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NEWS ABOUT: Barbara Boxer

Barbara Boxer stories: 15 news summaries
Dana Milbank

GOP Boycotts Climate Bill, Dems Get Bored

Climate hearing boycott ends with whimper

Nov 4, 09 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - For a while yesterday, Democrats got to live the dream: a world without Republicans. The GOP made good on its promise to boycott the Senate environment committee’s hearing on its climate change bill, and Democrats had a good time lambasting them in absentia, calling them the party of “... More »

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climate change • global warming • Senate • boycott • George Voinovich • Barbara Boxer • Dana Milbank • Republicans • Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

ELECTION 2010



 Carly Fiorina 
 Launches Calif. 
 Senate Bid 

Ex-HP chief would face Dem incumbent Boxer

Nov 4, 09 10:07 AM CST
(AP) - Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she'll run for the US Senate seat held by California incumbent Barbara Boxer. Fiorina ended months of speculation today with an announcement in an opinion piece she wrote for the Orange County Register. She's scheduled to make a formal announcement later in the day.... More »

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Congress • Carly Fiorina • Barbara Boxer • Senate race • California primary • Congressional incumbents • Election 2010 • Hewlett-Packard • Senate seat

kate sheppard

 Let's Hope 
 Baucus Doesn't 
 'Gum Up' 
 Climate Bill 

He's already trying to water down

Oct 29, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that his committee is done with health care reform, Max Baucus has time to turn his attention to the climate bill. As a member of Barbara Boxer's environmental panel, "his ability to gum up the works is significant," writes Kate Sheppard . Essentially, he may do to the... More »

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Congress • Montana • Max Baucus • Barbara Boxer • climate change legislation • compromise • Senate Committee on Environment • Environment and Public Works • bipartisan

 White House Probes 
 Minn. Plane Stranding 

Incident 'troubling': transportation sec.

Aug 12, 09 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is investigating last weekend’s 9-hour stranding of 47 passengers on a Minnesota airport tarmac, the AP reports. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood says his department's general counsel is determining whether laws were broken in the case. “While we don't yet have all the facts, this incident... More »

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Olympia Snowe • Minnesota • airline delays • Continental Airlines • Barbara Boxer • tarmac • Ray LaHood

 Sen. Boxer: 
 Don't Call 
 Me 'Ma'am' 

McCain spoofs scolding

Jun 19, 09 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Barbara Boxer wagged a finger at a military officer yesterday for calling her “ma’am,” the Christian Science Monitor reports. As the general discussed New Orleans, Boxer interrupted, saying “You know, do me a favor. Could you say ’senator’ instead of ‘ma’am?’ It’... More »

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John McCain • Sean Hannity • Barbara Boxer • senator • title

Gibbs: Don't Worry About Sotomayor on Abortion

Past rulings unrelated to her pro-choice stance

May 29, 09 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama nominated a candidate for Supreme Court with almost no record on abortion. Now, reports the Washington Post, he’s in the unexpected position of defending Sonia Sotomayor to his party’s pro-choice base. Spokesman Robert Gibbs went out of his way yesterday to suggest that Obama—who didn't... More »

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abortion rights • Barbara Boxer • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor

ANALYSIS

In DC, Powerful California
Is the New Texas

State best represented in Congress, holds key Cabinet, Senate posts

Dec 22, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - California is set to take over Texas’ role as the state with most influence on the federal government, Politico reports. With Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker, the largest number of representatives—34—in the Democratic caucus, and one of the strongest presences by state in Barack Obama’s administration, the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • California • Texas • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • House of Representatives • Barbara Boxer • President Obama • Hilda Solis • Steven Chu • Zoe Lofgren

EPA Staffers Told to Keep Quiet in Memo

Environmental experts suspect politically charged 'gag order'

Jul 29, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what some officials fear is a sign of secrecy and political meddling, an email to Environmental Protection Agency staff asked that they not answer questions from journalists, the Government Accountability Office, or its own inspector general, CNN reports. In the email, which an environmental workers’ group called a “... More »

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email • Environmental Protection Agency • secrecy • Barbara Boxer • Stephen Johnson

Cheney's Staff Cut Testimony on Climate:
EPA Official

VP feared regulations on greenhouse gas

Jul 8, 08 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aides to Vice President Dick Cheney censored congressional testimony on climate change by a top government official, a former official at the Environmental Protection Agency charges. Jason Burnett claims Cheney’s office, fearing testimony would lead to greater regulation of greenhouse gases, excised six pages of text regarding the health... More »

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Dick Cheney • global warming • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Environmental Protection Agency • Barbara Boxer • Stephen Johnson • Jason Burnett

GOP Senators Block Bill
on Climate Change

It will likely be pulled until next year

Jun 6, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican senators blocked a landmark climate change bill today in a filibuster, making it likely that the carbon-capping legislation will be shelved until next year. After a debate over the economic costs of the bill—which would cut CO2 emissions by 71% by 2050—the Senate came up a dozen... More »

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climate change • Mitch McConnell • Barbara Boxer • carbon emissions • carbon caps

Senator Blasts 'Foot-Dragging' on Protecting Polar Bear

Feds delay decision due within 1 year

Mar 21, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three months after the deadline for declaring whether polar bears are a threatened species, the Interior Department hasn't issued a ruling, and Barbara Boxer wants to know why. The influential senator said yesterday she wants Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to appear before the environment committee and “answer questions about the... More »

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Alaska • Endangered Species Act • polar bear • Barbara Boxer • Chukchi Sea • secretary of the Interior • Dirk Kempthorne • Senate Committee on Environment • oil and gas leases

Senate to Hold Drug Water Hearings

Lawmakers press EPA to establish task force on contaminants

Mar 11, 08 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alarmed by an AP story, two top senators vowed yesterday to probe drug traces in US drinking water. Sen. Barbara Boxer and Sen. Frank Lautenberg plan to lead hearings next month to "protect our residents and clean up our water supply," Lautenberg said. The first of AP's three... More »

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Congressional investigations • Congressional oversight • Environmental Protection Agency • pharmaceutical • drinking water • Barbara Boxer • water supply

EPA Chief Ignored Staff
on Calif. Ruling

Auto industry pushed White House to sway him, sources say

Dec 21, 07 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The EPA chief—under heavy pressure from the auto industry—rejected his own staff's advice in denying California’s request to set its own fuel economy standards, the Los Angeles Times reports. Stephen Johnson told the state that it’s request was unnecessary in the wake of the new... More »

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Chrysler • Dick Cheney • California • greenhouse gases • Henry Waxman • Arnold Schwarzenegger • fuel efficiency • Environmental Protection Agency • Barbara Boxer • energy bill • fuel economy standards • Stephen Johnson • George W. Bush

Bush to Cut Anti-Terror Funding

Proposal to ax port, transit security sparks bipartisan ire

Dec 1, 07 5:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Bush plans to cut counterterror funds in half next year, nixing port and transit security plans altogether, the AP reports. The drop from $3.2 billion to $1.4 billion would slash police, fire, and rescue budgets nationwide—and run counter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's vow of less... More »

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California • terrorism • Charles Schumer • New York • homeland security • counterterrorism • Barbara Boxer • Peter King • George W. Bush

Gay Groups Want Craig Probe Halted

Citing Vitter, activists see ‘homophobic’ double standard

Nov 13, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Prominent gay rights groups are calling on the Senate Ethics Committee to drop its sexual misconduct probe of Larry Craig, calling the panel’s focus on the senator’s case—combined with the lack of focus on David Vitter’s—“hypocrisy tinged by homophobia.” The two groups say... More »

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gay rights • California • homophobia • David Vitter • Larry Craig • Senate Ethics Committee • Barbara Boxer

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