M001148 1966-09-06 3797 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] 1799 N00025692 6525 Democrat 202-225-4506 Baptist FL Kendrick Meek 3.9 http://kendrickmeek.house.gov/ KendrickBMeek 400270 Person democrat Mon Nov 23 11:00:11 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Crist is in the race "because we need people in Washington who can offer alternatives," he said. Democratic candidate U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami has shown "an ideological affinity" to the direction of President Barack Obama, Rubio said. "And Charl 'rep':25 'u.s':24 'meek':27 'need':12 'news':48 'race':9 'said':21,43 'affin':34 'charl':45 'crist':5 'miami':29 'obama':41 'offer':18 'peopl':13 'press':49 'rubio':1,42 'shown':31 'speak':2 'altern':19 'barack':40 'candid':23 'direct':37 'edison':4 'presid':39 'ideolog':33 'democrat':22 'kendrick':26 'news-press':47 'washington':15 6748763 true true daylife The News-Press http://www.news-press.com/ OK http://www.news-press.com/article/20091122/NEWS0107/911220396/1085/RSS0110 400270 Person congress Mon Nov 23 11:00:11 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and includes parts of Broward, Palm Beach and Hendry counties, was sixth on the list with 10 nominations. Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Miami, was 13th with 16 nominations. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose San Francisco district is 29 percent Asian, was also n 'd':33 'n':54 '10':27 '16':38 '29':49 'st':56 'rep':29 'san':45 '13th':36 'also':53 'hous':40 'list':25 'meek':31 'palm':16 'part':13 'send':5 'time':58 'asian':51 'beach':17 'miami':34 'minor':7 'nanci':42 'nomin':28,39 'sixth':22 'urban':3 'whose':44 'counti':20 'hendri':19 'includ':12 'pelosi':43 'academi':10 'broward':15 'd-miami':32 'percent':50 'speaker':41 'district':4,47 'kendrick':30 'militari':9 'francisco':46 'petersburg':57 'congressmen':1 'tampabay.com':55 6748764 true true daylife TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times http://www.tampabay.com/ OK http://www.tampabay.com/news/military/article1053438.ece 400270 Person senate Mon Nov 23 11:00:12 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...a Twitter or Facebook account -- or both. The list is long and keeps growing: Sens. Gelber and Dave Aronberg, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp and Senate President Jeff Atwater, to name a few. But Rubio has been one of the most effective 'lt':34 'gov':35 'new':7 'one':51 'rep':31 'see':6 'sen':25 'u.s':30 'dave':28 'grow':24 'jeff':36,41 'jump':2 'keep':23 'list':19 'long':21 'meek':33 'name':44 'atwat':42 'media':5 'miami':56 'rubio':48 'senat':39 'voter':10 'effect':55 'gelber':26 'herald':57 'outlet':8 'presid':40 'social':4 'account':15 'twitter':12 'aronberg':29 'facebook':14 'kendrick':32 'kottkamp':37 'politician':1 6748765 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1344947.html 400270 Person senate Wed Nov 18 21:58:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Our state has left critical stimulus dollar on the table, said U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, whos also a candidate for the U.S. Senate. These hard-to-come-by funds are desperately needed to help Flor 'fla':1 'rep':27 'tax':3 'u.s':26,38 'also':33 'busi':5 'come':44 'flor':52 'fund':46 'hard':42 'help':51 'left':18 'meek':29 'need':49 'news':55 'said':25 'tabl':24 'whos':32 'agenc':11 'innov':14 'miami':31 'press':56 'senat':39 'state':16 'accord':8 'candid':35 'critic':19 'desper':48 'dollar':21 'kendrick':28 'stimulus':20 'unemploy':2 'workforc':13 'skyrocket':7 'news-press':54 'hard-to-come-bi':41 6733245 true true daylife The News-Press http://www.news-press.com/ OK http://www.news-press.com/article/20091118/BUSINESS/91118068/1002/RSS01 400270 Person senate Thu Nov 19 21:58:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. "Our state has left critical stimulus dollar on the table," said U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, who's also a candidate for the U.S. Senate. "These hard-to-come-by funds are desperately needed to help Florida's 'fla':1 'rep':26 'tax':3 'u.s':25,38 'also':33 'busi':5 'come':44 'fund':46 'hard':42 'help':51 'left':17 'meek':28 'need':49 'said':24 'tabl':23 'agenc':10 'innov':13 'miami':30 'senat':39 'state':15 'candid':35 'critic':18 'desper':48 'dollar':20 'florida':52 'kendrick':27 'stimulus':19 'unemploy':2 'workforc':12 'skyrocket':7 'kivitv.com':54 'hard-to-come-bi':41 6738775 true true daylife KIVITV.com http://www.kivitv.com/ OK http://www.kivitv.com/global/story.asp?s=11537105 400270 Person senate Thu Nov 19 10:50:56 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. "Our state has left critical stimulus dollar on the table," said U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek of Miami, who's also a candidate for the U.S. Senate. "These hard-to-come-by funds are desperately needed to help Florida's 'fla':1 'rep':26 'tax':3 'u.s':25,38 'also':33 'busi':5 'come':44 'fund':46 'hard':42 'help':51 'left':17 'meek':28 'need':49 'said':24 'tabl':23 'agenc':10 'innov':13 'miami':30 'senat':39 'state':15 'candid':35 'critic':18 'desper':48 'dollar':20 'florida':52 'newsvin':54 'kendrick':27 'stimulus':19 'unemploy':2 'workforc':12 'skyrocket':7 'hard-to-come-bi':41 6736134 true true daylife Newsvine http://www.newsvine.com/ OK http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/19/3519447-fla-unemployment-tax-on-businesses-to-skyrocket 400270 Person democrat Thu Nov 19 21:58:23 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...winning or choosing someone who they think better represents the party's philosophy. Crist leads four-term. Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek in a general election match-up by 50 percent to 33 percent with 17 percent undecided, while Meek leads Rubio 38 per '17':47 '33':44 '38':54 '50':41 'vs':2 'get':7 'per':55 'rep':30 'win':11 'four':27 'lead':25,52 'meek':32,51 'term':28 'choos':13 'crist':1,24 'daili':57 'elect':36 'littl':9 'match':38 'parti':21 'polit':56 'rubio':3,53 'think':17 'better':18 'repres':19 'someon':14 'contest':4 'florida':6 'general':35 'percent':42,45,48 'tighter':10 'undecid':49 'democrat':29 'kendrick':31 'match-up':37 'four-term':26 'philosophi':23 6738774 true true daylife Politics Daily http://www.politicsdaily.com/ OK http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/19/crist-vs-rubio-contest-in-florida-gets-a-little-tighter/ 400270 Person congress Wed Nov 18 10:49:56 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...President Barack Obama, and first lady Michelle Obama, right, joined by Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Chairman Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla, left, and Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Barbara Lee, D-Calif., at the Congressional Black Caucus Foun 'd':29,40 'fla':30 'lee':38 'new':7 'rep':25 'foun':47 'join':18 'ladi':14 'left':31 'meek':27 'arriv':4 'black':1,21,34,45 'calif':41 'd-fla':28 'first':13 'obama':11,16 'power':2 'right':17 'barack':10 'caucus':22,35,46 'presid':9 'barbara':37 'd-calif':39 'foundat':23 'michell':15 'chairman':24,36 'challeng':8 'kendrick':26 'congression':20,33,44 'kansascity.com':48 6726023 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/438/story/1577462.html 400270 Person democrat Wed Nov 18 10:49:56 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...several elementary classes today." And Ana Cruz, a Tampa-based Democratic consultant who is a senior advisor to U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek's campaign, said she was at Lake Magdalene Elementary School, "talking to 2nd graders about elections." "They are so 'st':55 '2nd':47 'ana':17 'rep':32 'u.s':31 'area':7 'base':22 'cruz':18 'lake':41 'meek':34 'said':37 'talk':45 'time':57 'class':14 'elect':50 'sever':12 'tampa':21 'teach':10 'today':15 'grader':48 'school':8,44 'senior':28 'advisor':29 'consult':24 'descend':5 'campaign':36 'democrat':23 'helicopt':1 'kendrick':33 'magdalen':42 'firefight':2 'tampa-bas':20 'elementari':13,43 'petersburg':56 'politician':4 'tampabay.com':54 6726024 true true daylife TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times http://www.tampabay.com/ OK http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/article1052587.ece 400270 Person congress Wed Nov 18 21:58:20 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...said lawmakers "willfully left millions of our taxpayer dollars sitting on the table in Washington." Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami-Dade Democrat running for U.S. Senate, said Congress gave states a two-year window to tap the funds and expa 'rep':25 'run':33 'sit':17 'tap':47 'tax':7 'two':43 'u.s':24,35 'busi':2 'dade':31 'expa':51 'face':3 'fund':49 'gave':39 'left':11 'meek':27 'said':8,37 'tabl':20 'will':10 'year':44 'miami':30 'senat':36 'state':40 'dollar':16 'lawmak':9 'taxpay':15 'window':45 'florida':1 'increas':4 'million':12 'orlando':52 'congress':38 'democrat':32 'kendrick':26 'meanwhil':23 'sentinel':53 'two-year':42 'unemploy':6 'miami-dad':29 'washington':22 6733246 true true daylife Orlando Sentinel http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ OK http://feeds.orlandosentinel.com/~r/orlandosentinel/news/local/southwest/~3/srTL6xJgsQE/os-unemployment-tax-increase-20091118,0,6842257.story 400270 Person rep\. Mon Nov 23 11:00:05 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0600 2009 KENDRICK MEEK D FL-17* Rep. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SHULZ D FL-20* Rep. BILL OWENS D NY-23* Rep. JOSEPH CAO R LA-2* Rep. GARY ACKERMAN D NY-5* Rep. JOHN SPRATT D SC-5* Rep. ROBERT BERRY D AR-1* Rep. VICTOR SNYDER D AR-2* Rep. ... 'd':14,21,27,39,45,51,57 'r':33 '-1':53 '-2':35,59 '-5':41,47 'ar':52,58 'fl':15,22 'la':34 'ny':28,40 'sc':46 'us':2,62 '-17':16 '-20':23 '-23':29 'cao':32 'rep':17,24,30,36,42,48,54,60 'bill':25 'gari':37 'give':1,61 'john':43 'meek':13 'owen':26 'berri':50 'debbi':18 'shulz':20 'joseph':31 'robert':49 'snyder':56 'spratt':44 'victor':55 'liberti':3,63 'ackerman':38 'kendrick':12 'wasserman':19 'california':11 'communista':9 6748744 false true google blog Give Us Liberty http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/ OK http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/and-here-we-have-communista-from.html 400270 Person congress Mon Nov 23 11:00:08 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The fact that Kendrick Meek (D) is very much in line with the views of the S. FLa. electorate shows that this region is not as polarized by race as say, north Florida, Georgia, or Alabama. Even in the protests against health care reform ... 'd':15 'fla':27 'say':40 'top':5 'care':52 'even':46 'fact':11 'feed':59 'full':57 'line':20 'meek':14 'much':18 'news':58 'post':56 'race':38 'show':29 'view':23 'cuban':6 'north':41 'polar':36 'spous':3 'yoani':8 'health':51 'reform':53 'region':32 'alabama':45 'blogger':7 'elector':28 'escobar':2 'florida':42 'georgia':43 'protest':49 'sanchez':9 'kendrick':13 'reinaldo':1 'huffington':55 6748753 false true google blog The Huffington Post | Full News Feed http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/21/reinaldo-escobar-spouse-o_n_366369.html 400270 Person rep\. Mon Nov 23 11:00:05 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ... purchasing insurance across state lines, addressing preexisting conditions and lowering the cost of prescription drugs through reimportation would make for a more acceptable approach. Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) said on Twitter: ... 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'43':37 'dem':24 'gop':41 'new':1 'dkos':2 'meek':26 'poll':3,12,33 'reid':50 'show':13,34 'sinc':47 'crist':19,44 'point':38 'rubio':6,46 'still':28 'swing':39 'total':30 'charli':18 'incred':36 'normal':15 'prefer':17 'report':51 'birther':4 'januari':48 'support':42 'unknown':31 'kendrick':8,25 'unfortun':21 'republican':16 6748740 false true google blog The Reid Report http://blog.reidreport.com/ OK http://blog.reidreport.com/2009/11/new-dkos-poll-birthers-for-rubio-and-kendrick-who/ 400270 Person democrat Mon Nov 23 11:00:05 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.) has remained an almost straight party-line voter in 2009, despite running for Senate in a swing state. Meek comes from a heavily Democratic district in the Miami area and has stayed true to his left-leaning ... 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'guy':16,41 'mom':24 'top':49 'also':13 'done':42 'even':27 'forg':30 'head':52 'knee':26 'meek':12,56 'much':22 'must':19 'nice':15 'tell':45 'anyon':44 'count':7 'elect':32 'known':57 'learn':21 'marco':4 'charli':8 'despit':1 'experi':33 'frenzi':2 'kendrick':11,55 'browardbeat.com':10,59 6748752 false true google blog BrowardBeat.com http://www.browardbeat.com/ OK http://www.browardbeat.com/despite-media-frenzy-for-mario-dont-count-charlie-out/ 400270 Person rep\. Mon Nov 23 11:00:08 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Infamous 53 are led by U.S. Rep. Debbie 'Dubbya' Wasserman-Schultz, the leader of the equally infamous Gang of 66. The 53, like the Gang of 66, are anti-Cuba, and take cash "contributions" from the fascist U.S.-Cuba Democracy PAC. ... '53':5,16,37 '66':35,42 'dog':13 'led':18 'new':12 'old':7 'pac':57 'rep':21 'u.s':20,54 'anti':45 'cash':49 'cuba':1,46,55,58 'gang':33,40 'like':38 'take':48 'crowd':8 'debbi':22 'equal':31 'infam':4,15,32 'dubbya':23 'leader':28 'fascist':53 'journal':2,59 'schultz':26 'anti-cuba':44 'contribut':50 'democraci':56 'wasserman':25 'wasserman-schultz':24 6748755 false true google blog Cuba Journal http://cubajournal.blogspot.com/ OK http://cubajournal.blogspot.com/2009/11/infamous-53-same-old-crowd-with-few-new.html 400270 Person democrat Mon Nov 23 11:00:05 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 It's possible that Kendrick Meek is it. But he's also just a 4-term Rep who inherited Mom's political dynasty. And a little worry that an old goat like Maurice Ferre jumped in. One would rather see the DSCC focus on getting their own ... 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'33':19 '50':17 '59':33 '-32':34 'rep':13 'fact':24 'meek':15 'poll':1 'show':2 'crist':3,12,26 'diari':47 'elect':45 'favor':29 'trail':16 'charli':11 'combin':20 'extend':41 'mccain':4 'overal':28 'remain':30 'strong':32 'troubl':38 'general':44 'primari':8,37 'struggl':5 'campaign':46 'kendrick':14 'republican':7 6748742 false true google blog Campaign Diaries http://campaigndiaries.com/ OK http://campaigndiaries.com/2009/11/20/crist-and-mccain-struggling/