M001148 1966-09-06 1039 Longworth House Office Building http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/contact1.shtml 17 202-226-0777 Kendrick 'd':4 'fl':5 '-17':6 'rep':1 'meek':3,8,10 'kendrick':2,7,9 M 400270 Meek Kendrick_B._Meek Brett Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17] N00025692 6360 Democrat 202-225-4506 Baptist FL Kendrick Meek 3.625 http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/ KendrickBMeek 400270 Person rep\. Fri Nov 06 21:59:29 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...had situations with pythons in backyards attacking cats and dogs. It's something we have to deal with," said U.S Rep. Kendrick Meek D-Fla. Burmese pythons are not native to Florida, but it's believed over 100,000 of them live in the Everglades. Befo 'd':36 '000':51 '100':50 'cat':19 'dog':21 'fla':37 'rep':32 'u.s':31 'way':8 'befo':58 'deal':28 'hill':11 'live':54 'meek':34 'palm':61 'said':30 'west':60 'wpbf':59 'beach':62 'd-fla':35 'nativ':42 'attack':18 'believ':48 'burmes':38 'python':3,15,39 'situat':13 'someth':24 'capitol':10 'florida':1,44 'problem':4 'slither':5 'backyard':17 'everglad':57 'kendrick':33 6602855 true true daylife WPBF West Palm Beach http://www.wpbf.com/ OK http://www.wpbf.com/news/21546469/detail.html 400270 Person congress Fri Nov 06 10:52:24 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...which is half the lead he had in August. Crist does much better so far in the polls against likely Democratic nominee U.S. Rep Kendrick Meek. That means little to conservative enthusiasts, who are celebrating a New York congressional campaign in which t 'far':23 'lie':4 'new':45 'rep':32 'u.s':31 'won':5 'half':11 'help':7 'lead':13 'like':28 'mean':36 'meek':34 'much':20 'news':54 'poll':26 'york':46 'crist':2,18 'littl':37 'press':55 'august':17 'better':21 'celebr':43 'nomine':30 'conserv':39 'editori':1 'campaign':8,48 'democrat':29 'kendrick':33 'enthusiast':40 'news-press':53 'congression':47 6596951 true true daylife The News-Press http://www.news-press.com/ OK http://www.news-press.com/article/20091106/OPINION/911060323/1015/RSS04 400270 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 10:54:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...on his record.” Democrats say the Crist-Rubio battle will leave their party’s frontrunning Senate candidate, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, in a stronger position to win the general election. “Rather than fighting for the heart and soul of the 'gop':1 'rep':28 'say':13 'u.s':27 'win':38 'gear':2 'leav':20 'meek':30 'soul':49 'battl':18 'clash':5 'crist':16 'elect':41 'fight':44 'heart':47 'miami':32 'parti':22 'posit':36 'rubio':17 'senat':7,25 'candid':26 'herald':53 'rather':42 'record':11 'general':40 'primari':8 'democrat':12 'frontrun':24 'kendrick':29 'stronger':35 'bradenton':52 'crist-rubio':15 6586311 true true daylife Bradenton Herald http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/ OK http://www.bradenton.com/politics/story/1831459.html 400270 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 10:54:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...said the victories bode well for whoever turns out to be the Republican candidate. The likely opponent will be U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, the biggest Democratic name so far to announce a candidacy. Jones said Florida Republicans have plenty of time to wor 'big':7 'far':37 'rep':29 'sun':53 'u.s':28 'wor':51 'bode':12 'jone':42 'like':24 'meek':31 'name':35 'said':9,43 'time':49 'turn':16 'well':13 'crist':1 'local':5 'night':8 'oppon':25 'rubio':2 'candid':22 'expect':3 'plenti':47 'announc':39 'biggest':33 'florida':44 'victori':11 'whoever':15 'democrat':34 'kendrick':30 'candidaci':41 'gainesvill':52 'republican':6,21,45 6586312 true true daylife Gainesville Sun http://www.gainesville.com/ OK http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091104/articles/911049858 400270 Person republican Wed Nov 04 22:03:31 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 After Tuesday's elections, Florida looms as the next front in a war between moderates and conservatives that's dividing a Republican Party trying to surge toward the 2010 election. The state's GOP primary for U.S. Senate has all the ingredients to pack 'st':55 'gop':5,43 'may':6 'tri':33 'u.s':46 'war':22 '2010':38 'loom':15 'move':7 'next':18 'pack':53 'surg':35 'time':57 'divid':29 'elect':13,39 'fight':1 'front':19 'heart':3 'moder':24 'parti':32 'senat':47 'state':41 'toward':36 'conserv':26 'florida':9,14 'ingredi':51 'primari':44 'tuesday':11 'petersburg':56 'republican':31 'tampabay.com':54 6580346 true true daylife TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times http://www.tampabay.com/ OK http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/article1049499.ece 400270 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:03:31 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...in the immediate aftermath of the news, two Florida Democrat entities blasted the clip out to reporters. The first was Rep. Kendrick Meek's campaign committee, which is positioning the Florida Democrat for his party's senate nominee. The other was the F 'f':52 'dem':9 'rep':30 'two':17 'clip':23 'meek':32 'news':16 'post':54 'blast':21 'first':28 'moder':8 'parti':44 'posit':38 'senat':46 'cornyn':1 'entiti':20 'immedi':12 'neuter':6 'nomine':47 'report':26 'florida':18,40 'primari':3 'campaign':34 'committe':35 'democrat':19,41 'kendrick':31 'strategi':4 'aftermath':13 'huffington':53 6580347 true true daylife Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/cornyns-primary-strategy_n_345648.html 400270 Person rep\. Mon Nov 02 21:57:11 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to be kept indoors; certain species grow to more than 20 feet long and are capable of eating small children. If Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) gets his way, it will soon be a crime to buy, sell or transport three of the planet’s most dangerous pythons 'd':32 '20':17 'buy':44 'eat':24 'fla':33 'get':34 'put':2 'rep':28 'way':36 'feet':18 'grow':13 'hill':57 'kept':9 'long':19 'meek':1,30 'sell':45 'soon':39 'crime':42 'd-fla':31 'small':25 'speci':12 'three':48 'capabl':22 'danger':54 'indoor':10 'planet':51 'python':6,55 'squeez':4 'certain':11 'children':26 'kendrick':29 'transport':47 6562811 true true daylife The Hill http://www.thehill.com/ OK http://thehill.com/capital-living/in-the-know/65943-meek-puts-the-squeeze-on-pythons 400270 Person democrat Sun Nov 01 10:49:41 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...a political newcomer. He favors Obama's health care reform package and has had strong backing from Obama, just as Democrat Kendrick Meek probably will have in the Florida race. Rubio said in an interview last week that he wasn't watching the New York ra 'ra':52 'bay':54 'fla':5 'n.y':1 'new':50 'back':22 'care':15 'last':42 'meek':29 'race':2,36 'said':38 'wasn':46 'week':43 'york':51 'could':3 'favor':11 'obama':12,24 'onlin':55 'polit':8 'rubio':37 'tampa':53 'watch':48 'health':14 'newcom':9 'packag':17 'reform':16 'strong':21 'florida':35 'primari':6 'probabl':30 'democrat':27 'kendrick':28 'interview':41 'foreshadow':4 6549236 true true daylife Tampa Bay Online http://news.tbo.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tbo/politics/~3/5gLvkeo83hQ/ 400270 Person senate Sun Nov 01 10:49:41 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...surrounding each of Florida's major candidates: Gov. Charlie Crist, former state House speaker Marco Rubio and U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek. The Crist question: Is he just another version of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson? There's a reason Nelson has been in office '3':2 'gov':17 'rep':28 'sen':41 'u.s':3,27,40 'bill':42 'hous':22 'mark':9 'meek':30 'anoth':37 'crist':19,32 'major':7,15 'marco':24 'offic':52 'rubio':25 'senat':4 'state':21 'candid':5,16 'charli':18 'former':20 'nelson':43,48 'reason':47 'florida':13 'orlando':53 'speaker':23 'version':38 'kendrick':29 'question':8,33 'sentinel':54 'surround':10 6549237 true true daylife Orlando Sentinel http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ OK http://feeds.orlandosentinel.com/~r/orlandosentinel/news/opinion/~3/CIAlBD3HGKo/orl-edporl-jane-healy-senate-110109110109nov01,0,2417767.column 400270 Person congress Fri Oct 30 10:49:00 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Ever since the passage of HOPE II, Congressman Meek has remained actively engaged in promoting this legislation. U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek represents the 17th Congressional District of Florida which includes parts of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. He 'b':32 'ii':3,18 'rep':30 'u.s':29 'usa':1 '17th':36 'dade':47 'ever':12 'hope':2,17 'meek':11,20,33 'part':43 'sinc':13 'activ':23 'allow':4 'engag':24 'haiti':9 'miami':46 'counti':50 'includ':42 'legisl':28 'passag':15 'promot':26 'remain':22 'repres':34 'textil':6 'broward':49 'certain':5 'florida':40 'product':7 'district':38 'kendrick':31 'miami-dad':45 'congression':37 'congressman':10,19 'fibre2fashion.com':52 6531587 true true daylife Fibre2Fashion.com http://www.fibre2fashion.com/ OK http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/newsdetails.aspx?news_id=78629 400270 Person sen\. Sat Nov 07 10:46:59 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Walter Jones R NC. Rep. Peter King R NY Rep. Dana Rohrabacher R CA Rep. Zoe Lofgren D CA Rep. David Obey D WI Rep. Phil Gingery R GA Sen. Tim Johnson D SD Rep. Edolphus Towns D NY Rep. Walt Minnick D ID Rep. Kendrick Meek D FL Rep. ... '4':6 'd':31,36,46,51,56,61 'r':16,21,26,41 'ca':27,32 'fl':62 'ga':42 'id':57 'nc':17 'ny':22,52 'sd':47 'us':2,65 'wi':37 'rep':13,18,23,28,33,38,48,53,58,63 'sen':43 'tim':44 'zoe':29 'dana':24 'give':1,64 'hour':11 'jone':15 'king':20 'meek':60 'obey':35 'owen':4 'phil':39 'town':50 'walt':54 'break':5 'david':34 'first':10 'peter':19 'promis':8 'walter':14 'gingeri':40 'johnson':45 'liberti':3,66 'lofgren':30 'minnick':55 'campaign':7 'edolphus':49 'kendrick':59 'rohrabach':25 6607627 false true google blog Give Us Liberty http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/ OK http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/owens-breaks-4-campaign-promises-in.html 400270 Person rep\. Fri Nov 06 10:52:19 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 At press time on Friday, H.R. 3790, introduced by Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., had 53 co-sponsors. The bill would eliminate competitive bidding in exchange for a mix of pay-fors, including a 0.25% cut in 2010-12 and a 0.5% cut in 2015. ... 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As The Hill recently reported, ... 'hit':5 '10.2':6 '2010':22 'blog':9 'hear':31 'hill':41 'hous':28 'meek':15 'word':3 'earli':2 'senat':20 'candid':18 'caucus':8,45 'friday':25 'python':10,33 'recent':42 'report':43 'repres':13 'florida':12,38 'problem':36 'testifi':23 'democrat':17 'kendrick':14 'pushback':11 'unemploy':4 'judiciari':29 'particular':35 'subcommitte':30 6596947 false true google blog The Caucus http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/ OK http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/the-early-word-unemployment-hits-102/ 400270 Person republican Fri Nov 06 21:59:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 This week, we learned that Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk is soliciting Sarah Palin's endorsement. Kirk has been considered one of the GOP's top Senate recruits, but that's because he is centrist enough to win in this blue a state. For him to appear 'gop':31 'one':28 'rep':15 'top':33 'win':45 'blue':48 'grow':8 'kirk':17,24 'mark':16 'week':10 'crist':1 'diari':56 'error':4 'learn':12 'moder':6 'palin':21 'sarah':20 'senat':34 'state':50 'appear':54 'consid':27 'endors':23 'enough':43 'reveal':5 'unforc':3 'illinoi':14 'recruit':35 'solicit':19 'campaign':55 'centrist':42 'republican':7 6602853 false true google blog Campaign Diaries http://campaigndiaries.com/ OK http://campaigndiaries.com/2009/11/05/crists-unforced-error/ 400270 Person rep\. Thu Nov 05 22:01:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Today, Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) takes the witness chair before a House Judiciary subcommittee to talk about the importance of banning a particularly dangerous import. In preparation, he received a big package in his office… ... 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Charlie Crist (R-FL) in a head-to-head matchup for the state's open Senate seat, according to a new poll 'd':32 'r':39 '24':18 'fl':33,40 'll':8 'ago':20 'day':19 'gov':35 'men':27 'new':58 'rep':28 'blip':61 'come':9 'd-fl':31 'head':44,46 'know':25 'lead':34 'meek':14,30 'open':52 'poll':16,59 'r-fl':38 'seat':54 'among':21 'crist':37 'obama':6 'senat':53 'state':50 'steel':1 'voter':23 'accord':55 'charli':36 'beltway':60 'commiss':15 'florida':22 'matchup':47 'support':5 'kendrick':29 'republican':3 'head-to-head':43 'meek-commiss':13 'tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com':17 6596952 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/steele-to-republicans-who-support-obama-we-ll-come/ 400270 Person senate Thu Nov 05 22:01:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Former President Bill Clinton has headlined four fundraisers for US Senate candidate Kendrick Meek and is slated to attend a fifth reception in December. 'us':19 'get':5 'best':7,34 'bill':12 'four':16 'gore':6 'meek':1,23 'news':9,36 'fifth':30 'miami':8,35 'senat':20 'slate':26 'attend':28 'candid':21 'decemb':33 'former':10 'presid':11 'recept':31 'clinton':3,13 'headlin':15 'fundrais':17 'kendrick':22 6592686 false true google blog Best Miami News http://www.bestmiaminews.com/ OK http://www.bestmiaminews.com/meek-had-clinton-now-gets-gore/ 400270 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 22:01:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Frank Morse -- who, without Rep. Greg Walden or state Sen. Jason Atkinson in the race, might actually have been the GOP's best bet -- said no thanks to a gubernatorial race despite some previous interest; he'll run for re-election in 2010. Former 'll':44 're':48 'bet':31 'gop':28 'rep':12 'run':45 'sen':17 'ssp':4 '11/5':7 '2010':51 'best':30 'greg':13 'mors':9 'race':22,38 'said':32 'daili':5 'elect':49 'frank':8 'jason':18 'might':23 'state':2,16,54 'swing':1,53 'thank':34 'actual':24 'despit':39 'digest':6 'former':52 'walden':14 'project':3,55 'without':11 'atkinson':19 'interest':42 'previous':41 're-elect':47 'gubernatori':37 6592684 false true google blog Swing State Project http://www.swingstateproject.com/ OK http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5864/ssp-daily-digest-115 400270 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:01:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 It is a story that will need to be told for Kendrick Meek, the Democratic candidate for US Senate, to be competitive in November, 2010. But can he, and, will he? Meek has spent time in that shadow, too. When he was state representative, ... 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