S000583 1947-11-19 2409 Rayburn House Office Building http://lamarsmith.house.gov/contact.aspx?section=Mail 21 202-225-8628 Lamar 'r':4 'tx':5 '-21':6 'rep':1 'lamar':2,7,9 'smith':3,8,10 M 400381 Smith Lamar_S._Smith S. Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21] N00001811 8120 Republican 202-225-4236 Christian Scientist TX Lamar Smith 3.86363636363636 http://lamarsmith.house.gov/ 400381 Person congress Thu Nov 05 11:08:29 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and Naturalization Service to support state and local police efforts where illegal and criminal aliens were involved. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), said at a recent congressional hearing, “The goal was to enable those local law enforcement authorities w 'r':30 'w':48 'law':45 'rep':26 'tex':31 'goal':39 'hear':37 'said':32 'alien':23 'enabl':42 'hobbl':5 'illeg':20 'lamar':27 'local':6,16,44 'natur':10 'obama':1 'polic':17 'r-tex':29 'secur':4 'smith':28 'state':14 'author':47 'crimin':22 'effort':18 'enforc':8,46 'immigr':7 'involv':25 'recent':35 'servic':11 'support':13 'homeland':3 'congression':36 'humanevents.com':49 6586905 true true daylife HumanEvents.com http://www.humanevents.com/ OK http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=34269 400381 Person congress Tue Nov 03 22:14:51 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...protestors outside Rodriguez's congressional office were constituents. Dashiell lives in Boerne, in the district of Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio. Dee Brame, president of the Republican Business Women of Bexar County, said Tea Party and conservative a 'r':29 'dee':32 'gop':1 'rep':25 'san':30,49 'tea':44 'bill':8 'busi':38 'care':7 'demo':3 'live':18 'said':43 'bexar':41 'boern':20 'brame':33 'lamar':26 'offic':14 'parti':45 'r-san':28 'smith':27 'women':39 'counti':42 'health':6 'outsid':10 'picket':2 'presid':34 'antonio':31,50 'conserv':47 'dashiel':17 'express':51 'undecid':4 'constitu':16 'district':23 'protestor':9 'rodriguez':11 'republican':37 'congression':13 6571977 true true daylife San Antonio Express http://www.mysanantonio.com/ OK http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/GOP_pickets_Demos_undecided_on_health_care_bill.html 400381 Person republican Fri Oct 30 11:01:43 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...burglary, larceny, fraud, and money laundering; and aliens who have been convicted of or arrested for “other offenses.”   Rep. Lamar Smith, ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, said contrary to claims that it was supposed to focus only 'rep':29 'say':2 'hous':36 'rank':32 'said':39 'alien':10,18 'claim':42 'focus':48 'fraud':13 'illeg':9 'lamar':30 'limit':6 'money':15 'obama':3 'smith':31 'arrest':7,25 'member':33 'offens':28 'suppos':46 'convict':22 'larceni':12 'launder':16 'burglari':11 'committe':38 'contrari':40 'administr':4 'judiciari':37 'republican':1 'cnsnews.com':50 6532065 true true daylife CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com/ OK http://www.cnsnews.com/public/checker.aspx?rsrcID=56382 400381 Person republican Fri Oct 30 22:11:03 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...its goal of 3.5 million jobs by next year, Republicans scoffed at the numbers. Citing recent Labor Department figures, Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, said the Obama administration promised the stimulus would create 269,000 jobs in Texas “but we lost '1':7 'r':36 '000':8,49 '269':48 '3.5':16 'job':10,18,50 'new':9 'rep':32 's.a':12 'san':37,56 'cite':27 'goal':14 'hous':2 'lost':55 'near':6 'next':20 'said':39 'scof':23 'texa':52 'year':21 'claim':3 'creat':5,47 'figur':31 'labor':29 'lamar':33 'obama':41 'r-san':35 'smith':34 'white':1 'would':46 'depart':30 'number':26 'promis':43 'recent':28 'antonio':38,57 'express':58 'million':17 'stimulus':4,45 'administr':42 'republican':22 6539329 true true daylife San Antonio Express http://www.mysanantonio.com/ OK http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/White_House_claims_stimulus_created_1000_new_jobs_in_SA.html 400381 Person rep\. Fri Oct 30 11:01:43 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Lamar Smith (R-TX) who recently appeared at the AIM 40th anniversary conference in Washington tell the Politico that most of the media is rooting for Obama. The Oct. 27 POLITICO story “GOP Asks: Where’s the Outrage?” begins with thought-provoking 'r':10 '27':37 'tx':11 'aim':17 'ask':41 'gop':40 'oct':36 'rep':1 'say':3 '40th':18 'r-tx':9 'root':32 'tell':23 'begin':46 'favor':5 'lamar':7 'media':4,30,53 'obama':6,34 'smith':2,8 'stori':39 'appear':14 'confer':20 'outrag':45 'provok':50 'recent':13 'thought':49 'accuraci':51 'politico':25,38 'washington':22 'anniversari':19 'thought-provok':48 6532064 true true daylife Accuracy in Media http://www.aim.org/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DonIrvine/~3/MhnxyR1uzVc/ 400381 Person rep\. Thu Oct 29 11:08:49 -0500 2009 Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...levels. "We cannot legislate the elimination of injuries from the games without eliminating the games themselves," said Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas. The hearing included testimony from doctors from the league's committee on concussions and researcher 'r':29 'rep':25 'face':2 'game':18,22 'hear':7,32 'heat':3 'said':24 'texa':30 'brain':5 'lamar':26 'leagu':39 'level':8 'smith':27 'austin':46 'cannot':10 'doctor':36 'elimin':13,20 'includ':33 'injuri':6,15 'legisl':11 'r-texa':28 'concuss':43 'without':19 'american':48 'committe':41 'research':45 'statesman':49 'testimoni':34 'commission':1 'american-statesman':47 6523981 true true daylife Austin American-Statesman http://www.statesman.com/ OK http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/other/2009/10/29/1029nflhead.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=54 400381 Person congress Fri Oct 30 11:01:43 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ..."I say it because of the effect on the millions of players at the college, high school and youth levels." Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the panel, said that while Congress can highlight the consequences of playing football, 'ex':5 'aid':3 'nfl':1 'rep':31 'say':12 'top':37 'high':26 'play':51 'post':55 'said':42 'texa':35 'lamar':32 'level':30 'panel':41 'smith':33 'youth':29 'colleg':25 'effect':17 'mental':9 'player':6,22 'report':8 'school':27 'consequ':49 'ex-play':4 'footbal':52 'million':20 'problem':10 'congress':45 'highlight':47 'republican':38 'washington':54 6532066 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/28/AR2009102800207.html?wprss=rss_sports/wires 400381 Person congress Thu Oct 29 11:08:49 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Conyers said. "I say it because of the effect on the millions of players at the college, high school and youth levels." Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the panel, said that while Congress can highlight the consequences of playing footba 'rep':1,33 'say':14 'top':39 'data':10 'espn':55 'head':8 'high':28 'john':2 'play':53 'said':12,44 'texa':37 'want':4 'lamar':34 'level':32 'panel':43 'smith':35 'youth':31 'colleg':27 'conyer':3,11 'effect':19 'footba':54 'injuri':9 'player':24 'review':5 'school':29 'consequ':51 'footbal':7 'million':22 'congress':47 'highlight':49 'republican':40 6523980 true true daylife ESPN http://espn.go.com/ OK http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4601966&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines 400381 Person congress Thu Oct 29 11:08:49 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...all the data" due to the "life and death" nature of the issue. Not everyone is for federal government stepping in. U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith said "the NFL does not need Congress to referee this issue," and the Texas Republican said lawmakers "cannot legisl 'due':12 'nfl':36 'pro':5 'rep':31 'u.s':30 'citi':54 'data':11 'head':7 'issu':21,44 'life':15 'need':39 'said':34,49 'step':28 'texa':47 'want':2 'death':17 'feder':26 'kansa':53 'lamar':32 'natur':18 'pitch':56 'smith':33 'cannot':51 'govern':27 'injuri':8 'lawmak':50 'legisl':52 'record':3 'refere':42 'everyon':23 'footbal':6 'congress':40 'republican':48 'congressman':1 6523983 true true daylife Kansas City The Pitch http://www.pitch.com/ OK http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/10/congressman_wants_records_on_pro_football_head_injuries.php 400381 Person congress Thu Oct 29 11:08:49 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Conyers said. "I say it because of the effect on the millions of players at the college, high school and youth levels." Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the panel, said that while Congress can highlight the consequences of playing footba 'nfl':3 'rep':30 'say':11 'top':36 'fort':52 'high':25 'play':50 'said':9,41 'star':55 'texa':34 'lamar':31 'level':29 'panel':40 'smith':32 'worth':53 'youth':28 'colleg':24 'conyer':8 'defend':2 'effect':16 'footba':51 'goodel':1 'player':21 'school':26 'concuss':7 'consequ':48 'million':19 'congress':5,44 'telegram':56 'highlight':46 'republican':37 'star-telegram':54 6523982 true true daylife Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.star-telegram.com/ OK http://www.star-telegram.com/190/story/1717876.html 400381 Person congress Fri Nov 06 11:06:24 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Thornberry: 144 dead Texas District 14, Ron Paul: 146 dead Texas District 19, Randy Neugebauer: 132 dead Texas District 21, Lamar Smith: 119 dead Texas District 22, Pete Olson: 150 dead Texas District 24, Kenny Marchant: 138 dead Texas District 26, Mich '14':12 '19':19 '21':26 '22':33 '24':40 '26':47 '119':29 '132':22 '138':43 '144':8 '146':15 '150':36 'ron':13 'dead':6,9,16,23,30,37,44 'face':49 'mich':48 'paul':14 'pete':34 'texa':10,17,24,31,38,45 'index':2 'kenni':41 'lamar':27 'olson':35 'randi':20 'smith':28 'south':50 'talli':3 'uninsur':5 'district':11,18,25,32,39,46 'institut':1 'marchant':42 'neugebau':21 'thornberri':7 6597463 false true daylife Facing South http://www.southknoxbubba.net/skblog OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FacingSouth/~3/imxxoxiXyCk/institute-index-tallying-the-uninsured-dead.html 400381 Person republican Fri Nov 06 11:06:24 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...actions save and create jobs for Americans and legal workers if the illegal immigrant workers are detained and deported,” Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas and 22 other Republican members wrote Wednesday in a letter to Obama supplied to POLITICO. Smith said '22':32 'job':11 'put':2 'rep':26 'said':47 'save':8 'spot':6 'texa':30 'creat':10 'illeg':19 'lamar':27 'legal':15 'obama':42 'queri':1 'smith':28,46 'wrote':36 'action':7 'deport':25 'detain':23 'immigr':20 'letter':40 'member':35 'suppli':43 'worker':16,21 'american':13 'politico':45,49 'wednesday':37 'napolitano':3 'republican':34 6597464 false true daylife The Politico http://www.politico.com/ OK http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29222.html 400381 Person republican Sat Nov 07 10:59:05 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 One lay bad mete not on, offered former times Rep. Those votes took lodgings, a commission staffer confirmed, between high noon and two — the really many times when Republican lawmakers were rallying the Tea Party troops on the Capitol steps. Lamar Smit 'bad':11 'lay':10 'one':9 'rep':18 'tea':42 'two':31 'high':28 'home':8,52 'jack':4 'jill':5 'lodg':22 'mani':34 'mete':12 'noon':29 'open':2 'smit':50 'step':48 'time':17,35 'took':21 'vote':20 'lamar':49 'offer':15 'parti':43 'polit':6,7,51 'ralli':40 'troop':44 'former':16 'lawmak':38 'realli':33 'thread':3 'capitol':47 'commiss':24 'confirm':26 'staffer':25 'afternoon':1 'republican':37 6608016 false true google blog politics home http://politicshome.edublogs.org/ OK http://politicshome.edublogs.org/2009/11/07/afternoon-open-thread-jack-jill-politics/ 400381 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:12:59 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 On the House floor this week, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) read off the estimated number of people represented in Republican congressional districts who will die next year due to a lack of health insurance. Here are Grayson's numbers for congressional . 'd':16 'die':32 'due':35 'fla':17 'rep':12 'alan':13 'dead':4 'hous':8 'lack':38 'next':33 'read':18 'week':11 'year':34 'd-fla':15 'estim':21 'floor':9 'insur':41 'peopl':24 'talli':1 'health':40 'number':22,46 'repres':25 'grayson':14,44 'uninsur':3 'district':29 'liberadio':5,49 'republican':27 'congression':28,48 6603632 false true google blog Liberadio(!) http://www.liberadio.com/ OK http://www.liberadio.com/2009/11/06/tallying-the-uninsured-dead/ 400381 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:12:59 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 “One measure, offered by Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the ranking Republican on the committee, failed to pass by a single vote, 15-15. Reps. King and Gohmert were absent. Another, offered by Rep. Dan Lundgren (R-CA), failed by a vote of ... 'r':50 '15':35 'ca':51 '-15':36 'dan':47 'dem':1 'one':13 'rep':17,37,46 'tea':8 'vow':6 'fail':28,52 'king':38 'line':12,59 'pass':30 'plum':11,58 'r-ca':49 'rank':23 'seiz':2 'texa':21 'vote':34,55 'anoth':43 'lamar':18 'offer':15,44 'singl':33 'smith':19 'absent':42 'cantor':4 'measur':14 'gohmert':40 'partier':9 'committe':27 'lundgren':48 'republican':24 6603630 false true google blog The Plum Line http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/ OK http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/dems-seize-on-cantors-vow-to-tea-partiers/ 400381 Person congress Thu Nov 05 22:15:36 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 A point completely ignored by people like Texas's Lamar Smith, who purposely blurs that crucial distinction, and tries to throw any old Fourth Amendment-COVERED activity into the jurisdiction of the secret FISA Court, because it's ... 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Roving wiretaps: The bill would continue t 'r':22 'act':5 'rep':18 'back':3 'bill':46 'book':32,37 'fail':11 'hous':1 'main':7,50 'rove':43 'adopt':13 'amend':6,15 'calif':23 'elton':19 'panel':2,10 'would':25,47 'elimin':27 'galleg':20 'justic':8,51 'obtain':31 'period':35 'record':33,38 'continu':48 'languag':29 'librari':40 'patriot':4 'r-calif':21 'wiretap':44 'bookstor':42 'yesterday':16 6597461 false true google blog Main Justice http://www.mainjustice.com/ OK http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/05/house-panel-backs-patriot-act-amendments/ 400381 Person rep\. Fri Nov 06 22:12:59 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The hearing had began inauspiciously as an amendment by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) to preserve the “lone wolf” provision was narrowly defeated 15-15. However, apprehension gave way to appreciation as we saw civil liberties champions emerge ... 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