Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5]

Levee District hangs tough between flood fights

2012-06-03T01:00:00Z

...and shouldnÂt have to support it. Our millage generates about $3 million a year. One major repair could wipe us out.Â U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, said Stringer and Keahey give him the ammunition he needs to fight for federal funding. ÂWeÂ

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Dumb Congress – or dumb study?

2012-06-02T21:20:02Z

Rep. Dan Lungren, by contrast ... Among the 25 with the highest grade levels, 14 are Republicans, but only two – Reps. Rodney Alexander of Louisiana and Mark Amodei of Nevada – are in their first terms. Mulvaney gently mocked a 62-word ...

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Study prompts debate: Dumbed-down Congress or dumb study?

2012-06-02T01:00:00Z

...13 of those 22 Republicans are freshmen. Among the 25 with the highest grade levels, 14 are Republicans, but only two — Reps. Rodney Alexander of Louisiana and Mark Amodei of Nevada — are in their first terms. Mulvaney gently mocked a 62-word senten

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Study prompts debate over level of discourse in Congress

2012-06-01T23:37:13Z

Rep. Dan Lungren, by contrast ... Among the 25 with the highest grade levels, 14 are Republicans, but only two — Reps. Rodney Alexander of Louisiana and Mark Amodei of Nevada — are in their first terms. Mulvaney gently mocked a 62-word ...

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La. urges Alexander to help retain controllers at Alexandria airport

2012-05-24T15:54:16Z

"Central Louisiana is in a fight to retain 110 jobs and an essential service for the community," LeBas wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, a Republican from Quitman whose congressional district includes Alexandria. LeBas, secretary ...

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Natural Gas Industry Worried Green Building Regs Will Damage Its Reputation

2012-05-24T12:19:31Z

The anti-Section 433 push is being led primarily by the American Gas Association, a trade group representing 200 natural gas utilities, and Representative Rodney Alexander, who proposed the House amendment. The conservative Republican from Louisiana is an

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State official: Keep Air Force controllers at AEX

2012-05-24T12:05:12Z

State official: Keep Air Force controllers at AEX

2012-05-24T07:26:02Z

State official: Keep Air Force controllers at AEX

2012-05-24T07:11:43Z

The Town Talk reports (http://townta.lk/JpFfaT) LeBas wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander that Central Louisiana is in a fight to retain 110 jobs and an essential service for the community. LeBas, secretary of the Louisiana ...

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La. urges Alexander to help retain controllers at Alexandria airport

2012-05-24T03:22:39Z

State official: Keep Air Force controllers at AEX

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Town Talk reports (http://townta.lk/JpFfaT) LeBas wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander that Central Louisiana is in a fight to retain 110 jobs and an essential service for the community. In March, Air Force officials told the England Authorit

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State official: Keep Air Force controllers at AEX

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Louisiana is in a fight to retain 110 jobs and an essential service for the community," LeBas wrote in a letter to U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, a Republican from Quitman whose congressional district includes Alexandria. In March, Air Force officials told

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Language study ranks Congress’ members

2012-05-22T01:01:51Z

The Louisiana delegation ranged all over with Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, leading the way for the state delegation with the eighth-best speaking level out of 531 members of Congress at a 13.94 grade level. Reps. Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, and Bill ..

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Sophomoric? Members Of Congress Talk Like 10th-Graders, Analysis Shows

2012-05-21T15:22:02Z

A previous version of the Ranking Members chart incorrectly indicated that Louisiana Rep. Rodney Alexander was a freshman. Alexander has been in office since 2003. Members of Congress are often criticized for what they do — or rather ...

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Romney looks to Ill.; Santorum defensive

2012-05-21T13:56:08Z

Louisiana’s presidential primary is Saturday, March 24. Dardenne and Strain will be state co-chairmens serving with the state chairman, U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman. In statements, Dardenne said, that “Conservatives looking to win in November

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State GOP primary

2012-05-21T13:56:08Z

U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, is Romney’s Louisiana campaign chairman. He said Romney will travel to Shreveport on March 23 — the day before the preference primary — for an event at the Petroleum Club. Gingrich’s Louisiana campaign ...

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Members of Congress speak at lower grade levels than seven years ago

2012-05-21T11:47:17Z

Jeff Landry, R-New Iberia, a lawyer, ranks 13th lowest, with a score of 8.6 (or middle of 8th grade., while Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, a graduate of the University of Louisiana-Monroe, ranks 8th "smartest,' with a score of 13.9 ...

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Simply put: La. members of Congress are sophomore-ish

2012-05-21T11:25:48Z

U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, a Monroe Republican, is highest in the delegation — and high among all members of Congress — coming in at 13.9 or seventh best overall. The remainder of the delegation is all over the map but tends to be below average (I ...

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Louisiana congressmen spent thousands on mass mailings

2012-05-21T02:57:34Z

Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-5th District, spent $1,071.49 on 4,000 pieces of mail. He ranked 338th out of House members. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-1st District, sent 86,953 pieces of mail at a cost of $44,773.57. Rep. Bill Cassidy, 6th District ...

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Sophomoric? Members Of Congress Talk Like 10th-Graders, Analysis Shows

2012-05-21T02:14:37Z