Summary
No matter who wins the special election Tuesday to fill the vacant 37th Congressional District seat, the challenges in Washington are real, immediate and will affect all Americans for years to come. The war in Iraq, health care, the future of Social Security, immigration, homeland security (and port security), climate change, alternative energy sources: The winning candidate can expect to be hit by a hurricane of issues - all relevant to Californians - that simply can't be postponed until their second term.
The American people are sick of politics, which is one reason special elections such as the one to fill the late Juanita Millender- McDonald's seat fail to attract the kind of interest they should. But this is not the time to give up.See the full content of this document
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What's Job 1 for New Congress Member?
There are about 263,000 registered voters in the 37th District, which encompasses 80 percent of Long Beach, the cities of Carson, Compton and Signal Hill, along with Watts and Willowbrook. The district is o...
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