<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<person>
  <biography nil="true"></biography>
  <bioguideid>C001050</bioguideid>
  <birthday type="date">1959-03-31</birthday>
  <blog-article-count type="integer">3378</blog-article-count>
  <congress-office>435 Cannon House Office Building</congress-office>
  <contact-webform>https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml</contact-webform>
  <district>18</district>
  <email nil="true"></email>
  <fax>202-225-0819</fax>
  <firstname>Dennis</firstname>
  <fti-names>'d':4 'ca':5 '-18':6 'rep':1 'denni':2,7,9 'cardoza':3,8,10</fti-names>
  <gender>M</gender>
  <id type="integer">400065</id>
  <lastname>Cardoza</lastname>
  <metavid-id>Dennis_A._Cardoza</metavid-id>
  <middlename>A.</middlename>
  <name>Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]</name>
  <news-article-count type="integer">1725</news-article-count>
  <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
  <osid>N00024874</osid>
  <page-views-count type="integer">8792</page-views-count>
  <party>Democrat</party>
  <phone>202-225-6131</phone>
  <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
  <state>CA</state>
  <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
  <title>Rep.</title>
  <unaccented-name>Dennis Cardoza</unaccented-name>
  <url nil="true"></url>
  <user-approval type="float">3.64285714285714</user-approval>
  <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
  <website>http://www.house.gov/cardoza/</website>
  <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
  <recent-news type="array">
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 10:25:56 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>FRESNO - A federal judge on Friday issued a restraining order that will allow more water to be pumped south from the Delta - at least for the next couple of weeks, but perhaps longer.
Despite a series of wet storms since mid-January, the state and</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'mid':54 'wet':50 'issu':19 'judg':2,16 'next':39 'pump':7,30 'seri':48 'sinc':52 'week':42 'allow':25 'clear':6 'coupl':40 'delta':9,34 'feder':1,15 'least':36 'order':5,22 'south':12,31 'state':57 'storm':51 'water':10,27 'despit':46 'fresno':13 'friday':18 'longer':45 'perhap':44 'januari':55 'restrain':4,21 'mid-januari':53 'recordnet.com':59</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7510383</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Recordnet.com</source>
      <source-url>http://www.recordnet.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Federal judge's restraining order clears pumping of Delta water to south</title>
      <url>http://recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100206/A_NEWS/2060334/-1/rss01</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 21:35:47 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...coffin of these species that are on the brink of extinction already,&quot; said Erin Tobin, an attorney with Earthjustice. U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza, a Democrat who represents parts of San Joaquin County but also large areas south of the Delta, said in a prep</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'rep':33 'san':42 'u.s':32 'also':46 'area':48 'erin':26 'judg':2 'larg':47 'part':40 'prep':56 'pump':7 'said':25,53 'brink':21 'clear':6 'delta':9,52 'denni':34 'feder':1 'order':5 'south':12,49 'speci':16 'tobin':27 'water':10 'coffin':13 'counti':44 'repres':39 'alreadi':24 'cardoza':35 'extinct':23 'joaquin':43 'attorney':29 'democrat':37 'restrain':4 'earthjustic':31 'recordnet.com':57</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7515011</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Recordnet.com</source>
      <source-url>http://www.recordnet.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Federal judge's restraining order clears pumping of Delta water to south</title>
      <url>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RecordnetLatestHeadlines/~3/VbmgGWWDJe4/article</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 10:25:55 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>FRESNO - A federal judge on Friday issued a restraining order that will allow more water to be pumped south from the Delta - at least for the next couple of weeks, but perhaps longer.
Despite a series of wet storms since mid-January, the state and</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'mid':54 'wet':50 'issu':19 'judg':2,16 'next':39 'pump':7,30 'seri':48 'sinc':52 'week':42 'allow':25 'clear':6 'coupl':40 'delta':9,34 'feder':1,15 'least':36 'order':5,22 'south':12,31 'state':57 'storm':51 'water':10,27 'despit':46 'fresno':13 'friday':18 'longer':45 'perhap':44 'januari':55 'restrain':4,21 'mid-januari':53 'recordnet.com':59</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7510382</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Recordnet.com</source>
      <source-url>http://www.recordnet.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Federal judge's restraining order clears pumping of Delta water to south</title>
      <url>http://recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100206/A_NEWS/2060334/-1/rss02</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 10:25:05 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt> &#8220;Finally we are seeing some sanity after what has been years of dysfunctional management of our state&amp;#39;s water system,&#8221; says US Rep. Dennis Cardoza ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'us':22 'rep':23 'say':21 'see':4 'busi':28 'time':29 'year':11 'denni':24 'final':1 'manag':14 'state':17 'water':19 'saniti':6 'system':20 'valley':27 'cardoza':25 'central':26 'dysfunct':13</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7527288</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Central Valley Business Times</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-salmon6-2010feb06,0,336790.story</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 10:26:02 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>FRESNO - A federal judge on Friday issued a restraining order that will allow more water to be pumped south from the Delta - at least for the next couple of weeks, but perhaps longer.
Despite a series of wet storms since mid-January, the state and</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'mid':54 'wet':50 'issu':19 'judg':2,16 'next':39 'pump':7,30 'seri':48 'sinc':52 'week':42 'allow':25 'clear':6 'coupl':40 'delta':9,34 'feder':1,15 'least':36 'order':5,22 'south':12,31 'state':57 'storm':51 'water':10,27 'despit':46 'fresno':13 'friday':18 'longer':45 'perhap':44 'januari':55 'restrain':4,21 'mid-januari':53 'recordnet.com':59</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7510384</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Recordnet.com</source>
      <source-url>http://www.recordnet.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Federal judge's restraining order clears pumping of Delta water to south</title>
      <url>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RecordEnvironmentHeadlines/~3/onp4WHS5L7o/article</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 10:27:39 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...Record's Jan. 11 article &quot;Foreclosed homes still plague Stockton&quot; about Rep. Dennis Cardoza and Mayor Ann Johnston touring foreclosed homes in Weston Ranch was tasteless. This article seems to laugh up the situation these families are left in. Lives hav</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'5':4 '11':9 'ann':22 'feb':3 'hav':46 'jan':8 'rep':17 '2010':5 'home':12,26 'left':43 'live':45 'seem':34 'tour':24 'denni':18 'laugh':36 'mayor':21 'plagu':14 'ranch':29 'still':13 'articl':10,33 'famili':41 'letter':1 'record':6 'situat':39 'weston':28 'cardoza':19 'publish':2 'foreclos':11,25 'johnston':23 'stockton':15 'tasteless':31 'recordnet.com':47</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7498262</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Recordnet.com</source>
      <source-url>http://www.recordnet.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Letters -- Published Feb. 5, 2010</title>
      <url>http://recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100205/A_OPINION02/2050323/-1/rss01</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 21:36:59 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...farmers to pay the bill for helping the drought-ridden region. &quot;This is a devastating situation for my part of the world,&quot; Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, told a House subcommittee. &quot;We have to take every possible step we can.&quot;  Legislation authored by C</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'c':53 'd':35 'pay':10 'rep':31 'bill':12 'help':14 'hous':39 'merc':36 'part':27 'step':47 'take':44 'told':37 'battl':4 'denni':32 'everi':45 'water':6 'world':30 'author':51 'd-merc':34 'devast':23 'farmer':8 'lawmak':3 'legisl':50 'region':19 'ridden':18 'situat':24 'cardoza':33 'drought':17 'possibl':46 'project':7 'administr':1 'mcclatchi':54 'california':2 'subcommitte':40 'drought-ridden':16</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7492282</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>McClatchy</source>
      <source-url>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Administration, California lawmakers battle over water projects</title>
      <url>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/83734.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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 10:26:12 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...in limbo, and there were fresh signs Wednesday of greater skepticism among some rank-and-file Democrats. California Reps. Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa, both moderates who voted for the House-passed health bill, burst out laughing when asked about the is</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ask':52 'jim':35 'job':8 'rep':31 'bill':47 'care':11 'file':28 'hous':44 'news':1 'pass':45 'rank':26 'sign':18 'vote':40 'among':23 'burst':48 'costa':36 'denni':32 'fresh':17 'laugh':50 'limbo':13 'moder':38 'obama':2 'exhort':3 'finish':6 'gopusa':56 'health':10,46 'cardoza':33 'greater':21 'skeptic':22 'democrat':4,29 'wednesday':19 'california':30 'house-pass':43 'rank-and-fil':25</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7488193</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>GOPUSA</source>
      <source-url>http://www.gopusa.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>NEWS -- Obama exhorts Democrats to 'finish the job' on health care</title>
      <url>http://www.gopusa.com/news/2010/february/0204_health_care.shtml</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 10:25:05 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt> Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa, both moderates who voted for the House-passed health bill, burst out laughing when asked about the issue&amp;#39;s fate. ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ask':21 'jim':4 'bill':16 'fate':26 'hous':13 'issu':24 'pass':14 'post':28 'vote':9 'burst':17 'costa':5 'denni':1 'laugh':19 'moder':7 'health':15 'cardoza':2 'house-pass':12 'washington':27</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7527287</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Washington Post</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/02/03/obama-to-senate-dems-dont-look-back/</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 21:37:00 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...in limbo, and there were fresh signs Wednesday of greater skepticism among some rank-and-file Democrats. California Reps. Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa, both moderates who voted for the House-passed health bill, burst out laughing when asked about the is</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ask':50 'jim':33 'rep':29 'bill':45 'care':8 'fail':4 'file':26 'hous':42 'pass':43 'rank':24 'sign':16 'vote':38 'word':3 'among':21 'bridg':6 'burst':46 'costa':34 'denni':30 'divid':9 'fresh':15 'globe':55 'laugh':48 'limbo':11 'moder':36 'obama':1 'boston':54 'health':7,44 'cardoza':31 'greater':19 'skeptic':20 'democrat':27 'wednesday':17 'california':28 'house-pass':41 'rank-and-fil':23</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7492283</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Boston Globe</source>
      <source-url>http://www.boston.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Obama's words fail to bridge health care divide</title>
      <url>http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=f1a8527e2d352b38c2ffcdc8fc4e8c3e</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 10:25:03 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>California Democratic Rep. Dennis Cardoza said he sought assurances from administration officials that the $500 million he secured in the House health care bill to educate doctors in rural communities would remain intact. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'500':25 'rep':13 'bill':34 'care':33 'educ':36 'ever':5 'hous':31 'keep':8 'said':16 'assur':19 'denni':14 'fight':6 'rural':39 'secur':28 'would':41 'doctor':37 'health':32 'intact':43 'offici':22 'remain':42 'sought':18 'cardoza':15 'conserv':47 'million':26 'thought':44 'democrat':12 'transpar':3 'administr':4,21 'christian':48 'communiti':40 'california':11</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7527285</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Thoughts Of A Conservative Christian </source>
      <source-url>http://bsimmons.wordpress.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>&#8220;The Most Transparent Administration Ever&#8221; Fights To Keep It&amp;#39;s ...</title>
      <url>http://bsimmons.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/%E2%80%9Cthe-most-transparent-administration-ever%E2%80%9D-fights-to-keep-it%E2%80%99s-shady-backroom-dealings/</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 21:35:34 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>Democrat U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza, a former Realtor who represents Merced, Modesto and Stockton, also said down-payment assistance programs are &#8220;critical&#8221; in the region. &#8220;We have low-income folks who still have the ability to pay but ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'eva':44 'low':33 'pay':42 'rep':6 'u.s':5 'vox':3 'abil':40 'also':18 'folk':35 'merc':14 'said':19 'denni':7 'incom':34 'still':37 'assist':23 'critic':26 'former':10 'region':29 'repres':13 'cardoza':8 'langloi':45 'modesto':15 'newspap':2 'payment':22 'program':24 'realtor':11 'democrat':4 'down-pay':20 'stockton':17 'low-incom':32 'indianapoli':1</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7530003</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Eva Langlois </source>
      <source-url>http://evafavortour.vox.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Indianapolis newspaper - Vox</title>
      <url>http://evafavortour.vox.com/library/post/indianapolis-newspaper.html?_c=feed-atom</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 10:25:03 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>&#8220;Some members probably have concern with that,&#8221; said Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.), a Blue Dog who supports the expiration of upper-bracket tax cuts since few in his district would be affected by the increase. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':25 'cut':6,39 'dog':29 'end':4 'rep':21 'see':8 'tax':5,38 'top':51 'blue':28 'hous':1 'news':52 'said':20 'sell':12 'sinc':40 'calif':26 'denni':22 'expir':33 'tough':11 'upper':36 'would':45 'affect':47 'member':14 'bracket':37 'cardoza':23 'concern':17 'd-calif':24 'increas':50 'probabl':15 'support':3,31 'democrat':2 'district':44 'upper-bracket':35</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7527284</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Top News </source>
      <source-url>http://www.hillnews.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>House Democrats support ending tax cut, but see it as tough sell ...</title>
      <url>http://thehill.com/homenews/house/80133-democrats-supporting-ending-tax-cut-but-see-it-as-tough-sell</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>representative</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 21:36:12 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>Representative Dennis Cardoza, whose 18th District covers portions of Stockton, said he had written HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and asked him to do something about the omission. Cardoza even related that he previously toured Donovan ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ask':29 'hud':9,24 'job':3 'yet':6 '18th':14 'even':38 'loss':4 'merc':1 'said':20 'snub':7 'soar':5 'tour':43 'cover':16 'denni':11 'omiss':36 'relat':39 'shaun':26 'whose':13 'repres':10 'someth':33 'cardoza':12,37 'donovan':27,44 'portion':17 'written':23 'district':15 'previous':42 'stockton':19 'secretari':25 'foreclosur':2,45</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7524689</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Foreclosure </source>
      <source-url>http://www.realestateproarticles.com/Art/4299/265/Buying-Foreclosures-in-Sarasota-Florida.html</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Merced Foreclosures, Job Losses Soared, Yet Snubbed by HUD</title>
      <url>http://www.realestateproarticles.com/Art/12178/265/Merced-Foreclosures-Job-Losses-Soared-Yet-Snubbed-by-HUD.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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 10:25:32 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>U.S. Rep. Dennis Cardoza, who represents parts of San Joaquin County and Stockton but has aligned himself politically with the water exporters further south: &#8220;Finally, we are seeing some sanity after what has been years of dysfunctional ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'rep':7 'san':14,46 'see':33 'u.s':6 'alex':43 'part':12 'rule':5 'year':40 'align':21 'delta':48,49 'denni':8 'final':30 'polit':23 'south':29 'water':26 'counti':16 'export':27 'repres':11 'saniti':35 'wanger':3 'cardoza':9 'joaquin':15,47 'breitler':44 'dysfunct':42 'stockton':18</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7519812</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Alex Breitler's San Joaquin Delta, Delta... </source>
      <source-url>http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>More on Wanger&amp;#39;s ruling</title>
      <url>http://blogs.esanjoaquin.com/san-joaquin-river-delta/2010/02/06/more-on-wangers-ruling/</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 21:35:53 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>&#8220;This is a devastating situation for my part of the world,&#8221; Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, told a House subcommittee. &#8220;We have to take every possible step we can.&#8221; Legislation authored by Cardoza and Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':17,41 'jim':38 'rep':13,37 'hous':21 'merc':18 'part':9 'step':29 'take':26 'told':19 'costa':39 'denni':14 'everi':27 'world':12 'author':33 'd-merc':16 'devast':5 'fresno':42 'legisl':32 'situat':6 'cardoza':15,35 'possibl':28 'd-fresno':40 'aquafornia':1,43 'subcommitte':22</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7506417</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Aquafornia </source>
      <source-url>http://aquafornia.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Aquafornia</title>
      <url>http://aquafornia.com/archives/19914</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 10:25:45 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>&#8220;The Subcommittee on Water and Power held a legislative hearing on H.R. 4225, a bill authored by Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno) and Congressman Dennis Cardoza (D-Merced) which would provide immediate funding for water projects in ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':23,30 'h.r':13 'jim':20 '4225':14 'bill':16 'fund':36 'hear':11 'held':8 'merc':31 'costa':21 'denni':27 'power':7 'water':5,38 'would':33 'author':17 'd-merc':29 'fresno':24 'immedi':35 'legisl':10 'provid':34 'cardoza':28 'project':39 'd-fresno':22 'aquafornia':1,41 'congressman':19,26 'subcommitte':3</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7510380</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Aquafornia </source>
      <source-url>http://aquafornia.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Aquafornia</title>
      <url>http://aquafornia.com/archives/19921</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 21:35:53 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>California Rep. Dennis Cardoza, one of the founders of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, says he&amp;#39;s been counseling a slowdown approach for months, to no avail, in conversations with administration officials, including Office ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'dog':24 'one':15 'pat':1,46 'rep':12 'say':26 'blog':5 'blue':23 'much':8 'soon':10 'avail':38 'denni':13 'month':35 'offic':45 'young':3,48 'archiv':6 'coalit':25 'fiscal':21 'includ':44 'offici':43 'cardoza':14 'conserv':22 'convers':40 'counsel':30 'dollard':2,47 'founder':18 'american':4,49 'approach':33 'slowdown':32 'administr':42 'california':11</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7506416</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Pat Dollard | Young Americans </source>
      <source-url>http://patdollard.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive &#187; Too Much, Too Soon ...</title>
      <url>http://patdollard.com/2010/02/too-much-too-soon-barry-os-strongarming-begins-to-frighten-encumbent-dems/</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 10:27:33 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>And Blue Dog Rep. Dennis Cardoza would like to turn back the clock: &#8220;Everyone was talking about spending capital &#8212; now I think we wish we had some of that capital back. You build confidence by passing legislation that people understand ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'dog':9 'rep':10 'back':17,37 'blog':2 'blue':8 'like':14 'pass':42 'talk':22 'turn':16 'wish':30 'build':39 'capit':25,36 'clock':19 'denni':11 'peopl':45 'spend':24 'think':28 'would':13 'archiv':3 'confid':40 'legisl':43 'cardoza':12 'everyon':20 'crossfir':6 'commentari':1,47 'understand':46</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7498257</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Commentary </source>
      <source-url>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Commentary &#187; Blog Archive &#187; In the Crossfire</title>
      <url>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/231881</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">400065</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 10:27:33 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>This is a devastating situation for my part of the world, Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Merced, told a House subcommittee. We have to take every possible step we can. Legislation authored by Cardoza and Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, would redirect ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':25,49 'jim':46 'rep':21,45 'easi':7,53 'hors':1 'hous':29 'merc':26 'part':17 'step':37 'take':34 'told':27 'costa':47 'denni':22 'everi':35 'green':9,55 'natur':4 'trail':2 'world':20 'would':51 'author':41 'd-merc':24 'devast':13 'fresno':50 'legisl':40 'situat':14 'cardoza':23,43 'possibl':36 'preserv':5 'd-fresno':48 'redirect':52 'subcommitte':30</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7498258</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Easy Being Green </source>
      <source-url>http://beinggreen.bloginky.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Horse trails in nature preserves? at Easy Being Green</title>
      <url>http://beinggreen.bloginky.com/2010/02/05/horse-trails-in-nature-preserves/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
  </recent-blogs>
</person>
