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A weekly roundup for May 14 - May 19, including details about Congressman Scott Peters' plea to fund homeless students in San Diego County. Read More »
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Rep. Peters makes plea to get funding for San Diego Unified’s homeless students
Congressman Scott Peters asked the state schools superintendent this week to consider giving funding to the San Diego Unified School District for homeless students even though its grant application was missing a signature. The San Diego Democrat sent the letter to the superintendent four days after inewsource revealed that the district was disqualified for a grant that could have provided ... 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 »
Newsletter: Unions pull support for Peters, Davis…
inewsource newsletter for Feb. 24, 2016. Read More »
Unions pull support for Peters, Davis after trade vote but impact is limited
Last spring, organized labor pushed hard but unsuccessfully to convince Democratic Representatives Scott Peters and Susan Davis to oppose fast-track consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Eight months after they bucked the unions, their labor money has dried up but more serious threats have failed to materialize. Read More »
Scott Peters, helped and hindered by Citizens United, decries its impact
On the sixth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, Rep. Scott Peters called for the ruling to be overturned. During his 2014 race, Peters was both the beneficiary and the target of the types of groups spawned by the ruling. Read More »