Carolyn Lochhead

Apple defends shelters, finds GOP ally

sfchronicle.com — Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the Cupertino computer giant's use of Irish subsidiaries to avoid paying tens of billions of dollars in U.S. taxes in Senate testimony Tuesday, finding an enthusiastic ally in Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who said he was "offended" that the executive of a great American company was "dragged" before Congress to explain its overseas tax dodges.

Senators to query Apple on tax shelters

sfchronicle.com — Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to appear Tuesday before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to explain why the Cupertino computer giant is avoiding paying billions of dollars in taxes by diverting nearly two-thirds of its pretax revenue through Irish subsidiaries.

Green card plan for students stirs worry

sfchronicle.com — Silicon Valley tech companies for years have urged Congress to "staple a green card" to every master's degree or Ph.D that a foreign student earns in science, technology, engineering or math at a U.S. university. [...] like many past changes to immigration law, this one could have unforeseen consequences, critics warned, potentially turning U.S.

Farmers, unions embrace pact on visas

sfchronicle.com — Dick Peixote, owner of Lakeside Organic Gardens, an organic produce grower who farms 1,200 acres in the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville, said he moves wintertime production to the Imperial Valley, 5 miles north of the Mexican border.

Rep. Jackie Speier outs obscene Marine Facebook page

blog.timesunion.com — Amid the sudden uproar over sexual assaults in the military following a Pentagon report Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were assaulted last year, Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, released portions of a Facebook page, "F'N Wook," denigrating women in the Marine Corps.

Feinstein backs same-sex 'fiancee visas'

sfchronicle.com — Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday that binational same-sex couples who are married should be treated the same as heterosexual couples in any immigration overhaul, resisting pressure from gay rights groups to allow any same-sex couple, wedded or not, to sponsor foreign partners for U.S. residence. [...]

Obama administration slams Barbara Boxer’s water bill

blog.sfgate.com — The administration late last night slammed Sen. Barbara Boxer's bill authorizing water projects by the Army Corps of Engineers, the Water Resources Development Act, agreeing with environmentalists who say Boxer has abandoned them on the bill. The bill passed Boxer's Environment and Public Works Committee unanimously with support from ranking Republican David Vitter, R-LA.

Boxer bill to speed projects riles critics

sfchronicle.com — California Sen. Barbara Boxer has created an uproar among her allies in the environmental movement for pushing a bill with Republicans that critics say could weaken environmental review of Army Corps of Engineers water projects. Wielding great power as chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, she has claimed credit for blocking efforts by House Republicans to override environmental laws.

Boxer bill to speed projects riles critics

sfchronicle.com — California Sen. Barbara Boxer has created an uproar among her allies in the environmental movement for pushing a bill with Republicans that critics say could weaken environmental review of Army Corps of Engineers water projects. Wielding great power as chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, she has claimed credit for blocking efforts by House Republicans to override environmental laws.

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