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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Leonard L. Boswell</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/atom_news/400042_Leonard_Boswell" rel="self"/>
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  <updated>2012-12-24T01:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400042</id>
  <entry>
    <title>AP: Top 10 Iowa stories of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/AP-Top-10-Iowa-stories-of-2012/-/9357080/17887936/-/3ij383z/-/index.html?absolute=true" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-24:/commentary/17049778</id>
    <updated>2012-12-24T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>KCCI Des Moines</name>
    </author>
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...state of Iowa over Republican Mitt Romney. The election also sees GOP Rep. Tom Latham beat longtime Democratic incumbent Rep. Leonard Boswell in the 3rd Congressional District. Five. PINK SLIME &#8212; Media reports and social media claims about a beef prod&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/AP-Top-10-Iowa-stories-of-2012/-/9357080/17887936/-/3ij383z/-/index.html?absolute=true&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Top 10 Iowa News Stories Of 2012</title>
    <link href="http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/12/24/top-10-iowa-news-stories-of-2012/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-24:/commentary/17049410</id>
    <updated>2012-12-24T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WCCO</name>
    </author>
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...of Iowa over Republican Mitt Romney. The election also sees GOP Rep. Tom Latham beat longtime Democratic incumbent Rep. Leonard Boswell in the 3rd Congressional District. 5. PINK SLIME &#8212; Media reports and social media claims about a beef product dubbe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/12/24/top-10-iowa-news-stories-of-2012/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Happy Kerry makes rare stop on House floor</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=7a46ad32f774e6dd9e14910d251932c2" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-21:/commentary/17047816</id>
    <updated>2012-12-21T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Politico</name>
    </author>
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...an impending open Senate seat. He also spoke with Reps. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.), Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) and Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.). &quot;I hope that he's here because he wants to view the House in his last days&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.politico.com/click.phdo?i=7a46ad32f774e6dd9e14910d251932c2&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Iowa Democrats gain 17,000 in voter registrations since Oct. 1</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kathie-obradovich/~3/9YjCuUvhGmk/viewart" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-20:/commentary/17047194</id>
    <updated>2012-12-20T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
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Iowa Democrats are touting a gain of nearly 17,000 voter registrations in the past month, saying it shows the strength of their ground game heading into Tuesday&#8217;s election. Democratic active voter registration is now only 1,400 below the Republican total&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kathie-obradovich/~3/9YjCuUvhGmk/viewart&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Latham Leads Bipartisan Tribute for Boswell</title>
    <link href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/latham_leads_bipartisan_tribute_for_boswell-219996-1.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-14:/commentary/17044183</id>
    <updated>2012-12-14T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Roll Call</name>
    </author>
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...campaign, Republican Rep. Tom Latham of Iowa led a tribute Thursday to his vanquished election opponent, Democratic Rep. Leonard L. Boswell, who served 16 years in the House. &#226;Although we haven&#226;t always agreed on issues before us, Leonard&#226;s relations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rollcall.com/news/latham_leads_bipartisan_tribute_for_boswell-219996-1.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Boswell says goodbye as colleagues pay tribute</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/V4CXQ8ebTDw/article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-14:/commentary/17044182</id>
    <updated>2012-12-14T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
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...&#8220;Although we haven&#8217;t always agreed on the issues before us,&#8221; said U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, who organized the tribute, &#8220;Leonard&#8217;s relationships with his fellow members have enabled him to work with colleagues of all political stripes.&#8221; Boswell a&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/V4CXQ8ebTDw/article&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Boswell tribute is this morning</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/lepV2fc05DQ/article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-13:/commentary/17044184</id>
    <updated>2012-12-13T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
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...tribute to U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell is today on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. It will begin around 11 a.m. central, televised on C-SPAN. Boswell, Democrat, was denied a ninth term in this fall&#8217;s general election by U.S. Rep. Tom Latham.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/lepV2fc05DQ/article&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Branstad supports death penalty under certain circumstances</title>
    <link href="http://muscatinejournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/branstad-supports-death-penalty-under-certain-circumstances/article_f050c26a-4347-11e2-ac0d-0019bb2963f4.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-11:/commentary/17042755</id>
    <updated>2012-12-11T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Muscatine Journal</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...Iowans Against the Death Penalty. At the time, Sen. Wally Horn of Cedar Rapids served as majority leader and current U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, who recently lost his Congressional re-election bid, served as president. Iowans Against the Death Penalty sa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://muscatinejournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/branstad-supports-death-penalty-under-certain-circumstances/article_f050c26a-4347-11e2-ac0d-0019bb2963f4.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Latham-linked holding company repays part of federal bailout loan</title>
    <link href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121211/NEWS09/312110039/1001/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-11:/commentary/17042754</id>
    <updated>2012-12-11T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...in a news release and how, in a video, he said TARP contributed to an economic downturn. His 2012 election opponent, Rep. Leonard Boswell, a Democrat, referred to the situation as hypocritical and ran campaign ads highlighting the Register&#194;s article an&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121211/NEWS09/312110039/1001/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Latham investment repays portion of bailout funds</title>
    <link href="http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/latham-investment-repays-portion-of-bailout-funds/article_8bc82e1d-65e3-588b-85cf-0f4fd5ff6c75.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-11:/commentary/17042753</id>
    <updated>2012-12-11T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Quad-City Times</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...investigative journalism group ProPublica. The bailout was a campaign issue between Latham, a Republican, and U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, a Democrat. Boswell ran television ads criticizing Latham for investing in a company that accepted bailout money whi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/latham-investment-repays-portion-of-bailout-funds/article_8bc82e1d-65e3-588b-85cf-0f4fd5ff6c75.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Latham investment repays portion of bailout funds</title>
    <link href="http://muscatinejournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/latham-investment-repays-portion-of-bailout-funds/article_9e9f3653-0e97-5fd2-bd95-42b66da2e6a2.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-11:/commentary/17042752</id>
    <updated>2012-12-11T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Muscatine Journal</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...investigative journalism group ProPublica. The bailout was a campaign issue between Latham, a Republican, and U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, a Democrat. Boswell ran television ads criticizing Latham for investing in a company that accepted bailout money whi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://muscatinejournal.com/news/state-and-regional/iowa/latham-investment-repays-portion-of-bailout-funds/article_9e9f3653-0e97-5fd2-bd95-42b66da2e6a2.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Obradovich: Dvorsky reflects on Democrats' rebound</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/IowaEnergy/~3/AIipIOfGd7A/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-09:/commentary/17041679</id>
    <updated>2012-12-09T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...to that effort, but the state party was the linchpin of the coordinated campaign. They also lost incumbent U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell and failed to knock off Republican Rep. Steve King, but it&#194;s hard to blame the party for most of the factors in those r&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/IowaEnergy/~3/AIipIOfGd7A/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Iowans asked to contribute letters for tribute to Leonard Boswell</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/fUFNubdVAcY/article" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-07:/commentary/17040582</id>
    <updated>2012-12-07T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
...will be a tribute to U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell next week on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Iowans can participate by emailing letters in his honor. Boswell, Democrat, was denied a ninth term in this fall&#8217;s general election by U.S. Rep&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IowaPolitics/~3/fUFNubdVAcY/article&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Election Stat Porn-- How The GOP Stole The House In 2012</title>
    <link href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/12/congressional-election-stat-porn-how.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-06:/commentary/17040583</id>
    <updated>2012-12-06T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Down With Tyranny!</name>
    </author>
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...Brendan Mullen (D). This seat was formerly held by Rep. Joe Donnelly (D).&gt; &#8226; IA-03: Rep. Tom Latham (R) defeated Rep. Leonard Boswell (D). &#8226; KY-06: Andy Barr (R) defeated Rep. Ben Chandler (D). &#8226; NY-27: Chris Collins (R) defeated Rep. Kathy Hochul&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/12/congressional-election-stat-porn-how.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Jo Ann Emerson becomes second to announce resignation from House</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/pbbe1QlKf0w/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Morning-Digest-Jo-Ann-Emerson-becomes-second-to-announce-resignation-from-House" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-04:/commentary/17040586</id>
    <updated>2012-12-04T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily Kos</name>
    </author>
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...a reliable vote for the GOP. And yet, just given trends over the last couple of decades, we're likely to wind up with a replacement even further to the right. And here's some empirical support for the point we're trying to make about Emerson's supposed &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/pbbe1QlKf0w/-Daily-Kos-Elections-Morning-Digest-Jo-Ann-Emerson-becomes-second-to-announce-resignation-from-House&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fake Republican Immigration &quot;Reform?&quot;</title>
    <link href="http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/12/fake-republican-immigration-reform.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-12-02:/commentary/17037113</id>
    <updated>2012-12-02T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Down With Tyranny!</name>
    </author>
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...voted for the GOP bill: Jason Altmire (lame duck Blue Dog/New Dem-PA) John Barrow (Blue Dog/New Dem-GA) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) Leonard Boswell (lame duck Blue Dog-IA) John Carney (New Dem-DE) Judy Chu (D-CA) Steve Cohen (D-TN) Jim Cooper (Blue Dog/New D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2012/12/fake-republican-immigration-reform.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Fewest Veterans in Congress Since World War II</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmaz/national/~3/_fg1t--Xcqs/Fewest-Veterans-in-Congress-Since-World-War-II" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-11-22:/commentary/17040584</id>
    <updated>2012-11-22T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WMAZ</name>
    </author>
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...with the primary defeat of military veterans such as Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and the ousting of incumbents such as Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, a veteran affected by the redistricting process, means that each Congress in the past decade has seen fe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wmaz/national/~3/_fg1t--Xcqs/Fewest-Veterans-in-Congress-Since-World-War-II&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Fewest veterans in Congress since WWII</title>
    <link href="http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/11/gannett-number-veterans-in-congress-continues-decline-112112/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-11-21:/commentary/17040585</id>
    <updated>2012-11-21T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Air Force Times</name>
    </author>
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...with the primary defeat of military veterans such as Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and the ousting of incumbents such as Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, a veteran affected by the redistricting process, means that each Congress in the past decade has seen fe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/11/gannett-number-veterans-in-congress-continues-decline-112112/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Veterans in Congress to hit post-WWII low</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/alltribstories/~3/7_ZunAd1JNg/veterans-military-office-congress-veteran-decline-decade-service-war-campaign" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-11-21:/commentary/17030855</id>
    <updated>2012-11-21T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pittsburgh Entertainment</name>
    </author>
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...with the primary defeat of military veterans such as Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and the ousting of incumbents such as Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, a veteran affected by the redistricting process, means that each Congress in the past decade has seen fe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/alltribstories/~3/7_ZunAd1JNg/veterans-military-office-congress-veteran-decline-decade-service-war-campaign&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Branstad cool to requests to raise gas tax</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/IowaEnergy/~3/rlpG4ewGP-w/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2012-11-19:/commentary/17030400</id>
    <updated>2012-11-19T01:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Des Moines Register</name>
    </author>
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...number of people on the record as saying, &#194;We absolutely do not want a gas tax right now,&#194; &#194; Rhodes said. U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Des Moines, who lost his bid for re-election to Congress to U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Clive, learned how dangerous it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/desmoinesregister/IowaEnergy/~3/rlpG4ewGP-w/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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