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Compensation figures for his legislative staff reveal that Obama pays women just 83 cents for every dollar his men make. Obama’s average male employee earned $54,397 Obama’s female employees [earned] $45,152, on average. McCain’s male staffers averaging $53,936. His female employees averaged $55,878.

WASHINGTON -- Congress is poised to shortchange California and other states that jail high numbers of criminal illegal immigrants, as Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca prepares to testify before a federal panel on the need for adequate funding. Legislation headed for the U.S. Senate includes $415 million nationwide for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which states depend on to repay some of the incarceration costs. California spends more than $600 million annually on what it views as a federal responsibility. "This is an issue of fairness, responsibility and public safety," said Rep. David Dreier, R-Glendora, who along with...