A000069 1924-09-11 4843 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] 2503 N00007653 11925 Democrat 202-224-6361 Congregationalist HI Daniel Akaka 1.92 http://akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm 300001 Person sen\. Sat Feb 06 22:13:03 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 US Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii , called for the investigation after learning of allegations that the Austin VA outpatient clinic had charged veterans for ... 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Daniel Akaka, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman, who had received specific complaints about sexual trauma victims being 'ig':7 'air':46 'sen':27 'vet':1 '2009':11 'care':6 'find':8 'forc':47 'free':5 'time':48 'akaka':29 'charg':3 'copay':20 'senat':31 'wrong':2 'accord':12 'affair':33 'daniel':28 'fiscal':10 'improp':19 'launch':22 'receiv':38 'report':15 'sexual':42 'specif':39 'trauma':43 'victim':44 'request':25 'veteran':32 'chairman':35 'committe':34 'investig':17 'complaint':40 7499887 true true daylife Air Force Times http://www.airforcetimes.com/ OK http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2010/02/military_veterans_sexualassault_020410w/ 300001 Person democrat Wed Feb 03 22:34:16 -0600 2010 Wed Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...to. “I’ll leave that up to Kent,” he said, referring to Conrad. The 23 Democrats who opposed the commission last week include Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), Max Baucus (Mont.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Roland Burris (Ill.), Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Maria Cantwel '23':24 'll':12 're':5 'ill':44 'max':36 'byrd':46 'call':2 'hill':51 'kent':17 'last':30 'leav':13 'mont':38 'ohio':41 'said':19 'vote':6 'w.va':47 'week':31 'akaka':34 'brown':40 'burri':43 'gregg':1 'maria':48 'oppos':27 'refer':20 'baucus':37 'conrad':22 'daniel':33 'fiscal':8 'hawaii':35 'includ':32 're-vot':4 'robert':45 'roland':42 'cantwel':49 'commiss':9,29 'sherrod':39 'democrat':25 7484550 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/79599-gregg-calls-for-re-vote-on-fiscal-commission 300001 Person senate Tue Feb 02 22:14:18 -0600 2010 Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 -0600 2010 First is a press release from Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs ... and, below that is the text of the ... 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'sen':16,25 'tom':26 'vet':12 'war':11 'bill':30 'blog':38 'care':8 'help':6 'rais':3 'akaka':18 'allow':33 'money':4 'plain':36 'sever':35 'thank':13 'would':32 'wound':10 'coburn':27 'daniel':17 'dealer':37 'famili':7 'support':22 'american':1 'democrat':15 'introduc':28 'bipartisan':21 'republican':24 7438167 true true google news Plain Dealer (blog) OK http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2010/01/americans_should_raise_money_t.html 300001 Person legislation Wed Feb 03 22:34:16 -0600 2010 Thu Jan 28 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...bill could apply to half a million military dependents and cost the VA $4.16 billion over 10 years. Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, who sponsored Thursday's legislation, said he agreed with Burr that families exposed to contaminated water sho '10':28 '30':6 'va':24 'ago':8 'sho':52 '4.16':25 'agre':43 'bill':12 'burr':45 'camp':3 'cost':22 'half':16 'said':41 'year':7,29 'akaka':33 'appli':14 'could':13 'expos':48 'still':9 'toxin':1 'water':5,51 'daniel':32 'depend':20 'famili':47 'hawaii':35 'legisl':40 'lejeun':4 'billion':26 'million':18 'problem':11 'sponsor':37 'chairman':31 'committe':30 'contamin':50 'militari':19 'thursday':38 'mcclatchi':53 7484551 true true daylife McClatchy http://www.mcclatchydc.com/ OK http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/83272.html 300001 Person sen\. Sat Jan 30 22:23:59 -0600 2010 Thu Jan 28 00:00:00 -0600 2010 He plays “Evening Star” at all his big concerts, including in December, when he performed at the White House for President Obama, Sen. Daniel Akaka and 800 ... '800':27 'big':8 'sen':23 'busi':29 'even':3 'hous':19 'play':2 'star':4 'akaka':25 'obama':22 'white':18 'daniel':24 'decemb':12 'hawaii':28 'includ':10 'presid':21 'concert':9 'magazin':30 'perform':15 7438168 true true google news Hawaii Business Magazine OK http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/February-2010/What-rsquos-It-Worth/ 300001 Person sen\. Wed Feb 03 22:34:16 -0600 2010 Thu Jan 28 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ...job market remains stagnant at best, and the state faces crippling budget deficits, largely because of a weak tax base. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawai'i, agreed that job creation was a top priority, especially through small business. "I agree with President 'd':30 'isl':1 'job':6,35 'sen':26 'tax':24 'top':39 'agre':33,46 'base':25 'best':11 'busi':44 'face':15 'larg':19 'weak':23 'akaka':28 'hawai':31 'obama':4 'prais':3 'small':43 'state':14 'budget':17 'crippl':16 'daniel':27 'especi':41 'lawmak':2 'market':7 'presid':48 'remain':8 'speech':5 'd-hawai':29 'deficit':18 'advertis':51 'creation':36 'honolulu':50 'prioriti':40 'stagnant':9 7484552 true true daylife The Honolulu Advertiser http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/ OK http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100128/NEWS01/1280344?source=rss_localnews 300001 Person democrat Sat Jan 30 22:23:58 -0600 2010 Thu Jan 28 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Democrats on the committee passed an alternative to Burr's bill sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs committee ... 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'd':10 'isl':1 'job':15 'sen':6 'top':19 'agre':13,26 'busi':24 'must':32 'akaka':8 'hawai':11 'obama':4,29 'prais':3 'small':23 'daniel':7 'especi':21 'lawmak':2 'presid':28 'speech':5 'd-hawai':9 'advertis':34 'creation':16 'honolulu':33 'prioriti':20 7438166 true true google news Honolulu Advertiser OK http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100128/NEWS01/1280344/Isle+lawmakers+praise+Obama+speech 300001 Person democrat Mon Feb 08 11:03:18 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Sen. Daniel Akaka (D.-Hawaii): "I'm not aware of that--let me put it that way. Not in particular with health insurance. It's not covered in that respect." Sen. Roland Burris (D.-Ill.): "Well, that's under certainly the laws of .. 'd':11,41 'm':14 'ill':42 'law':49 'let':19 'put':21 'sen':8,38 'way':24 'awar':16 'well':43 'akaka':10 'burri':40 'cover':34 'insur':30 'polit':1,51 'daniel':9 'failur':4 'hawaii':12 'health':29 'roland':39 'certain':47 'respect':37 'democrat':3 'pistachio':2,52 'particular':27 'understand':6 7528873 false true google blog Political Pistachio http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/ OK http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2010/02/democrats-failure-to-understand.html 300001 Person senator Mon Feb 08 22:10:29 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 You keep your cushy seat and your corporate dollars; just act like no one knows who you are, like Daniel Akaka. Have you seen him anywhere? Nope. Hell, even Mark Pryor...when's the last time he was in the news? If there were a Senator ... 'act':16 'one':19 'even':34 'hell':33 'keep':7 'know':20 'last':40 'like':17,24 'mark':35 'news':46 'nope':32 'seat':10 'seen':29 'time':41 'akaka':26 'cushi':9 'pryor':36 'senat':51 'booman':1,52 'corpor':13 'daniel':25 'dollar':14 'tribun':2,53 'anywher':31 'progress':4 'communiti':5 7531617 false true google blog Booman Tribune http://www.boomantribune.com/ OK http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2010/2/8/201842/5168 300001 Person republican Sat Feb 06 11:13:41 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Earlier this week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint placed a 'hold' on the bill, which in essence freezes the bill from moving forward. This is the newest setback in a series of catastrophic hits over the past six weeks that took the bill from ... Mo 'mo':47 'hit':36 'jim':9 'six':40 'bill':16,22,45 'free':1,48 'hold':13 'move':24 'past':39 'seri':33 'took':43 'week':6,41 'freez':20 'hawai':2,49 'place':11 'senat':8 'demint':10 'essenc':19 'newest':29 'earlier':4 'forward':25 'setback':30 'catastroph':35 'republican':7 7511538 false true google blog Free Hawai`i http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/ OK http://freehawaii.blogspot.com/2010/02/akaka-bill-falters-by-leon-siu-akaka.html 300001 Person senate Sat Feb 06 11:13:41 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The investigation of improper co-payments was launched at the request of Sen. Daniel Akaka, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman, who had received specific complaints about sexual trauma victims being charged co-payments for ... 'co':16,45 'ig':7 'sen':24 'vet':1 'care':6 'find':8 'free':5 'akaka':26 'charg':3,43 'learn':10,49 'senat':28 'wrong':2 'affair':30 'center':50 'co-pay':15,44 'daniel':25 'improp':14 'launch':19 'receiv':35 'sexual':39 'specif':36 'trauma':40 'victim':41 'payment':17,46 'request':22 'veteran':29 'chairman':32 'committe':31 'investig':12 'militari':9,48 'complaint':37 7511539 false true google blog Military Learning Center http://www.militarylearningcenter.com/ OK http://www.militarylearningcenter.com/2010/02/06/vets-wrongly-charged-for-free-care-ig-finds-2/ 300001 Person republican Mon Feb 08 11:03:18 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 AKAKA BILL FALTERS by Leon Siu February 5, 2010 The Akaka Bill is in big trouble. Earlier this week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint placed a 'hold' on. ... Monday, December 14, 2009, independence protesters assembled at the corner of Beretania and '5':11 '14':33 'big':18 'jim':25 'siu':9 '2009':34 '2010':12 'bill':2,5,15 'date':50 'hold':29 'info':51 'leon':8 'week':22 'akaka':1,4,14 'bring':46 'dedic':44 'place':27 'senat':24 'corner':40 'decemb':32 'demint':26 'falter':3,6 'monday':31 'troubl':19 'assembl':37 'earlier':20 'protest':36 'februari':10 'independ':35 'beretania':42 'republican':23 7528874 false true google blog Dedicated to bringing you up to date info... http://www.bigisland-bigisland.com/Big-Island-blog.html OK http://www.bigisland-bigisland.com/akaka-bill-falters.html 300001 Person senate Sat Feb 06 22:13:01 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 Tags: department of veterans affairs, inspector general, sen daniel akaka, va. MEDIA RELEASE. An Inspector General investigation requested by Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) found the Department of ... 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Mo 'mo':55 'hit':44 'jim':17 'six':48 'bill':4,6,9,24,30,53,59 'good':11 'hold':21 'move':32 'past':47 'seri':41 'stop':1,56 'took':51 'week':14,49 'akaka':3,5,8,58 'freez':28 'place':19 'senat':16 'updat':7 'demint':18 'essenc':27 'falter':10 'newest':37 'earlier':12 'forward':33 'setback':38 'catastroph':43 'republican':15 7507921 false true google blog Stop the Akaka Bill http://www.stoptheakakabill.com/ OK http://www.stoptheakakabill.com/akaka-bill/akaka-bill-update-akaka-bill-falters-good-news 300001 Person senate Tue Feb 09 11:14:57 -0600 2010 Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010 The investigation of improper co-payments was launched at the request of Sen. Daniel Akaka, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee chairman, who had received specific complaints about sexual trauma victims being charged co-payments for ... 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