<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<person>
  <biography nil="true"></biography>
  <bioguideid>D000432</bioguideid>
  <birthday type="date">1942-05-14</birthday>
  <congress-office>322 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
  <contact-webform>http://dorgan.senate.gov/contact/contact_form.cfm</contact-webform>
  <district nil="true"></district>
  <email nil="true"></email>
  <fax>202-224-1193</fax>
  <firstname>Byron</firstname>
  <fti-names>'d':4 'nd':5 'sen':1 'byron':2,6,8 'dorgan':3,7,9</fti-names>
  <gender>M</gender>
  <id type="integer">300037</id>
  <lastname>Dorgan</lastname>
  <metavid-id>Byron_Dorgan</metavid-id>
  <middlename>L.</middlename>
  <name>Sen. Byron Dorgan [D, ND]</name>
  <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
  <osid>N00004615</osid>
  <page-views-count type="integer">7992</page-views-count>
  <party>Democrat</party>
  <phone>202-224-2551</phone>
  <religion>Lutheran</religion>
  <state>ND</state>
  <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
  <title>Sen.</title>
  <unaccented-name>Byron Dorgan</unaccented-name>
  <url nil="true"></url>
  <user-approval type="float">5.0</user-approval>
  <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
  <website>http://dorgan.senate.gov</website>
  <youtube-id>senatordorgan</youtube-id>
  <recent-news type="array">
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 11:13:22 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...North Dakota Democrat, called the push for the public option &quot;a wasted effort&quot; because the votes aren't there. Sen. Byron Dorgan, also a North Dakota Democrat, agrees: &quot;I've indicated I won't vote for a bill that's a government takeover of health insura</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ve':33 'sen':23 'won':36 'agre':31 'also':26 'aren':20 'bill':41 'call':7 'hear':3 'push':9 'time':54 'vote':19,38 'wast':15 'byron':24 'indic':34 'north':4,28 'worth':2 'dakota':5,29 'dorgan':25 'effort':16 'govern':45 'health':48 'insura':49 'option':13 'public':12 'takeov':46 'citizen':53 'ashevill':51 'democrat':1,6,30 'citizen-tim':52</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6618893</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>The Asheville Citizen-Times</source>
      <source-url>http://citizen-times.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Democrats worth hearing</title>
      <url>http://www.citizen-times.com/article/200991102031</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>senate</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 22:19:56 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...Byron Dorgan, chairman of the Senate aviation subcommittee, said Tuesday that he intends to file a bill that will ban laptops in airplane cockpits.  If he does, it would be a quintessential federal overreaction to the now-infamous incident involving the</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'188':8 'ban':29 'bill':26 'file':24 'fort':52 'said':18 'star':55 'aviat':16 'byron':10 'feder':42 'incid':49 'infam':48 'senat':9,15 'weren':2 'worth':53 'would':38 'dorgan':11 'flight':7 'intend':22 'involv':50 'laptop':1,30 'airplan':32 'cockpit':33 'problem':5 'tuesday':19 'chairman':12 'telegram':56 'now-infam':46 'overreact':43 'subcommitte':17 'quintessenti':41 'star-telegram':54</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6613464</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Fort Worth Star-Telegram</source>
      <source-url>http://www.star-telegram.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Laptops weren&#8217;t the problem on Flight 188, senator</title>
      <url>http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1740695.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 22:22:36 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...to Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), who chairs the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root [KBR] is continuing to dispose of waste in Iraq using burn pits that reportedly give off toxic fumes. &#8220;The Army and the cont</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':13,15 'n':14 'd-n':12 'kbr':3,29 'pit':7,40 'sen':1,9 'use':5,38 'armi':48 'burn':6,39 'cont':51 'fume':46 'give':43 'iraq':37 'news':54 'root':28 'talk':52 'wast':35 'brown':26 'byron':10 'chair':17 'radio':53 'senat':19 'still':4 'toxic':45 'dispos':33 'dorgan':2,11 'polici':21 'report':42 'servic':55 'continu':31 'kellogg':25 'committe':22 'democrat':20 'militari':23 'contractor':24</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6604178</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Talk Radio News Service</source>
      <source-url>http://talkradionews.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Sen. Dorgan: KBR Still Using Burn Pits</title>
      <url>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/ANYEbN260Xo/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 22:33:25 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...the political environment for healthcare legislation in the House and the Senate will change dramatically. Democrats like Sens. Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Mark Pryor (Ark.), Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Mary Landrieu (La.), Evan Bayh (Ind.), Ka</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ka':41 'la':37 'ark':31,34 'dem':4 'ind':40 'n.d':25,28 'sen':22 '1993':1 'bayh':39 'evan':38 'hill':43 'hous':13 'kent':26 'like':21 'mari':35 'mark':29 'byron':23 'chang':18 'polit':6 'pryor':30 'redux':2 'senat':16 'blanch':32 'conrad':27 'dorgan':24 'dramat':19 'legisl':10 'environ':7 'lincoln':33 'confront':3 'democrat':20 'landrieu':36 'healthcar':9</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6582247</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>The Hill</source>
      <source-url>http://www.thehill.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>1993 redux confronts Dems</title>
      <url>http://thehill.com/component/content/article/73-columnists/66425-1993-redux-confronts-dems</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Nov 05 11:18:38 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...position.' But they (didn't) say how to do it, so we came back burying them in paper.&quot; Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., asked the agency to come back within three months to lay out some general reforms, not just on how to improve </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':32,34 'n':33 'ask':35 'd-n':31 'd.c':6 'lay':45 'say':12 'back':20,40 'buri':21 'came':19 'case':4 'come':39 'didn':10 'fall':57 'make':3 'agenc':37 'byron':29 'great':56 'littl':1 'month':43 'paper':24 'posit':7 'shell':2 'three':42 'affair':26 'dorgan':30 'improv':55 'indian':25 'reform':49 'tribun':58 'within':41 'general':48 'chairman':28 'committe':27</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6587426</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Great Falls Tribune</source>
      <source-url>http://www.greatfallstribune.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Little Shell make case in D.C.</title>
      <url>http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091105/NEWS01/911050301/1002/rss</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 22:33:25 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...to roll back the Supreme Court decision. But like his Senate counterpart, Indian Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., Rahall has no timetable for committee action on the legislation to reverse the Carcieri decision, he said in an interv</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':28,30 'n':29 'd-n':27 'sen':24 'back':10 'like':16 'roll':9 'said':47 'byron':25 'court':13 'decis':7,14,45 'rahal':31 'senat':18 'timet':34 'trust':6 'weigh':2 'action':37 'affair':21 'dorgan':26 'indian':5,20 'interv':50 'legisl':40 'provid':51 'revers':42 'suprem':12 'concern':3 'journal':52 'carcieri':44 'chairman':23 'committe':22,36 'congress':1 'counterpart':19</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6582245</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Providence Journal</source>
      <source-url>http://www.projo.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Congress weighs concerns over Indian trust decision</title>
      <url>http://www.projo.com/news/content/CARCIERI_FIX_INDIANS_11-05-09_TEGBM0S_v6.36f4e45.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>sen\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 22:33:25 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles. Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in an interview that his staff is working on a bill that he expects to introduc</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'4':5 '150':21 'nov':4 'sen':23 '2009':6 'bill':42 'like':12 'mile':22 'said':31 'work':39 'anoth':10 'aviat':29 'byron':24 'incid':11 'plane':16 'staff':37 'world':2 'airlin':15 'dorgan':25 'expect':45 'p2pnet':1 'cockpit':7 'headlin':3 'prevent':9 'chairman':26 'introduc':47 'overshot':18 'interview':34 'northwest':14 'minneapoli':19 'p2pnet.net':48 'subcommitte':30</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6582248</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>p2pnet.net</source>
      <source-url>http://p2pnet.net/index.php</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>p2pnet World Headlines: Nov 4, 2009</title>
      <url>http://www.p2pnet.net/story/30674</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>sen\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 22:33:25 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles. Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in an interview that his staff is working on a bill that he expects </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'150':25 'ban':3 'sci':51 'sen':27 'bill':46 'like':16 'mile':26 'said':35 'seek':2 'tech':52 'work':43 'anoth':14 'aviat':33 'byron':28 'incid':15 'plane':20 'staff':41 'today':53 'airlin':7,10,19 'dorgan':29 'expect':49 'laptop':5 'lawmak':1 'cockpit':8,11 'prevent':13 'chairman':30 'overshot':22 'sci-tech':50 'interview':38 'northwest':18 'minneapoli':23 'subcommitte':34</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6582246</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Sci-Tech Today</source>
      <source-url>http://www.sci-tech-today.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Lawmakers Seek Ban on Laptops in Airliner Cockpits</title>
      <url>http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=69844</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 22:33:25 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...inquiries could lead to new rules but that isn't enough for some in Congress, who think there ought to be a law. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the aviation subcommittee, plans to introduce legislation banning the use of laptops and other person</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':30,32 'n':31 'ban':42 'd-n':29 'fli':2 'isn':11 'law':25 'new':7 'sen':26 'use':44 'lead':5 'plan':38 'rule':8 'time':52 'aviat':36 'byron':27 'could':4 'daili':51 'ought':21 'think':19 'dorgan':28 'enough':13 'laptop':46 'legisl':41 'person':49 'inquiri':3 'chairman':33 'congress':17 'distract':1 'introduc':40 'watertown':50 'subcommitte':37</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6582249</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Watertown Daily Times</source>
      <source-url>http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Distracted flying</title>
      <url>http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091104/OPINION01/311049976/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>sen\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 03 22:24:18 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles. Sen. Byron Dorgan, chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in an interview that his staff is working on a bill that he expects </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'150':34 'ban':4 'sen':36 'usa':59 'bill':55 'like':25 'mile':35 'rule':10 'said':44 'vote':14 'work':52 'anoth':23 'aviat':42 'byron':37 'incid':24 'labor':8 'plane':29 'staff':50 'today':60 'union':13 'airlin':19,28 'dorgan':38 'expect':58 'friend':9 'laptop':1 'propos':11 'airport':16 'cockpit':6,20 'prevent':22 'anchorag':15 'chairman':39 'overhaul':17 'overshot':31 'interview':47 'northwest':27 'minneapoli':32 'subcommitte':43 'labor-friend':7</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6572511</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>USA Today</source>
      <source-url>http://www.usatoday.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Laptops to be banned in cockpits?; Labor-friendly rule proposed for union votes; Anchorage airport overhaul</title>
      <url>http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/TP-TodayInTheSky/~3/FQykwgLE6qk/laptops-to-be-banned-in-cockpits-laborfriendly-rule-proposed-for-union-votes-anchorage-airport-overh.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
  </recent-news>
  <recent-blogs type="array">
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>senate</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 22:19:51 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Roland Burris, D-IL 202-224-2854 z Byron Dorgan, D-ND 202-224-2551. But remember, 100 emails = 10 phone calls = 1 fax in political capital, since the Senate staffers must handle each paper and usually write a reply. So please join our  automated ... On Apr</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'1':37 'd':16,25 'z':21 '10':34 'il':17 'nd':26 '100':32 '202':18,27 'apr':61 'fax':38 'get':12 'pro':6 'top':65 '-224':19,28 'anti':3 'call':36 'd-il':15 'd-nd':24 'join':57 'judg':8 'must':46 'news':64 'sinc':42 '-2551':29 '-2854':20 'allah':7 'autom':59 'burri':14 'byron':22 'capit':41 'david':9 'email':33 'handl':47 'jesus':4 'paper':49 'phone':35 'pleas':56 'polit':40 'repli':54 'senat':44 'stori':66 'usual':51 'write':52 'dorgan':23 'rememb':31 'roland':13 'current':63 'staffer':45 'surpris':1 'hamilton':10 'pro-allah':5 'anti-jesus':2 'newsblaze.com':62</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6613460</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories </source>
      <source-url>http://newsblaze.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Surprise: Anti-Jesus Pro-Allah Judge David Hamilton Will Get ...</title>
      <url>http://newsblaze.com/story/20091107115538zzzz.nb/topstory.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 11:13:17 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>To identify the appropriate Senator: www.senate.gov. To identify the appropriate Representative: www.house.gov. DEMOCRATS SEEN AS APPROACHABLE. LIST OF SENATORS, WITH CONTACT INFO. In response to your request for suggestions on other ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'tea':37 'call':3 'info':26 'keep':2 'list':21 'moor':36 'seen':18 'senat':9,23 'repres':15 'urgent':1 'contact':25 'request':31 'respons':28 'suggest':33 'approach':20 'appropri':8,14 'congress':4 'democrat':17 'identifi':6,12 'www.house.gov':16 'www.senate.gov':10</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6618892</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>MOORE TEA </source>
      <source-url>http://mooretea.wordpress.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>URGENT &#8211; KEEP CALLING CONGRESS!</title>
      <url>http://mooretea.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/keep-those-calls-going-to-congress/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>senator</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 22:22:36 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...popular Governor John Hoeven (if he ever makes up his mind on running, that is), aren&#8217;t so sure it&#8217;s what they want. ...Sen. Byron Dorgan, who faces reelection in the red state of North Dakota, said Friday that a second economic stimulus package isn</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'re':3 'hat':15 'isn':62 'put':11 'red':5,49 'run':29 'say':63 'sen':41 'aren':32 'ever':23 'face':1,45 'free':13 'john':19 'make':24 'mind':27 'said':54 'sure':35 'want':40 'anyth':64 'byron':9,42 'elect':4 'liber':7 'north':52 'senat':8 'state':6,50 'dakota':53 'dorgan':10,43 'econom':59 'friday':55 'hoeven':20 'market':14 'packag':61 'second':58 'popular':17 'reelect':46 'governor':18 're-elect':2 'stimulus':60</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6604177</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Say Anything</source>
      <source-url>http://sayanythingblog.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Facing Re-Election, Red State Liberal Senator Byron Dorgan Puts His &#8220;Free Market&#8221; Hat On</title>
      <url>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayAnything/~3/HOa2JJ6d1nU/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>republican</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 11:08:28 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>To support Sessions and Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) who called for a filibuster, back in April &amp;amp; May 2009 we sent nearly 700000 fax petitions to the full Senate against Hamilton, and we successfully persuaded all Republicans to unite against  Hamilton, ..</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'r':21 'ok':22 'fax':37 'may':31 'nut':5 'sen':17 '2009':32 'back':28 'call':24 'case':6 'full':41 'jame':18 'judg':9 'name':2 'near':35 'r-ok':20 'real':12 'sent':34 'unit':52 'anoth':3 'april':30 'inhof':19 'liber':4 'obama':1 'petit':38 'posit':10 'senat':42 '700000':36 'desert':55 'conserv':56 'persuad':48 'session':15 'success':47 'support':14 'filibust':27 'hamilton':44,54 'republican':50</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6608425</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Desert Conservative </source>
      <source-url>http://www.desertconservative.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Obama Names ANOTHER Liberal &amp;#39;NUT CASE&amp;#39; To a JUDGE POSITION! A REAL ...</title>
      <url>http://www.desertconservative.com/2009/11/06/obama-names-another-liberal-nut-case-to-a-judge-position-a-real-nut/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 11:13:16 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>And then you had Senator Byron Dorgan (who chairs the Committee) saying to Lt. Col. Darrin Curtis, &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s not as if someone wasn&amp;#39;t aware, &amp;#39;Look, something&amp;#39;s happening here&amp;#39;&amp;quot; referring to the 2006 memo Curtis wrote. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'lt':24 'col':25 'ill':7,55 'kat':1,49 'say':22 '2006':45 'awar':36 'look':37 'memo':46 'wasn':34 'byron':16 'chair':19 'curti':27,47 'refer':42 'senat':15 'wrote':48 'common':6,54 'darrin':26 'dorgan':17 'happen':40 'korner':3,51 'polici':9 'someon':33 'someth':38 'committe':10,21 'democrat':8</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6618890</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills) </source>
      <source-url>http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Kat&amp;#39;s Korner (of The Common Ills): Democratic Policy Committee</title>
      <url>http://katskornerofthecommonills.blogspot.com/2009/11/democratic-policy-committee.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 11:08:28 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>But Democratic Sen. Byron Dorgan, who faces reelection in the red state of North Dakota, said Friday that a second economic stimulus package isn&amp;#39;t the way to go, criticizing the first package for placing a &amp;quot;small&amp;quot; emphasis on ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'go':40 'isn':35 'job':4 'red':22 'sen':14 'top':52 'way':38 'face':18 'fear':2 'manu':10 'next':6 'raju':11 'said':27 'allen':8 'byron':15 'first':43 'north':25 'place':46 'small':48 'state':23 'stori':53 'critic':41 'dakota':26 'dorgan':16 'econom':32 'friday':28 'member':1 'packag':34,44 'second':31 'emphasi':49 'reelect':19 'democrat':13 'jonathan':7 'politico':51 'stimulus':33</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6608424</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>POLITICO Top Stories </source>
      <source-url>http://www.politico.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Members fear their jobs are next - Jonathan Allen and Manu Raju ...</title>
      <url>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29237.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 22:22:28 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Recommend: retailers and merchants urged to ask Sen Dodd to include interchange fee reform in banking bill, here&amp;#39;s how: The voice from actial constituents for each Banking Committeed member can make a difference. .... Byron Dorgan (D-ND) &#8226;  Banking L</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':49 'l':52 'nd':50 'add':7 'ask':18 'fee':24 'sen':19 'urg':3,16 'bank':10,27,39,51 'bill':11,28 'd-nd':48 'dodd':20 'make':43 'voic':33 'byron':46 'actial':35 'differ':45 'dorgan':47 'includ':22 'member':41 'reform':25 'retail':13 'legistl':5 'committe':40 'constitu':36 'merchant':15 'recommend':12 'interchang':8,23 'waytoohigh.com':53</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6604174</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>WayTooHigh.com </source>
      <source-url>http://waytoohigh.wordpress.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>How to Urge Your Legistlator To Add Interchange to Banking Bill ...</title>
      <url>http://waytoohigh.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/how-to-urge-your-legistlator-to-add-interchange-to-banking-bill/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 11:13:17 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>After the utter failure of the last &#8220;stimulus&#8221; plan, rumor on capitol hill is that the Democrats are threatening to pass a second stimulus spending spree. But Democrats who are facing . . .</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'re':3 'put':11 'red':5 'club':45 'face':1,42 'hill':24 'last':18 'pass':32 'plan':20 'byron':9 'elect':4 'liber':7 'rumor':21 'senat':8 'spend':36 'spree':37 'state':6 'utter':14 'dorgan':10 'failur':15 'second':34 'capitol':23 'conserv':44 'democrat':28,39 're-elect':2 'stimulus':19,35 'threaten':30</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6618891</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>The Conservative Club </source>
      <source-url>http://conservativeclub.gather.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Facing Re-Election, Red State Liberal Senator Byron Dorgan Puts ...</title>
      <url>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977889238&amp;grpId=3659174697238622&amp;nav=Groupspace</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 22:22:28 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Lindsay Graham &#8211; the Democrats&amp;#39; best shot at a Republican vote for climate-change legislation &#8211; says he would have voted against the bill that passed out of Sen. Barbara Boxer&amp;#39;s Environment and Public Works Committee Thursday. &#8220;&amp;#39;There are</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'say':22 'sen':34 'best':11 'bill':29 'blog':2 'crop':6 'pass':31 'shot':12 'vote':16,26 'work':41 'boxer':36 'chang':20 'would':24 'archiv':3 'climat':4,19 'graham':8 'legisl':5,21 'public':40 'barbara':35 'environ':38 'lindsay':7 'committe':42 'democrat':10 'thursday':43 'republican':15 'climate-chang':18 'farmpolicy.com':1,46</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6604170</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>FarmPolicy.com </source>
      <source-url>http://www.farmpolicy.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>FarmPolicy.com &#187; Blog Archives &#187; Climate Legislation; Crop ...</title>
      <url>http://www.farmpolicy.com/?p=1579</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">300037</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 22:22:28 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>However, with respect to Sen. Lindsey Graham, Lisa Lerer reported yesterday at Politico.com that, &#8220;South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham &#8211; the Democrats&amp;#39; best shot at a Republican vote for climate-change legislation &#8211; says he would have voted  again</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'say':36 'sen':8,20 'best':25 'feed':43 'good':3 'lisa':11 'shot':26 'vote':30,40 'chang':34 'howev':4 'keith':2 'lerer':12 'south':18 'would':38 'climat':33 'cotton':42 'graham':10,22 'legisl':35 'report':13 'lindsay':21 'lindsey':9 'respect':6 'carolina':19 'democrat':24 'yesterday':14 'republican':29 'politico.com':16 'climate-chang':32 'farmpolicy.com':1</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6604172</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Cotton Feed </source>
      <source-url>http://agfax.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>FarmPolicy.Com | Keith Good</title>
      <url>http://www.agfax.com/news/2009/keith_good/kgood_1106.htm</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
  </recent-blogs>
</person>
