U.S. Senate

CT State Senate Votes For GMO Labeling U.S. Senate Votes Against GMO Labeling

It seems as though more and more states are becoming willing to demand labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. The most recent state to move in that direction is Connecticut: The state's State Senate this week voted 35-to-1 in favor of a GMO labeling bill. This doesn' ... More >>

2012 Election Results: Historic Night for Gay Issues and Candidates Across the United States

Four years ago, Senator Barack Obama won the presidency, but gay folks across the country were outraged that California voters approved Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage ban. Last night, it was a completely different story -- and one of the most historic and significant nights for the LGBT comm ... More >>

$100 Billion Bullet Train

Democrats fray as cost skyrockets, feds bail, and Amtrak starts to look good

VILLAGE VOICE MEDIA ASKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF SENATE BILL 596

Matt Fong, Former California Treasurer And Longtime Angeleno, Dies at 57

Matt Fong.​Updated at the bottom with reaction from L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich. Matt Fong, a longtime Angeleno and onetime U.S. Senate hopeful, has died, according to the Sacramento Bee. Fong's mother is beloved Democrat March Fong Eu, who was elected California's Secretary of St ... More >>

Mexican Macro-economics

Do undocumented migrants steal jobs from American workers?

[Updated] Senate Votes on Sweeping Food Safety Bill

Flickr/graymalkna farm in Northern California​ Updated: Yesterday evening the Senate passed the Food Safety Bill, otherwise known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, or S.510. The bill passed on a 73-25 vote. It now goes to the House, which is widely expected to pass it, and then to Pre ... More >>

Barbara Boxer vs. Carly Fiorina Election Results: California U.S. Senate Race Side-Steps Anti-Incumbent Anger, Exit Polling Predicts Democrat Boxer Wins

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer​Update, 10:13 p.m.: The New York Times is projecting that the Democratic Party will retain control of the U.S. Senate, but lose the House of Representatives. Update, 11:37 p.m.: Republican Carly Fiorina refuses to concede during a speech, saying, "This is going to ... More >>

Barbara Boxer Camp's Internal Hysteria Meter Cools: Field Poll Shows California Senator Leads Carly Fiorina 8 Points And Independent Voters Rule

Watch out for ice.​All the internal hysteria that's periodically gripped the Barbara Boxer camp as California's longtime U.S. Senate ice maiden came closer than ever to losing her seat? It can probably be set aside. Anything can happen November 2, 2010. But today's Field Poll shows Boxer add ... More >>

Many Californians Remain Undecided About Who To Vote For So Close To Election Day

Ted SoquiWill 'undecideds' break for Whitman?​The number of "undecideds" in California only two weeks before the big November election is huge. We're acting like kids with a bucket full of Halloween candy. Except this is serious business. According to the latest poll by the Public Policy Inst ... More >>

Duane Roberts, Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Against Carly Fiorina And Barbara Boxer, Assails KPCC For Censoring Him From Debate

Green Party U.S. Senate Candidate Duane Roberts lashed out at public radio station Shut up, important people are speaking​KPCC 89.3 FM this morning for barring Roberts from debating Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer -- yet another incident in which Los Angeles and California media systematicall ... More >>

Barbara Boxer And Carly Fiorina In A Dead Heat For U.S. Senate

Barbara Boxer.​A new poll this week finds that the mighty Barbara Boxer is in a real race for U.S. Senate: She's in a statistical dead heat with businesswoman and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina, according to Rasmussen Reports. The poll has Democratic Sen. Boxer leading 44 percent to Fior ... More >>

Betting On Hollywood Movies' Box-Office Gets Initial Approval By Trading Commission

​The Commodity Futures Trading Commission gave its approval this week to one of a few start-ups that plan to allow people to essentially bet on the success of movies at the box office, but the thumbs up might not last: A U.S. Senate version of financial-reform measures being considered in Cong ... More >>

Schwarzenegger's Tuesday Voting Attempt A Fail

​Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger got a do-over Tuesday morning when his ballot was rejected because he apparently voted for two U.S. Senate candidates instead of one (Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner?). The fail in Brentwood was caught on Fox 11 News live. The governor was apparently given two choices ... More >>

Another Happy Cinco De Mayo, This One From L.A.'s Danny Trejo

"This is Machete, with special Cinco de Mayo message ... to Arizona," says Los Angeles-based actor Danny Trejo, in character as "Machete," the antihero in the Robert Rodriguez film of the same name. The movie, with shades of the Arizona immigration-law battle, also stars Robert De Niro (as a Sherif ... More >>

President Obama In L.A. Monday For Boxer Fundraiser

​President Barack Obama will be in Los Angeles Monday afternoon to boost the profile of a fundraiser for fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer, who is running for reelection to the U.S. Senate. Obama will be at the California Science Center at 700 Exposition Park Drive, said Boxer spokeswoman Sheila ... More >>

Self-Styled Hollywood Producer Quintana Wants To Speak At Dem Convention

Brian Quintana.​Following news this week that mega-blogger and candidate for U.S. Senate Mickey Kaus was turned down for speaker's slot at the state Democratic convention in Los Angeles next week, self-styled Hollywood producer Brian Quintana is now angling for just such a slot. Good luck. Th ... More >>

Hollywood Producer Will Run Against Barbara Boxer For U.S. Senate

Brian Quintana.​Hollywood producer Brian Quintana (Superman: Man of Steel) has announced he filed papers to challenge Barbara Boxer for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in California's June primary. He says he would be the first "person of color" to represent California in the senate. ... More >>

Mayor Villaraigosa Optimistic That 'Subway To The Sea' Can Happen In 10 Years

​Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa returned from a trip to Washington, D.C. optimistic about his plan to accelerate several transit projects, including his beloved "subway to the sea" that would take rail from the Miracle Mile to Santa Monica. His plan to compact 30 years worth of work in ... More >>

Local Candidate To Head The TSA Pulls Out After 20-Year-Old Dirt Is Dug Up

USCErroll Southers.​Erroll Southers, assistant chief of Los Angeles airport police and President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, has withdrawn his candidacy after 20-year-old dirt about him surfaced and he faced opposition from Republicans in Congress. ... More >>

Tom Campbell Aims For Barbara Boxer's Senate Seat

​Former Congressman Tom Campbell announced in Los Angeles Thursday that he's pulling out of a crowded Republican slate in California's gubernatorial race to challenge Democrat Barbara Boxer for her U.S. Senate seat. "I initially made the decision to run for governor because I believe that my ... More >>

Airport Police Union TSA Pronouncement

​The organization representing Los Angeles airport police says the attempted attack on an airliner over Detroit Christmas day highlights the need for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to get a new permanent leader. Marshall McClain, president of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Off ... More >>

Tax A Tan? It's Possible Under Senate Version Of Health Care Bill

FoxTan Stewie.​Los Angeles is the capital of tanning. (We know, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa hasn't made this declaration yet, but we assure you, he will). Now, hold on to something and breathe steadily, especially you George Hamilton, the cast of E! reality show Sunset Tan, and Tan Stewie, beca ... More >>

Senator V? One Pundit Thinks Villaraigosa Is Going Senatorial In 2012

​He's an utterly ambitious career politician with the $2,000 suits, million-dollar smile and billionaire friends, but you all know him simply as Mayor V. Observers have wondered what Antonio Villaraigosa was going to do next after letting the gubernatorial race pass him by. One pundit thinks ... More >>

Good or Evil, Corporate Biofuel Gets $5 Mil of Your Money

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that 37 research projects, including one launched locally, are in line for $151 million in federal funding that aims to "develop nimble, creative and inventive approaches to transform the global energy landscape," according to a department statement.Cere ... More >>

Election '08: Not Quite Recreating '68

I made my way to Civic Center Park, near the state capitol building in Denver, around midday on Tuesday, hoping to find signs of dissident life to add a bit of hot blood to what had been so far a rather anemic Democratic National Convention. It was the morning after a confrontation between police an ... More >>

There’s Shrinkage

Majority Democrats can’t find the balls to face down Republican brinkmanship

Impeaching Presidents — and Messengers

Bush, The New York Times and the Patriot Act

All in the Family

George can count on Harriet to overturn Roe v. Wade

Tale of Two Ambassadors

One exposed the death squads, the other covered them up

In Our Misery

The right to die faces a big test in Congress

Congress on ’Roids

What’s Not the Matter With Colorado?

Tracking a blue uprising in a red state

6 Reasons Why November 2 Wasn't a Total Gay Political Nightmare

G.I. George

Fuck Yourself, Dick Cheney

Two Sides of JFK

The arrival of the reckless and cautious John Kerry

Letters

Holy Joe, Corporate Joe, G.I. Joe

Will the real Senator Lieberman please stand up?

Slow and Fatal Justice

The case against a Bush court nominee

Party Busters

The Genuine Article

Paul Wellstone, 1944–2002

Gray Recharged

The governor’s guide to surviving the power crisis

Shadow Summit

The show of support along the U.S.-Mexico border

The Organizer

Alan Cranston, 1914–2000

Bill and Al's Excellent Adventure

How Bill Bradley Learned to be a Principled Liberal, but not how to Campaign, and how Al Gore Learned to be a Terrific Campaigner, while Trashing his Party's Historic Principles.

Letters

Our selections in Tuesday's General Election

Endorsements 98

Matt Fong is no Boxer

So who is he, anyway?

Activists Turned Elected Officials