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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/atom_news/400065_dennis_cardoza" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/person/news/400065_dennis_cardoza" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400065</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Why is Congress taking a vacation?</title>
    <link href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/367473.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/commentary/2524875</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Modesto Bee,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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I am bothered that Congress, including our own Rep. Dennis Cardoza, is planning to recess for the entire month of August, leaving valley residents with no ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/367473.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Federal Lawmakers Make Fresno Visit To Discuss Drought</title>
    <link href="http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8708510&amp;amp;nav=menu612_2_9" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-21:/commentary/2524882</id>
    <updated>2008-07-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>KMPH Fox 26,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Valley lawmakers, Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Valley Representatives Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced), George Radanovich (R-Mariposa), Kevin McCarthy ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8708510&amp;nav=menu612_2_9"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>We can drill ourselves out of mess</title>
    <link href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/365584.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-20:/commentary/2524878</id>
    <updated>2008-07-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Modesto Bee,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Or how much the price would drop if Nancy Pelosi, her lapdog Dennis Cardoza, et al., the Senate and our Republican-in-name-only governor actually voted the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/365584.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Workshop to help avoid foreclosures</title>
    <link href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/A_NEWS/80718021" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-19:/commentary/2524891</id>
    <updated>2008-07-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Stockton Record,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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By The Record STOCKTON - Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, and Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani, D-Livingston, will join with the group No Homeowner Left ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080719/A_NEWS/80718021"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Feds, state won&amp;#39;t pull Valley out of poverty</title>
    <link href="http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/mcewen/story/739786.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-19:/commentary/2524885</id>
    <updated>2008-07-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Fresno Bee (subscription),&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Each time the grim news is delivered, somebody -- Costa this time, Rep. Dennis Cardoza three years ago -- says the Valley isn&amp;#39;t getting its fair share of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fresnobee.com/columnists/mcewen/story/739786.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Fresno State Diamond Dogs The Movie?</title>
    <link href="http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8682168&amp;amp;nav=menu612_2_12" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-16:/commentary/2524888</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>KMPH Fox 26,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Valley congressmen George Radanovich, Devin Nunes, Dennis Cardoza, and Fresno State alum Jim Costa sponsor  a resolution honoring the bulldogs on the US ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=8682168&amp;nav=menu612_2_12"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Results are in: California&amp;#39;s San Joaquin Valley is the worst</title>
    <link href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/256/story/44491.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-16:/commentary/2524884</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>McClatchy Washington Bureau,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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George Radanovich, R-Mariposa, ranked 235th, and the 18th Congressional District represented  by Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, ranked 403rd on the new ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/256/story/44491.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Betting on the budget</title>
    <link href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/A_OPINION01/807150308/-1/A_OPINION" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/commentary/2524889</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Stockton Record,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
He lost the primary election in March 2002 to his former aide-turned-Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza and left Congress at the end of his term in January 2003. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/A_OPINION01/807150308/-1/A_OPINION"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Letter: No time for vacation</title>
    <link href="http://www.mercedsunstar.com/180/story/346267.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/commentary/2524881</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Merced Sun-Star,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
I am very bothered that Congress, including our own Rep. Dennis Cardoza, is planning to recess for the entire month of August, leaving voters no hope of any ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mercedsunstar.com/180/story/346267.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressman Dennis Cardoza: understanding agriculture</title>
    <link href="http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=1097&amp;amp;ck=DB2B4182156B2F1F817860AC9F409AD7" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/commentary/2524877</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>California Farm Bureau,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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By Christine Souza Dennis Cardoza recalls being a  9-year-old farm boy from Atwater sitting in front of his family&amp;#39;s television set watching the 1968 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cfbf.com/agalert/AgAlertStory.cfm?ID=1097&amp;ck=DB2B4182156B2F1F817860AC9F409AD7"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Prison guards getting vests, union says</title>
    <link href="http://www.modbee.com/local/story/358586.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-13:/commentary/2524880</id>
    <updated>2008-07-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Modesto Bee,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The new protective vest policy described by  Lowry would be expanded further under a bill introduced by Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, that would require all ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.modbee.com/local/story/358586.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Modesto getting smaller? Depends whom you ask</title>
    <link href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/357949.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-12:/commentary/2524890</id>
    <updated>2008-07-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Modesto Bee,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
We applaud Dennis Cardoza&amp;#39;s efforts to change that. The Democratic representative, whose congressional district includes the Atwater prison, has introduced ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/357949.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Vanishing Bees May Mean Still Higher Food Prices</title>
    <link href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/257301" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-11:/commentary/2524883</id>
    <updated>2008-07-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>DigitalJournal.com,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... farmers to continue to grow the high quality, nutritious foods  our country relies on,&amp;quot; said Democratic Representative Dennis Cardoza of California. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/257301"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Central Valley prison death prompts call for knife-proof vests</title>
    <link href="http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=9277" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-11:/commentary/2524879</id>
    <updated>2008-07-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Central Valley Business Times,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A bill that would provide all federal correctional officers with stab-proof vests has been introduced in Congress by US Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced.  ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=9277"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McNerney changes medical marijuana stance</title>
    <link href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_9858844" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-11:/commentary/2524876</id>
    <updated>2008-07-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Oakland Tribune,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Only Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, has consistently opposed it, saying he doesn&amp;#39;t believe use of marijuana for medical purposes should be legal, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_9858844"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pay/Go Still Blocks Housing Bill&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Path</title>
    <link href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/cda_20080710_4418.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-10:/commentary/2524886</id>
    <updated>2008-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>National Journal,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., said he has not been contacted by Dodd despite his district having been hit hard by foreclosures. &#226;&#8364;&#339;If he calls me, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/cda_20080710_4418.php"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>401(k)s For Homes Bill Gaining In Senate</title>
    <link href="http://definedsavingsalert.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1968631&amp;amp;PositionID=20343" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-08:/commentary/2524892</id>
    <updated>2008-07-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Defined Savings Alert,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A somewhat similar bill has been introduced in the House by Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.). His bill would simply permit waiving of the 10% penalty upon ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://definedsavingsalert.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=1968631&amp;PositionID=20343"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Legislators naive about oil drilling</title>
    <link href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/351440.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-06:/commentary/2444242</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Modesto Bee,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Dennis Cardoza, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, your constituents are smarter than that. The law of supply and demand is real and true. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/351440.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Salmonella outbreak spotlights outdated tracking system</title>
    <link href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=94557" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-02:/commentary/2444247</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Medill Reports,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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Western growers also called on Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif., to hold a House Agriculture Committee hearing on the FDA&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s response to the outbreak. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/washington/news.aspx?id=94557"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Atwater prison policies leave staff in grave danger, correctional ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-atwater-prison-policies-leave-staff-grave-danger-correctional-/2008/07/02/3528953.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-02:/commentary/2444246</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>TMCnet</name>
    </author>
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In a letter to Rep. Dennis Cardoza, Phillip Rodriguez, then-president of the local union, wrote: &amp;quot;The system at Atwater is not broken, yet if this change is ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-atwater-prison-policies-leave-staff-grave-danger-correctional-/2008/07/02/3528953.htm"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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