Government
Sep. 22, 2012
Congressman introduces legislation to kill new LA federal courthouse
The bill says any project that does not break ground by Nov. 1 and doesn't require federal judges to share courtrooms would have to get reapproved by Congress.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A California congressman has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would kill plans to build a new federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, a project more than a decade in the making.
U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Atwater, said HR 6430 would increase accountability, eliminate abuse of taxpayer funds and improve what he described as the government's wasteful management of fe...
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