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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Mike Thompson</title>
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		<title>House Dems urge vote on background checks</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/06/13/house-dems-urge-vote-on-background-checks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats took to the House floor today to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the schoolhouse massacre in Newtown, Conn., and to try to jump-start the seemingly moribund effort to get a background-check bill through Congress. The Senate rejected the bill in April, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, doesn’t seem likely to bring it to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House members blast Brown&#8217;s Delta water plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/30/house-members-blast-browns-delta-water-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 18:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five members of Congress held a news conference in Sacramento this morning to renew their staunch opposition to the Bay Delta Conservation Plan proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown and the U.S. Department of the Interior. Reps. Mike Thompson, D-Napa; Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton; John Garamendi, D-Fairfield; Ami Bera, D-Rancho Cordova; and Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, all believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NorCal House Dems knock Obamacare repeal vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House voted 229-195 today to repeal the “Obamacare” federal health care reforms enacted in 2010 – the 37th time that Republicans have tried to repeal or eliminate funding for the law. The only two Democrats to vote for H.R. 45 were Jim Matheson of Utah and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, both of whom [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/16/swalwell-raised-big-money-in-2013s-first-quarter/#comments</comments>
		<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>Mike Thompson: Poll says vets want gun control</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/11/mike-thompson-poll-says-vets-want-gun-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/04/11/mike-thompson-poll-says-vets-want-gun-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vast majority of veterans believe that it’s important for Congress and President Obama to address gun violence, and that responsible gun owners’ Second Amendment rights can be protected while making it harder for criminals and other dangerous people to own guns, according to a new poll. A tremendous 91 percent of veterans support requiring [...]]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=22451</guid>
		<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: Add Stornetta to national monument</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/01/lawmakers-add-stornetta-to-national-monument/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California’s U.S. Senators and two Bay Area House members this week urged President Obama to add the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands to the California Coastal National Monument. The region around Stornetta in Mendocino County gets about 1.75 million visitors each year, the vast majority of whom are from the Bay Area and Sacramento. The California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area lawmakers react to SOTU</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/12/bay-area-lawmakers-react-to-sotu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose: I applaud the President’s talk tonight regarding jobs and technology. We must ensure the resilience of the American worker, and the adaptability and innovation inherent in our economy, to keep us at the forefront of global competitiveness. This is the Silicon Valley way of life and business, where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers bringing gun-violence victims to SOTU</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/02/12/lawmakers-bringing-gun-violence-victims-to-sotu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some California lawmakers now embroiled in the nation’s gun-control debate will bring gun-violence victims with them as guests to President Obama’s State of the Union address tonight. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who has introduced S. 150, a bill to reinstate an updated and expanded federal ban on assault weapons, will host Josh Stepakoff, 20. [...]]]></description>
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