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Karen Bass

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Name: Karen Bass

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

New Senate Student Loan Fix Introduced

WASHINGTON (5/21/13)--Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is the latest member of the U.S. Congress to take on student loan issues, announcing a new bill, the Federal Student Loan Refinancing Act, over the weekend.Gillibrand's bill would enable federal student ... [Published CUNA News Now - 16 hours ago]

Entities: student loan, Student Loan Corporation, Kirsten Gillibrand, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Ed Royce

Getting More Bang for the Buck from Food Aid

Proposed changes to food aid programs would allow U.S. tax dollars to feed more people at a lower cost.Representatives Ed Royce (R–CA) and Karen Bass (D–CA) recently proposed legislation that would remove counter-productive restrictions on the use of ... [Published Heritage Foundation - May 20 2013]

Entities: Karen Bass, Ed Royce, United States, Obama Administration

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Liberia: Liberia Seeks U.S. Protective Gear in Mali

Liberia has requested the United States' (US') support in the form of protective gear, to enable the deployment of the Liberian platoon that will participate in the peacekeeping operation in Mali. A dispatch from Washington, the United States of America ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Liberia, Mali, United States

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Congo-Kinshasa: Pressure Mounting On U.S. Over Congo Violence

Washington With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers and advocates are stepping up campaigns to raise awareness and push legislation aimed ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Karen Bass

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Optimist International

Local Foster Youth Honor Community Leaders For Their Support in May, Foster Care Awareness Month

- LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- LOS ANGELES, CA – In honor of May, Foster Care Awareness Month Living Advantage is recognizing leaders who strive to help make a difference in the lives of our foster youth. USC Civic Engagement Department has sponsored the USC ... [Published Prlog - May 18 2013]

Entities: Foster Care, Los Angeles, Optimist International, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Karen Bass

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Obama's plan to overhaul food aid is running into trouble in Congress

One of the big, eye-catching ideas in the White House’s 2014 budget was an overhaul of the $1.4 billion U.S. food aid program. Instead of buying food from U.S. farmers and shipping it overseas, some of the money would just be sent directly to poor co ... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: United States, Reformism, White House

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Pressure Mounting on U.S. over Congo Violence

Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo WASHINGTON, May 17 2013 (IPS) - With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 17 2013]

Entities: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Mineral

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

African groups to hold forum on immigration reform

By Olu Alemoru, Staff Writer Los Angeles Wave | 0 commentsAs federal lawmakers consider the immigration reform bill, a hot-button topic that has largely been framed as a Latino issue, a coalition of African interests are getting together this weekend ... [Published Wave Newspapers - May 16 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Lenoir (United States), Karen Bass

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Senate, House members rub elbows with songwriters

WE HEAR: Music was in the air for lawmakers Tuesday night, as plenty of members of Congress were on-hand to laud (and undoubtedly sometimes sing along with) the work of songwriters at the Library of Congress.The American Society of Composers, Authors, ... [Published The Hill - May 16 2013]

Entities: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publ..., Roger Wicker, Tim Kaine

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Programming notes

*** Wednesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up : Guests include Rep. Karen Bass/(D) House Judiciary Committee on hearing with Eric Holder Today, Dana Milbank/The Washington Post and Matt Welch/Reason Magazine on DOJ and IRS controversies, Debbie Hersman/NTSB ... [Published First Read - May 15 2013]

Entities: MSNBC, Tamron Hall, Thomas Roberts, Andrea Mitchell, National Transportation Safety Board

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

House panel clears bills on child abductions, Vietnam, Congo

The House foreign affairs panel on human rights cleared three bills Wednesday in its first mark-up of the year.The panel approved by voice vote legislation from chairman Chris Smith (R-N.J.) that would create new sanctions for the president to use against ... [Published The Hill - May 15 2013]

Entities: Abduction, Vietnam, Chris Smith, Republic of the Congo

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Audubon Middle School hosts Black education town hall

High levels of suspensions and special education placement to be targetedNearly 500 people turned out Saturday for a town hall discussion on the status of Black children in California’s public education and system.The event, sponsored by Congresswoman ... [Published Our Weekly - May 09 2013]

Entities: African-Americans, Special Education, Karen Bass, Suspension

Quotes

"this legislation calls for such an envoy, and secretary [john kerry, in testimony before both the house and the senate, has indicated his plan to make an appointment" Bass said

Congo-Kinshasa: Pressure Mounting On U.S. Over Congo Violence [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

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New Senate Student Loan Fix Introduced [Published CUNA News Now - 16 hours ago]
Mayor Garcetti to Mayor Greuel: Diary of a Flip... [Published City Watch - 18 hours ago]
Actor Sean Penn urges Congress to pressure Boli... [Published Home News Tribune - May 21 2013]
Getting More Bang for the Buck from Food Aid [Published Heritage Foundation - May 20 2013]
Liberia: Liberia Seeks U.S. Protective Gear in ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Congo-Kinshasa: Pressure Mounting On U.S. Over ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Liberia Seeks US Protective Gear in Mali [Published The NewDawn - May 20 2013]
Garcetti, Greuel fight for African American vot... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 20 2013]
LA Mayor’s Race: furious final weekend for Garc... [Published SCPR - May 18 2013]
Local Foster Youth Honor Community Leaders For ... [Published Prlog - May 18 2013]
Obama's plan to overhaul food aid is running in... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Pressure Moun... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 17 2013]
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Pressure Moun... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 17 2013]
Pressure Mounting on U.S. over Congo Violence [Published Inter Press Service - May 17 2013]
African groups to hold forum on immigration reform [Published Wave Newspapers - May 16 2013]
Senate, House members rub elbows with songwriters [Published The Hill - May 16 2013]
House panel clears bills on child abductions, V... [Published The Hill - May 15 2013]
Programming notes [Published First Read - May 15 2013]
Student loan debt is stealing our future [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 14 2013]
Rep. Karen Bass: “Time To Get Serious on Studen... [Published Atlanta Daily World - May 14 2013]
Daniel Heimpel: Foster Mother's Day [Published Huffington Post - May 13 2013]
Khalifa of Islam presented with key to Los Angeles [Published LankaWeb - May 13 2013]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community world leader to visi... [Published Inside Bay Area - May 12 2013]
Mayor Garcetti? Really? [Published Wave Newspapers - May 10 2013]
Garcetti is the right choice for South L.A. [Published Wave Newspapers - May 09 2013]
Charges of LAPD Racial Profiling Rocks USC Campus [Published Los Angeles Sentinel - May 09 2013]
Congress Is Creating an Over-Criminalization Ta... [Published REASON Online - May 09 2013]
Congress Is Creating an Over-Criminalization Ta... [Published Hit & Run - May 09 2013]
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan [Published Miami Herald - May 09 2013]
Two Proposed Student Loan Bills Could Help Law ... [Published Findlaw Corporate Counsel - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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Programming notes [Published First Read - May 15 2013] * Wednesday’s “Jansing & Co.” line-up : Guests include Rep. Karen Bass**/(D) House Judiciary Committee on hearing with Eric Holder Today, Dana Milbank/The Washington Post and Matt Welch/Reason Magazine on DOJ and IRS controversies, Debbie Hersman/NTSB ...
Congress Is Creating an Over-Criminalization Ta... [Published Hit & Run - May 09 2013] <p><img alt="" height="320" src="http://cloudfront-media.reason.com/mc/_external/2013_05/-the-heritage-foundation.jpg?h=320&w=214" title="\|\|\|The Heritage Foundation" width="214" style="float: right;"/>Earlier this week the House of Representativesannounced ...
18 Democrats Join Push For Student Non-Discrimi... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 26 2013] Five days ago, I wrote about the diminishing effort among Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Student Non-Discrimination Act – legislation introduced by Jared Polis that would prohibit discrimination by schools against students ...
12 talks to watch this Earth Day [Published TED Blog - Apr 22 2013] Planet Earth doesn’t exactly have a birthday. But every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day — the anniversary of the moment the environmental movement went mass. According to EarthDay.org , Earth Day was founded in 1970 by U.S. Senator Gaylord ...
Lagging Democratic Support For Student Non-Disc... [Published Irregular Times - Apr 21 2013] Last week, Jared Polis , a U.S. Representative from Colorado, introduced the Student Non-Discrimination Act. That’s great news, because the legislation would prohibit discrimination by schools against students on the basis of actual or perceived sexual ...

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Battle heats up as Democrats, GOP spar over tax... [Published Fox News Channel - YouTube - Jan 23 2013]
Improving Foster Care- ABC6 at 11pm- 11-26-12 [Published Rep. Jim Langevin - YouTube Channel - Nov 27 2012]