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   The California Assembly has decided not to continue its contract   
   with former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder, even as the Senate says   
   it plans to keep him as outside counsel for legal strategy   
   against the Trump administration.   
      
   Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) said in a statement that   
   Holder's firm, Covington & Burling, has provided "valuable   
   guidance" since it was hired on a short-term contract in   
   February.   
      
   "We will continue to seek their guidance as the need arises,"   
   Rendon said.   
      
   The Senate, meanwhile, said it plans to continue with its high-   
   profile hire, which signaled the aggressive posture California   
   was taking against President Trump.   
      
   Dan Reeves, chief of staff to Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los   
   Angeles) said the firm's "advice and guidance has been very   
   valuable to the Senate in responding to the Trump   
   administration's sustained attack on California's polices and   
   values."   
      
   "We currently have a number of ongoing projects with Covington   
   and plan to continue that valuable relationship," Reeves   
   continued.   
      
   He did not specify how the Senate plans to pay to continue its   
   work with Covington. The contract — initially from February   
   through April and then extended for one additional month — was   
   set at $25,000 per month, split between the operating budgets of   
   both houses, with a limit on 40 hours of attorney work each   
   month.   
      
   http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-   
   politics-updates-california-assembly-decides-not-to-1496344316-   
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