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		<title>House passes Eshoo&#8217;s bill on religious minorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House today overwhelmingly approved a bill by Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., and Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, to create a special State Department envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East and South Central Asia. The bill, HR 440, was introduced in January in the wake of increasing violence, targeted attacks and heightened discrimination [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Lantos played key role in U.S.-Libya relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the world watches dictator Moammar Gadhafi fighting to retain control of Libya, it’s time to recall that a late Bay Area House member played a key role in recent U.S.-Libyan relations. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, who died in Feburary 2008, was the ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee in January 2004 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee praises Bush for signing new global AIDS law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush was flanked by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Annette Lantos &#8212; widow of the late House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo &#8212; yesterday as he signed the H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. “As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lousy turnout, high costs in Speier&#8217;s election</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not many people voted in Tuesday&#8217;s special election which Jackie Speier won (at almost 78 percent) to fill the vacancy left by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos&#8216; death in February. San Mateo County Elections Officer Warren Slocum today announced the turnout was &#8220;dismal&#8221; both in San Mateo County (25.9 percent) and in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candidates to replace Lantos certified</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/03/03/candidates-to-replace-lantos-certified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State&#8217;s office today officially certified the five candidates who&#8217;ll compete in the April 8 special election to replace the late Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo. They are: former state Senator Jackie Speier, Democrat health policy expert Dr. Michelle McMurry, Democrat San Francisco activist and retired businessman Barry Hermanson, Green Atherton businessman and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessig won&#8217;t run for Lantos&#8217; seat</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/25/lessig-wont-run-for-lantos-seat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig, a crusader for online freedoms who is turning his attention to political corruption, has decided not to run for the 12th Congressional District seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo. From his blog: With lots of mixed feelings, I have decided a run for Congress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stark, Tauscher, Lofgren ace enviro scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/21/stark-tauscher-lofgren-ace-enviro-scorecard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House members Pete Stark, Ellen Tauscher and Zoe Lofgren rated perfect 100-percent scores in the League of Conservation Voters&#8217; annual National Environmental Scorecard. Click on the names below to see how each voted on key bills: Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater &#8212; 65% Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto &#8212; 90% Mike Honda, D-San Jose &#8212; 90% Tom Lantos, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Award named in Lantos&#8217; honor</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/20/award-named-in-lantos-honor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Young Democrats of America Jewish Caucus announces it has created the Tom P. Lantos Award &#8220;to not only honor his memory, but to remind all of us what is possible and what we can do when we have great people like Chairman Lantos who dedicate their life to public service,&#8221; according to the caucus&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of memorial service for Lantos</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2008/02/14/video-of-memorial-service-for-lantos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video of this morning&#8217;s memorial service in the U.S. Capitol for Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, can be viewed here; you&#8217;ll need Real Player to view it. It&#8217;s very touching throughout, but if you want to see Bono&#8217;s a cappella performance, it&#8217;s about one hour and 10 minutes in. UPDATE @ 11:45 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Savage speaks ill of Tom Lantos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Hat tip to Media Matters for America) Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Michael Savage, based here at San Francisco&#8217;s KSFO-AM 560, talked smack during his show Monday about the late House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos: Who died? What&#8217;s his name? Lantos? You know, that&#8217;s a tough one for me to deal with. You&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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