A000069 1924-09-11 4399 141 Hart Senate Office Building http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Home 202-224-2126 Daniel 'd':4 'hi':5 'sen':1 'akaka':3,7,9 'daniel':2,6,8 M 300001 Akaka Don_Cazayoux Kahikina Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI] 2319 N00007653 10038 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 2.26666666666667 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm 300001 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:16:29 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...of Damien's bronze statue, which stands in the U.S. Capitol. "Now we have a saint and a king here," said Hawaii U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, referring also to the statute of Hawaii's unifying King Kamehameha, which also stands in the Capitol. Damien was decl 'd.c':9 'lei':2 'sen':33 'u.s':19,32 'also':37,48 'decl':55 'king':28,45 'said':30 'akaka':35 'bronz':13 'honor':3 'refer':36 'saint':6,25 'stand':16,49 'statu':14 'unifi':44 'damien':11,53 'daniel':34 'hawaii':4,31,42 'prayer':1 'statut':40 'capitol':20,52 'advertis':58 'honolulu':57 'kamehameha':46 'washington':8 6739463 true true daylife The Honolulu Advertiser http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ OK http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091119/BREAKING01/91119066?source=rss_breaking 300001 Person senate Thu Nov 19 22:16:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed legislation sponsored by Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka that would provide monthly stipends and medical benefits to family members who stay home to care for severely injured veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanista 'sen':17 'vet':5 'war':42 'care':35 'home':33 'iraq':44 'pass':2,12 'stay':32 'akaka':19 'injur':38 'medic':26 'month':23 'senat':1,8 'sever':37 'would':21 'daniel':18 'famili':29 'hawaii':16 'legisl':13 'member':30 'provid':22 'unanim':11 'benefit':3,27 'caregiv':6 'sponsor':14 'stipend':24 'veteran':39 'advertis':49 'honolulu':48 'thursday':10 'afghanista':46 6739464 true true daylife The Honolulu Advertiser http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ OK http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091119/BREAKING01/91119055?source=rss_breaking 300001 Person senator Tue Nov 17 22:22:06 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...benefits as health care costs rise. "We proudly represent states that have taken the initiative to expand Medicaid," Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and 13 other senators wrote in a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Reid is now blending two Sena 'd':28,44 '13':31 'nev':45 'sen':24 'two':50 'care':9 'cost':4,10 'reid':42,46 'rise':11 'sena':51 'akaka':26 'blend':49 'could':3 'd-nev':43 'harri':41 'initi':20 'major':39 'proud':13 'senat':33 'state':15 'taken':18 'wrote':34 'daniel':25 'expand':22 'hawaii':5,29 'health':8 'leader':40 'letter':37 'repres':14 'benefit':6 'generos':2 'advertis':54 'd-hawaii':27 'honolulu':53 'medicaid':1,23 6722293 true true daylife The Honolulu Advertiser http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ OK http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091117/BREAKING01/91117027/rss01?source=rss_breaking 300001 Person sen\. Mon Nov 16 22:05:22 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... their own mental health – assume an obligation "that ultimately belongs to the government," Sen. Daniel Akaka, the bill's chief sponsor, properly notes. ... 'el':28 'inc':30 'sen':18 'bill':22 'note':27 'paso':29 'time':4 'akaka':20 'assum':9 'chief':24 'oblig':11 'ultim':13 'belong':14 'daniel':19 'govern':17 'health':8 'mental':7 'proper':26 'editori':1 'sponsor':25 6716709 true true google news El Paso Inc OK http://elpasoinc.com/readArticleNYT.aspx?guid=145cb5b5-c380-48cf-8290-2f685788fb54 300001 Person senator Mon Nov 16 22:05:22 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... own mental health — assume an obligation “that ultimately belongs to the government,” Senator Daniel Akaka, the bill's chief sponsor, properly notes. ... 'dr':1 'new':29 'bill':23 'note':28 'time':31 'york':30 'akaka':21 'assum':10 'chief':25 'oblig':12 'senat':19 'ultim':14 'wound':5 'belong':15 'daniel':20 'govern':18 'health':9 'mental':8 'proper':27 'sponsor':26 'veteran':6 6716708 true true google news New York Times OK http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/opinion/16mon4.html 300001 Person senator Sun Nov 15 22:15:17 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In June, US Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) [official website] introduced a bill to revise and enhance the Real ID Act [JURIST report]. ... 'd':20 'hi':21 'id':33 'us':1,15 'act':34 'law':5 'anti':3 'away':7 'bill':26 'd-hi':19 'june':14 'real':32 'turn':6 'akaka':18 'group':12 'revis':28 'right':11 'senat':16 'valid':8 'daniel':17 'enhanc':30 'jurist':35,37 'offici':22 'refuge':9 'report':36 'terror':4 'websit':23 'claimant':10 'introduc':24 'anti-terror':2 6706025 true true google news JURIST OK http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/11/us-anti-terrorism-laws-turning-away.php 300001 Person senate Fri Nov 13 22:18:48 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 13 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...held up in the Senate over cost concerns as lawmakers worry about mounting deficits. A raft of reforms that Hawaii Sen. Daniel Akaka, chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, has been working on for months is now tied up by one of the Senate's most 'one':46 'sen':26 'tie':43 'cost':12 'guam':52 'held':6 'hold':2 'news':55 'raft':21 'work':37 'akaka':28 'daili':54 'month':40 'mount':18 'pacif':53 'senat':1,10,49 'worri':16 'affair':33 'daniel':27 'hawaii':25 'lawmak':15 'reform':23 'benefit':5 'concern':13 'deficit':19 'veteran':4,32 'chairman':29 'committe':34 6687147 true true daylife Guam Pacific Daily News http://www.guampdn.com/ OK http://www.guampdn.com/article/20091114/NEWS01/911140305/1002/rss 300001 Person republican Thu Nov 12 22:14:57 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...in Hawai'i, Guam and across the country are being held up in the Senate over cost concerns. A raft of reforms that U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawai'i, chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, has been working on for months is now tied up by one of th 'd':39 'th':61 'new':4 'one':59 'sen':35 'tie':56 'u.s':34 'cost':27 'guam':14 'held':21 'raft':30 'work':50 'akaka':37 'block':8 'hawai':12,40 'month':53 'senat':2,25 'across':16 'affair':46 'daniel':36 'hawaii':1 'reform':32 'benefit':5 'concern':28 'countri':18 'd-hawai':38 'veteran':7,45 'advertis':64 'chairman':42 'committe':47 'honolulu':63 'republican':10 6674567 true true daylife The Honolulu Advertiser http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ OK http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091112/NEWS01/911120348?source=rss_localnews 300001 Person congress Sun Nov 15 22:15:17 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 12 00:00:00 -0600 2009 (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) says he is “not aware” of the Constitution giving Congress the authority to ... 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Daniel Akaka, chairman of the Senate Veterans'. Affairs Committee and the bill's sponsor. Supporters also argued that the caregiver benefits will save ... 'sen':24 'vet':5 'also':40 'argu':41 'back':15 'bill':36 'pass':2 'said':23 'save':47 'turn':13 'wire':8,49 'akaka':26 'oblig':18 'senat':1,30 'affair':32 'cannot':11 'daniel':25 'fought':22 'benefit':3,45 'caregiv':6,44 'sponsor':38 'support':39 'veteran':31 'chairman':27 'committe':33 'stltoday':9 6739456 false true google blog The Wire http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/ OK http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-wire/2009/11/19/senate-passes-benefits-for-vets-caregivers/ 300001 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:16:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 US Sen. Daniel Akaka's spokesperson, Jesse Van Dyke Broder, says the allocation report most likely has a “clerical” error. He says his office will alert the White House to the problem. Russell Pang, spokesperson for the governor, ... 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