Op/ed: ‘Leadership bills,’ a plan to get the Senate working again
Instead of a budget-based reconciliation, Congress needs a superbill the majority party could use as a filibuster-exempt legislative vehicle once a year.
Read More →Op/ed: Unproductive Congress hurts bankers and borrowers
By Rodney Brown Members of the California Bankers Association annually travel to Washington, D.C., to speak with our elected representatives about some of the major legislative issues that are a priority for our industry and our customers. On our fall trip this year, we learned firsthand how truly gridlocked this Congress is, and the unfortunate Read More →
Read More →Congressional candidates joust over taxes, housing
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Correction appended below.] Assemblymember Julia Brownley and state Sen. Tony Strickland clashed over fiscal policy, housing and education at an Oct. 2 debate in Thousand Oaks as their campaigns for the 26th U.S. Congressional district remained a close contest. Held at California Lutheran University, the debate turned especially heated when Brownley accused Strickland of voting against California’s Homeowners Bill of Read More →
Read More →Editorial: The region’s political landscape is changing
California’s redistricting commission is about ready to reveal its final plans for drawing congressional maps and two things are becoming crystal clear. First, House districts for the Tri-Counties will be much more competitive than in the past. Second, Ventura County is paying a political price for the slow-growth policies that have kept population growth in Read More →
Read More →Editorial: New generation sets challenge for Congress
With graduation season in full swing, it may be instructive to take a look at how the next generation of civic and business leaders views the current state of play in politics. Suffice it to say, that view is dim. A report from the Panetta Institute for Public Policy, a think tank located at the Read More →
Read More →Editorial: A more transparent future for area politics
The current way the region’s political districts are carved out is grossly unfair.
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