Candidate for Republican nomnation for US Senate
Conservative Republican Assemblyman from Irvine, representing the State's 70th District; former Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs in the Department of Defense (1986-1988); candidate for the Senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer
Assemblyman Chuck DeVore Seeks US Senate Seat Last week, we spoke with Tom Campbell , regarded as the "moderate" Republican in this year's race to challenge Democratic US Senator Barbara Boxer . The other candidates are former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and three-term Assemblyman Chuck DeVore from Irvine. He's a former aerospace engineer and an intelligence officer in the US Army Reserve who served in the Pentagon during the Reagan Administration.
The 'Big Five' Make a Deal: A Painful Budget in Sacramento The Governor and four legislative leaders have reached agreement on how to make up California's $26 billion shortfall. The deal calls for $15 billion in cuts, taking almost $4 billion from local governments and speeding up tax collections. Now legislators of both parties have to decide whether to support or oppose it. Democrats have the majority in both houses, but not enough to provide the necessary two-thirds for passage, so Republican votes will be required.
Governor Floats Sales Tax Hike To End Budget Standoff Legislators in have told reporters that Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed a one-cent hike in the state sales tax to balance the budget.
Proposition 1C: Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006 More and more Californians can't afford to live here any more, but there's heated debate about what to do. Affordable housing bonds on next month's State and Los Angeles City ballots are aimed at the elderly, low-income families, the homeless and battered women. Governor Schwarzenegger and the legislature want approval of $2.8 billion in bonds to provide affordable housing for seniors and low-income families, as well as shelters for homeless people and battered women. Can California afford the new debt and the money to pay it off?
Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
White House budget proposal slashes and burns President Trump's first budget request is considered dead on arrival in Congress — a familiar development in Capitol Hill. We hear what it reveals about the priorities of the new administration. What's likely to die… and what might survive?
Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
Human Rights in the era of Donald Trump President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council. Serious violators of human rights are members of the Council itself–and a US resignation could make things worse. Later on today’s show, now that he’s into his second term, comedian turned US Senator Al Franken is telling jokes again.