Topic: Joe Baca

Firefighters battle blaze near sacred Indian mountain

SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - The rampaging Las Conchas wildfire closed in on sacred Indian lands in New Mexico on Wednesday, burning less than a mile away from the Chicoma Mountain, considered a spiritual center for Pueblo Indians.Firefighters were hoping to ...

Firefighters battle blaze closing in on sacred Indian mountain

SANTA FE, N.M (Reuters) - The rampaging Las Conchas wildfire closed in on sacred Indian lands in New Mexico on Wednesday, burning less than a mile away from the Chicoma Mountain, considered the spiritual center for Pueblo Indians.Firefighters were hoping to ...

Crews gain fighting New Mexico wildfire, now fear floods

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - As firefighters made progress saving Indian pueblo lands on the north end of New Mexico's largest wildfire, officials worried on Monday about a possible second punch from Mother Nature -- flash floods.The fast-burning Las Conchas fire ...
A picture tells, in this case, 2,833 words: Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), chairman of the subcommittee with authority over consumer credit issues, had once advocated extending to all Americans an effective ban on payday lending for military personnel that Congress passed ...
Rep. Baca says he won't pursue effort to give Tiger Woods a Congressional Gold MedalA California congressman is dropping his effort to honor Tiger Woods with a Congressional Gold Medal.Democratic Rep. Joe Baca proposed legislation in March that called for ...
A new bill in Congress would add cigarette-like warning labels to video games. California Congressman Joe Baca (D-Calif.) introduced legislation that mandates all video games with an Electronics Software Ratings Board rating of Teen or higher to be sold with a health ...
Last week, Democrat Rep. Joe Baca introduced "The Video Game Health Labeling Act of 2009. In a press release sent out by the Congressman's office, Baca defended his position and explained that the video game industry must be held accountable for ...
Attempts to put M-rated games behind store counters with the porn have largely failed. biz is reporting that Congressman Joe Baca, a Democrat out of California, has introduced a bill with Republican Frank R. Wolf that would require all M and T-rated ...
Deportation volunteers may have to wear tracking devices, check in until they leave the USIllegal immigrants who volunteer to leave the country through an experimental government program may have to wear tracking devices or check in at offices until they go, Immigration ...