But this week the California Congressman was at last on the ropes.

The coalition has been running television commercials against a powerful California congressman who has supported such changes.

Nixon's political career started as a California congressman.

But a California congressman calls placing the plants in Mexico a form of environmental imperialism.

But the California Congressman has rarely addressed the longer range question of what should be done once the deficit problem is licked.

Thus California Congressmen worry about a flurry of new challenges once the new law takes effect.

At any rate, Peters approached Campbell after learning the California congressman was working on a similar solution, and somewhat further along.

"I've been here 10 years, and that's the first time I've seen a member do that," said an aide to one California Congressman.

A bill introduced in early 2011 by three California congressmen would put into law an overnight curfew on flights from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

The tobacco industry was accused of faking data on second-hand smoke in a report issued by a California Congressman.