<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<person>
  <biography nil="true"></biography>
  <bioguideid>J000283</bioguideid>
  <birthday type="date">1965-03-11</birthday>
  <congress-office>2419 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
  <contact-webform>http://www.house.gov/jackson/ContactByEMail.shtml</contact-webform>
  <district>2</district>
  <email nil="true"></email>
  <fax>202-225-0899</fax>
  <firstname>Jesse</firstname>
  <fti-names>'d':4 '-2':6 'il':5 'rep':1 'jess':2,7,9 'jackson':3,8,10</fti-names>
  <gender>M</gender>
  <id type="integer">400198</id>
  <lastname>Jackson</lastname>
  <metavid-id>Jesse_L._Jr.Jackson</metavid-id>
  <middlename>Louis</middlename>
  <name>Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2]</name>
  <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
  <osid>N00012457</osid>
  <page-views-count type="integer">9662</page-views-count>
  <party>Democrat</party>
  <phone>202-225-0773</phone>
  <religion>Baptist</religion>
  <state>IL</state>
  <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
  <title>Rep.</title>
  <unaccented-name>Jesse Jackson</unaccented-name>
  <url nil="true"></url>
  <user-approval type="float">2.02941176470588</user-approval>
  <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
  <website>http://www.house.gov/jackson/</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:42 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> Jesse Jackson Sr. convened a meeting of the &amp;quot;intellectual brain trust of black Maryland&amp;quot; today at the first annual Maryland Black Issues Conference hosted ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'sr':3 'host':24 'issu':22 'jess':1 'meet':6 'black':13,21 'brain':10 'first':18 'today':15 'trust':11 'annual':19 'confer':23 'conven':4 'jackson':2 'maryland':14,20 'intellectu':9 'examiner.com':25</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625802</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Examiner.com</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.examiner.com/x-7826-Maryland-Grassroots-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Maryland-Black-Issues-ConferenceWas-It-Worth-It</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:05:13 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> She preferred Jesse Jackson. Ruth liked the way Jackson stuck up for poor people, my wife said. This year, Ruth would have voted for Democrat Bill Owens, ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'dem':2 'law':9 'way':17 'bill':35 'jess':12 'like':15 'news':39 'owen':36 'poor':22 'ruth':14,29 'said':26 'vote':32 'wife':25 'year':28 'daili':38 'peopl':23 'stuck':19 'would':4,30 'dayton':37 'mother':7 'prefer':11 'delight':5 'hershey':1 'jackson':13,18 'triumph':3 'democrat':34 'mother-in-law':6</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625823</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Dayton Daily News</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Hershey: Dem triumph would delight mother-in-law</title>
      <url>http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/hershey-dem-triumph-would-delight-mother-in-law-391017.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:38 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> ... hadn&amp;#39;t deferred to the Justice Department&amp;#39;s investigation involving Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. The disparity is beginning to raise some eyebrows. ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'jr':14 'rep':11 'afro':23 'hadn':1 'jess':12 'rais':20 'begin':18 'defer':3 'depart':7 'dispar':16 'involv':10 'justic':6 'eyebrow':22 'jackson':13 'american':24 'investig':9</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625796</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Afro American</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://afro.com/tabId/551/itemId/5206/Black-Lawmakers-under-Ethics-Spotlightbr-br-.aspx</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:42 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> Illinois Democrats aside from those in the suburbs supporting the plan included representatives Philip Hare, Dan Lipinski, Bobby Rush, Jesse Jackson Jr., ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'jr':30 'dan':24 'asid':11 'care':8 'hare':23 'jess':28 'line':2 'plan':19 'rush':27 'vote':3 'bobbi':26 'daili':32 'parti':1 'health':7 'herald':33 'includ':20 'philip':22 'repres':21 'suburb':5,16 'chicago':31 'illinoi':9 'jackson':29 'support':17 'democrat':10 'lipinski':25</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625803</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Chicago Daily Herald</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Party line vote in suburbs on health care</title>
      <url>http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=335005</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 10:38:39 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...seven African-American lawmakers &#8212; more than 15 percent of the total in the House. And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn&#8217;t asked the committee to back off, according </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':42 '15':24 'jr':40 'ask':54 'ill':43 'rep':37 'back':58 'hadn':52 'hous':4,31 'jess':38 'activ':8 'black':15,35 'd-ill':41 'ethic':5 'probe':6 'seven':17 'total':28 'would':44 'accord':60 'depart':51 'dispar':2 'eighth':34 'eurweb':61 'happen':12 'justic':50 'lawmak':16,21 'member':36 'racial':1 'target':14 'african':19 'jackson':39 'percent':25 'american':20 'committe':56 'investig':9,47 'african-american':18</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6607317</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>EURweb</source>
      <source-url>http://eurweb.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>RACIAL DISPARITY IN HOUSE ETHICS PROBES: All active investigations just so happen to target black lawmakers.</title>
      <url>http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=57213</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:44 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> And an eighth black member, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), would be under investigation if the Justice Department hadn&amp;#39;t asked the committee to back off, ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':19 '11':1 'jr':17 '-05':2 '-09':3 'ask':31 'eur':4 'ill':20 'one':7 'rep':14 'back':35 'hadn':29 'jess':15 'page':8 'black':12 'd-ill':18 'would':21 'depart':28 'eighth':11 'justic':27 'member':13 'jackson':16 'committe':33 'investig':24 'eurweb.com':37</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625806</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Eurweb.com</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>11-05-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE</title>
      <url>http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur57225.cfm</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>republican</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:45 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> Oprah and Jesse Jackson welling up in Chicago&amp;#39;s Grant Park. The red swoosh across Michelle Obama&amp;#39;s dress like the trace of an electoral meteorite that had ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'bbc':29 'red':13 'jess':3 'like':20 'news':30 'park':11 'well':5 'dress':19 'grant':10 'obama':17 'oprah':1 'trace':22 'across':15 'swoosh':14 'chicago':8 'elector':25 'jackson':4 'michell':16 'meteorit':26</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625807</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>BBC News</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8341563.stm</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:44 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> Jesse Jackson, founder of Rainbow/PUSH, shed tears in the park last year, watching a dream come true. Jackson had run for president twice himself, ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'run':20 'come':16 'jess':1 'last':11 'park':10 'shed':6 'tear':7 'true':17 'year':12 'dream':15 'twice':23 'watch':13 'defend':26 'presid':22 'chicago':25 'founder':3 'jackson':2,18 'rainbow/push':5</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625805</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Chicago Defender</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/6496501/Its-Barack-Obamas-first-anniversary---but-theres-precious-little-to-celebrate.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:05:09 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> It&amp;#39;s the same as paying Jesse Jackson/Operation Push a &#8220;consulting&#8221; fee and then having him swoop in and campaign for you. African Americans showed a ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'atl':10 'fee':25 'pay':19 'jess':20 'push':22 'race':13 'show':38 'first':2 'mayor':11 'round':3 'swoop':30 'crunch':7 'number':6 'african':36 'atlanta':40 'consult':24 'journal':41 'american':37 'campaign':33 'constitut':42 'number-crunch':5 'jackson/operation':21</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625820</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Atlanta Journal Constitution</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>A first round of number-crunching in the ATL mayor&amp;#39;s race</title>
      <url>http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2009/11/04/a-first-round-of-number-crunching-in-the-atl-mayors-race/</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:05:16 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> Jesse Jackson addressed CHANGE&amp;#39;s annual fall assembly in Winston-Salem. &#8220;We learned a bad lesson well &#8212;how to survive apart &#8212; and must learn to live ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'bad':18 'yes':30 'fall':9 'jess':3 'live':29 'must':26 'week':31 'well':20 'apart':24 'chang':6 'faith':1 'learn':16,27 'polit':2 'salem':14 'annual':8 'lesson':19 'surviv':23 'address':5 'assembl':10 'jackson':4 'winston':13 'winston-salem':12</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625828</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Yes! Weekly</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>FAITH &amp;amp; POLITICS</title>
      <url>http://www.yesweekly.com/article-7809-faith-politics.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:34 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Last night, your representative, Rep. Jesse Jackson, cast a courageous vote to help pass comprehensive health reform. After months of debate and decades of false starts, this was the biggest step yet on the path to making real health ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'rep':13 'yet':40 'cast':16 'fals':33 'help':21 'jess':14 'last':9 'make':45 'pass':22 'path':43 'real':46 'sold':3 'step':39 'vote':19 'debat':29 'decad':31 'diari':50 'month':27 'night':10 'start':34 'thank':6 'updat':8 'courag':18 'health':24,47 'reform':25 'repres':12 'biggest':38 'jackson':15 'american':2 'congress':7 'recommend':49 'comprehens':23 'docudharma':1,48</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625789</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Docudharma - Recommended Diaries </source>
      <source-url>http://www.docudharma.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Docudharma:: Americans Sold Out Again! Thanks, Congress! (Update!)</title>
      <url>http://www.docudharma.com/diary/17134/americans-sold-out-again-thanks-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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 10:41:00 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Certainly, community &#8220;leaders&#8221; like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton (whom the Czar believes distrust each other deep down) thump their ad hoc podia at every opportunity with a similar message. In America, only social justice in monetary ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ad':29 'al':16 'hoc':30 'czar':20 'deep':25 'jess':13 'like':12 'need':5 'appli':6 'everi':33 'irish':4 'podia':31 'thump':27 'believ':21 'justic':43 'leader':11 'messag':38 'social':42 'welfar':8 'america':40 'certain':9 'jackson':14 'similar':37 'distrust':22 'gormogon':2,47 'monetari':45 'opportun':34 'sharpton':17 'communiti':10</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6616824</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>The Gormogons </source>
      <source-url>http://www.gormogons.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>The Gormogons: No Irish Need Apply For Welfare</title>
      <url>http://www.gormogons.com/2009/11/no-irish-need-apply-for-welfare.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>republican</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:34 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>The Republican Pete Sessions (the gentleman from Texas) was a douche of epic portions and HBIC Representative Lousie Slaughter (the gentlewoman from New York) was fully in control of the entire session and the Chairman was made of epic win.  ... http://www</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'new':28 'win':45 'www':46 'epic':18,44 'hbic':21 'lulz':5 'made':42 'ontd':1,47 'pete':8 'texa':13 'york':29 'douch':16 'entir':36 'fulli':31 'lousi':23 'polit':2,48 'repres':22 'control':33 'portion':19 'session':9,37 'chairman':40 'gentleman':11 'slaughter':24 'republican':7 'gentlewoman':26</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625790</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>ONTD: Politics </source>
      <source-url>http://ontd_political.livejournal.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>ontd_political: For the LULZ</title>
      <url>http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_political/4567290.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:36 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>US Rep. Laura Richardson (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) Afro American Jesse Jackson Jr. The disparity is beginning to raise some eyebrows. &#226;&#8364;&#339;I don&amp;#39;t think they (Black lawmakers) are scared&#226;&#8364;&#8221;they&amp;#39;re upset. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ap':6,12 'jr':20 're':40 'us':2,8 '&#226;':29 'rep':3,9 '&#339;i':30 'afro':16 'file':15 'jess':18 'rais':26 'begin':24 'black':35 'laura':4,10 'think':33 'upset':41 'dispar':22 'lawmak':36 'eyebrow':28 'jackson':14,19 'american':17 'scared&#226;':38 'richardson':5,11 'blackfansit':1,42 'photo/lawrence':7,13</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625794</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Blackfansites </source>
      <source-url>http://blackfansites.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>BlackFansites - US Rep. Laura Richardson (AP Photo/Lawrence ...</title>
      <url>http://blackfansites.com/index.php?/content/view/111270/364/</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 21:49:56 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Jesse Jackson, Chicago Sun-Times. It is time for the Congress to act on health care. Legislators should stiffen their spines and pass the bill. The legislation produced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House leadership has many critics. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'act':20 'sun':11 'u.s':3 'bill':32 'care':23 'hous':42 'jess':7 'mani':45 'pass':30 'time':12,15 'innov':5 'medic':4 'nanci':38 'spine':28 'articl':48 'critic':46 'health':22 'legisl':24,34 'pelosi':39 'produc':35 'surviv':6 'chicago':9 'jackson':8 'speaker':37 'stiffen':26 'sun-tim':10 'congress':18 'leadership':43 'realclearpolit':1,47</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6612169</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>RealClearPolitics - Articles </source>
      <source-url>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>RealClearPolitics - Will U.S. Medical Innovation Survive?</title>
      <url>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2009/11/07/will_us_medical_innovation_survive_224257.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>senate</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 21:49:56 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Jesse Jackson [D-IL] Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] Timothy Johnson [R-IL] Walter Jones [R-NC] Steve Kagen [D-W] Marcy Kaptur [D-OH] Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI] Mary Jo Kilroy [D-OH] Dennis Kucinich [D-OH] Barbara Lee [D-CA] John Lewis [D-GA] ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':12,19,34,39,44,50,55,60,65 'r':24,29 'w':35 'ca':61 'ga':66 'il':13,25 'jo':47 'mi':45 'nc':30 'oh':40,51,56 'tx':20 'd-w':33 'lee':17,58 'war':8 'back':5 'd-ca':59 'd-ga':64 'd-il':11 'd-mi':43 'd-oh':38,49,54 'd-tx':18 'jess':9 'john':62 'jone':27 'lewi':63 'mari':46 'r-il':23 'r-nc':28 'anoth':6 'denni':52 'kagen':32 'marci':36 'obama':7 'senat':2 'steve':31 'kaptur':37 'kilroy':48 'prepar':3 'sheila':14 'walter':26 'barbara':57 'carolyn':41 'jackson':10,16 'johnson':22 'timothi':21 'kucinich':53 'jackson-le':15 'kilpatrick':42 'downwithtyranni':1,67</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6612168</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>DownWithTyranny! </source>
      <source-url>http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>DownWithTyranny!: Senate Prepares To Back Another Obama War ...</title>
      <url>http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/11/senate-prepares-to-back-another-obama.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>sen\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 10:38:34 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Showing up for six visits while keeping hope alive was Jesse Jackson. I&amp;#39;m not sure what the reverend is offering the Obamas, but they seem to like him more than Al Sharpton, who&amp;#39;s visited the White House twice. The late Sen. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'m':21 'al':39 'doc':1,51 'sen':50 'six':11 'aliv':16 'hope':15 'hous':7,46 'jess':18 'keep':14 'late':49 'like':35 'seem':33 'show':8 'sure':23 'talk':3,53 'obama':30 'offer':28 'twice':47 'visit':4,12,43 'white':6,45 'jackson':19 'reverend':26 'sharpton':40</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6607314</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Doc's Talk </source>
      <source-url>http://docstalk.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Doc&amp;#39;s Talk: Visiting the White House</title>
      <url>http://docstalk.blogspot.com/2009/11/visiting-white-house.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 21:49:56 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-Ill.) also had other plans today. &amp;quot;I would have taken my son to soccer practice at 11, then my daughter to gymnastics at noon, and then tonight I&amp;#39;d go and see Michael Jackson&amp;#39;s [new film] &amp;#39;This Is It&amp;#39; just one mor</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':15,44 '11':32 'go':45 'ill':16 'mor':58 'new':51 'one':57 'rep':11 'see':47 'son':27 'top':59 'way':6 'also':17 'film':52 'jess':12 'mani':1 'news':60 'noon':39 'plan':4,20 'd-ill':14 'spend':8 'taken':25 'today':21 'would':23 'lawmak':2 'soccer':29 'gymnast':37 'jackson':13,49 'michael':48 'practic':30 'tonight':42 'daughter':35 'saturday':10</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6612166</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>Many lawmakers had planned other ways to spend a Saturday ...</title>
      <url>http://thehill.com/homenews/house/66833-from-the-floor-members-had-other-ways-to-spend-a-saturday</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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 21:49:56 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>d) You are right, Jesse Jackson is nowhere on my radar and he doesn&amp;#39;t particularly concern me. Jesse Jackson is not currently leading thousands of his followers to Washington to complain about his grievances. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'jess':8,22 'lead':27 'brief':3 'doesn':17 'radar':14 'right':7 'follow':31 'nowher':11 'concern':20 'current':26 'jackson':9,23 'complain':35 'grievanc':38 'saturday':2 'thousand':28 'particular':19 'washington':33 'moonbatteri':1,39</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6612167</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Moonbattery </source>
      <source-url>http://www.moonbattery.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Moonbattery: Saturday Briefs</title>
      <url>http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2009/11/saturday_briefs.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">400198</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 08 22:04:35 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., also played an historically symbolic role in today&amp;#39;s vote, gaveling the start of the proceedings. Like his father before him, who was also a congressman, Dingell has introduced a health-care reform bill every  year of his ..</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':15 'rep':11 'also':17,40 'bill':9,51 'care':7,49 'hous':1 'john':12 'like':33 'mich':16 'pass':4 'play':18 'role':22 'vote':26 'year':53 'everi':52 'gavel':27 'start':29 'today':24 'd-mich':14 'dingel':13,43 'father':35 'health':6,48 'histor':20 'reform':8,50 'repres':3 'symbol':21 'proceed':32 'introduc':45 'health-car':5,47 'congressman':42 'alternet.org':56</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6625792</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>AlterNet.org </source>
      <source-url>http://www.alternet.org/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>House of Representatives Passes Health-Care Reform Bill in ...</title>
      <url>http://www.alternet.org/blogs/politics/143812/house_of_representatives_passes_health-care_reform_bill_in_historic_vote</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
  </recent-blogs>
</person>
