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Hahn-Huey Congressional Race Tests Democrats
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Hahn-Huey Congressional Race Tests Democrats

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LA City Council member Janice Hahn is getting a tough race from direct-mail marketer Craig Huey in a nasty Congressional race that also could be a close one. It's a classic battle between the Left and the Far Right in the kind of mid-summer special election that can have a surprising outcome. Huey has inspired a lot of Tea Party volunteers. Can Hahn turn out the Democrats, with a registration advantage of 18 percent? The voting is tomorrow in an election that could make a difference on Capitol Hill. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, taxes, spending, entitlement programs and the debt ceiling. Can Republicans and Democrats make a deal before the money runs out in Washington?

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An Unexpectedly Lively Race for Congress ()

Tomorrow marks a political showdown in Southland beach towns from Venice to San Pedro. At stake is the Congressional seat of Democrat Jane Harman, who resigned after her re-election last year. Veteran LA Council member Janice Hahn is a Democrat running against Republican Craig Huey, who's a veteran of direct-mail marketing. Democrats have a registration advantage of 18 percent, but Huey came out of nowhere in the May primary campaign.

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Stalemate over the Debt Ceiling Continues ()

Last week, President Obama and Speaker John Boehner agreed that the debt-limit deadline had created an opportunity for something "big:" tax loophole-closings and spending cuts, including adjustments to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. But yesterday, Boehner backed off and called for a smaller package or even a stopgap. This morning, the President called any extension "unacceptable." As Washington's debt-limit brinkmanship continues with inconclusive meetings and political positioning, will Washington let the money run out? Will Medicare and Social Security be part of a final deal?

 

 

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

 

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