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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Barbara Lee</title>
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		<title>Lee, progressives hold hearing on drone policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, including the caucus’ Peace and Security Task Force Chair Congresswoman Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, held a hearing Wednesday on U.S. drone policy. At issue were lethal drones operations abroad, questions of due process, implications for executive and congressional war-making authority, and the precedent being set as other nations rapidly adopt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&gt;100 cosponsors for House background-check bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 House members from both sides of the aisle have signed on to co-sponsor a bill that would require background checks for all commercial gun sales. Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Napa, chairman of the House Democrats’ gun-violence task force, and Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., introduced H.R. 1565 on April 15, two days before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swalwell raised big money in 2013&#8242;s first quarter</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/16/swalwell-raised-big-money-in-2013s-first-quarter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Bay Area’s House freshmen was among the region&#8217;s top fundraisers in the first quarter of 2013, according to newly filed Federal Election Commission reports. Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Pleasanton, raised $262,810 in the first three months of the year, leaving him with $222,932 cash on hand as of March 31. On its face, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama’s budget: Something for everyone to hate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio: “House Republicans passed a balanced budget that will help foster a healthier economy and to help create jobs. Unfortunately, the president’s budget never comes to balance. Every family has to balance its budget, Washington should as well. “The American people know you can’t continue to spend money that you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Honda pushes for gun-trace rules reform</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/26/mike-honda-pushes-for-gun-trace-rules-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/26/mike-honda-pushes-for-gun-trace-rules-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Mike Honda has led 42 other House members in urging the Obama administration to omit from its budget amendments that block law enforcement from being able to track firearms used in crime. The Tiahrt Amendments are a set of policy riders that have been attached, for the last nine years, to annual appropriations bills. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee, Jeff Denham do immigration forums</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/barbara-lee-jeff-denham-do-immigration-forums/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/barbara-lee-jeff-denham-do-immigration-forums/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House members near and far, and from both sides of the aisle, are holding forums to hear their constituents’ thoughts on immigration reform. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, will join with community leaders and activists for a forum from 6 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, March 26, at St. Elizabeth’s High School, 1530 34th Ave. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on the Iraq War&#8217;s 10th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/19/thoughts-on-the-iraq-wars-10th-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/19/thoughts-on-the-iraq-wars-10th-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two statements cover some of the same points, but seem so very different in tone. From President Barack Obama: “As we mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war, Michelle and I join our fellow Americans in paying tribute to all who served and sacrificed in one of our nation’s longest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gun controllers push their message, momentum</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/12/gun-controllers-push-their-message-momentum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 today to pass a bill that would require all gun sales be subject to background checks, and congressional Democrats and their allies are looking to maximize their gun-control momentum and messaging. Today, Mayors Against Illegal Guns released a new advertisement featuring religious leaders demanding that Congress act to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers joust as budget sequester looms</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/25/lawmakers-joust-as-budget-sequester-looms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/25/lawmakers-joust-as-budget-sequester-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the federal budget sequester looms with potentially dire consequences for California and the Bay Area, local House members are continuing to sound the alarm. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, today cited the White House’s assessment of the sequester’s impact on California: “The report today details the harm that these automatic cuts pose to our fragile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee proposes &#8216;Dept. of Peacebuilding&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/15/barbara-lee-proposes-dept-of-peacebuilding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee is taking up where fellow firebrand liberal former congressman Dennis Kucinich left off by pitching a bill to establish a cabinet-level &#8220;Department of Peacebuilding.&#8221; Lee, D-Oakland, on Friday introduced H.R. 808, the Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013; she said the term “peacebuilding” refers both to activities that target the root causes [...]]]></description>
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