Garamendi named to Armed Services Committee
House Democratic leaders have named Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, to the House Armed Services Committee. Garamendi requested the assignment after his election in September but was unsuccessful....
View ArticleCD10: Take a 52-second tour of the district
Republican primary candidate Buddy Burke in the 10th Congressional District posted this clever 52-second tour of the district. His best line comes at the end. Who is Buddy Burke? Well, that’s his chief...
View ArticleCD10: AIP nominee passes away
Jerome “Jerry” Denham, the colorful face of the East Bay American Independent Party and its two-time candidate for the 10th Congressional District, has died. He was 74. (Watch the Contra Costa Times...
View ArticleGaramendi will host tele-town hall
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, will invite Livermore residents tonight to join him in a tele-town hall. (Others may participate by calling the number listed in the news release below.) It’s the...
View ArticleEast Bay reps host senior aid workshops
The boys are back in town. And I’m betting the three East Bay congressional representatives don’t mind being called “boys.” Despite a quick trip to Washington, D.C., for a Tuesday emergency vote on a...
View ArticleMcNerney returns to science committee
In yet another fall-out after the Democrats’ loss of majority status in the House of Representatives, Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, will lose his seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee. He will...
View ArticleGaramendi returns from Afghanistan
East Bay Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, has returned from a three-day trip to Afghanistan even more convinced that the U.S. should swiftly withdraw its military troops.
View ArticleGaramendi appears on Colbert show
No one can say Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, lacks hutzpah: He appeared on superstar comedian Stephen Colbert’s show last night. Watch it here. Colbert introduced Garamendi as the man with the...
View ArticleGaramendi headed to Netroots Nation
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, who has become very vocal in recent weeks about what he views as an unsustainable and undesirable U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, will be a panelist...
View ArticleTauscher declares victory over cancer
I had breakfast with U.S. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher earlier this week and the former East Bay congresswoman shared the compelling and inspiring story of...
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