<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<person>
  <biography nil="true"></biography>
  <bioguideid>O000006</bioguideid>
  <birthday type="date">1934-09-10</birthday>
  <blog-article-count type="integer">4431</blog-article-count>
  <congress-office>2365 Rayburn House Office Building</congress-office>
  <contact-webform>http://wwwc.house.gov/oberstar/zipauth.htm</contact-webform>
  <district>8</district>
  <email nil="true"></email>
  <fax>202-225-0699</fax>
  <firstname>James</firstname>
  <fti-names>'d':4 '-8':6 'mn':5 'rep':1 'jame':2,7,9 'oberstar':3,8,10</fti-names>
  <gender>M</gender>
  <id type="integer">400299</id>
  <lastname>Oberstar</lastname>
  <metavid-id>James_L._Oberstar</metavid-id>
  <middlename>L.</middlename>
  <name>Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8]</name>
  <news-article-count type="integer">2667</news-article-count>
  <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
  <osid>N00001806</osid>
  <page-views-count type="integer">11191</page-views-count>
  <party>Democrat</party>
  <phone>202-225-6211</phone>
  <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
  <state>MN</state>
  <sunlight-nickname>Jim</sunlight-nickname>
  <title>Rep.</title>
  <unaccented-name>James Oberstar</unaccented-name>
  <url nil="true"></url>
  <user-approval type="float">3.0</user-approval>
  <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
  <website>http://www.oberstar.house.gov/</website>
  <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
  <recent-news type="array">
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Feb 09 10:55:41 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...commit $78.5 million to try to halt the Asian carp in the Great Lakes. AP wonders whether the summit is just for show. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar hears about the success of a drug court in International Falls. Eight of the candidates for governor participate</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ap':18 'dfl':27 'jim':29 'mpr':49 'rep':28 'tri':8 '78.5':5 'carp':13 'drug':37 'fall':41 'halt':10 'hear':31 'lake':17 'show':26 'asian':12 'court':38 'daili':2 'eight':42 'great':16 'radio':52 'candid':45 'commit':4 'digest':3 'intern':40 'public':51 'summit':22 'wonder':19 'million':6 'success':34 'whether':20 'governor':47 'oberstar':30 'particip':48 'minnesota':50</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7536270</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>MPR | Minnesota Public Radio</source>
      <source-url>http://www.mpr.org/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>The Daily Digest</title>
      <url>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2010/02/the_daily_diges_782.shtml?refid=0</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 22:04:34 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...happened in Duluth,&quot; said Fields. 											  Lake County Commissioner Paul Bergman says he's written letters to U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, who represents the area in Congress, and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, pleading for their assistance in prodding the pro</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ami':36 'jim':25 'may':4 'mpr':46 'pro':45 'rep':24 'say':17 'sen':35 'u.s':23,34 'area':30 'lake':12 'paul':15 'prod':43 'said':10 'spur':5 'field':11 'outag':3 'phone':2 'plead':38 'radio':49 'assist':41 'counti':13 'duluth':9 'happen':7 'improv':6 'letter':21 'public':48 'repres':28 'bergman':16 'written':20 'congress':32 'oberstar':26 'klobuchar':37 'minnesota':47 'northshor':1 'commission':14</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7507356</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>MPR | Minnesota Public Radio</source>
      <source-url>http://www.mpr.org/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Northshore phone outage may spur improvements</title>
      <url>http://feeds.mpr.org/~r/MPR_NewsFeatures/~3/2BPPym54HbA/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 22:04:34 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...happened in Duluth,&quot; said Fields. 											  Lake County Commissioner Paul Bergman says he's written letters to U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, who represents the area in Congress, and U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, pleading for their assistance in prodding the pro</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ami':36 'jim':25 'may':4 'mpr':46 'pro':45 'rep':24 'say':17 'sen':35 'u.s':23,34 'area':30 'lake':12 'paul':15 'prod':43 'said':10 'spur':5 'field':11 'outag':3 'phone':2 'plead':38 'radio':49 'assist':41 'counti':13 'duluth':9 'happen':7 'improv':6 'letter':21 'public':48 'repres':28 'bergman':16 'written':20 'congress':32 'oberstar':26 'klobuchar':37 'minnesota':47 'northshor':1 'commission':14</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7507357</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>MPR | Minnesota Public Radio</source>
      <source-url>http://www.mpr.org/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Northshore phone outage may spur improvements</title>
      <url>http://feeds.mpr.org/~r/MPR_science/~3/2BPPym54HbA/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 11:00:30 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...last summer when the Coast Guard suddenly began enforcing the 6-Pack requirement. An uproar, and confusion, followed. U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman of the powerful House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which oversees the Coast G</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'6':17 'd':30 'g':45 'jim':27 'rep':26 'u.s':25 'fall':4 'hous':36 'last':7 'minn':31 'pack':18 'star':47 'began':14 'coast':11,44 'gentl':6 'guard':12 'power':35 'confus':23 'd-minn':29 'enforc':15 'follow':24 'hammer':2 'licens':1 'overse':42 'requir':19 'sudden':13 'summer':8 'tribun':48 'uproar':21 'chairman':32 'committe':40 'oberstar':28 'transport':37 'minneapoli':46 'infrastructur':39</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7499222</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Minneapolis Star Tribune</source>
      <source-url>http://www.startribune.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Licensing hammer to fall more gently</title>
      <url>http://www.startribune.com/sports/83603337.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 11:00:31 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>and this meeting could benefit the Coast Guard, our state and the guides,&quot; Holsten wrote.
Minnesota is asking the U.S. Coast Guard to delay enforcing requirements for federal boat-operation licenses that are forcing some of the state's fishing guides</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ask':4,34 'dnr':2 'six':10 'u.s':36 'boat':46 'fish':15,57 'forc':51 'guid':16,29,58 'meet':19 'oper':47 'pack':11 'chief':3 'coast':5,23,37 'could':20 'delay':8,40 'feder':44 'guard':6,24,38 'state':26,55 'wrote':31 'enforc':41 'licens':12,48 'requir':13,42 'benefit':21 'holsten':30 'six-pack':9 'boat-oper':45 'minnesota':1,32 'twincities.com':59</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7499223</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>TwinCities.com</source>
      <source-url>http://www.twincities.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Minnesota DNR chief asks Coast Guard to delay 'Six-Pack' license requirements for fishing guides</title>
      <url>http://www.twincities.com/outdoors/ci_14337329?source=rss</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>sen\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 10:57:21 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>...lobby for better communications, such as county-wide broadband. Bergman also has appealed to U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, DFL-Chisholm, for federal help building a system that includes a backup to divert signals around a break lik</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ne':4 'ami':26 'dfl':34 'jim':31 'lik':52 'mpr':53 'rep':30 'sen':25 'u.s':24,29 'also':20 'help':38 'minn':5 'wide':17 'break':51 'build':39 'feder':37 'lobbi':9 'outag':2 'phone':1 'radio':56 'appeal':22 'around':49 'backup':45 'better':11 'counti':16 'danger':8 'divert':47 'includ':43 'public':55 'reveal':6 'signal':48 'system':41 'bergman':19 'potenti':7 'chisholm':35 'communic':12 'oberstar':32 'broadband':18 'klobuchar':27 'minnesota':54 'county-wid':15 'dfl-chisholm':33</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7489150</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>MPR | Minnesota Public Radio</source>
      <source-url>http://www.mpr.org/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Phone outage in NE Minn. reveals potential dangers</title>
      <url>http://feeds.mpr.org/~r/MPR_NewsFeatures/~3/nQVdqJ8j65Q/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>republican</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 22:00:32 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Wed Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt> ... Republican candidate seeking an endorsement to try to oust Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., generating spontaneous applause from the crowd. ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':14 'jim':11 'rep':10 'tri':7 'minn':15 'oust':9 'seek':3 'crowd':21 'daili':23 'candid':2 'd-minn':13 'endors':5 'applaus':18 'generat':16 'spontan':17 'brainerd':22 'dispatch':24 'oberstar':12 'republican':1</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7516291</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Brainerd Daily Dispatch</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.brainerddispatch.com/stories/020310/new_20100203018.shtml</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 22:00:31 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Feb 02 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt> (Photo: Streetsblog.net) That question brought House transportation committee chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) to a small meeting room on Capitol Hill today as ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':13 'mn':14 'jim':10 'blog':28 'd-mn':12 'hill':22,27 'hous':6 'meet':18 'room':19 'photo':1 'small':17 'today':23 'brought':5 'capitol':21,26 'chairman':9 'committe':8 'oberstar':11 'question':4 'transport':7 'streetsblog':25 'streetsblog.net':2</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7516287</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Streetsblog Capitol Hill (blog)</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/02/02/a-modest-proposal-ask-developers-to-help-pay-for-better-transport/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 22:00:31 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt> ... by including $45 million, an amount that Rep. Jim Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said &amp;quot;represents the type of funding the ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'45':3 'jim':9 'rep':8 'fund':22 'hous':14 'said':17 'type':20 'amount':6 'includ':2 'repres':18 'million':4 'chairman':11 'committe':16 'oberstar':10 'transport':15 'minnpost.com':24</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7516288</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>MinnPost.com</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/2010/02/02/15536/obama_budget_white_house_defends_1267_trillion_federal_deficit</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
    <recent-news type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 10:48:23 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt> ... by including $45 million, an amount that Rep. Jim Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation Committee, said &amp;quot;represents the type of funding the ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'45':3 'jim':9 'rep':8 'fund':22 'hous':14 'said':17 'type':20 'amount':6 'includ':2 'repres':18 'million':4 'chairman':11 'committe':16 'oberstar':10 'transport':15 'minnpost.com':24</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7528351</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>MinnPost.com</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/02/02/15550/minnesotans_delighted_that_obama_budget_keeps_central_corridor_lrt_right_on_track</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-news>
  </recent-news>
  <recent-blogs type="array">
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Feb 09 10:55:37 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>Jim Oberstar, Minnesota Democratic Representative and chairman for House Transportation and Infrastructure, was quoted with the following statement: &#8220;Under existing regulations, a flight crew may not be made aware of a pallet containing ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'ll':5,50 'ink':10 'jim':13 'let':6,51 'may':37 'awar':41 'blog':12 'crew':36 'hous':21 'know':8,53 'made':40 'quot':26 'exist':32 'print':3,48 'regul':33 'flight':35 'follow':29 'pallet':44 'repres':17 'contain':45 'printer':9,54 'cartridg':11 'chairman':19 'democrat':16 'oberstar':14 'minnesota':15 'statement':30 'transport':22 'infrastructur':24</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7536268</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>If It Prints, I'll Let You Know - Printer... </source>
      <source-url>http://printerinkcartridgesblog.printcountry.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>If It Prints, I&amp;#39;ll Let You Know &#8211; Printer &amp;amp; Ink Cartridges Blog ...</title>
      <url>http://printerinkcartridgesblog.printcountry.com/?p=8499</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Feb 09 10:55:36 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>He was also the King of Pork, surpassing even Minnesota Rep. Jim Oberstar. Murtha was a bum. Murtha&amp;#39;s ingenious Iraq plan. Rapid response, based real close to Iraq in case they were needed. Yeah, real close as in Okinawa! ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'bum':26 'jim':21 'rep':20 'also':12 'base':34 'case':40 'even':18 'gone':6 'iraq':30,38 'king':2,14 'lake':7,50 'need':43 'plan':31 'pork':4,16 'real':35,45 'yeah':44 'close':36,46 'rapid':32 'ingeni':29 'murtha':23,27 'liberti':9,52 'okinawa':49 'respons':33 'surpass':17 'oberstar':22 'minnesota':19 'minnetonka':8,51</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7536267</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Lake Minnetonka Liberty </source>
      <source-url>http://lmliberty.wordpress.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>The King of Pork is gone! &#171; Lake Minnetonka Liberty</title>
      <url>http://lmliberty.wordpress.com/2010/02/09/the-king-of-pork-is-gone/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 10:48:21 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>... a five-pound package of flammable paint or dry ice would be subject to the full scope of the regulations,&#8221; said Minnesota Democratic representative and House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman, Jim Oberstar, in a statement. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'e':7 'air':9 'dri':20 'ice':21 'jim':42 'five':13 'full':27 'hous':37 'said':32 'could':4 'crimp':5 'paint':18 'pound':14 'regul':31 'scope':28 'would':22 'packag':15 'propos':1 'repres':35 'travel':10 'batteri':2 'commerc':8 'subject':24 'chairman':41 'democrat':34 'flammabl':17 'oberstar':43 'restrict':3 'e-commerc':6 'minnesota':33 'statement':46 'transport':38 'five-pound':12 'genpop.net':47 'infrastructur':40</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7528350</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>genpop.net </source>
      <source-url>http://genpop.net/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Proposed battery restrictions could crimp e-commerce, air travel ...</title>
      <url>http://genpop.net/proposed-battery-restrictions-could-crimp-e-commerce-air-travel/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>legislation</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 21:55:17 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>The legislation, which is being championed by Tim Walz and a bi-partisan group of 187 co-sponsors including fellow Minnesotans Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum and Jim Oberstar, would end the 1993 &#8220;Don&amp;#39;t Ask Don&amp;#39;t Tell&#8221; DADT law. ... The  question</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'bi':26 'co':32 'mn':3 '-02':4 '187':30 'ask':7,50 'end':45 'jim':42 'law':55 'tim':21 '1993':47 'dadt':54 'john':11 'tell':10,53 'walz':22 'betti':39 'group':28 'keith':37 'kline':12 'would':44 'fellow':35 'includ':34 'legisl':15 'central':2,59 'ellison':38 'sponsor':33 'champion':19 'mccollum':40 'oberstar':43 'partisan':27 'question':57 'minnesota':1,58 'co-sponsor':31 'minnesotan':36 'bi-partisan':25</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7530963</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Minnesota Central </source>
      <source-url>http://minnesotacentral.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Minnesota Central: MN-02 : (Don&amp;#39;t Ask) Don&amp;#39;t Tell John Kline, The ...</title>
      <url>http://minnesotacentral.blogspot.com/2010/02/mn-02-dont-ask-dont-tell-john-kline.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 22:03:19 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>... a five-pound package of flammable paint or dry ice would be subject to the full scope of the regulations,&amp;quot; said Minnesota Democratic representative and House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman, Jim Oberstar, in a statement. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'dri':17 'ice':18 'jim':39 'old':4,44 'five':10 'full':24 'hous':34 'said':29 'forum':7,47 'hippi':5,45 'paint':15 'pound':11 'regul':28 'scope':25 'would':19 'packag':12 'propos':1 'repres':32 'batteri':2 'subject':21 'chairman':38 'democrat':31 'flammabl':14 'oberstar':40 'restrict':3 'minnesota':30 'statement':43 'transport':35 'five-pound':9 'infrastructur':37</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7525221</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Old Hippie's Forums </source>
      <source-url>http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Proposed battery restrictions - Old Hippie&amp;#39;s Forums</title>
      <url>http://www.oldhippie.com/forums/political-news-discussions-humor/8946-proposed-battery-restrictions.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 10:54:54 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>Late final week in Washington, U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar touted spending half the trillion dollars to compromise the nation&amp;#39;s travel woes. He followed which up upon Monday with the headlines recover earnest which motorists in Northeastern ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'jim':15 'rep':14 'u.s':13 'woe':29 'half':19 'late':8 'road':1 'tout':17 'upon':34 'week':10 'engin':5 'final':9 'paver':2 'recov':39 'spend':18 'dollar':22 'follow':31 'monday':35 'nation':26 'travel':28 'unipav':4 'earnest':40 'headlin':38 'product':6 'motorist':42 'oberstar':16 'trillion':21 'compromis':24 'construct':7,45 'technolog':46 'washington':12 'northeastern':44</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7520367</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Construction Technology </source>
      <source-url>http://www.constructiontechnology.co.cc/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Road Pavers From Unipave Engineering Products &#171; Construction ...</title>
      <url>http://www.constructiontechnology.co.cc/road-pavers-from-unipave-engineering-products.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 10:55:48 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>said Minnesota Democratic representative and House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman, Jim Oberstar, in a statement. &amp;quot;That makes little sense,&amp;quot;. The full text of the Department of Transportation&amp;#39;s proposal can be viewed ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'e':7 'air':9 'jim':21 'full':31 'hous':16 'make':27 'said':11 'sens':29 'text':32 'view':42 'could':4 'crimp':5 'littl':28 'depart':35 'propos':1,39 'repres':14 'travel':10 'batteri':2 'commerc':8 'chairman':20 'democrat':13 'oberstar':22 'restrict':3 'e-commerc':6 'minnesota':12 'statement':25 'transport':17,37 'ushour.com':43 'infrastructur':19</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7511086</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>UsHour.com </source>
      <source-url>http://www.ushour.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Proposed battery restrictions could crimp e-commerce, air travel ...</title>
      <url>http://www.ushour.com/business/proposed-battery-restrictions-could-crimp-e-commerce-air-travel/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Feb 07 10:54:54 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>... a five-pound package of flammable paint or dry ice would be subject to the full scope of the regulations,&#8221; said Minnesota Democratic representative and House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman, Jim Oberstar, in a statement. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'e':7 'air':9 'dri':20 'ice':21 'jim':42 'five':13 'full':27 'hous':37 'news':49 'said':32 'could':4 'crimp':5 'paint':18 'pound':14 'regul':31 'scope':28 'would':22 'laptop':47 'packag':15 'propos':1 'repres':35 'travel':10 'batteri':2,48 'commerc':8 'subject':24 'chairman':41 'democrat':34 'flammabl':17 'oberstar':43 'restrict':3 'e-commerc':6 'minnesota':33 'statement':46 'transport':38 'five-pound':12 'infrastructur':40</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7520366</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>laptop battery news </source>
      <source-url>http://batteries.shopokey.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Proposed battery restrictions could crimp e-commerce, air travel ...</title>
      <url>http://batteries.shopokey.com/2010/02/proposed-battery-restrictions-could-crimp-e-commerce-air-travel/</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 22:04:29 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>... a five-pound package of flammable paint or dry ice would be subject to the full scope of the regulations,&#8221; said Minnesota Democratic representative and House Transportation and Infrastructure chairman, Jim Oberstar, in a statement. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'e':7 'air':9 'dri':20 'ice':21 'jim':42 'five':13 'full':27 'hous':37 'said':32 'check':47 'could':4 'crimp':5 'paint':18 'pound':14 'regul':31 'scope':28 'would':22 'packag':15 'propos':1 'repres':35 'togeth':48 'travel':10 'batteri':2 'commerc':8 'subject':24 'chairman':41 'democrat':34 'flammabl':17 'oberstar':43 'restrict':3 'e-commerc':6 'minnesota':33 'statement':46 'transport':38 'five-pound':12 'infrastructur':40</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7507354</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Checking Together </source>
      <source-url>http://www.favsky.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Proposed battery restrictions could crimp e-commerce, air travel ...</title>
      <url>http://www.favsky.com/computer/news/itworld/proposed-battery-restrictions-could-crimp-e-commerce-air-travel.html</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
    <recent-blog type="Commentary">
      <average-rating type="float" nil="true"></average-rating>
      <commentariable-id type="integer">400299</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>senate</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sat Feb 06 22:00:28 -0600 2010</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 -0600 2010</date>
      <excerpt>Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison, Jim Oberstar, and Tim Walz called for action on a repeal following Tuesday&amp;#39;s hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee where Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called ending ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'arm':33 'end':48 'jim':15 'tim':18 'won':6 'call':20,47 'hear':29 'mike':38 'walz':19 'admir':37 'betti':11 'chief':44 'joint':43 'keith':13 'kline':2 'senat':32 'staff':46 'action':22 'answer':8 'follow':26 'mullen':39 'repeal':25 'servic':34 'ellison':14 'paulsen':5 'tuesday':27 'bachmann':3 'chairman':40 'committe':35 'mccollum':12 'oberstar':16 'peterson':1 'question':9 'thecolu.mn':49</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">7516285</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>TheColu.mn </source>
      <source-url>http://thecolu.mn/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Peterson, Kline, Bachmann and Paulsen Won&amp;#39;t Answer Questions About ...</title>
      <url>http://thecolu.mn/2405/peterson-kline-bachmann-and-paulsen-wont-answer-questions-about-dont-ask-dont-tell</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
  </recent-blogs>
</person>
