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		<title>Richmond anti-violence activist to attend SOTU</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/01/24/richmond-anti-violence-activist-to-attend-sotu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Office of Neighborhood Safety Peacemakers Fellowship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Young Richmond anti-violence activist D’vondre Woodards, 22, will be Democratic Rep. George Miller&#8217;s guest at President Barack Obama&#8217;s state of the union address at the Capitol tonight. Members receive a single ticket apiece for a guest. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, has invited an Iraq War veteran and Delaware native as his date. Sgt. Shaun Rieley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miller denounces end of &#8216;No Child Left Behind&#8217; talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House has ceased bipartisan talks around the reworking of No Child Left Behind, national legislation intended to help boost the quality of education in poor and minority communities. Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, one of the authors of the original legislation and the ranking Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, issued this statement: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Democrats urge mortgage investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/12/16/california-democrats-urge-mortgage-investigation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garamendi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, joined fellow California Democrats today and sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging federal support for an investigation into mortgage fraud. California and Nevada attorney generals have teamed up to crack down on mortgage fraud. Here&#8217;s what Garamendi&#8217;s office just sent out: &#160; WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman John Garamendi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area lawmakers among the wealthiest in U.S.</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/11/28/bay-area-lawmakers-among-the-wealthiest-in-u-s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Responsive Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress Rep. George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial disclosures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry McNerney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Stark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Nancy Pelosi: $101 million. Rep. Jerry McNerney: $9,000. OpenSecrets.com: Priceless. About 47 percent of Congress, or 250 current members of Congress, are millionaires, according to a new study by the Center for Responsive Politics of lawmakers&#8217; personal financial disclosure forms from 2010. The Bay Area beats the national figure, where eight of its 13 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CREW examines donor influence on committee chairs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[rep. buck mekeon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industry donations to House of Representative committee leaders who regulate them has skyrocketed, according to a new Washington, D.C., campaign finance watchdog analysis. The report on the top two leaders in 10 House committees includes three California lawmakers: Education and Workforce Committee ranking member George Miller, D-Martinez; Energy and Committee ranking member Henry Waxman, D-Los [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fox targets Rep. Miller but gets its facts wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/13/fox-targets-rep-miller-but-gets-its-facts-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/10/13/fox-targets-rep-miller-but-gets-its-facts-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[claycord.com]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[george miller iv]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sean hannity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=17462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHECK OUT MY FULL STORY HERE. POSTED 4:40 PM OCT. 17, 2011 Fox cable pundits such as Sean Hannity are naming Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, and his lobbyist son, George IV, as unholy kingpins in SunPower&#8217;s successful bid for $1.2 billion in federal loans to create jobs in Mexico. (See update below.) It&#8217;s provocative but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Miller calls for jobs hearings</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/09/09/rep-miller-calls-for-jobs-hearings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[house education and workforce committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. George Miller]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The morning after President Barack Obama presents his jobs package, Democratic Rep. George Miller of Martinez called for immediate hearings on the proposed legislation. Miller is the ranking Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee. Jobs &#8212; how to create them, how to keep them and how to take credit for them &#8212; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. George Miller introduces jobs bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/rep-george-miller-introduces-jobs-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/26/rep-george-miller-introduces-jobs-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[7th Congressional District]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, introduced today a jobs bill that would funnel federal dollars into local governments and nonprofits and allow the rehiring of laid-off workers. Read about the Local Jobs for America Act at his web site here. It includes two years worth of money to rehire or retain teachers, police officers and firefighters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP recognizes first McNerney foe</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/18/gop-recognizes-first-mcnerney-foe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Congressional Election]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee put GOP congressional candidate Ricky Gill on its &#8220;radar&#8221; today in recognition of the Lodi native and UC-Berkeley law student&#8217;s early fundraising prowess. Gill has declared himself a candidate in the new 9th District where incumbent Democrat Jerry McNerney intends to run. (McNerney has represented the 11th District for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tauscher declares victory over cancer</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/07/29/tauscher-declares-victory-over-cancer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congressional District 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ellen Tauscher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[esopha]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[u.s. undersecretary for arms control and international security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had breakfast with U.S. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher earlier this week and the former East Bay congresswoman shared the compelling and inspiring story of her remarkable triumph over esophageal cancer. Read the full story here. I didn&#8217;t have space in the piece but I shared with Ellen that morning [...]]]></description>
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