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U.S. House of Representatives

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2008

    Chevron's Prince of Darkness

    By John GeluardiThe Chevron Corporation has exposed its pestilent underbelly by hiring William J. Haynes II, a Department of Defense attorney who compiled lists of violent interrogation techniques for shadowy U.S. detention centers. Chevron hired Haynes on as its chief corporate council in April ... More >>

  • News

    October 18, 1995

    The Last Seduction

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    January 31, 1996

    Letters

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Armenian Genocide Resolution Blog Posting at SFWeekly.com Draws Armenian Ire

    Spurned by term limitations, Willie Brown turns his political affections on San Francisco. But how long will our small-town ways hold his fancy?

  • News

    July 4, 2007

    Mother Nature or Nurture?

    The question of whether to begin saving creatures and habitats from climate change

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    Mother’s Work

    Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

  • News

    October 11, 2006

    More Phone Pranks

    Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

  • News

    May 10, 2006

    Immigrant Song

    It's not just the national anthem being sung in Spanish that's got anti-immigration folks riled up. Which side of the fence are you on?

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    Pig Government

    The politics of pork has real victims. Just look at New Orleans, or commuters on the Bay Bridge.

  • News

    February 25, 2004

    Dead Man Running

    "Kucinich is, like, The normal laws of physics don't apply to me.'"

  • News

    October 22, 2003

    Sounds of Silence

    ASCAP's legal threats kill a thriving local music scene

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    The World According to Bechtel

    There are well-connected companies. Then there's Bechtel.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    Remembrance of a War Past

    An unfond look back at Freedom Toast, TV jingoes, and a pro-war bully called Tony Hall

  • News

    February 6, 2002

    The Last of the Burtons?

    They have dominated state and local politics for 50 years. Now, for the first time, the future of their "family business" is in doubt.

  • News

    September 12, 2001

    Who Owns Your Clone?

    A San Francisco firm thinks it's time people started copyrighting their DNA

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    This Bud's for John

    John McCain's family

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    An Endowed Chair

    Sen. John McCain's push for campaign-finance reform has helped his presidential bid. Donations from special interests haven't hurt, either.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Online Pirates of the Caribbean

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    ¡Holy Cohiba!

    Federal agents smoke out an insidious Bay Area smuggling ring as part of their ceaseless efforts to keep our streets safe from illegal Cuban cigars

  • News

    October 30, 1996

    State and National Candidates

    Federal agents smoke out an insidious Bay Area smuggling ring as part of their ceaseless efforts to keep our streets safe from illegal Cuban cigars

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    LiveNation/Ticketmaster Merger Raises Congressional Concerns

    Pissed Off: Bruce Springsteen​ The proposed merger between concert venue conglomerate Live Nation and ticket hub mecca Ticketmaster (announced last February) has already resulted in catcalls from The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, who wrote an open letter to his fans after Ticket Master upsold tickets ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    No Justice

    Despite Obama's promises of change, corporate crooks are still going unpunished for their roles in the financial collapse.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    House of Representatives Helps Small Indie Radio Stations

    Stefan Kühn​Yesterday the Local Community Radio Act passed in the House of Representatives. Now it's up to the Senate to see if this bill, which will "will open the airwaves for hundreds of new non-commercial stations across the country" according to the group Media Alliance, will follow suit and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Cindy Sheehan to Install Anti-Obama Camp at Washington Monument

    Camp Casey at Crawford, Texas, will be erected in Washington​ Looking back at the aughts, who can forget indelible images of a war and a president that should never have been, and the makeshift camp set up outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch at Crawford Texas that challenged them ... More >>

  • Film

    February 17, 2010

    Scorsese's head-trip Shutter Island is the good kind of insane

    Camp Casey at Crawford, Texas, will be erected in Washington​ Looking back at the aughts, who can forget indelible images of a war and a president that should never have been, and the makeshift camp set up outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch at Crawford Texas that challenged them ... More >>

  • News

    March 3, 2010

    Muni Fail

    Federal scrutiny could threaten funding for the Central Subway boondoggle.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Now You Can Be Gay-Married on Your Census Form

    Count it.​Hooray! It's that magical day when the census form arrives! This year we're even more excited about it, because as you may have read, there's now an option for gay married people to proclaim their actual status. Also, even if a gay couple with no official marriage license considers itsel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    R.I.P. Alex Chilton

    Maybe Alex Chilton, dead at 59 of a heart attack, would recoil at the fond remembrances of him now sneezing out through the digital ether: Salutes from the floor of the House of Representatives, odes from pretty much everyone on the self-serious list of revered alternative or indie acts over the las ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2010

    "Treme": New HBO series from "The Wire" creators

    Maybe Alex Chilton, dead at 59 of a heart attack, would recoil at the fond remembrances of him now sneezing out through the digital ether: Salutes from the floor of the House of Representatives, odes from pretty much everyone on the self-serious list of revered alternative or indie acts over the las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2010

    The Week in Gay: New Trend in 2010 -- Same-Sex Bedpans!

    Uppity Fag has his eye on the one on the bottom left...​Late yesterday afternoon President Barack Obama signed a mandate that extends hospital visitation rights to same-sex couples in hospitals throughout the country. Whatever. While some may hail this as a victory for gay rights, the bot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    The Week in Gay: We're Fucked!

    What happens in the Navy, stays in the Navy...​This has been a long ass week and I'm drowning in mucous and overmedicated and there is a shit-storm of stories to cover this week and frankly all I can say is that the gays are fucked. Let's begin with some statistics released on Thursday. Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    The Week in Gay: You Call *That* a Repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'?

    You'll still have to stay in the closet for now, sailor​Thursday night the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that claims to repeal the ban on gays serving in the military (Don't Ask Don't Tell). But the details of the bill reveal that the policy is not really repealed and it won't be unt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Election 2010: Democrats Look Safe in Bay Area -- For Now

    Rep. Jerry McNerney: First off the island?​With all the sturm und drang gripping the Democratic party as the fall election approaches -- some observers are forecasting a Republican take-back of the House of Representatives, prompted by widespread anger over the economy and some of President Barack ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2010

    The Education Trap

    In California, many undocumented immigrants are offered cheap college tuition, only to find they can’t get jobs after they graduate.

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Her House Divided

    The most powerful female politician in the country now teeters between long-term victory and instant defeat.

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2010

    Don't Ask Don't Tell Told Off

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesnít Work

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Don't worry, America. San Francisco knows what's best for you

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    FAIR-y Tales

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

    ​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Week in Gay: Ted Haggard is Bisexual and Anderson Cooper has a 'Companion'

    Coming after cousin Geri​This edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    This Just In: The U.S. House of Representatives Hates NPR

    National Public Radio is good. Very good. They entertain us with such shows as This American Life, inform us with Morning Edition, and drop some musical knowledge on All Songs Considered. But the United States House of Representatives doesn't feel the same way: today it voted to cut off government f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Dianne Feinstein Tells Francisco to Go Smoke a Fat One

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it, San Francisco.​Wait, not all of your tax dollars are wasted in San Francisco. Your local bureaucrats make it part of their job to send a letter every February to state and federal politicians restating the city's desire that the government legalize marijuana. No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    WIC Turns Corner Stores Into Real Markets

    Paul Lowry/Flickr There's a lot of talk about "food deserts" in food policy circles these days -- impoverished areas where residents have no access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Corner stores in poor neighborhoods tend to be one of the major sources for food, but they stock nonperishables: chips, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    KSFO Talk Radio to Feature Conservative Former Congressman JD Hayworth

    JD Hayworth​San Francisco, oddly enough, has something of its own rich history when it comes to conservative talk-radio hosts. Who can forget the memorable international affair involving our own Michael Savage, who was banned from entering the United Kingdom in 2009 because of his right-wing state ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Ron Paul Won't Legalize Marijuana -- Because He Can't

    nickshell1983.wordpress.comA nice idea, but...​As if the promise to dismantle most of the Washington-based government wasn't enough, Congressman Ron Paul has also made waves in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination with his maverick stance on drug policy.During his 30 years representi ... More >>

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