Topic: Mike Honda

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday he would not accept large military cutbacks under a debt deal, charging the move would weaken the United States faced with rising powers.Panetta, holding his first formal news conference since taking charge of the Pentagon ...
California Representative Mike Honda wants to know how the House plans to pay to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)California Representative Mike Honda wants to know how House Speaker John Boehner plans to pay to defend the Defense of Marriage ...

US lawmaker defends UN payments

A lawmaker from President Barack Obama's Democratic Party called Monday for the United States to keep up its financial support for the United Nations as he met with UN chief Ban Ki-moon.Representative Mike Honda, as former head of the Asian ...

US lawmakers seek apology for Chinese exclusion

More than a century after the United States shut its doors to Chinese immigrants, Asian American lawmakers are seeking an official apology that they hope will serve as a lesson for future generations.Approved by Congress in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act ...
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Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host heard by millions of Americans, came under fire from Asian Americans after he mocked the way visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks.The commentator lampooned Hu -- who he called the "ChiCom dictator" -- over his joint news ...

Mike Honda

Democrat Mike Honda is a former science teacher and principal who was elected to the United States House of Representatives from California's 15th...

US cable giant to boost Asian programming

US cable giant Comcast pledged Wednesday to step up programming geared toward Asian Americans, addressing concerns in the community that its growing size has not been reflected on television.Comcast and NBC Universal, which it is seeking to acquire, signed an agreement ...
House Democrats are pushing for inclusion of gay families in immigration reformHouse Democrats are pushing for inclusion of gay families in immigration reform. On Thursday, a coalition of 37 groups joined members of Congress in urging passage of the Uniting American ...

US senator under fire for health care kamikaze jibe

A Japanese-American lawmaker took offense Wednesday after Republican Senator Lindsey Graham likened the Democrats' drive on health care to a Japanese suicide attack in World War II.Graham, in a radio interview in his home state of South Carolina, lashed out at ...