M001143 1954-07-12 2767 1714 Longworth House Office Building http://www.mccollum.house.gov/index.asp?Type=NONE&SEC={AC61FD79-AD5F-440D-A7F0-555B12349E5B} 4 202-225-1968 Betty 'd':4 '-4':6 'mn':5 'rep':1 'betti':2,7,9 'mccollum':3,8,10 F 400259 McCollum Betty_McCollum Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4] 1020 N00012942 6703 Democrat 202-225-6631 Roman Catholic MN Betty McCollum 2.22222222222222 http://www.mccollum.house.gov/ RepMcCollum 400259 Person democrat Tue Nov 24 21:52:41 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Fourth District Rep. Betty mccollum last week joined such senior House Democrats as Appropriations Chairman David Obey and Financial Services Chairman ... 'rep':13 'hous':21 'join':18 'last':16 'near':7 'obey':27 'rise':5 'week':17 'betti':14 'david':26 'obama':6 'afghan':8 'fourth':11 'senior':20 'servic':30 'announc':10 'financi':29 'appropri':24 'chairman':25,31 'democrat':22 'district':12 'mccollum':15 'strategi':9 'disenchant':2 'minnpost.com':32 6779507 true true google news MinnPost.com OK http://www.minnpost.com/derekwallbank/2009/11/24/13753/with_disenchantment_on_the_rise_obama_nears_afghan_strategy_announcement 400259 Person congress Mon Nov 23 22:14:13 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Minnesota Congresswoman Betty mccollum, D-Minn., has signed on as a co-sponsor of legislation to establish a temporary surtax to pay for the war in ... 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'4th':16 '10.6':33 '14.9':26 'high':4 'rate':5,24,31 'vote':9 'betti':13 'insur':23 'despit':1 'health':11,22 'public':21 'reform':12 'percent':27,34 'uninsur':7,30 'district':2,18 'independ':36 'mccollum':14 'peterson':8 'minnesota':35 'congression':17 6760494 true true google news Minnesota Independent OK http://minnesotaindependent.com/50234/despite-districts-high-rate-of-uninsured-peterson-voted-against-health-reform 400259 Person congress Mon Nov 23 22:14:15 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Meanwhile, Minnesota's Betty McCollum, said that "American-made white phosphorus shells were used by Israel in civilian areas causing horrible burns to ... '35':4 'use':21 'area':26 'burn':29 'caus':27 'made':16 'make':6 'post':32 'said':12 'year':5 'betti':10 'shell':19 'white':17 'differ':3 'israel':23 'horribl':28 'american':15 'civilian':25 'mccollum':11 'meanwhil':7 'jerusalem':31 'minnesota':8 'phosphorus':18 'american-mad':14 6760492 true true google news Jerusalem Post OK http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1258705164291&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 400259 Person sen\. Mon Nov 23 10:58:52 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Minnesota property taxes are projected to rise an average of 3.5% in Minnesota. MPR and the Pi Press have stories. Another lawsuit is likely over the 35W bridge wreckage. DFL Sen. Al Franken offers bills to help the homeless and foster children. DFL 'al':35 'pi':20 '3.5':14 '35w':30 'dfl':33,46 'mpr':17,47 'sen':34 'tax':6 'bill':38 'help':40 'like':27 'rise':10 'anoth':24 'bridg':31 'daili':2 'offer':37 'press':21 'radio':50 'stori':23 'averag':12 'digest':3 'foster':44 'public':49 'franken':36 'lawsuit':25 'project':8 'wreckag':32 'children':45 'homeless':42 'properti':5 'minnesota':4,16,48 6748643 true true daylife MPR | Minnesota Public Radio http://www.mpr.org/ OK http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2009/11/the_daily_diges_737.shtml?refid=0 400259 Person congress Mon Nov 23 22:14:15 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Co-sponsors include Barney Frank, Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr, Betty McCollum, Jim McDermott, Jim McGovern, Linda Sanchez, and Raul Grijalva, co-chair of the ... 'co':14,35 'goe':2 'jim':25,27 'sam':21 'anna':19 'blog':40 'call':4 'dove':3 'exit':6 'farr':22 'raul':32 'betti':23 'chair':36 'eshoo':20 'frank':18 'linda':29 'troop':10 'barney':17 'includ':16 'sanchez':30 'specter':1 'sponsor':15 'co-chair':34 'grijalva':33 'mccollum':24 'mcgovern':28 'strategi':7 'mcdermott':26 'co-sponsor':13 'firedoglak':39 'afghanistan':12 6760495 true true google news Firedoglake (blog) OK http://news.firedoglake.com/2009/11/20/specter-goes-dove-calls-for-exit-strategy-no-more-troops-in-afghanistan/ 400259 Person rep\. Mon Nov 23 10:58:52 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Obama mulls a possible troop increase in Afghanistan, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., cosponsored legislation this week that would impose a surtax to pay for the long-running war. If passed, the measure would require 'd':25 'd.c':10 'pay':37 'rep':21 'run':42 'war':8,43 'bill':3 'long':41 'minn':26 'mull':14 'pass':45 'week':30 'betti':22 'impos':4,33 'obama':13 'troop':17 'would':32,48 'afghan':7 'd-minn':24 'legisl':28 'measur':47 'presid':12 'requir':49 'surtax':5,35 'increas':18 'possibl':16 'long-run':40 'mccollum':1,23 'cosponsor':2,27 'washington':9 'afghanistan':20 'minnpost.com':50 6748644 true true daylife MinnPost.com http://www.minnpost.com/ OK http://www.minnpost.com/cynthiadizikes/2009/11/20/13655/mccollum_cosponsors_bill_imposing_surtax_for_afghan_war 400259 Person rep\. Mon Nov 23 22:14:15 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Betty McCollum attached her name to legislation that would impose a surtax to pay for the war, now the subject of a protracted review by the Obama ... 'mn':5 'pay':25 'rep':11 'war':28 'bill':4 'name':16 'star':40 'betti':12 'impos':21 'liber':6 'obama':38 'speak':7 'tweet':2 'would':20 'attach':14 'legisl':18 'review':35 'surtax':23 'tribun':41 'subject':31 'mccollum':13 'protract':34 'minneapoli':39 'afghanistan':10 6760493 true true google news Minneapolis Star Tribune OK http://www.startribune.com/blogs/70637057.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUgOy9cP3DieyckcUsI 400259 Person congress Sun Nov 15 21:57:35 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In August 2008, the State Department confirmed in a letter to Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), that Modi remains persona non grata. ... 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'215':26 '220':24 'jim':11 'mac':32 'rep':28 'tim':4 'bill':18 'hous':23 'news':1 'pass':20 'vote':13 'walz':5 'week':33 'betti':6 'brief':3 'favor':15 'keith':8 'colleg':30 'ellison':9 'macalest':29 'mccollum':7 'oberstar':12 6704487 true true google news Macalester College The Mac Weekly OK http://www.themacweekly.com/home/news/2009/11/13/News/News-In.Brief-3832313.shtml 400259 Person congress Wed Nov 25 10:49:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0600 2009 (Although as we found in the series I wrote, she does a lot more liberal media than Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum or Al Franken do conservative media). Both interviews were published in a question-and-answer format in which the ... 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'ed':24 'ma':15 'md':28 'mn':32 'mo':36 'nh':1,6,43 'jim':26 'rep':12,16,33,37,44 'sen':29,40 'u.s':20 'bill':22 'clay':39 'mike':17 'shea':47 'betti':34 'carol':45 'clair':41 'insid':2 'peter':13 'polit':7 'press':8,49 'senat':21 'sourc':4 'candid':19 'knight':10 'markey':25 'porter':48 'releas':9,50 'barbara':30 'capuano':18 'william':38 'delahunt':23 'mccaskil':42 'mccollum':35 'mcgovern':27 'mikulski':31 'shea-port':46 'viscloski':14 6748627 false true google blog Press Releases http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases OK http://www.nhinsider.com/press-releases/2009/11/23/knights-of-columbus95-pro-abortion-catholics.html 400259 Person congress Mon Nov 23 10:58:46 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The measure, sponsored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, earned an overwhelming 344 votes. But 36 members of Congress, all but three of them Democrats, voted against the resolution, while another 20 members voted "present," or . '20':41 '35':4 '36':25 '344':22 'rep':11 'ros':14 'bibl':50 'earn':19 'make':6 'news':47 'vote':23,35,43 'year':5 'anoth':40 'three':31 'differ':3 'ileana':12 'measur':8 'member':26,42 'florida':17 'present':44 'resolut':38 'sponsor':9 'congress':28 'democrat':34 'lehtinen':15 'propheci':51 'christian':46 'jerusalem':49 'overwhelm':21 'republican':18 'ros-lehtinen':13 6748628 false true google blog Christian News from Jerusalem | Bible Prophecy... http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/component/content/frontpage.html OK http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/editorial/38-editors-choice/2134-what-a-difference-35-years-make.html 400259 Person representative Wed Nov 25 10:49:52 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota introduced her own ACORN Act--the Against Corporations Organizing to Rip off the Nation Act--which seeks to deny federal funds to "corporations or companies guilty of certain felony convictions ... 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EXCLUSIV 'd':7,20,26,32,38 'az':33 'ca':21,27 'ma':8 'mn':39 'jim':41 'sam':23 'anna':17 'd-az':31 'd-ca':19,25 'd-ma':6 'd-mn':37 'farr':24 'raul':29 'betti':35 'eshoo':18 'frank':5 'barney':4 'gazett':2,45 'servic':14 'financi':13 'mudvill':1,44 'chairman':10 'committe':15 'exclusiv':43 'grijalva':30 'mccollum':36 'mcdermott':42 'congressman':3,22,28,40 'congresswoman':16,34 6760488 false true google blog Mudville Gazette http://www.mudvillegazette.com/ OK http://www.mudvillegazette.com/032955.html 400259 Person rep\. Tue Nov 24 10:49:17 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Meanwhile, Minnesota's Betty McCollum, said that "American-made white phosphorus shells were used by Israel in civilian areas causing horrible burns to Palestinian children, yet this resolution refuses to seek the truth? ... Rep. Howard Berman, a '35':7 'doc':1,48 'rep':44 'use':24 'yet':36 'area':29 'burn':32 'caus':30 'made':19 'make':9 'said':15 'seek':41 'talk':3,50 'year':8 'betti':13 'refus':39 'shell':22 'truth':43 'white':20 'berman':46 'differ':6 'howard':45 'israel':26 'horribl':31 'resolut':38 'american':18 'children':35 'civilian':28 'mccollum':14 'meanwhil':10 'minnesota':11 'phosphorus':21 'palestinian':34 'american-mad':17 6769810 false true google blog Doc's Talk http://docstalk.blogspot.com/ OK http://docstalk.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-difference-35-years-make.html 400259 Person congress Mon Nov 23 10:58:47 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Betty McCollum from Minnesota's Fourth District was one of 36 members of Congress, all but three Democrats, who recently voted against the House resolution condemning the Goldstone report. According to her website, ... '36':20 'jg':1,43 'one':18 'hous':33 'open':3 'vote':30 'betti':7,10 'three':26 'accord':39 'fourth':15 'letter':4 'member':21 'recent':29 'report':38 'websit':42 'condemn':35 'resolut':34 'caesarea':2,44 'congress':23 'democrat':27 'district':16 'goldston':37 'mccollum':8,11 'minnesota':13 'congresswoman':6 6748636 false true google blog JG, Caesarea http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/ OK http://jgcaesarea.blogspot.com/2009/11/open-letter-to-congresswoman-betty.html 400259 Person rep\. Mon Nov 23 22:14:10 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. RICK LARSON D WA-2**. Rep. STEPHEN LYNCH D MA-9**. Rep. EDWARD MARKEY D MA-7**. Rep. BETTY McCOLLUM D MN-4**. Rep. JAMES McDERMOTT D WA-7**. Rep. JAMES McGOVERN D MA-3**. Rep. GWEN MOORE D WI-4**. Rep. JIM MORAN D VA-8**. Rep. ... 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'8':38 '12':25 'day':22 'per':21 'fund':12 'rais':16,30,43 'time':26,39 '37.36':20 '94.12':34 'betti':46 'daili':28 'dfler':45 'donor':4,15 'drive':5 'femal':3,14 'keith':32 'polit':2,50 'smart':1,49 '130.57':48 'amount':10,42 'averag':29,41 'collin':18 'ellison':33 'success':8 'fundrais':7 'mccollum':47 'peterson':19 6748629 false true google blog Smart Politics http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/ OK http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2009/11/female_donors_driving_the_fund.php