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Tag: congress

Congress pulls BART extension funding from Covid-19 relief bill after parliamentarian ruling

A provision in the coronavirus stimulus bill currently being considered by Congress that would have allocated nearly $150 million toward BART’s South Bay ...
By Bay City NewsMarch 3, 20210
Beyond SFBay

Pelosi calls on Pence, cabinet to remove Trump under 25th Amendment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, on Thursday called for Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet ...
By Bay City NewsJanuary 7, 2021
Beyond SFBay

Bay Area congressional representatives react to Capitol siege

Bay Area congressional representatives reacted Wednesday to the chaos created by supporters of President Donald Trump who ...
By Bay City NewsJanuary 6, 2021
Bay Area

Banking on federal stimulus, Golden Gate Bridge board reverses layoff plans

The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday to reverse the ...
By Bay City NewsDecember 23, 2020
Bay Area

Covid-19 update: Bay Area death toll surpasses 700, state allows outdoor haircuts, relief package battle brews in Congress

The Bay Area hit a somber milestone with more than 700 deaths caused by Covid-19. Case ...
By Nik WojcikJuly 20, 2020
Bay Area

Federal anti-immigrant policies exacerbate Covid-19 impact on people of color

After months of proffering an often piecemeal and chaotic response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is still failing to extend ...
By Bay City NewsJune 27, 20200
Beyond SFBay
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Bay Area leaders applaud ‘watershed’ LGBTQ rights U.S. Supreme Court ruling

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bay Area officials celebrated a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that extended ...
By Bay City NewsJune 15, 2020
Bay Area

Members of Congress demand federal agencies stop illegal surveillance of peaceful protesters

On Tuesday morning, a letter co-led by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, and Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, ...
By Bay City NewsJune 9, 2020
Beyond SFBay

Legislators rescind school cuts in revised state budget proposal

In an unusual move to reach a consensus early, California Assembly and Senate leaders announced Wednesday they ...
By Bay City NewsJune 6, 2020
Beyond SFBay

Hospital releases DeSaulnier after rib fracture, critical pneumonia

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, was released from a hospital over the weekend after pneumonia and a ...
By Bay City NewsMay 4, 2020
East Bay

Tension escalates at home, abroad as Trump lurches closer to war with Iran

The first days of the new year came crashing down with renewed fears of yet another war in the Middle East. On Dec. 31, ...
By Nik WojcikJanuary 6, 20200
Beyond SFBay

Rep. DeSaulnier to discuss Trump admin oversight at two town halls

U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, will host public “town hall” meetings in Pittsburg and Richmond this ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 29, 2019
East Bay

Activists ‘die-in’ to demand climate change legislation

A few dozen climate change activists lay strewn across the entrance to 1 Post Street Tuesday afternoon. The ...
By Aaron Levy-WolinsJuly 23, 2019
Environment

Protesters block SF streets, demand administration ‘Close the Camps’

Hundreds protested outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office Tuesday afternoon in a national day of action urging Congress ...
By Jerold ChinnJuly 2, 2019
Government

Trump threatens census delay after Supreme Court blocks citizenship question

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked for now a plan by the administration of President Donald ...
By Bay City NewsJune 27, 2019
Beyond SFBay

Injunction becomes latest block of Trump’s partial asylum ban

A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's partial ban on asylum seekers
By Bay City NewsDecember 19, 20180

Appeals court upholds injunction requiring contraception coverage

A federal appeals court in San Francisco by a 2-1 vote Thursday upheld a preliminary injunction requiring ...
By Bay City NewsDecember 13, 2018

Appeals court refuses to reinstate Trump’s asylum ban

A federal appeals court in San Francisco Friday turned down a government request to reinstate President Donald ...
By Bay City NewsDecember 7, 2018

Overturn of Trump asylum ban praised by refugee rights group

A spokeswoman for an East Bay refugee rights group that sued President Donald Trump over a partial ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 20, 2018

Pelosi pledges bipartisanship after Democrats win House control

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pledged to work with Republicans on a number of issues -- among ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 7, 2018
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Judge rules against Trump, in favor of sanctuary city policies

A judge ruled Friday that The City's Sanctuary City policies comply with federal law.
By Bay City NewsOctober 7, 20180
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Hundreds protest ICE separating families

Hundreds of people blocked the entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's San Francisco office Tuesday to ...
By Bay City NewsJune 19, 2018

San Leandro student enters Congressional art contest

A San Leandro High School student will represent the 13th Congressional District in the 2018 Congressional Arts ...
By Bay City NewsMay 13, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg to talk data privacy with Congress

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will testify in front of Congress next Wednesday.
By Bay City NewsApril 4, 2018
News

DOJ presses Supreme Court to reverse DACA ruling

The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a ...
By Bay City NewsJanuary 16, 2018

Federal judge halts DACA termination

A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration's cancellation of a program protecting undocumented young people from being deported.
By Bay City NewsJanuary 9, 20180

San Jose sues Trump over DACA

The city of San Jose sued President Donald Trump in federal court Thursday to challenge his cancellation ...
By Bay City NewsSeptember 14, 2017
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Moscone Center expansion compl­etes second phase

San Francisco officials celebrated the completion on the second phase of the $551 million Moscone Convention Center ...
By Jerold ChinnSeptember 6, 2017
News

SF, Santa Clara fight Trump sanctuary order

The city of San Francisco and Santa Clara County asked a federal judge to issue a permanent ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 30, 2017

Judge to review block of sanctuary city order

A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday agreed to review the U.S. Justice Department’s bid for reconsideration of ...
By Bay City NewsMay 23, 2017
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Trump adminis­tration to fund electrified Caltrain

Federal funding that was in limbo earlier this year for a Caltrain electrification project will be approved after all.
By Bay City NewsMay 22, 20170
News
Border Fence Tijuana

The first brick in Donald Trump’s border wall

President Donald Trump's administration announced a $600 million bidding contest late Friday night to kick off construction ...
By SFBay WiresMarch 20, 2017
Beyond SFBay

Activists to protest Trump’s Secretary of Education nominee

Education activists from across the Bay Area are scheduled to rally Tuesday in Oakland to oppose the ...
By Bay City NewsJanuary 29, 2017

Second time around, Ro Khanna beats Honda

A longtime South Bay congressional leader is losing his seat to a newcomer in their second contest ...
By Bay City NewsNovember 9, 2016
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VTA scores grant for electric, zero-emission buses

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was awarded nearly $2.5 million to purchase a new fleet of ...
By Bay City NewsAugust 8, 2016
News

Congressman seeks justice for ‘Port Chicago 50’

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier offered a provision in a defense spending bill that the Navy examine racial bias in the treatment of black sailors ...
By Bay City NewsApril 29, 20160

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