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Boxer May Drop 'Senator' for 'Ma'am'

Boxer May Drop 'Senator' for 'Ma'am'

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that all signs read stop for Sen. Barbara Boxer’s 2016 campaign. Boxer, 73, has not indicated whether she will run for re-election, but her campaign account has less than a paltry $200,000, as opposed to

Social Security Suspends Program To Collect Old Debts

The Social Security Administration has suspended a program which allowed to to seize thousadns of tax refunds in an effort to recoup previous over-payments made. They had previously identified about 400,000 individuals with old debts of approximately $714 million. A 2008

Boxer: GOP Committing 'Domestic Abuse'

Boxer: GOP Committing 'Domestic Abuse'

Sen. Barbara Boxer vilified the GOP on Monday by comparing them to domestic abusers. She was speaking of the government shutdown and the debt limit deadline fast approaching when she said:  I never questioned, never questioned the fact that Republicans,

Boxer: GOP Like Domestic Abusers

Boxer: GOP Like Domestic Abusers

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on the Senate floor Monday. “When you start acting like you’re committing domestic abuse, you’ve got a problem, ‘I love you dear, but I’m shutting down your entire government. I love you dear, but I’m going

Sen. Boxer: Raise Minimum Wage to $10 an Hour

Sen. Boxer: Raise Minimum Wage to $10 an Hour

On Monday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said she wants the federal minimum wage raised to $10 an hour. The current minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.  “We need to raise the minimum wage. That will make a huge difference. …People

Sen. Boxer Again Tells Filthy Filner to Resign

Senator Barbara Boxer released a letter today addressed to Mayor Filner, again asking him to resign his office.  Boxer joins several Democrats, both of local and national notoriety, who have asked Filner to resign. (Although the Democrats want Filner to resign,

Boxer: Redirect Border Funds for Immigrant Health Care

Boxer: Redirect Border Funds for Immigrant Health Care

Sen. Barbara Boxer is planning an amendment to the Senate’s immigration bill which would redirect funds committed to border security to reimburse state and local governments providing health care to newly legalized immigrants. Boxer plans to take $250 million, and

San Onofre Nuke Plant to Close After Bitter Fight

San Onofre Nuke Plant to Close After Bitter Fight

(AP) – The demise of California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant began with an attempt to fix it. A $670 million equipment swap in 2009 and 2010 went haywire, leaving Southern California Edison on Friday with two idle reactors, more