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Photo/Jacquelyn MartinVice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, D-Mich. , listen as House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md. , speaks to the media about the...
"We're still a long ways from getting there," said Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), one of the Democratic members of the committee working on the deal. Becerra stressed that progress had been made. "We hope that things will move forward." "We've seen...
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: Members of the House-Senate Conference Committee on how to extend the payroll tax cut, clockwise from bottom, U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) speaks as Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY), Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), Rep.... View Photo »
It appears that the Republicans are so committed to moving to the far right to win the tea party vote that they have forgotten about the rest of American voters – the independents, the Latinos ... It appears that they have said that at this moment what matters to them is the tea party because they want ...
“His anti-immigrant stance is going to hurt him and is going to hurt the GOP,” Young concluded. Death wish or not Romney may end up committing political suicide. Tea Party types never trusted him to begin with and even if he becomes the GOP candidate,...
“We should not let controversial items put at risk the lifeline that 160 million American working families are counting on,” Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , said last week. The package would extend the payroll tax holiday — a 2 percentage-point...
As for the Obama administration's decision that Catholic institutions have a year to figure out how to include birth control in their insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Xavier Becerra, a Catholic, explained it beautifully on Meet...
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) speaks to the media as House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (2nd R) listens during a media availability January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in... View Photo »
House Democrats are grateful to our appointees – Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Xavier Becerra and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen – for their leadership and willingness to make the tough choices to achieve a big, bold, and balanced plan.
Political Roundtable Mitt Romney became the first candidate in the GOP field with two wins under his belt after his convincing win in Florida, but was it enough to convince conservatives that he should be their nominee? How long will the primary process...
Political Roundtable Mitt Romney became the first candidate in the GOP field with two wins under his belt after his convincing win in Florida, but was it enough to convince conservatives that he should be their nominee? How long will the primary process...
Xavier Becerra (born January 26, 1958) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing California's 31st congressional district (map), which is based in Los Angeles. Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) speaks to the media as House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (2nd R) listens during a media availability January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House was...
View Photo »Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, D-Mich. , listen as House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md. , speaks to the media about the payroll tax cut at the Capitol in Washington, on Friday, Dec....
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 22: (L-R) Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Rep. Sandy Levin (D-MI), House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) hold a news conference about the House's inability to pass a payroll tax cut extension at the U.S. Capitol December 22, 2011...
View Photo »House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and Caucus Chairman Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. , speak to reporters about jobs and the economy following a Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Congressional supercommittee member Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) heads into at House Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol November 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. As the deadline for a deal approaches, Becerra said, 'We can get a deal.'
View Photo »Supercommittee member Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. and other Democratic members of the supercommittee arrive for a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.
View Photo »U.S. Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (2nd L) talks to reporters after meeting with his fellow Democratic members of the 'super committee' at the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 16, 2011. With a deadline less than a week away, members of a 12-member "super committee" tasked with...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), co-chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) listen during a hearing before the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee,...
View Photo »Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction member Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , right, questions Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, during the committee's hearing on the national debt. He is joined on fellow...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 08: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (R), co-chair of the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, delivers his opening statement as (L-R) Rep. David Camp (R-MI), Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) listen during a meeting on...
View Photo »US Congressman Xavier Becerra speaks as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction begins a full committee hearing on considering the rules and organizing the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, September 8, 2011.
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, opens the first meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made up of six Republican and six...
View Photo »Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, center, joined by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, right, arrive for the start of the opening meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee", on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 06: Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) holds a news conference with House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) (L) and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) at the U.S. Captiol September 6, 2011 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 06: House Democratic leaders, (L-R) Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. John Larson (D-CT),...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: House Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (L) and House Assistant Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) talk to reporters after a House Democratic caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center July 27, 2011 in Washington, DC. Democrats and...
View Photo »Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. , center, flanked by Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , left, and House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of S.C. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2011, following a Democratic Caucus.
View Photo »Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. , right, and Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. , speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, prior to a closed caucus meeting.
View Photo »U.S. Rep Xavier Becerra, middle, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, Rep. Judy Chu, second from right, and Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, , far right, release a letter asking Calif. Governor Brown to suspend its participation in the Homeland Security's immigration enforcement...
View Photo »Supercommittee Co-Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, to give an update as she and other Democratic members of the Supercommittee, including Rep. Xavier Becerra, d-Calif. , left, emerged from a closed-door meeting.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 02: (L-R) U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd L) speaks as Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (2nd R) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (R) listen during a briefing with the media after a meeting...
View Photo »Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. John Larson, D-Conn. listens at left as Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. , 15, 2011, following their caucus meeting.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, former Sen. Alan Simpson, (R-WY) (2nd-R), and Erskine Bowles (2nd-L), talk with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)(L), during a Joint Deficit Reduction...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 06: Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (C) holds a news conference with fellow House Democratic leaders at the U.S. Captiol September 6, 2011 in Washington, DC.Pelosi has tapped Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC)...
View Photo »Rep. John Larsen, Conn. , center, speaks about creating jobs, as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , left, and Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif. listen on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) speaks to the media as House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (2nd R) listens during a media availability January 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House was...
View Photo »It appears that the Republicans are so committed to moving to the far right to win the tea party vote that they have forgotten about the rest of American voters – the independents, the Latinos ... It appears that they have said that at this moment what matters to them is the tea party because they want ...
House Democrats are grateful to our appointees – Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn, Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Xavier Becerra and Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen – for their leadership and willingness to make the tough choices to achieve a big, bold, and balanced plan.
It appears that the Republicans are so committed to moving to the far right to win the tea party vote that they have forgotten about the rest of American voters – the independents, the Latinos ... It appears that they have said that at this moment what matters to them is the tea party because they want ...
We can get it done in ways that are not just $1.2 trillion worth of savings. We could make it big ... Big and bold.
None of the 12 of us took this job so we could end up with sequester ... I was always taught when you play a sport you don't give up until the buzzer sounds and there's still time on the clock. It's too early to talk about failure.
The conversations continue and will continue until Wednesday
