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NRA: All schools should have armed security guards

2012-12-21T01:00:00Z

...and expressing shock and sadness at the shooting. LaPierre's comments lived up to the expectations of NRA board members. Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., said Thursday that he hoped the groups would stand firm for the Second Amendment. "If I were advising them

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Hawaii Looking For Senatorial Seniority... Fast

2012-12-20T01:00:00Z

...reform and, we tried to make the point that anyone who likes Chamber of Commerce pawns and Patriot Act-type Dems such as Dan Boren (Blue Dog-OK) and Joe Donnelly (Blue Dog-IN) would be perfectly happy with Ed Case-- especially if xenophobia and war-mong

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GOP operative Karl Ahlgren named as Mullin's chief of staff

2012-12-19T01:00:00Z

...appointment was one of several announced Tuesday by Mullin, a Republican who succeeds Democrat Dan Boren on Jan. 4. Mullin said he will retain at least five of Boren's field representatives, several of whom also worked for Boren's predecessors. "We have

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Democrats wary of Medicare benefits cuts being discussed in fiscal talks

2012-12-17T01:00:00Z

...Republican concessions as part of a year-end deficit deal, Dems said. "I think everything has to be on the table," said Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.), one of healthcare reform's most consistent Democratic opponents. "Anything that could help along the way to g

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Democrats Wary Of Medicare Benefits Cuts Being Discussed In Fiscal Talks

2012-12-17T01:00:00Z

...concessions as part of a year-end deficit deal, Dems said. "I think everything has to be on the table," said Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.), one of healthcare reform's most consistent Democratic opponents. "Anything that could help along the way to get some agr

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Roll call

2012-12-16T01:00:00Z

...use of databases to determine if a beneficiary was eligible for a payment. The vote on Thursday was unanimous with 402 yeas. DB: Dan Boren (D) TC: Tom Cole (R) JL: James Lankford (R) FL: Frank Lucas (R) JS: John Sullivan (R) House vote Issue DB TC JL FL

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Fox Targets Former GOP Senator In Campaign To Push Obstruction Of Obama's Second-Term Cabinet

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...In April 2011, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) led a six-member congressional delegation visit to Iraq that included Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK). Also in 2011, Reps. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Ted Poe (R-TX), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Louie Go

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Mullin's Congressional campaign owes $327,000

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...2nd District last month to defeat Democrat Rob Wallace and independent Michael Fulks, will replace retiring Democratic Rep. Dan Boren in January. Mullin, the owner of a plumbing company, loaned his campaign $255,750, and he paid himself back $22,000 fro

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Lawmakers skip votes in lame-duck [Updated]

2012-12-10T01:00:00Z

...John Sullivan (9), Illinios Democratic Rep. Jerry Costello (9), Illinios Republican Don Manzullo (9), Oklahoma Democrat Dan Boren (6 votes). Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.), who took over last week as San Diego mayor, hasn't voted since the election. He resi

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Roll Call

2012-12-09T01:00:00Z

...have progressed, society has come to understand mental illness with more clarity." The vote, on Dec. 5, was 398 yeas to 1 nay. DB: Dan Boren (D) TC: Tom Cole (R) JL: James Lankford (R) FL: Frank Lucas (R) JS: John Sullivan (R) House vote Issue DB TC JL

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Ten fresh faces to watch in the new Congress

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...defeat or to toil away in anonymity. But every two years, new freshmen members of Congress descend on Capitol Hill, representing the country's changing landscape with their politics and their life stories. The new ranks will be flush with record-breaker

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Sunlight Reporting Group: Emerson was in formal talks with electric co-op days after reelection

2012-12-04T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, who was defeated in the Democratic primary after facing a newly drawn distirct, and Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., who announced his retirement earlier this year. Rep. Kucinich disclosed being in talks with the Keppler Speakers B

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Roll Call

2012-12-02T01:00:00Z

...border policing by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The vote, on Nov. 27, was 397 yeas to 4 nays. DB: Dan Boren (D) TC: Tom Cole (R) JL: James Lankford (R) FL: Frank Lucas (R) JS: John Sullivan (R) House vote Issue DB TC JL FL JS Vote

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DC Notebook: Hatch voted second wisest senator

2012-12-01T01:00:00Z

...D-Utah, took second place for least-partisan House member (behind Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, and tied with Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla.). Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, nabbed a third place as best tweeter (after Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Jim Hime

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Israeli Strategy Sinking The DCCC Again?

2012-11-30T01:00:00Z

...won Collin Peterson (Blue Dog-MN)- 22.17 Jim Matheson (Blue Dog-UT)- 21.16 Mike Ross (Blue Dog-AR)- 17.99-- forced to retire Dan Boren (Blue Dog-OK)- 15.24-- forced to retire Anyway, Israel had promised Pelosi that he would win a net of "at least 27 sea

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Congressman-elect Markwayne Mullin to launch 'listening tour'

2012-11-28T01:00:00Z

...the economy. Mullin also vowed to serve no more than six years in office if elected. The 35-year-old political newcomer received 57 percent of the vote in the race for the open seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Dan Boren, a Democrat from Muskogee

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Fewer family ties in next Congress

2012-11-23T01:00:00Z

...Dale E. Kildee, who is retiring after 18 terms. Here are the current members with family connections: Dan Boren, son of David L. Boren and grandson of former Rep. Lyle H. Boren Shelley Moore Capito, daughter of Arch Alfred Moore Jr., who was also govern

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Voters OK Billions in Bond Measures for Projects and Send Two Industry Executives to Congress

2012-11-21T01:00:00Z

...plumbing contractor and Associated Builders and Contractors member in Oklahoma, will fill a seat vacated by retiring Rep. Dan Boren (D). In Florida's redrawn 18th district, Democrat Patrick Murphy, vice president of Coastal Environmental Services, a uni

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Roll Call

2012-11-18T01:00:00Z

...to be used to fund projects related to Mark Twain and his legacy. The vote on Thursday was 370 yeas to 19 nays. DB: Dan Boren (D) TC: Tom Cole (R) JL: James Lankford (R) FL: Frank Lucas (R) JS: John Sullivan (R) House vote Issue DB TC JL FL JS Vote 1: ?

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Red Nation Film Festival 2012 Humanitarian Tribute Award Goes to...

2012-11-13T01:00:00Z

...Lost Children, Shattered Families,” two Democratic congressmen, Ed Markey of the House Natural Resources Committee and Dan Boren of the House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, demanded action by the BIA. Nothing has been done. Nelson a

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