T000193 1948-01-28 2432 Rayburn House Office Building https://forms.house.gov/benniethompson/contact-form.shtml 2 202-225-5898 Bennie 'd':4 '-2':6 'ms':5 'rep':1 'benni':2,7,9 'thompson':3,8,10 M 400402 Thompson Bennie_G._Thompson G. Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2] N00003288 6650 Democrat 202-225-5876 Methodist MS Bennie Thompson http://benniethompson.house.gov/HoR/MS02/Home.htm 400402 Person democrat Sat Nov 07 11:01:02 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...vote against the measure. Rep. Charlie Melancon of Louisiana, co-chair of the Blue Dog Coalition, said he's undecided. Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, said he will support the legislation because it would expand coverage and reduce costs for consumers 'co':15 'go':2 'dem':4 'dog':20 'rep':9,26 'blue':19 'cost':44 'said':22,31 'vote':5 'benni':27 'chair':16 'reduc':43 'would':39 'charli':10 'coalit':21 'consum':46 'expand':40 'ledger':50 'legisl':36 'measur':8 'childer':1 'clarion':49 'coverag':41 'support':34 'undecid':25 'co-chair':14 'democrat':30 'melancon':11 'thompson':28 'louisiana':13 'clarion-ledg':48 6608124 true true daylife The Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com/ OK http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091107/NEWS/911070349/1001/RSS01 400402 Person congress Thu Nov 05 11:10:51 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...funds may have been used improperly to pay for members’ trips to the Caribbean in 2007-08. Reps. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-Mich.), Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Donald Payne (D-N.J.) and Del. Donna Christensen (D-U.S. Virgin Islands) are also included in 'd':38,43,49,57 'j':51 'n':50 'u':58 '-08':33 'd-n':48 'd-u':56 'del':53 'may':18 'pay':24 'rep':34 'use':21 '2007':32 'also':63 'fund':17 'hous':4 'mich':39 'miss':44 'payn':47 'trip':27 'activ':8 'benni':40 'black':15 'donna':54 'ethic':5 'probe':6 'd-mich':37 'd-miss':42 'dispar':2 'donald':46 'eurweb':66 'happen':12 'improp':22 'includ':64 'island':61 'lawmak':16 'member':26 'racial':1 'target':14 'virgin':60 'carolyn':35 'investig':9 'thompson':41 'caribbean':30 'kilpatrick':36 'christensen':55 6587021 true true daylife EURweb http://eurweb.com/ OK http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=57213 400402 Person congress Thu Nov 05 11:10:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...the IRS. The second investigation focuses on a trip Rangel, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI), Donald M. Payne (D-NJ), Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Del. Donna M. Christian-Christensen (U.S. Virgin Islands) took to St. Maarten in 2008. Their disclosure form 'd':22,28,33 'm':25,38 'ir':9 'mi':23 'ms':34 'nj':29 'st':47 'del':36 'new':54 'u.s':42 '2008':50 'd-mi':21 'd-ms':32 'd-nj':27 'form':53 'payn':26 'took':45 'trip':16 'benni':30 'black':5 'cheek':19 'donna':37 'ethic':2 'focus':13 'major':55 'white':7 'donald':24 'island':44 'lesson':3 'rangel':17 'second':11 'virgin':43 'carolyn':18 'maarten':48 'investig':12 'thompson':31 'christian':40 'disclosur':52 'kilpatrick':20 'christensen':41 'christian-christensen':39 6587022 true true daylife New Majority http://www.newmajority.com/ OK http://www.frumforum.com/an-ethics-lesson-in-black-and-white 400402 Person rep\. Mon Nov 02 11:04:34 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...asked. Valley State President Donna Oliver said she also would recommend people for the committee. Second District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, has offered to help the board as it looks to fund the private endowment, Lanier Avant, his chief of s 'd':27 'ask':5 'idl':4 'rep':23 'u.s':22 'also':13 'ayer':1 'fund':39 'help':32 'look':37 'oliv':10 'said':11 'avant':44 'benni':24 'board':34 'chief':46 'donna':9 'endow':3,42 'offer':30 'peopl':16 'state':7 'would':14 'bolton':28 'lanier':43 'ledger':52 'presid':8 'privat':2,41 'second':20 'valley':6 'clarion':51 'committe':19 'd-bolton':26 'district':21 'thompson':25 'recommend':15 'clarion-ledg':50 6557871 true true daylife The Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com/ OK http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091102/NEWS/911020310/1001/RSS01 400402 Person congress Sun Nov 01 22:09:16 -0600 2009 Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Rep. Bennie Thompson is asking Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to urge a disaster declaration for the 23 counties in Mississippis 2nd Congressional District. Vilsack on Oct. 20 declared parts of the state a major disaster because of floods from April '20':33 '23':23 '2nd':27 'ask':11 'oct':32 'rep':7 'tom':14 'urg':17 'farm':6 'miss':5 'part':35 'april':46 'benni':8 'flood':44 'major':40 'state':38 'counti':24 'declar':2,20,34 'disast':1,19,41 'ledger':50 'sought':3 'clarion':49 'vilsack':15,30 'district':29 'thompson':9 'secretari':13 'agricultur':12 'congression':28 'mississippi':26 'clarion-ledg':48 6555063 true true daylife The Clarion-Ledger http://www.clarionledger.com/ OK http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091031/BIZ/91031007/1263/rss 400402 Person rep\. Fri Oct 30 22:13:01 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...and sensible strategic plan is critical to ensure that the government minimizes waste while securing the flying public," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. TSA spokeswoman Kristin Lee said the GAO audi 'd':31 'fli':24 'gao':46 'lee':43 'rep':27 'tsa':40 'audi':47 'hous':36 'miss':32 'need':4 'plan':11 'risk':6 'said':26,44 'wast':20 'audit':1 'benni':28 'ensur':15 'minim':19 'secur':22,38 'studi':7 'critic':13 'd-miss':30 'govern':18 'public':25 'screen':3 'vendor':51 'airport':2 'atlanta':48 'journal':49 'kristin':42 'sensibl':9 'strateg':10 'chairman':33 'committe':39 'homeland':37 'thompson':29 'constitut':50 'spokeswoman':41 6539399 true true daylife Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor http://ajc.com/ OK http://www.ajc.com/travel/audit-airport-screening-needs-178852.html 400402 Person rep\. Fri Oct 30 11:03:51 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...strategic plan is critical to ensure that the government minimizes waste while securing the flying public," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. TSA spokeswoman Kristin Lee said the GAO audit began three 'd':29 'abc':48 'fli':22 'gao':44 'lee':41 'rep':25 'tsa':38 'hous':34 'miss':30 'need':4 'news':49 'plan':9 'risk':6 'said':24,42 'wast':18 'audit':1,45 'began':46 'benni':26 'ensur':13 'minim':17 'secur':20,36 'studi':7 'three':47 'critic':11 'd-miss':28 'govern':16 'public':23 'screen':3 'airport':2 'kristin':40 'strateg':8 'chairman':31 'committe':37 'homeland':35 'thompson':27 'spokeswoman':39 6532143 true true daylife ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ OK http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/wireStory?id=8957156 400402 Person congress Fri Oct 30 22:13:00 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...a longtime friend and business partner of his wife to testify before a committee. Case dismissed. Donald Payne, D-N.J., Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Charles Rangel, Del. Donna Christensen, D-V.I., privately paid travel to the Caribbean. Zack Space, D-Ohio, 'd':25,31,39,51 'j':27 'n':26 'v':40 'cbs':53 'd-n':24 'd-v':38 'del':35 'busi':10 'case':20 'hous':1 'miss':32 'news':54 'ohio':52 'paid':43 'payn':23 'wife':14 'zack':48 'benni':28 'charl':33 'donna':36 'ethic':4 'space':49 'd-miss':30 'd-ohio':50 'donald':22 'friend':8 'member':2 'privat':42 'rangel':34 'travel':44 'dismiss':21 'longtim':7 'partner':11 'testifi':16 'committe':19 'scrutini':5 'thompson':29 'caribbean':47 'christensen':37 6539398 true true daylife CBS News http://www.cbsnews.com/ OK http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/30/ap/congress/main5466109.shtml 400402 Person republican Sat Oct 31 11:03:23 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...a longtime friend and business partner of his wife to testify before a committee. Case dismissed. Donald Payne, D-N.J., Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Charles Rangel, Del. Donna Christensen, D-V.I., privately paid travel to the Caribbean. Zack Space, D-Ohio, 'd':25,31,39,51 'j':27 'n':26 'v':40 'd-n':24 'd-v':38 'del':35 'busi':10 'case':20 'hous':1 'miss':32 'ohio':52 'paid':43 'payn':23 'wife':14 'zack':48 'benni':28 'charl':33 'donna':36 'ethic':4 'miami':53 'space':49 'd-miss':30 'd-ohio':50 'donald':22 'friend':8 'herald':54 'member':2 'privat':42 'rangel':34 'travel':44 'dismiss':21 'longtim':7 'partner':11 'testifi':16 'committe':19 'scrutini':5 'thompson':29 'caribbean':47 'christensen':37 6542223 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1308887.html 400402 Person congress Fri Oct 30 11:03:51 -0500 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...who were under scrutiny -- Reps. Charles B. Rangel (N.Y.), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (Mich.), Donald M. Payne (N.J.) and Bennie Thompson (Miss.), and Del. Donna M. Christian-Christensen (U.S. Virgin Islands). The inquiry stemmed from reports in the Hill 'b':13 'm':21,31 'del':29 'n.j':23 'n.y':15 'rep':11 'u.s':35 'hill':45 'hous':1 'mich':19 'miss':27 'payn':22 'post':48 'stem':40 'trip':6 'benni':25 'charl':12 'cheek':17 'donna':30 'ethic':2 'probe':4 'donald':20 'island':37 'lawmak':5 'rangel':14 'report':42 'virgin':36 'carolyn':16 'inquiri':39 'scrutini':10 'thompson':26 'christian':33 'kilpatrick':18 'washington':47 'christensen':34 'subcommitte':3 'christian-christensen':32 6532142 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=fa14d98fa644dc6fae849dedd1ec8373 400402 Person congress Sat Nov 07 11:00:57 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Congressman Bennie Thompson is your typical liberal. ... Congressman Bennie Thompson is your typical liberal. Home · November, 2009 · October, 2009 · September, 2009 · Sitemap · Contact Us ... 'tv':6,39 'us':33 '2009':26,28,30 'home':24 'iraq':3,8,36 'news':1,5,34,38 'benni':11,18 'liber':16,23 'octob':27 'typic':15,22 'govern':4,37 'novemb':25 'contact':32 'septemb':29 'sitemap':31 'station':7,40 'thompson':12,19 'congressman':10,17 'governmentword':9 6608122 false true google blog News About Iraq Government news TV Stations... http://newsaboutiraq.com/ OK http://newsaboutiraq.com/885579-Words-Have-Power-Bennie-Thompson-s-Epiphany.html 400402 Person congress Fri Nov 06 22:15:02 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The committee - which has one African-American lawmaker, Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), among its 10 members - on Thursday considered three referrals from the recently formed Office of Congressional Ethics. ... Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Donald Payne 'c':25 'd':23,46 'n':24 '10':28 'd-n':22 'g.k':20 'one':14 'rep':19 'form':38 'miss':47 'payn':50 'activ':4 'among':26 'benni':43 'black':51 'ethic':6,42 'focus':8 'offic':39 'polit':53 'power':52 'probe':7 'three':33 'consid':32 'd-miss':45 'dispar':2 'donald':49 'lawmak':18 'member':29 'racial':1 'recent':37 'referr':34 'african':16 'american':17 'committe':11 'thompson':44 'thursday':31 'butterfield':21 'congression':5,41 'african-american':15 6603746 false true google blog Black Power » Politics http://www.blackpower.com/ OK http://www.blackpower.com/politics/racial-disparity-all-active-ethics-probes-focus-on-black-lawmakers/ 400402 Person rep\. Fri Nov 06 22:15:02 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Mississippi Rural Development Director Trina George and Tammye Trevino, Rural Housing Service administrator for the USDA, will visit Greenwood Monday and Tuesday. ... 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'r':32 'mo':33 'cbc':2 'n.y':51 'rep':28 'sam':29 'two':42 'bodi':43 'case':24 'deep':38 'five':1 'last':25 'like':4 'r-mo':31 'rais':20 'rift':39 'task':44 'week':26 'clear':7 'ethic':18,48 'grave':30 'indic':36 'would':35 'charli':49 'member':3 'object':11 'overse':46 'rangel':50 'citizen':8,54 'content':53 'dismiss':22 'respons':56 'similar':13 'committe':19 'congression':47 6608119 false true google blog All Content | Citizens for Responsibility... http://www.citizensforethics.org/ OK http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/43245 400402 Person rep\. Fri Nov 06 22:15:05 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Progressive leaders like Rep. Anthony Weiner are now calling the neutered public option in the House bill a "once in a lifetime reform," despite the fact that it has eliminated the very provision that the Progressive Caucus promised was .... 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He went on the same trip in a previous year. ... audio recordings and other materials relate 'd':15 'g':11 'k':12 'nc':16 'cbc':21,29 'day':26 'rep':10 'blog':62 'd-nc':14 'head':35 'hous':1 'trip':40,46 'went':42 'year':50 'audio':51 'clear':5 'ethic':2 'legal':58 'probe':34 'relat':56 'center':61 'junket':9 'materi':55 'member':18 'nation':57 'object':31 'polici':60 'public':30 'rangel':6 'record':52 'appoint':24 'committe':3 'investig':37 'previous':49 'caribbean':8 'butterfield':13 6608120 false true google blog National Legal and Policy Center blogs http://www.nlpc.org/blog OK http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2009/11/05/house-ethics-committee-clear-rangel-other-carib-junketeers 400402 Person rep\. Sat Nov 07 11:00:57 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 6, 2009 – The feisty and outspoken New York Rep. Charles Rangel (D) and several other Black lawmakers will most likely be cleared of any wrongdoing by the House ethics committee on Friday. charles_rangel ... Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpat '6':10 'd':21,47 'ms':48 'new':16 'rep':18 '2009':11 'd-ms':46 'hous':37 'like':29 'york':17 'benni':44 'black':25 'charl':1,19,42 'cheek':50 'clear':3,31 'ethic':38 'polit':8,54 'sever':23 'feisti':13 'friday':41 'kilpat':51 'lawmak':26 'pamela':6,52 'rangel':2,20,43 'bet.com':9,55 'carolyn':49 'wrongdo':34 'committe':39 'thompson':45 'outspoken':15 'misconduct':5 6608121 false true google blog Pamela on Politics | BET.com http://blogs.bet.com/news/pamela/ OK http://blogs.bet.com/news/pamela/2009/11/06/charles-rangel-cleared-of-misconduct/ 400402 Person democrat Fri Nov 06 22:15:05 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The Hill Q&A with Bennie Thompson about what he reads Which book is on your nightstand right now? At home I have hunting magazines on my nightstand. I'm an avid hunter. I hunt every chance I get. What magazines do you read regularly? ... 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