Congress should pass more jobs bills I want to know why there has been no big jobs package or big infrastructure bill out of our Congress in as long as I can remember. This isn’t just on Congressman Thompson, but he certainly has had the ability and the platform to write these bills and to […]
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Letters: An important proposal
An important proposal While members of the Republican majority are competing to see who can make the deepest cuts, there is a budget proposal before Congress that would boost the economy for all of us while cutting the number of people in poverty in half. It’s The People’s Budget, proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. […]
Reps. Thompson, King lead call for background checks funding
By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News Gazette Special to the Benicia Herald Two U.S. Representatives, including Mike Thompson in whose district are both Benicia and portions of Martinez, are leading the bipartisan call for funding to strengthen the nation’s background check system. Joining Thompson (D-CA-05) is Pete King, a Republican from New York’s District 2 […]
Seven questions with Rep. Mike Thompson
Rep. Mike Thompson has been serving in Congress since 1999. Following redistricting in 2013, Thompson has been representing California’s 5th district, which includes Napa County and parts of Contra Costa, Lake, Sonoma and Solano counties, including Benicia. On Friday, Thompson stopped by the Herald offices to discuss his upcoming election and vision for the district. […]
End to gun ‘riders’ sought
U.S. Reps. Mike Thompson of California and Elizabeth Esty of Connecticut have asked for an end to legislative language in appropriation bills they said blocks efforts “to reduce and prevent gun violence.” Thompson, D-Napa, is Benicia’s representative in the House, and is chairperson of the House Gun Vilence Prevention Task Force. Esty, also a Democrat, […]
Bill would unlock PACE financing
Proposals to make financing clean energy production at individual homes and buildings first showed up in 2001 in San Francisco as a voter-approved solar bond program, and in 2005 in the Monterey Bay Regional Energy Plan. These strategies were seen as a way to help property owners avoid up-front costs to install or retrofit energy-efficient […]