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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2]</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400182</id>
  <entry>
    <title>&#226;&#8364;&#162; Hoekstra faces tough crowd as bailout discontent surfaces in debate</title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/10/hoekstra_faces_tough_crowd_as.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-07:/commentary/2974767</id>
    <updated>2008-10-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MLive.com,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
    </author>
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With 16 years in office, US Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland, likely faced one of his toughest audiences, with few of his answers drawing the applause that ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/10/hoekstra_faces_tough_crowd_as.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Hoekstra, Johnson to square off tonight</title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-15/122330432037180.xml&amp;amp;coll=8" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-06:/commentary/2974768</id>
    <updated>2008-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
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WEST MICHIGAN -- Local voters will get two opportunities this week to attend joint appearances by US Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland, and his challenger in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/chronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-15/122330432037180.xml&amp;coll=8"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>&#226;&#8364;&#162; West Michigan's geology could be answer to keeping carbon ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/10/graphic_for_emissions_story.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-05:/commentary/2974774</id>
    <updated>2008-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Bay City Times - MLive.com,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
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Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland, who has met with Holland officials about their carbon storage proposal for a new 78-megawatt boiler, said he is not prepared ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/10/graphic_for_emissions_story.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Polpourri: Logie compares his approach to Palin's</title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/10/polpourri_logie_compares_his_a.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-05:/commentary/2974770</id>
    <updated>2008-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
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See photos at greenlightfamily.com/pictures. US Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland, made The Hill's quote of the day Friday. Asked whether President Bush played ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/10/polpourri_logie_compares_his_a.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bailout becomes law, aims to ease the pain</title>
    <link href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/BUSINESS07/810040328/1002/RSS02" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/2955209</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Detroit Free Press</name>
    </author>
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...switching from no to yes -- Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Detroit, Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Township, and Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland. Kilpatrick said that before Monday's vote, calls to her office had run almost entirely opposed to the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/BUSINESS07/810040328/1002/RSS02"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bailout becomes law, aims to ease the pain</title>
    <link href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/BUSINESS07/810040328/1002/rss02" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/2952774</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Detroit Free Press</name>
    </author>
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...switching from no to yes -- Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Detroit, Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Township, and Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland. Kilpatrick said that before Monday's vote, calls to her office had run almost entirely opposed to the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/BUSINESS07/810040328/1002/rss02"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>3 Michigan House members switch votes</title>
    <link href="http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/NEWS01/810040330/1002/NEWS01" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-04:/commentary/2952773</id>
    <updated>2008-10-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lansing State Journal</name>
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...their votes Friday to help the U.S. House pass the landmark $700 billion financial industry bailout bill. Republican Reps. Peter Hoekstra of Holland and Joseph Knollenberg of Bloomfield Township, and Democrat Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick of Detroit had oppos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081004/NEWS01/810040330/1002/NEWS01"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Rescue Plan Picks Up Support in House</title>
    <link href="http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/smw/index.cfm?story=20081003093336" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2980646</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Smartmoney.com</name>
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Mr. Tiberi voted against the original bill, but is a big supporter of raising deposit-insurance limits. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R., Mich. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/smw/index.cfm?story=20081003093336"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>&#226;&#8364;&#162; Muskegon PTAC wins Defense Dept. funding</title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/western/index.ssf/2008/10/muskegon_ptac_wins_defense_dep.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2974779</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Flint Journal - MLive.com,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
    </author>
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The Muskegon PTAC serves businesses in 12 counties, most of  them in the district of US Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Republican from Holland. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlive.com/businessreview/western/index.ssf/2008/10/muskegon_ptac_wins_defense_dep.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Congressional candidates forum Monday at SLDL</title>
    <link href="http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/300742502908749.bsp" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2974778</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Grand Haven Tribune,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
    </author>
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US Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland, is being challenged by Democratic candidate Fred Johnson of Holland, US Taxpayer candidate Ron Graeser of Fremont and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/300742502908749.bsp"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bush signs $700 billion bailout agreement</title>
    <link href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS07/81003022/1002/BUSINESS" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2974771</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Detroit Free Press,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
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Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Township, and Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland. Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Township, urged Republican opponents to switch in a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/NEWS07/81003022/1002/BUSINESS"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>&#226;&#8364;&#162; West Michigan breathes sigh of the times after Friday's bailout</title>
    <link href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/business/index.ssf/2008/10/_the_rising_chill_in.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2974769</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MLive.com,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
    </author>
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Then the lending climate got chilly. US Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Hoekstra, who sided with Friday's bailout after voting no Monday. "Main Street America may ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlive.com/grpress/business/index.ssf/2008/10/_the_rising_chill_in.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>House Holds Fate of Bailout Plan</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2943279</id>
    <updated>2008-10-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Wall Street Journal</name>
    </author>
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...the measure. Mr. Tiberi voted against the original bill, but is a big supporter of raising deposit-insurance limits. Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R., Mich.) suggested he is reassessing his thinking. Mr. Hoekstra, too, voted against the bill. But he is a support&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7011/~3/Hvc2Enb3bTE/SB122296829419898881.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Lawmakers Switching Sides to Support Rescue Bill (Update2)</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-02:/commentary/2974776</id>
    <updated>2008-10-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Bloomberg</name>
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... Peter Hoekstra of Michigan and Patrick Tiberi of Ohio, may vote yes on the measure. Representative Rahm Emanuel, the No.4-ranking House Democrat, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&amp;sid=ay1CNyNrTtCs&amp;refer=home"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>ECONOMY ON EDGE Congress patching plan to resurrect Wall Street rescue</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/commentary/2974780</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Detroit Free Press,&amp;nbsp;United States</name>
    </author>
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In some offices, that support still trails the opponents badly; in others, like Peter Hoekstra of Holland, it's about equal. The change garnering the most ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS07/810010354/1020/BUSINESS"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>ECONOMY ON EDGE: Congress patching plan to resurrect Wall Street rescue</title>
    <link href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS07/810010354/1002/RSS02" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/commentary/2934205</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Detroit Free Press</name>
    </author>
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...had begun to make their voices heard. In some offices, that support still trails the opponents badly; in others, like Peter Hoekstra of Holland, it's about equal. The change garnering the most support would be a bigger role for the Federal Deposit Insur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081001/BUSINESS07/810010354/1002/RSS02"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Naming the Enemy</title>
    <link href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=28105" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/commentary/2974781</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Middle East Online,&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
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In fact, Congressman Peter Hoekstra of Michigan offered an amendment to the 2009 Intelligence Authorization Act to would ban any restriction of the words ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=28105"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>As Congress Looks to Fix Economy, Bailout Discord Persists</title>
    <link href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/repsreact_09-30.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/commentary/2974775</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NewsHour</name>
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REP. PETER HOEKSTRA: Well, I think it's very clear. They want this fixed. I talked to a number of my small- and medium-sized business folks. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/repsreact_09-30.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>As Congress Looks to Fix Economy, Bailout Discord Persists</title>
    <link href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/repsreact_09-30.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/commentary/2930976</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Online NewsHour</name>
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...of course, you're a Republican. You voted against it. Should that be seen as a repudiation of President Bush's leadership? REP. PETER HOEKSTRA (R), Michigan: No, but I think it does indicate that there is a lack of confidence by the American people in W&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/repsreact_09-30.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Michigan House members split votes on bailout</title>
    <link href="http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS05/80929011" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/commentary/2974773</id>
    <updated>2008-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Port Huron Times Herald,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
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Tim Walberg of Tipton; Mike Rogers of Brighton; Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit; Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Holland; Carolyn Kilpatrick, D-Detroit; Rep. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS05/80929011"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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