well, It Didn't Take Long
    Sep 11, 2007  - Congress has only been back in session for a week and already, they are finding new ways to waste your money….this time to the tune of $4 billion.   The West Los Angeles Medical Center, sits on some of the most valuable real estate on the West Coast.  Many of you may have seen it on the west side ... More
  • Young Hero will not be Forgotten -- OC Metro
    Mar 15, 2007  - On Jan. 15 Lt. Mark J. Daily was killed while fighting in Iraq. He lived in the congressional district I am privileged to represent. He lived in Irvine where my family lives. I never met Mark Daily. But I know him. And so do you. How could any of us know someone we never met? Let me explain. There... More