M001161 1947-10-03 2189 404 Cannon House Office Building http://www.melancon.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205 3 202-226-3944 Charles 'd':4 '-3':6 'la':5 'rep':1 'charl':2,7,9 'melancon':3,8,10 M 400635 Melancon Charlie_Melancon J. Rep. Charles Melancon [D, LA-3] 833 N00026840 6499 Democrat 202-225-4031 LA Charlie Charles Melancon 5.0 http://www.melancon.house.gov/ 400635 Person rep\. Wed Nov 18 21:58:33 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...ORLEANS -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon has filed a bill to block insurance companies from canceling homeowner insurance policies for people who discover their homes contain allegedly defective Chinese drywall. Melancon also wants to stop insurers from ch 'ch':43 'aid':5 'new':45 'rep':9 'u.s':8 'also':37 'bill':6,15 'file':2,13 'home':30 'stop':40 'want':38 'wdsu':44 'alleg':32 'block':17 'insur':18,23,41 'peopl':26 'cancel':21 'charli':10 'chines':3,34 'defect':33 'discov':28 'drywal':4,35 'orlean':7,46 'polici':24 'compani':19 'contain':31 'homeown':22 'melancon':1,11,36 6733254 true true daylife WDSU New Orleans http://www.wdsu.com/ OK http://www.wdsu.com/news/21652670/detail.html 400635 Person congress Mon Nov 16 21:52:27 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 David Vitter, Rep. Charlie Melancon, aides to other Gulf Coast congressional leaders and oyster industry representatives following the meeting to reiterate ... 'aid':6 'new':22 'rep':3 'gulf':9 'meet':19 'coast':10 'david':1 'charli':4 'follow':17 'leader':12 'orlean':23 'oyster':14 'reiter':21 'repres':16 'vitter':2 'citybusi':24 'industri':15 'melancon':5 'congression':11 6715635 true true google news New Orleans CityBusiness OK http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/health/stories/oyster-ban-fails-for-now 400635 Person congress Mon Nov 16 21:52:26 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Charlie Melancon."Congressman Charlie Melancon had the courage to vote against this bad bill,'' says Patsy Crenshaw, a senior citizen from Larose, ... 'bad':13 'say':15 'bill':14 'vote':10 'laros':22 'patsi':16 'charli':1,4 'courag':8 'senior':19 'citizen':20 'crenshaw':17 'melancon':2,5 'nola.com':23 'congressman':3 6715634 true true google news NOLA.com OK http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/health_care.html 400635 Person congress Mon Nov 16 21:52:27 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Louisiana Third District Congressman Charlie Melancon joined 39 other "Blue Dog" Democrats in voting against the House leadership on any health care bill ... '39':8 'dog':11 'bill':23 'blue':10 'buzz':25 'care':22 'hous':17 'join':7 'vote':14 'bayou':24 'third':2 'charli':5 'health':21 'democrat':12 'district':3 'melancon':6 'louisiana':1 'leadership':18 'congressman':4 6715636 true true google news Bayou Buzz OK http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/US/Politics/New_Orleans_Cao_Louisiana_US_Politics_And_Health_Care__9818.asp 400635 Person rep\. Mon Nov 16 21:52:27 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., was happy to hear Tuesday that Tropical Storm Ida turned out to be something of a soggy dud. "I love duds," Melancon told a ... 'd':6 'la':7 'us':1 'dud':25,28 'ida':16 'rep':2 'd-la':5 'hear':11 'love':27 'told':30 'turn':17 'happi':9 'soggi':24 'storm':15 'al.com':32 'charli':3 'someth':21 'tropic':14 'tuesday':12 'melancon':4,29 6715637 true true google news al.com OK http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/political_skinny_new_leaders_f.html 400635 Person rep\. Sun Nov 15 21:59:08 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Rep. Charlie Melancon said, “Louisianans don't want the federal government telling us how to eat our oysters any more than we want a bureaucrat in ... 'us':6,19 'eat':22 'rep':7 'win':3 'said':10 'sens':2 'tell':18 'want':14,29 'debat':5 'feder':16 'houma':33 'charli':8 'common':1 'govern':17 'oyster':4,24 'courier':34 'melancon':9 'bureaucrat':31 'louisianan':11 6704581 true true google news Houma Courier OK http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911149971/1030?Title=Common-sense-wins-oyster-debate 400635 Person rep\. Sat Nov 14 10:48:12 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...often found in warm coastal waters between May and October, kill about 15 people a year. “Miniscule,” scoffed Louisiana Rep. Charlie Melancon, calling it a “pretty reasonable number” when you divide 15 deaths by 50 states. (Later, facing fierce '15':24,43 '50':46 'may':19 'rep':31 'call':34 'face':49 'fish':1 'gulf':4 'help':11 'kill':22 'lake':10 'scof':29 'stew':2 'warm':15 'year':27 'asian':7 'death':44 'divid':42 'fierc':50 'found':13 'later':48 'octob':21 'often':12 'peopl':25 'state':47 'taint':6 'water':17 'charli':32 'number':39 'oyster':5 'pollut':9 'pretti':37 'reason':38 'bacteri':3 'catfish':8 'coastal':16 'houston':51 'chronicl':52 'melancon':33 'miniscul':28 'louisiana':30 6690579 true true daylife Houston Chronicle http://www.chron.com/ OK http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/edt/~3/vEtuYe5qtYs/6719853.html 400635 Person rep\. Sat Nov 14 10:48:12 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...is too small to warrant a total ban. A few deaths a year is not a reason enough to shut down an entire industry. U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, stated,"[Oysters] are not only a Louisiana delicacy they are part of our heritage and our way of life. The new p 'p':58 'ban':3,16 'fda':1 'new':57 'put':2 'raw':5 'rep':34 'u.s':33 'way':53 'hold':8 'life':55 'part':47 'shut':28 'time':61 'year':21 'death':19 'entir':31 'money':60 'small':11 'state':37 'total':15 'charli':35 'enough':26 'oyster':6,38 'reason':25 'heritag':50 'warrant':13 'delicaci':44 'industri':32 'melancon':36 'louisiana':43 6690578 true true daylife The Money Times http://www.themoneytimes.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheMoneyTimes/~3/1Q6jTo6LbtM/fda-puts-ban-raw-oysters-hold-id-1090940.html 400635 Person senate Fri Nov 13 21:59:41 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...funding to the anti-bacterium push, hinted that he might find other ways to curtail FDA funding if his bill failed. Rep Charlie Melancon (D-La.) -- who is challenging Vitter for his Senate seat -- said that 15 deaths per year was a "pretty reasonable" n 'd':33 'n':53 '15':45 'la':34 'ban':6 'fda':1,23 'los':54 'per':47 'rep':29 'way':20 'anti':11 'bill':27 'd-la':32 'fail':28 'find':18 'fund':7,24 'hint':14 'hold':2 'push':13 'said':43 'seat':42 'time':56 'year':48 'angel':55 'death':46 'might':17 'senat':41 'charli':30 'oyster':5 'pretti':51 'reason':52 'vitter':38 'curtail':22 'challeng':37 'melancon':31 'bacterium':12 'anti-bacterium':10 6686509 true true daylife Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/ OK http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/nation/~3/LhVN-l5Oa_E/la-na-oyster14-2009nov14,0,5621335.story 400635 Person sen\. Sat Nov 14 10:48:11 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...week's historic health care debate, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., made a series of Twitter posts saying his opponent, U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., supported Nancy Pelosi's health care reform bill. This is an interesting claim given that Charlie Melanc 'd':33 'r':17 '10':6 'la':18,34 'rep':29 'say':25 'sen':13 'u.s':28 'bill':42 'care':11,40 'd-la':32 'made':19 'news':54 'post':24 'r-la':16 'seri':21 'star':55 'week':7 'claim':47 'david':14 'debat':12 'given':48 'monro':53 'nanci':36 'oppon':27 'charli':30,50 'health':10,39 'histor':9 'melanc':51 'offens':4 'pelosi':37 'reform':41 'vitter':1,15 'support':35 'twitter':23 'interest':46 'melancon':31 6690577 true true daylife The Monroe News Star http://www.thenewsstar.com/ OK http://thenewsstar.com/article/20091114/OPINION02/911140316/-1/rss 400635 Person congress Thu Nov 19 21:58:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Charlie Melancon was on the wrong side of the healthcare reform vote. It's time to deconstruct his recent comments on the subject, because he pissed me off. He's not my congressman, but he is the Democratic face of Louisiana and the ... 'face':48 'piss':35 'side':16 'time':24 'vote':21 'senat':9 'wrong':15 'charli':10 'recent':28 'reform':20 'comment':29 'subject':32 'support':6 'democrat':47 'melancon':7,11 'healthcar':19 'louisiana':50 'congressman':42 'deconstruct':26 'liberallouisiana':1,53 6738777 false true google blog LiberalLouisiana http://liberallouisiana.blogspot.com/ OK http://liberallouisiana.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-i-cant-support-melancon-for-senate.html 400635 Person republican Thu Nov 19 10:51:10 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Melancon: 'We Can Only Guess' Vitter's Reasons For Opposing Anti-Rape Amendment tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 23 days ago — Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA), who is running for Senate in 2010 against Republican Sen. David Vitter, is now stepping up his att 'd':33 '23':26 'la':34 'ago':28 'att':52 'day':27 'rep':29 'run':37 'sen':44 '2010':41 'anti':22 'blip':54 'd-la':32 'know':5 'love':7 'rape':23 'step':49 'amend':24 'david':45 'decid':10 'doesn':3 'guess':15 'oppos':20 'senat':1,39 'charli':30 'reason':18 'vitter':2,16,46 'beltway':53 'correct':9 'anti-rap':21 'melancon':11,31 'republican':43 'tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com':25 6736142 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/senator-vitter-doesn-t-know-if-loving-was-correctly/ 400635 Person congress Wed Nov 18 21:58:28 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Bill Would Protect Insureds With Defective Drywall Complaints: U.S. Congressman Charlie Melancon.. http://bit.ly/4fNOBA Anet Insurance. Attachments. http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2009/11/18/105428.htm ... '..':21 '18':7 'nov':8 'u.s':17 'anet':25 'bill':9 'insur':12,26 'would':10 'attach':27 'bit.ly':23 'charli':19 'defect':14 'drywal':15 'status':4 '/4fnoba':24 'protect':11 'timelin':32 'melancon':20 'complaint':16 'wednesday':6 'miamiinsur':2,31 'congressman':18 'bit.ly/4fnoba':22 'press55@gmail.com':1 'www.insurancejournal.com':29 '/news/southcentral/2009/11/18/105428.htm':30 'www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2009/11/18/105428.htm':28 6733251 false true google blog miamiinsurance timeline http://identi.ca/miamiinsurance OK http://identi.ca/notice/15030139 400635 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:51:10 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...stemming from Chinese drywall. “Louisianians have worked hard to rebuild their homes and communities since Katrina,” said Rep. Melancon. “Sadly, many are now having their lives turned upside down all over again. Through no fault of their own, thes 'aid':5 'rep':1,26 'sad':28 'bill':4 'hard':16 'home':20 'live':34 'mani':29 'said':25 'sinc':23 'stem':9 'thes':47 'turn':35 'work':15 'fault':43 'upsid':36 'chines':6,11 'drywal':7,12 'victim':8 'katrina':24 'patriot':50 'rebuild':18 'american':49 'introduc':3 'melancon':2,27 'communiti':22 'louisianian':13 6736141 false true daylife All American Patriots http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/ OK http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/48756750-rep-melancon-introduces-bill-aiding-chinese-drywall-victims 400635 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 10:50:11 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...also promoting sexual assault. Democratic candidates have wasted no time trying to capitalize on Republican opposition. Rep. Charlie Melancon (D., La.), who's chasing Sen. David Vitter's (R.) seat, slammed Vitter in a campaign mailer for "allow[ing] tax 'd':27 'r':36 'la':28 'ing':46 'rep':24 'sen':32 'tax':47 'tri':18 'also':8 'anti':5 'rape':6 'seat':37 'slam':38 'time':17 'wast':15 'allow':45 'amend':7 'capit':20 'chase':31 'david':33 'candid':13 'charli':25 'craven':3 'mailer':43 'promot':9 'sexual':10 'vitter':34,39 'assault':11 'franken':1 'opposit':23 'anti-rap':4 'campaign':42 'democrat':12 'melancon':26 'rantburg':48 'republican':22 6726033 false true daylife Rantburg http://rantburg.com/ OK http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-11-18&ID=283615 400635 Person congress Thu Nov 19 10:51:03 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Louisiana Representative Involved In Chinese Drywall Problem 11/18/09 - 08:57 PM RSS Feed · click for larger image. Congressman Charlie Melancon has filed a bill to block insurance companies from canceling homeowner insurance policies ... '5':42 '08':16 '57':17 'pm':18 'rss':19 'bill':31 'feed':20 'file':29 'imag':24 'block':33 'click':21 'insur':34,39 'articl':43 'cancel':37 'charli':26 'chines':6,12 'drywal':7,13 'involv':4,10 'larger':23 'polici':40 'repres':3,9 'compani':35 'homeown':38 'problem':14 '11/18/09':15 'kalb.com':1 'melancon':27 'louisiana':2,8 'congressman':25 'newschannel':41 6736139 false true google blog Newschannel 5 Articles http://www.cenlamedia.com/alb/index.php OK http://www.cenlamedia.com/alb/index.php/site/article/louisiana-representative-involved-in-chinese-drywall-problem/ 400635 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:51:03 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The proposed Drywall Victim Insurance Protection Act “will give homeowners peace of mind that they won't lose their insurance while they repair homes affected by Chinese drywall,” said Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., the bill's sponsor. ... 'd':43 'la':44 'act':16 'rep':39 'won':25 'bill':1,46 'd-la':42 'drop':6 'give':18 'home':9,33 'lose':27 'mind':22 'peac':20 'said':38 'insur':4,14,29 'local':50 'would':2 'affect':34 'charli':40 'chines':7,36 'drywal':8,12,37 'propos':11 'repair':32 'victim':13 'homeown':19 'protect':15 'sponsor':48 'melancon':41 'prohibit':3 'bradentonherald.com':49 6736140 false true google blog BradentonHerald.com: Local http://http/www.bradenton.com/news/local/index.xml OK http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/story/1857712.html 400635 Person congress Wed Nov 18 10:50:05 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 PGS Real Estate | MLS | WASHINGTON, DC - November 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- US Congressman Charlie Melancon (LA-03) introduced legislation today to aid Louisiana homeowners. '17':17 'dc':15 'la':24 'us':20 '-03':25 'aid':9,30 'mls':4,13 'pgs':1,10,33 'rep':5 '2009':18 'bill':8 'real':2,11 'estat':3,12 'today':28 'charli':22 'legisl':27 'novemb':16 'homeown':32 'introduc':7,26 'melancon':6,23 'louisiana':31 'washington':14 'congressman':21 'realestate.com':34 'realestaterama':19 6726032 false true google blog PGS RealEstate.com http://pgsrealestate.com/ OK http://pgsrealestate.com/real-estate-news-by-country/united-states-real-estate-news/louisiana-real-estate-news/rep-melancon-introduces-bill-aiding-victims-of-chinese-drywall 400635 Person rep\. Thu Nov 19 10:51:03 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The measure, titled the “Drywall Victims Insurance Protection Act” and introduced by Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La., deals with drywall having a “covered characteristic,” meaning it was imported from or originated in China from 2004-2007 ... 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