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President Obama on Monday will nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, head of Wal-Mart’s philanthropic efforts, as White House budget director, a senior administration official confirmed Sunday night.

Gingrich-backing super PAC to receive second $5 million donation

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WashingtonPost.com Miriam Adelson, the wife of the gambling mogul whose $5 million donation helped make Newt Gingrich competitive in South Carolina, has promised the Gingrich-backing super PAC Winning Our Future another $5 million by this week, a source close to Adelson said.

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Sheldon Adelson is the primary owner of the corporation that owns the Sands hotel and casino complex in Las Vegas, as well as casinos and resorts in Macau, China, Singapore and Pennsylvania. The new $5 million pledge was first reported by the Las Vegas Sun.

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N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has decided not to seek 2012 presidential nomination

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N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has decided not to seek 2012 presidential nomination, GOP source in New Jersey says.

Senate reached a bipartisan agreement about the partial shutdown of the government

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The Senate reached a bipartisan agreement intended to end a dispute over disaster relief spending that threatened to cause a partial shutdown of the government at the end of the week.
In two votes, the Senate approved short-term spending measures to fund the government for the start of the new fiscal year that begins Saturday. The deal hinged on FEMA's new assessment that it has sufficient funding for the rest of the current fiscal year.
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From: Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard

I am writing to alert you of important decisions being made at the United States Postal Service (USPS) in the very near future that may impact you directly.
As you may be aware, the USPS is experiencing an unprecedented financial crisis and among the many actions being taken to address the situation is the review of what the USPS terms as low-activity post offices for possible closure or consolidation. It is my understanding that the post offices being studied were identified based on activity in retail sales, foot traffic, revenue and proximity to other post offices.
As part of the review process, the USPS is holding community meetings to receive feedback from the public regarding each post office they are considering for closure or consolidation.
It has come to my attention that the following eleven post offices in our 34th Congressional District have been identified as having low-activity and are being studied for possible closure. The list below provides the name and address of the post office being considered for closure along with the community meeting location, date and time.
Soto Post Office (5625 Soto St) and State Street Station (7800 State St)
                                            Meeting Location: 5625 Soto Street, Huntington Park, CA 90255
                                            When: Thursday, September 22, 2011
                                            Time: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Lugo Post Office (3641 East 8th Street)
                                            Meeting Location: 3641 East 8th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90023
                                            When: Friday, September 23, 2011
                                            Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00pm
Cudahy Post Office (4619 Elizabeth Street)
                                            Meeting Location: 4619 Elizabeth Street, Cudahy, CA 90201
                                            When: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
                                            Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Bunker Hill Post Office (350 S. Grand Ave) and ARCO Plaza (505 S. Flower St)
                                            Meeting Location: 350 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071
                                            When: Thursday, September 29, 2011
                                            Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Bandini Post Office (5555 Bandini Blvd)
                                            Meeting Location: 5555 Bandini Blvd., Bell, CA 90201
                                            When: Thursday, September 29, 2011
                                            Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Arcade Post Office (506 S. Spring St), Federal Finance Station (300 N. Los Angeles lobby) and Market Station (1122 E. 7th St.
                                            Meeting Location: Terminal Annex 900 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
                                            When: Friday, September 30, 2011
                                            Time: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Maywood Post Office (4357 Slauson Ave)
                                            Meeting Location: 4357 Slauson Ave., Maywood, CA 90270
                                            When: Friday, September 30, 2011
                                            Time: 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
I encourage you to attend the meetings and share this information with anyone else who would be interested in attending to express their opinion on the possible closure or consolidation.
The USPS has stated that notices and a survey form have been mailed to all postal patrons within the postal code of the post office being reviewed. I also encourage you to complete and return the survey, particularly if you are not able to attend the meeting in person to express your concerns or opinion.
Sincerely,

Washington, D.C., Office
                                            2330 Rayburn HOB
                                            Washington, DC 20515
                                            Phone: (202) 225-1766
                                            Fax: (202) 226-0350
District Office
                                            255 E. Temple St., Ste. 1860
                                            Los Angeles, CA 90012-3334
                                            Phone: (213) 628-9230
                                            Fax: (213) 628-8578

Judge refuses to overturn ruling against Prop. 8

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June 14, 2011
1:20 p.m.

A federal judge today refused to invalidate last year's ruling against Proposition 8, ruling that the gay jurist who overturned the same-sex marriage ban had no obligation to remove himself from the case because of his long-term relationship with another man. Chief Judge James Ware of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco refused to invalidate last August's ruling by Judge Vaughn R. Walker, although Walker's ruling remains on hold pending further consideration to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann to run for president

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June 13, 2011
5:25 p.m.

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota has filed papers to run for president in 2012. Bachmann made the announcement during Monday night's GOP presidential debate in New Hampshire. For full coverage of the debate, go to latimes.com/politicsnow

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The head of the Democratic National Committee is calling for the resignation of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner

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The head of the Democratic National Committee is calling for the resignation of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has been under fire after admitting to inappropriate communications with women online.


"It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign," DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement Saturday. "The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable.

"This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House -- and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important -- his and his family's well-being."

And House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Steve Israel have told Weiner he should resign, a Democratic source with k nowledge of the conversations told CNN. Both released statements also demanding his resignation Saturday.

Insurgents Disappear When U.S. Tips Off Pakistan

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This might pose a problem to the U.S. and Pakistan's new joint counterterrorism plan. The U.S. has given Pakistan the location of insurgent bomb-making factories several times in recent weeks, only to have the insurgents learn their cover had been blown and disappear. The U.S. gave Pakistan the intelligence as part of a trust-building exercise following the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but now officials are worried the information was either accidentally leaked or deliberately given to the insurgents. The leaks will likely be a primary topic of conversation between Pakistani officials and CIA Director Leon Panetta, who arrived in Pakistan Friday.

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Gingrich’s Senior Campaign Aides Resign

Newt Gingrich’s campaign manager and a half-dozen senior advisers resigned on Thursday, two aides said, dealing a significant setback to his bid to seek the Republican presidential nomination and severely complicating his plan to make a political comeback.

The campaign manager, Rob Johnson, along with advisers in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, joined together to step down after a period of deep internal disagreements about the direction of the campaign.

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Mr. Gingrich, a former House speaker who has been fighting to regain his political footing after a rough campaign announcement last month, had been absent from the campaign trail for about two weeks on what aides had described as a pre-planned vacation. He made his first return to the campaign trail on Wednesday in New Hampshire, one day before the resignations were announced.
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Gingrich's senior campaign staff reportedly resigns en masse

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Virtually the entire staff to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich resigned en masse Thursday afternoon following a staff meeting, individuals close to the campaign said Thursday. Those resigning included campaign manager Rob Johnson, and campaign advisers Dave Carney and Katon Dawson.

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A Moral Framework for Addressing California's Budget Crisis

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A Moral Framework for Addressing California's Budget Crisis
California Catholic Conference
June 2011

For five consecutive years California has stood on the edge of a budgetary abyss. The state’s credit rating has been seriously eroded. Severe cuts have been made in key social programs with profound implications for the dignity of the human person and the nature of our social compact. Decades of disparate policy in the areas of tax, expenditure and pension structures have created ever-increasing dilemmas with no short-term solution.

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Yet amidst this deepening fiscal crisis, political dialogue has failed to identify a path forward, despite strenuous efforts by many in state government. Partisan dynamics have blocked the crafting of hard but necessary solutions that will genuinely address the enduring problems built into California’s budgetary house of cards. Major elements necessary for genuine remedies for our state’s financial woes are declared “off the table” by both political parties as well as by the vested interests that support them. Policy is dictated more by stalemate and impasse rather than by a search for compromise on solutions that will best serve the interests of all Californians.

In such a climate it is necessary to underscore that the budgetary struggle crippling California is not merely political in nature or implications. Rather, it concerns profound moral questions about who are we as a society, how we view our future and whether as a people we can look beyond our own self-interest to the interest of the larger society. Much of the inability of our political leaders to forge workable solutions to the real budget dilemmas arises from the lack of a common moral frame of reference for evaluating the tradeoffs that lie before us.

For this reason we speak as the Catholic bishops of California on the budgetary crisis that confronts our state. We speak as pastors of those who operate California’s small and large businesses, who teach in our schools, who work in our fields, who staff our local governments, who are unemployed. We also speak as providers of education, social and health services who know firsthand the effects of cutbacks in programs that form the social safety net of our state. We speak as employers who meet payrolls in our parishes, schools and social service agencies, and who understand the problems of rising costs, particularly in the field of health care. Most of all we speak out of the two thousand year old tradition of ethical analysis and moral insight that is contained in Catholic social teaching. We hope that our tradition, in concert with those of other religious communities, can provide a frame of reference for a deeper and ethically-infused public dialogue about the budgetary problems that confront our state.

Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty to alleged sexual assault

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Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty to alleged sexual assault of New York hotel maid.


He faces seven charges, including criminal sexual acts and sexual abuse. Authorities say he sexually assaulted a housekeeping employee at New York's Sofitel hotel on May 14.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) announced his candidacy for president

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Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) announced his candidacy for president Monday during an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America."

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Five U.S. soldiers killed in central Iraq

Los Angeles Times

June 6, 2011
3:30 a.m.

The U.S. military says five American troops have been killed in central Iraq.

The military said in a brief statement that the five were killed on Monday. It gave no additional details about where the incident occurred or how the five died.

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John Edwards indicted by grand jury

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June 3, 2011
7:12 a.m.

A federal grand jury has indicted former Democratic vice presidential nominee and presidential candidate John Edwards, the Associated Press reports.

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Lawyers for former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards expect that he will be indicted Friday on federal campaign finance charges after plea agreement talks with the Justice Department broke down, a person familiar with the negotiations said.

A federal grand jury in North Carolina has been examining Edwards's role in funneling money from political donors to a former campaign aide, Rielle Hunter, in a possible attempt to cover up an extramarital affair.

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney today formally declared his intention to seek the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney today formally declared his intention to seek the 2012 Republican nomination for president.


Romney, who has consistently placed at the top of GOP voters’ preference polls and who was an unsuccessful presidential candidate in 2008, said he intends to make improving the economy the centerpiece of his campaign against President Barack Obama. “Barack Obama has failed America," he told supporters in New Hampshire, the site of the first primary of the 2012 campaign

House defeats proposal to raise debt limit (USA)

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The GOP-controlled House on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a proposal that would have increased the nation's ability to borrow money without also making major cuts in federal spending. The legislation, reflecting the Obama administration's initial request for such an increase, was defeated on a bipartisan vote of 318 to 97 with 7 Democrats voting "present."

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Re-registering Four Times a Year Deceases Participation, Increases Hunger

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Re-registering Four Times a Year Deceases Participation, Increases Hunger

The number of eligible people in California participating in CalFresh (formerly known as food stamps) is the third worse in the nation, in part due to overly restrictive registration requirements that even the USDA recommends changing. AB 6 CalWORKs and CalFresh (Fuentes, D-Los Angeles) will reduce the quarterly re-registering required by California regulations and boost participation in the program.

Even though California enjoys a rich and diverse agricultural economy, our state now has more than 2.2 million residents who cannot afford enough food and experience episodes of hunger—most of them are working families with children or seniors. An overly burdensome reporting system acts as a major barrier for households trying to access critical nutrition assistance through CalFresh.

When recipients fail to keep up with the program’s paperwork they are removed from the rolls. To get back on, they must start the whole application process over again. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that about 50 percent of eligible California households do not participate in the program, ranking California 48th in participation among states in the Union.

CalFresh benefits have the highest economic multiplier effect out of all government programs or fiscal policy tools that stimulate the economy. Increasing participation levels to near 100 percent, could mean an additional $4.9 billion in Federal benefits for needy Californian’s. Food insecurity continues to be a struggle faced by too many California families. We must work to implement strategies that reduce barriers in accessing benefits and increase CalFresh participation.

By simplifying the process and going to a semi-annual reporting system, we would improve access to critical nutrition assistance, reduce administration workload and improve program accuracy. This change in the system is likely to help families stay on the program and increase participation.

Ask your lawmaker to vote yes on AB 6.