Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17]

Haiti to get portable classrooms unused by Broward

2008-10-08T00:00:00Z

...person in Miami to help.'' Préval also met with former Gov. Jeb Bush, various community leaders and officials and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, who organized a meeting at Miami International Airport where Préval, the Port of Miami director and the

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Haiti to get portable classrooms unused by Broward

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jeb Bush, various community leaders and officials and US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, who organized a meeting at Miami International Airport where PrÃ©val, ...

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School class-size rules may be relaxed in Florida's budget crunch

2008-10-07T00:00:00Z

...that Floridians want their tax dollars spent to provide a quality education for all of Florida's children," said U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, who led the drive to pass the amendment while he was a state senator. "Any backsliding would be an erosion

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School class-size rules may be relaxed in Florida's budget crunch

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

... and that Floridians want their tax dollars spent to provide a quality education for all of Florida's children," said US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, ...

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Haiti could get gift of portable classrooms from Broward

2008-10-06T00:00:00Z

Jeb Bush, various community leaders and officials and US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, who organized a meeting at Miami International Airport where PrÃ©val, ...

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Florida's class-size limit may be sidelined by economy

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

... and that Floridians want their tax dollars spent to provide a quality education for all of Florida's children," US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, ...

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Florida's class-size limit may be sidelined by economy

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...and that Floridians want their tax dollars spent to provide a quality education for all of Florida's children," U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, wrote in an e-mail to the Sentinel. "ANY backsliding would be an erosion of not only the amendment, but of

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Black Lawmakers Lament, Praise Defeat of $700 Billion Economic ...

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

Said Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.): â€œCongress has no choice but to pass this financial rescue package and begin the long and difficult road of correcting ...

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Do more for Haiti, some lawmakers ask

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

...always seems to be last in line. We do not want a humanitarian disaster there,'' he said. Tuesday's hearing was organized by Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, who toured the devastation shortly after Hurricane Ike side-swept Haiti and added to the trail of w

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An Anderson problem?

2008-09-22T00:00:00Z

In 2001, a year after the Miami-Dade canvassing board stopped the presidential recount, US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, called for the county to elect the ...

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Bill would make sale of IFF gear illegal

2008-09-18T00:00:00Z

...requirements for the destruction of equipment and accessories used by the U.S. military to identify friendly forces. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., has introduced legislation requiring the total destruction of infrared patches and other devices, and the bi

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Devastated by Four Brutal Hurricanes, Haiti Targeted for Relief ...

2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Kendrick Meek, a south Florida Democrat whose district includes a large Haitian immigrant population, led a group of lawmakers to the storm-ravaged ...

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History repeats itself for author, Miami historian

2008-09-17T00:00:00Z

...corner of 61st Street and Northeast Second Avenue,'' Parks says. Big names that weren't in the prior editions: U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek; former Gov. Jeb Bush; Miami Mayor Manny Diaz; University of Miami President Donna Shalala; developers Jorge Perez, R.

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Pastor-commissioner wants to keep speaking out for his neglected ...

2008-09-16T00:00:00Z

Joe Gibbons, D-Hallandale Beach, and Alexander Lewy, an aide to US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami. City activists Julie Hamlin and Ann Henigson and commission ...

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Pastor-commissioner wants to keep speaking out for his neglected Hallandale neighborhood

2008-09-16T00:00:00Z

...Simmons, the executive secretary for Rep. Joe Gibbons, D-Hallandale Beach, and Alexander Lewy, an aide to U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami. City activists Julie Hamlin and Ann Henigson and commission watchdog Arturo O'Neill are also on the ballot.Most b

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Garcia challenges Diaz-Balart on Haiti

2008-09-15T00:00:00Z

...congressional challenger Joe Garcia is siding with Kendrick Meek and calling for the Bush administration to grant Haitians living in the U.S. "Temporary Protected Status" -- allowing them to avoid deportation while the island recovers from a string of h

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Haitians seek temporary halt to deportations

2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

Time is not on our side â€” Haiti needs help now," said US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., whose district represents a significant portion of the estimated 275170 ...

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Meek to Haiti to access storm damage

2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

...Democrat Rep. Kendrick Meek will lead a congressional delegation to Haiti today, traveling with the U.S. military to Gonaives and some of the hardest hit areas of the island nation. Other members include Rep. Yvette Clark, D-New York, and Rep. Donna Edw

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Haiti: Deportation pause

2008-09-11T00:00:00Z

In addition to emergency aid, US Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, has asked the Bush administration to grant Haitians in America Temporary Protected Status to ...

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Congressional colleagues hold Tubbs Jones birthday memorial

2008-09-11T00:00:00Z

And Florida Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek recalled how Tubbs Jones greeted Bush at his 2004 inauguration after lodging official protests against the vote ...

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