Steve Israel

Climate change causes prostitution? Rep. Barbara Lee explains

2013-04-30 15:17:00

Climate change is causing glaciers to melt, heat waves to become more intense, species to become extinct and low-lying island nations like Tuvalu to disappear altogether. To this list of calamities, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has added another: Climate...

Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat

2013-05-07 18:36:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...

South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House

2013-05-08 03:30:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...

Why we shouldn't raise the minimum wage

2013-03-10 00:00:00

In announcing his wrongheaded proposal to increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour, President Obama spoke in lofty terms: "In the wealthiest nation on Earth," he said in his State of the Union address last month, "no one who works full time should have...

Saturday's TV Highlights: Mitt and Ann Romney on Fox News Sunday

2013-03-01 15:08:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SERIES "The Graham Norton Show" Richard Gere, John...

Weekend TV Talk: Dianne Feinstein; John McCain; Richard Durbin

2012-12-14 16:17:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 16 - 22 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America Coverage of the shootings in Newtown, Conn. (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Situation Room With Wolf...

Democrats add 3 more Calif. congressional hopefuls to help list

2012-08-08 15:23:15

McManus: Mixing Medicare and mudslinging

2012-02-19 00:00:00

Don't look now, but the 2012 election is turning into a national referendum on what to do about Medicare. Democrats want to run on the issue — and to charge that Republican proposals to change Medicare into a voucher-based system would end the...

Giffords' retirement brings warm wishes, electoral speculation

2012-01-22 13:35:00

The retirement of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords brought an outpouring of warm wishes from colleagues of the popular congresswoman -- and launched a scramble for an upcoming special election to determine whether Democrats will be able to hold the Arizona seat....

3 California Democrats to get extra help in congressional races

2012-01-18 16:38:45

Top Democrat calls for Gov. Jan Brewer's ouster over redistricting

2011-11-04 10:19:00

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) suggested that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer should be impeached for her role in ousting the independent official at the helm of the state’s redistricting commission. "I...

Nancy Pelosi calls for Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Anthony Weiner

2011-06-06 15:05:00

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Anthony Weiner after the New York congressman admitted to lying about explicit messages he sent women online. "I am deeply disappointed and saddened about this...

From left, Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-N.Y., Suffolk County, N.Y., Executive Steve Bellone, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., Rep. Steve Israel, D-NY, and Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, celebrate just after the House of Representatives passed a $50.

2013-01-15 18:35:00

From left, Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., and Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., listen as President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2012.

2012-01-24 00:00:00