Rep. Corrine Brown

Democrat  •  3rd District, Florida  •  10th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
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06/02/12
Sunday Breakfast Menu, June 3

Representative Corrine Brown, Democrat of Florida, will also be on the program, to talk about accusations of voter suppression efforts in her home state. The economy will also dominate the political roundtables, with Gov. Deval Patrick of ...

Source: New York Times Blogs
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05/31/12
May miracle on Ashley St. raised funds for Clara White

Congresswoman Corrine Brown, Councilman Reggie Brown, LaCree Carswell, Richard Clark, Elizabeth Cline, Daphne Colbert, Pat Coleman, Henry Coxe III, Rena Coughlin, Richard Danford, Councilwoman Kimberly Daniels, Anna Dooley, Steve DiMattia, Ty Dixon ...

Source: Examiner
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05/31/12
Veterans Won't Know of Retraining Option, Lawmakers Say

“It would be tragic if we do not help veterans take advantage of these opportunities,” said Representative Corrine Brown, a Florida Democrat. To contact the reporter on this story: David Lerman in Washington at dlerman1@bloomberg.net To ...

Source: Bloomberg
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05/31/12
210 jobs veterans can get with year of training

Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., acting ranking Democrat on the veterans committee, said she remained worried about implementation. “Do not wait until the last moment to tell us there are any problems with this program,” she said. Reaching ...

Source: Army Times
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05/31/12
210 jobs veterans can get with year of training

...this opportunity is critically important to putting unemployed veterans on a path to a job in a high-demand field.” Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., acting ranking Democrat on the veterans committee, said she remained worried about implementation. “Do no

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05/30/12
Corrine Brown, others call out Jacksonville justice system in Marissa Alexander vigil

The NAACP's Jacksonville chapter held a vigil Tuesday morning in protest of Marissa Alexander's 20-year prison sentence, but it was U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown's voice that may have been the loudest. Brown, chapter president Isaiah Rumlin and a ...

Source: Florida Times-Union
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05/30/12
Rick Scott Purging Eligible Voters From Florida's Rolls

...voters were most likely to be targeted by the purge effort. In a letter Tuesday to Scott, Reps. Ted Deutch, Alcee Hastings, Corrine Brown, Frederica Wilson, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kathy Castor asked Scott to stop the purge, arguing that the proces

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05/29/12
Corrine Brown, others call out Jacksonville prosecutors, justice system in Alexander vigil

The NAACP’s Jacksonville chapter held a vigil Tuesday morning in protest of Marissa Alexander’s 20-year prison sentence, but it was U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s voice that may have been the loudest heard. Brown, chapter president Isaiah ...

Source: Florida Times-Union
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05/29/12
Beryl brushes Northeast Florida, leaving many without power

Brown's camp later issued a statement that Rep. Corrine Brown toured part of the city that had flooded. Scott said that the mayor had set an example by taking the storm seriously throughout the weekend and talking as early as Saturday about ...

Source: Florida Times-Union
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05/29/12
NAACP holds vigil for Marissa Alexander

...Jr., pastor at Bethal Baptist Church and a board member of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, and U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown were among the half-dozen people who spoke to about 50 people gathered for the vigil. Brown and other supporters said

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05/29/12
Corrine Brown, others call out Jacksonville prosecutors, justice system in Alexander vigil

...chapter held a vigil Tuesday morning in protest of Marissa Alexander’s 20-year prison sentence, but it was U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown’s voice that may have been the loudest heard. Brown, chapter president Isaiah Rumlin and a handful of local pastors jo

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05/28/12
South Florida Democrats say Gov. Rick Scott leading “misguided” effort to purge voters from state rolls

s Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Frederica Wilson, Corrine Brown and Kathy Castor. They asked Scott to “immediately suspend the purge of voter registration lists” in order to “ensure not one Floridian finds his or her legitimate voting rights ...

Source: Miami Herald
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05/26/12
Jacksonville Memorial Day ceremony will see 3 new names added to wall

A 1971 graduate of Englewood High School, he is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mayor Alvin Brown, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw and retired Rear Adm. Victor Guillory are scheduled to speak at Monday’s ceremony. The keynote ...

Source: Florida Times-Union
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05/26/12
Jacksonville Memorial Day ceremony will see 3 new names added to wall

...Base in Phoenix. A 1971 graduate of Englewood High School, he is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mayor Alvin Brown, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw and retired Rear Adm. Victor Guillory are scheduled to speak at Monday’s ceremony. The ke

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05/26/12
Jacksonville Memorial Day ceremony will see 3 new names added to wall

...Base in Phoenix. A 1971 graduate of Englewood High School, he is buried in Oaklawn Cemetery. Mayor Alvin Brown, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw and retired Rear Adm. Victor Guillory are scheduled to speak at Monday’s ceremony. The ke

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05/25/12
Obama Stimulus Money for Video Games and Racial Studies

Media coverage of the Martin case was driven by a real stereotype, encouraged by agitators like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Corrine Brown, that a racist white person shot Martin for no legitimate reason ...

Source: Canada Free Press
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05/25/12
Letters to the Editor: American Idol, DuRocher and guns

In Sunday's Sentinel, we learned that the officeholder in Florida's biggest example of a gerrymandered district, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, said that Jacksonville State Attorney Angela Corey runs an office affected by "institutional racism" ("Can ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel
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05/25/12
Letters to the Editor: American Idol, DuRocher and guns

In Sunday's Sentinel, we learned that the officeholder in Florida's biggest example of a gerrymandered district, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, said that Jacksonville State Attorney Angela Corey runs an office affected by "institutional racism" ("Can ...

Source: Orlando Sentinel
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05/25/12
Letters to the Editor: American Idol, DuRocher and guns

...In Sunday's Sentinel, we learned that the officeholder in Florida's biggest example of a gerrymandered district, U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, said that Jacksonville State Attorney Angela Corey runs an office affected by "institutional racism" ("Can state co

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05/25/12
Remembering DuRocher, VanGundy; scolding pols

...members spend the most of your money running their offices? Well, topping the local list are Jacksonville Dem Corrine Brown and Ocala Republican Cliff Stearns, who each spent more than $1.4 million and almost all of their allotted budgets on staff and e

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05/24/12
Fate of plan to reconstruct Mile Point shoreline rests with U.S. Senate

Ander Crenshaw and Corrine Brown of Jacksonville joined city officials for the ... the state is ready to provide $35 million for the construction work, said state Rep. Lake Ray. He said the Legislature created an annual $35 million pot of ...

Source: Florida Times-Union
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05/24/12
NAACP, elected officials protest '10-20-Life' law

"There's something wrong with the system. I live in a police state. That's unacceptable. This isn't China or Russia, it's America," U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown said. "The problem is, the Supreme Court judge said prosecutors have the only say. It should be the

Source: msnbc.com
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05/24/12
Stand Your Ground Drawing Public Interest

In the audience was Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who represents the district and is preparing a study and a hearing in Washington, D.C. on how "stand-your-ground" and mandatory minimum sentencing are applied. "Because basically it's a problem ..

Source: WCTV
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05/24/12
State's sentencing law focus of civil rights group

"There's something wrong with the system. I live in a police state. That's unacceptable. This isn't China or Russia, it's America," U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown said. "The problem is, the Supreme Court judge said prosecutors have the only say. It should be the

Source: msnbc.com
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05/24/12
Corps confident Mile Point design will be completed in a year

Funding for the construction has not been approved, but U.S. Rep Corrine Brown recently passed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013 to authorize funding for improved navigation at Mile Point. The act is ...

Source: Jacksonville Daily Record
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05/24/12
FL sentencing law to be discussed

I live in a police state. That's unacceptable. This isn't China or Russia it's America," State Representative Corrine Brown said. "The problem is, the Supreme Court judge said, prosecutors have the only say. It should be the judge who should ...

Source: msnbc.com
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05/24/12
FL sentencing law to be discussed

I live in a police state. That's unacceptable. This isn't China or Russia it's America," State Representative Corrine Brown said. "The problem is, the Supreme Court judge said, prosecutors have the only say. It should be the judge who should ...

Source: News4Jax.com
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05/24/12
Fate of Mile Point fix rests with the U.S. Senate

...He added it's a matter of when, not if, construction will occur. "It's got to happen." U.S. Reps. Ander Crenshaw and Corrine Brown of Jacksonville joined city officials for the ceremony at JaxPort's Talleyrand terminal. Last week, Brown won House approv

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05/23/12
Mile Point changes a step closer for JAXPORT

Congress has yet to sign off on the construction work that is projected to cost $38 million. Congressman Ander Crenshaw and Congresswoman Corrine Brown are optimistic Mile Point will be included in future waterway spending. Col. Alfred Pantano Jr. with the

Source: First Coast News
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05/23/12
Recent cases bring Stand Your Ground into focus

...and from that craft some language that I think should be considered," she said. In the audience was Democratic Congresswoman Corrine Brown, who represents the district and is preparing a study and a hearing in Washington, D.C. on how "stand-your-ground"

Source: Florida Today
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