Obama unilaterally expands California Monument Land Written by Reid Rosenthal on March 12, 2014 · Have a comment? Obama unilaterally expands California monument land Democratic-led Senate had been stumbling block for bill By Dave Boyer The Washington Times Tuesday, March 11, 2014 Wielding his pen again, President Obama signed an executive order Tuesday to set aside public lands in California for a national monument, bypassing the Democratic-controlled Senate in the process. Republicans blasted […] Continue reading here »