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Community 4 www.calcrusnews.com January 30 - February 5, 2014 Republicans Gather in Westchester Local residents Courtney Kelly (left) and Danielle Kelley (right) recently attended a Townhall event at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester, CA. During the event they met Republican candidate for California Secretary of State Pete Peterson (center). Peterson and other Republican leaders presented their vision for solutions needed to improve California in 2014. - Photo by: Johnnie Morgan Immigration Reform Could Hinge On Quiet Handful Of Tea Party Conservatives They’re not the conservative faction that has been front and center in the opposition to giving undocumented immigrants a chance to legalize their status and stay and work in the United States. The toughest stumbling block to a comprehensive immigration reform agreement in the House of Representatives, The Hill reports, may well be a quiet group – a handful of Tea Party conservatives who aren’t the kind of fixtures in front of the camera that other immigration hardliners, such as Rep. Steve King of Iowa and Rep. Louie Gomert of Texas, have been on the emotionally-charged issue. Those quiet critical few, The Hill said, include Reps. Jason Chaffetz (Utah), Trey Gowdy (S.C.), Justin Amash (Mich.), Renee Ellmers (N.C.) and Steve Scalise (La.). These lawmakers are likely to look to conservative peers – not lobby groups or the GOP establishment – for cues on how to move on the immigration issue, the publication said. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, has said he will push a measure if it gets a majority – or 117 – of the 233 members of the Republican conference. “American Principles [Project, dedicated to promoting conservative policies] is going after Tea Party conservatives who are influencers. Their votes will influence other Tea Party members and at the end of the day that will make the difference with House Republicans,” said Alfonso Aguilar, executive director of Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles, to The Hill. Immigration reform seemed on a roll last year as a bipartisan group in the Senate worked very publicly on a comprehensive measure that ultimately called for beefing up border security, expanding foreign work visa programs, and providing a path to legal status for certain undocumented immigrants. The Senate passed the bipartisan measure in June. But almost immediately conservatives in the House, where Republicans have a majority, vowed not to rubber-stamp the Senate measure. They said they would act on immigration in a piecemeal way. And some of the most conservative Republicans said they would not approve any measure that called for giving a break to people who had broken immigration laws. And so, efforts to pass an immigration measure in the House came to a halt. “Libertarians are more inclined to an open borders strategy,” said a GOP aide, who was not named in The Hill story. Some of the country’s leading proponents see IMMIGRATION Pg. 6 It Pays to Advertise in the California Crusader Newspaper 424.269.1359 THG-13902 Go Painlessly ® with THERA-GESIC. Maximum strength analgesic creme for temporary relief from: • Joint and Muscle soreness • Arthritis • Back aches
January 30 - February 5, 2014 Community Oprah Winfrey Cancels Her 60th Birthday Party Due to Guest List <strong>Issue</strong>s The party’s off! CCN has learned that Oprah Winfrey has cancelled celebrations for her upcoming 60th birthday. The media mogul was slated to have a blowout bash “but the guest list was getting out of control so she decided to cancel.” But it seems like she already rang in the special occasion with a little help from Soul Cycle. Sure, it’s not exactly a swanky, black-tie affair, but Oprah looked like she had the time of her life in the spinning class. She and several of her closest friends (okay, like 50 pals) stopped by the West Hollywood outpost on Friday, Jan 24. “I just had the best birthday experience ever at SoulCyle,” the sweaty birthday girl explained in a video she posted on her Instagram after the class. A source told E! News at the time that everyone in the class wore blue shirts with “Happy Birthday Oprah” written in big green letters. Instructor Angela Davis made sure to include many of Oprah’s favorite songs during the 45-minute workout. Oprah’s bestie Gayle King spoke with E! News about what she was thinking of getting her for her birthday. “It’s not like Oprah needs anything, but she loves all things, books… and she’s a fan of cashmere. She has everything, but I don’t care who you are, everybody likes a present.” So what will Wednesday bring the Ricardo Montaner’s Daughter Evaluna Launches Solo Music Career Looks like the apple does not fall from the tree in the Montaner family. The youngest daughter of Venezuelan singer Ricardo Montaner is taking a leap into the music business. Evaluna Montaner, 16, has launched her first single “Si existe.” She is Montaner’s third daughter with wife Marlene Rodríguez Miranda; his two sons from a previous marriage are also singers. “I am very happy for the reception the song has received, my first as a soloist. This song represents my love for God and that without Him I cannot do anything,” Evaluna said in a statement. “I am nervous, anxious and excited to see people’s reaction. People’s reaction can already be seen on YouTube — the music video has already nabbed more than 1.4 million views. Her song “La Gloria de Dios (The Glory of God),” which she sang as a duet with her father, has been viewed more than 20 million times on the video sharing site. “Evaluna has great talent that runs in her blood. Her voice has its own identity, full of freshness and forcefulness with a bright future,” said Nir Seroussi, president of Sony Music Latin. The young Montaner, who lives in Miami with her family, has been in the public eye since she was 4 years old, when she appeared in soon-to-be 60-year-old? “She’s still trying to figure out what’s the best way to celebrate,” King explained. CCN her father’s music video “Si tuviera que elegir.” She later appeared in the Nickelodeon show “Grachi” at the age of 14. “I love to sing, dance and act,” she said. “I’m passionate about all three, to the extent that I do not know which area attracts me the most … but I do know that my life will be dedicated always (to) entertainment.” CCN WEST COAST PREMIERE www.calcrusnews.com 5 THE SECRET WORLD OF ESPIONAGE Experience an up-close look at recently declassified CIA, FBI and KGB secrets and artifacts including items that inspired the academy award winning film, Argo... Navigate through an actual laser field, create your very own spy disguise and come face to face with the gadgets, tools and techniques used by real life spies. Live, discover and explore this secret world... Tickets include admission to: The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum Touch an actual part of the Berlin Wall and climb aboard Air Force One! NOW OPEN TICKETS: REAGANLIBRARY.COM/TICKETS 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley • 800.410.8354 Call California Crusader Newspaper for 2 FREE Tickets 424-269-1359 DICTATOR from Pg. 1 legislation was a virtual dead letter in Congress at the time and that there was almost no chance that things would change given the iron grip that the NRA has on Congress. Obama would have had to spend precious time, energy, and resources jawboning anti-gun control congressional Democrats, wage an all-out battle with the gun lobby, and the NRA, and risk losing the political momentum that he needed to do battle with GOP congressional obstructionists in the battles over the debt ceiling, spending cuts, and deficit reduction. The executive orders on gun checks were, as executive orders go, a last resort and piecemeal attempt to at least get something on the books on guns. Obama was under no illusion that the executive orders on guns could in any way take the place of comprehensive gun control legislation. Only Congress can pass a gun control law that would have the full force of law behind it. Obama, as most presidents, knows that the whimsical or cavalier use of executive orders to bypass Congress or to legislate from the Oval Office not only will trigger a powerful public backlash, and reinforce the opposition’s usual charge of dictatorial abuse, but can and often have been overturned by Congress, which has the power to change (in this case scrap) an executive order. The courts also have the same power. And there have been times when the courts have declared an executive order unconstitutional or simply vacated the orders. That’s not all. An executive order issued by one president is not even safe from another president. The textbook example of the transitory nature of an executive order is the so-called Mexico City Policy that required all non-governmental organizations that receive federal funding to refrain from performing or promoting abortion services as a form of family planning in other countries. Reagan issued the executive order in 1984. Clinton overturned it in 1993. Bush reinstated it and Obama rescinded it as one of his first acts when he took office in January 2009. The ultimate proof of the severe limits of what an executive order can actually accomplish is the executive order that Obama said he’d issue and the GOP’s cynical and contradictory response to it. The GOP adamantly opposes Obama’s proposal to hike the minimum wage. The executive order he’ll issue boosting the minimum wage extends only to new federal contracts issued and then only if other terms of a contractual agreement change. Boehner apparently suffered momentary amnesia from his full throated rip of Obama as a tyrant in the use of executive orders when he quipped that this executive order would have near zero effect. CCN
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