Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21]

Polls, polls, polls! (Hope for the Dems in South Florida?)

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

...Democratic challenger, Joe Garcia, 43 to 41 percent, with 16 percent undecided. (Numbers for the marquee race featuring Lincoln Diaz-Balart v Raul Martinez are due up later tonight... stay tuned) Mario Diaz-Balart leads Garcia among Cubans 59 percent t

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Miami-Dade contractors employed Capitol Hill lobbyist

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...Medley defense contractors who won millions in federal earmarks through Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart employed a Capitol Hill lobbyist who pleaded guilty recently in an unfolding congressional corruption probe. There is no indication that Miami-Dade's Mark T

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Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's earmarks raise eyebrows

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

...co-sponsored and Locust will split that money with another private company from Michigan. This is not the first time Lincoln Diaz-Balart's Congressional actions have benefited a campaign donor. In June, The Miami Herald reported that the Diaz-Balart bro

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Miami-Dade contractors employed Capitol Hill lobbyist

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart's earmarks raise eyebrows

2008-10-05T00:00:00Z

Miami lawmaker reverses opinion, votes for bailout bill

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...if our action to this crisis is inaction, they would disproportionally bear the brunt of this financial meltdown.'' Rep.'s Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart, both Republicans, maintained their opposition to the bill on Friday. Mario Diaz-Balart

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Leaders Seeking More Cash in DCCC Coffers

2008-10-03T00:00:00Z

...a new round of race rating changes made by the Cook Political Report, including moving Republican Reps. Phil English (Pa.), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Fla.) and Joe Knollenberg (Mich.) to tossup an indication that they are just as likely to lose as they are t

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The "vulnerable" Cuban Americans

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...assertion." But he notes that although "public and private polling now confirms that brothers Mario Diaz-Balart (R) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R) are in very competitive races, (against Joe Garcia and Raul Martinez).. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) still lo

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Bill Clinton in town to raise $$ for Raul Martinez

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...Barack Obama, Bill Clinton is in Miami tonight raising money for a longtime friend, Raul Martinez, whose challenge to Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart this week got bumped up to a toss-up in one national ranking. The $1,000 per person fund raiser is at a privat

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South Florida Republicans To Reconsider Economic Rescue Plan

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...help." Ros-Lehtinen said if the revised bill protects those people then she is willing to support it. Late in the day, Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart also said he is also willing to reconsider the new version of the bill. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart has not yet sa

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Are we on? Battle of the titans, televised?

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

...it on! Raul Martinez's campaign says it kept negotiating with CBS-4 in hopes of scheduling a debate with Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, and has agreed to one on Oct. 13. "Mayor Martinez had to move his schedule to make this happen," spokesman Aaron Blye said

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Garcia and Diaz-Balart, no common ground

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

...Raul Martinez and Annette Taddeo may have sided with their Republican targets, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, when it comes to opposing the $700 billion bailout that crashed and burned on the House floor today. But not Joe Garcia. Th

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The debate that was or wasn't a debate, is off

2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

...plans to inform its viewers that the hotly anticipated debate between Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Raul Martinez is off "because both parties were unable to agree on a time that would work for everyone involved." Here's what "everyone involved" had to s

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Opposing view: Keep the pressure on

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

...the time to give the Cuban dictatorship billions of dollars unilaterally, while Cuba's prisons remain full of political prisoners and the regime remains a state sponsor of international terrorism. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., is a native of Cuba..

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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: A NO vote

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

...said in a statement. "This is fundamentally unfair. By bailing out reckless behavior we encourage future reckless behavior." Diaz-Balart called the legislation "an improvement" over Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's initial proposal, but says he can "n

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Diaz-Balarts, Ros-Lehtinen side with the Dems on stimulus package

2008-09-27T00:00:00Z

...proud of the investment in the welfare of our citizens through (the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage program), Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart said. But it isn't happening. As the Associated Press puts it, the vote "was largely symbolic since it came just

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Socialist candidate: â€˜Lift the embargo on Cuba!â€™

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

The incumbent, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Cuban American attorney, has held the seat since 1993. Diaz-Balart is part of a Florida congressional trio strongly ...

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Taddeo to Ros-Lehtinen: Say more on the bailout

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

...Congress. None of the three South Florida Congressional Republicans running for re-election - Ros-Lehtinen and Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart - have been on particularly outspoken about the $700 billion bailout plan. Some House Republicans stalled the ag

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Hablemos bailout

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

...Garcia said. "Something must be done to protect this level of the market." Carlos Curbelo, a spokesman for Reps. Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart, said the two congressmen are not ready to support the plan yet and will not stand behind it until it has amen

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Raul Martinez looks to turn the tables on the Cocaine Cowboys

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

...Martinez is firing off an e-mail, urging supporters to contribute to his campaign so he can air a positive ad while Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart attacks him in a TV spot Martinez calls one of "the sleaziest" he's ever seen. "Lincoln knows his time in Congre

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