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Rep. Darrell Issa has refunded nearly $180,000 in donations, including a contribution from Koch Industries, since dropping out of the race for Congress. Read More »
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Darrell Issa and his $1 million in leftover campaign funds
What will Rep. Darrell Issa, one of the richest men in Congress, do with the more than $1 million in his campaign coffer now that he is officially not running for re-election? The Vista Republican hasn’t said publicly how he plans to use the money. His office didn’t respond this week to requests by inewsource for comment. But what we ... Read More »
San Diego County’s House members: How loyal are they to their parties?
As the filing deadline to run in California’s June primary approaches on Friday, inewsource examined the voting records of San Diego County’s five members of Congress. Read More »
Without Obamacare or a replacement, 370,000 in San Diego County could lose insurance
Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist Linda Rasmussen is “extremely nervous” about President Donald Trump’s plan to repeal Obamacare. It’s kept her healthy since 2014, when she enrolled in a subsidized plan through Covered California, the health insurance marketplace the law enabled. If Republicans repeal it without an equivalent replacement, and without federal subsidies she now receives, she’ll be out of ... Read More »
Congressional candidates spent almost $5 million on TV ads in San Diego
Candidates for San Diego's five congressional seats spent more than $18.3 million during the 2016, and millions of that paid for tens of hours of TV ads. Read More »
Issa’s and Peters’ voting records show contrasting degrees of party loyalty
Scott Peters ranks as one of the House members most likely to vote against his fellow party members while Darrell Issa is among his caucus's more reliable votes. Read More »
San Diego House members travel the world with private money
Over the past 18 months, San Diego County’s five representatives and members of their staffs took 31 trips that were paid for by private entities, including trade associations and think tanks. Read More »
Individual Donors Split on Peters, Bilbray in 52nd
By Kevin Crowe and Ryann Grochowski I-Newsource In the race for the 52nd Congressional District, political action committees and a candidate with deep pockets are the major financial players. But, individual donors are almost perfectly split on the two remaining candidates. Republican Congressman Brian Bilbray has outraised Port Commissioner Scott Peters, a Democrat, almost two to one during the campaign, ... Read More »
UPDATE: Issa brunches with lobbyist whose son works on oversight team
San Diego Congressman Darrell Issa brunched with a high-powered lobbyist whose clients could benefit from his oversight investigations Read More »
Industry insiders score jobs on Issa’s team
San Diego Congressman Darrell Issa built a team that includes staff members with close connections to industries that could benefit from his investigations Read More »