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Porter's Tough Questioning Earns Attention During Her First Year in Congress

Carolyn Presutti

   ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF., AND WASHINGTON, D.C. - "What do you want
   government to do for your life?" That's the question Peggy Huang asks
   prospective voters at a Starbucks in Yorba Linda, California. Huang is
   a Republican running against first-term U.S. Representative Katie
   Porter, who last year became the first Democrat ever elected in
   California's conservative 45th district.

   Since then, Porter has gained national recognition through her sharp
   questioning of CEOs and government officials during congressional
   hearings in Washington.

   "She's more national," admits Huang, but says in California, "we know
   politics and in all things, politics is local."

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