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Some reactions to President Obama’s State of Union Address

January 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments

I was able to catch most of the State of the Union last night, and before the President even entered the gallery, I was struck by a few things. One being Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in her “Nancy Reagan red” suit yet again. She loves red suits, and she’s always in an aisle seat for the [...]

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Tags: Barack Obama · Congressman Joe Baca · Education · Immigration · Rep. Loretta Sanchez · Supreme Court · health care

End up week update: Villaraigosa for Senate?, Joe Baca and Tiger Woods, + More!

December 10th, 2009 · 19 Comments

It has been a busy week, but here are some items that I have been following in the past few days.
This piece from the Huffington Post caught my attention about Villar (as many like to call him) or Mayor V. It speculates that Villar may be holding out to run for the Senate in [...]

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Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa · Congressman Joe Baca · Supreme Court

Has Obama “dropped the ball” on immigration?

September 27th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Yesterday, I read this piece by Ruben Navarrette titled Obama drops ball on immigration. I scratched my head and then thought to myself, “I don’t think President Obama ever really picked up the ball on immigration since he has occupied the White House.” We have seen evidence of this by his

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Tags: Barack Obama · Congressman Joe Baca · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration · Rep. Loretta Sanchez · Rep. Luis Gutierrez · Ruben Navarrette

The only Latina on the NRCC’s Target List: Rep. Loretta Sanchez

August 4th, 2009 · 9 Comments

The National Republican Congressional Committee released a list last week of the 70 seats it intends to target for next year’s midterm elections, and Rep. Loretta Sanchez is the only Latina on the list. This doesn’t surprise me since Rep. Sanchez “has sponsored 62 bills since Jan 7, 1997 of which 58 haven’t made [...]

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Tags: Congressman Joe Baca · GOP · Rep. Linda Sanchez · Rep. Loretta Sanchez · ethics · health care

Rep. Joe Baca & his “version” of the DREAM Act

July 25th, 2009 · 8 Comments

The following is another guest blog post by Sorjuana. Recently, I have blogged about Rep. Loretta Sanchez’s failure to co-sponsor the DREAM Act, despite it being supported by both Republicans and Democrats and by the City Council of Santa Ana (symbolically). Well, now we are experiencing something similar with Rep. Joe Baca, who also will [...]

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Tags: Congressman Joe Baca · Education · Immigration · Rep. Loretta Sanchez · health care