California State Assemblyman
Democratic Assemblyman for the 19th District (San Mateo) and chair of the California Democratic Caucus
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Jerry Hill
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FROM Jerry Hill
Which Way, L.A.?
Making the Presidential Election a Popularity Contest The Electoral College gives states the power to elect American Presidents. Because some states have more voters than others, some presidents have taken office without a majority of the vote nationwide. George Bush in 2000 is the most recent example. Yesterday, Governor Brown made California the ninth state to try to reform that process by signing Assembly Bill 459 , authored by San Mateo Democrat Jerry Hill.
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Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.
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The Trump agenda: where's the beef? President Trump says big things are happening. After celebrating a House bill on health care, he doesn’t yet have Senate agreement. With James Comey’s public testimony scheduled tomorrow, the President today tweeted his selection of a new FBI Director. Is the Chief Executive all style and no substance? Later, terror attacks in Iran and conflicting claims about who’s behind them.
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?