Open Congress : Blog Articles for Tom Lantos

Obama on Zimbabwe -- More Than a Year Ago

2008-06-29T20:00:00Z

... D-Connecticut; Dick Durbin, D-Illinois; Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin; Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska; John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, and Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, as co-sponsors -- and working in conjunction with the late Tom Lantos, ...

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Archive of Late Congressman Donated to UC Berkeley

2008-06-29T20:00:00Z

The Bancroft Library will soon become the home of the political papers of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the House of Representatives, campus officials announced on Tuesday.

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Again, Obama got it right

2008-06-28T20:00:00Z

Global AIDS Funding Bill Delayed Again

2008-06-26T20:00:00Z

2731 - Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act). The bill would provide some $50 billion in funding for the Presidentâ€™s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ...

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (Again)

2008-06-26T20:00:00Z

I had met Jackie Speier, the new Congresswoman from the San Francisco peninsula, at a library event shortly before she was elected to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Tom Lantos. She had heard me speak and told me to come by ...

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Hopkins neurosurgeon Carson says he's 'humbled' by appearing at White House for Medal of Freedom

2008-06-26T02:02:00Z

From poverty to top U.S. honors By David Nitkin Sun reporter 7:30 PM EDT, June 19, 2008 WASHINGTON Baltimore neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson said he was "humbled" when President Bush draped the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidenti

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Medal Of Honor

2008-06-25T20:00:00Z

Tom Lantos Receives Medal Of Honor;a2a_linkurl=http://www.frenzygames.info/2008/06/19/former-rep-tom-lantos-receives-medal-of-honor/; [.] Yes, the new McCain campaign advertisement uses music from a Medal of Honor sound track to sell ...

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Do Jews Have A Special Responsibility To Fight Against Genocide?

2008-06-25T20:00:00Z

Jewish legislators (among them the late Tom Lantos) were vocal, Jewish activists were, well, very active, Jewish organizations were, and still are, making space for this issue on their agenda. But what. ...

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Spotlight of the Day: Medal of Freedom

2008-06-25T20:00:00Z

Last week, President Bush conferred the medal upon six individuals, including Tom Lantos, Donna Shalala and Peter Pace. In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson named Helen Keller as a recipient of the award. Keller, born on this date in 1880, ...

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Tom Lantos archive donated to the Bancroft Library

2008-06-25T20:00:00Z

The papers of the late Tom Lantos of California, a leading champion of human rights and the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress, are now part of the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library.

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UC Berkeley to Get Lantos's Papers

2008-06-25T20:00:00Z

Former Rep. Tom Lantos's (D-Calif.) papers will be housed at the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library, reports KPIX in San Francisco. Lantos, who passed away earlier this year, was Congress's only Holocaust survivor. ...

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Lantos papers arrive at Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley

2008-06-25T12:24:11Z

he Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley has begun receiving the papers of Rep. Tom Lantos, a San Mateo Democrat who died of esophageal cancer on Feb. 11 at age 8

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CALL CONGRESS on Mon, June 25 to support PEPFAR

2008-06-24T20:00:00Z

Today, Congress is poised to renew and expand that effort by passing the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (HR5501, S.2731). ...

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Berkeley acquires Lantos' papers

2008-06-24T20:00:00Z

BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley has acquired the papers of the late Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress.<br>The director of UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library spoke with Lantos about housing his personal archives in January ...

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BERKELEY / Lantos papers arrive at Bancroft Library

2008-06-24T20:00:00Z

The Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley has begun receiving the papers of Rep. Tom Lantos, a San Mateo Democrat who died of esophageal cancer on Feb. 11 at age 80. The human rights...

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tom lantos

2008-06-23T20:00:00Z

President Bushs Remarks on Awarding Medal to Tom LantosAmerica is equally grateful to Tom Lantos. We miss his powerful voice and his strong Hungarian accent. (Laughter.) We miss his generosity of spirit. And we miss his vigorous defense ...

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Europeâ€™s Obamazombies Having a Hard Time with their own Paraodox

2008-06-23T20:00:00Z

Further, the likes of the late Tom Lantos, a holocaust survivor from Hungary managed to serve in Congress, in spite of this society that Europeans generally try to convince one is horribly racist. The list goes on and on, ...

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Dalai Lama at the Sathya Sai International Centre in Delhi

2008-06-23T20:00:00Z

In presenting the Raoul Wallenberg Congressional Human Rights Award in 1989, US Congressman Tom Lantos said, â€œHis Holiness the Dalai Lamaâ€™s courageous struggle has distinguished him as a leading proponent of human rights and world peace ...

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One Year -- June 24, 2008

2008-06-23T20:00:00Z

Sutro Baths, 1. Tanforan, 2. telephone, 1. Thanksgiving, 1. The Pneumatic Rolling-Sphere Carrier Delusion, 5. Thomas Flyer, 3. Tom Lantos, 1. train station, 1. transit, 20. Veterans Day, 1. Victor Hugo, 1 ...

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UC Berkeley acquires Lantos archives

2008-06-23T20:00:00Z

Associated Press - June 24, 2008 5:25 PM ET BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - The University of California, Berkeley has acquired the papers of the late Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor to serve...

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