<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<person>
  <biography nil="true"></biography>
  <bioguideid>H001042</bioguideid>
  <birthday type="date" nil="true"></birthday>
  <blog-article-count type="integer">1682</blog-article-count>
  <congress-office>1229 Longworth House Office Building</congress-office>
  <contact-webform>http://hirono.house.gov/IMA/issue_subscribe.htm</contact-webform>
  <district>2</district>
  <email nil="true"></email>
  <fax>202-225-4987</fax>
  <firstname>Mazie</firstname>
  <fti-names>'d':4 '-2':6 'hi':5 'rep':1 'mazi':2,7,9 'hirono':3,8,10</fti-names>
  <gender>F</gender>
  <id type="integer">412200</id>
  <lastname>Hirono</lastname>
  <metavid-id>Mazie_Hirono</metavid-id>
  <middlename>K.</middlename>
  <name>Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2]</name>
  <news-article-count type="integer">492</news-article-count>
  <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
  <osid>N00028139</osid>
  <page-views-count type="integer">6431</page-views-count>
  <party>Democrat</party>
  <phone>202 225-4906</phone>
  <religion nil="true"></religion>
  <state>HI</state>
  <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
  <title>Rep.</title>
  <unaccented-name>Mazie Hirono</unaccented-name>
  <url nil="true"></url>
  <user-approval type="float" nil="true"></user-approval>
  <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
  <website>http://hirono.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 21:42:34 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...Committee Chairman Jim  Oberstar (D-Minn.) also reportedly promised a visit to Cao&#8217;s  hurricane-ravaged district.    Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) got her state&#8217;s existing health  program exempted by what the Honolulu Advertiser called the  &#8220;Hirono</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':15,33 'cao':23 'got':35 'jim':12 'let':1 'rep':29 'also':17 'call':48 'care':7 'deal':5 'edit':9 'make':3 'mazi':30 'minn':16 'exist':39 'ravag':27 'state':37 'visit':21 'd-minn':14 'exempt':42 'hawaii':34 'health':6,40 'hirono':31,50 'promis':19 'reason':51 'reform':8 'report':18 'program':41 'advertis':47 'chairman':11 'committe':10 'd-hawaii':32 'district':28 'honolulu':46 'hurrican':26 'oberstar':13 'hurricane-ravag':25</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6778925</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Reason</source>
      <source-url>http://www.reason.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Let's Make a Deal, Health Care Reform Edition</title>
      <url>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/reason/HitandRun/~3/f19MzBh8CYA/lets-make-a-deal-health-care-r</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 10:46:54 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...in emerging democracies.  Also making the trip were Reps. David Price, D-N.C.; David Dreier, R-Calif.; Keith Ellison, D-Minn.; Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii; and Charles Boustany Jr., R-La.  The trip was Capps&#8217; second to Afghanistan. The congresswoman said s</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'c':25 'd':23,34,39 'n':24 'r':29,46 'jr':44 'la':47 'd-n':22 'rep':19 'say':2 'tie':8 'also':14 'capp':1,51 'make':15 'mazi':36 'minn':35 'need':5 'r-la':45 'said':57 'star':61 'trip':17,49 'calif':30 'charl':42 'david':20,26 'emerg':12 'keith':31 'price':21 'counti':60 'd-minn':33 'dreier':27 'govern':4 'hawaii':40 'hirono':37 'improv':7 'karzai':3 'second':52 'ellison':32 'r-calif':28 'ventura':59 'boustani':43 'd-hawaii':38 'democraci':13 'parliament':10 'afghanistan':54 'congresswoman':56</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6747468</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Ventura County Star</source>
      <source-url>http://www.venturacountystar.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Capps says Karzai government needs to improve ties with parliament</title>
      <url>http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/nov/20/capps-says-karzai-government-needs-to-improve/?partner=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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 10:46:54 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...words. In 2001 he told the state Democratic Party convention he hoped that he could stop then-Mayor Jeremy Harris and Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono from running against each other for governor. He said having only one of the two campaigning for governor would b</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'b':53 'lt':30 'gov':31 'one':45 'run':35 'two':48 'urg':2 '2001':10 'hope':19 'mazi':32 'said':42 'star':56 'stop':23 'told':12 'word':8 'could':22 'harri':28 'inouy':1 'mayor':26 'parti':16 'state':14 'would':52 'hirono':33 'jeremi':27 'convent':17 'bulletin':57 'campaign':5,49 'competit':3 'democrat':15 'governor':7,40,51 'honolulu':54 'then-mayor':24 'star-bulletin':55</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6747467</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Honolulu Star-Bulletin</source>
      <source-url>http://www.starbulletin.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Inouye urges competition in campaign for governor</title>
      <url>http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091120_Inouye_urges_competition_in_campaign_for_governor.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 10:46:54 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...from the &#160;fiscal year of 2009. The first Bill that I cringed at was a piece of legislation passed for Hawaii and Guam. Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Rep. Madeline Bordallo (D-Guam) requested $1,200,000 for two projects to deal with &quot;Brown Snake Tre</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'1':41 'd':31,38 '000':43 '200':42 'rep':27,34 'tre':52 'two':45 '2009':9 'bill':12 'deal':48 'guam':26,39 'mazi':28 'pass':22 'piec':19 'wast':1 'year':7 'brown':50 'cring':15 'first':11 'snake':51 'spend':3 'associ':53 'd-guam':37 'fiscal':6 'govern':2 'hawaii':24,32 'hirono':29 'legisl':21 'content':54 'madelin':35 'project':46 'request':40 'bordallo':36 'd-hawaii':30</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6747469</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>Associated Content</source>
      <source-url>http://www.associatedcontent.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Wasteful Government Spending!!!!!</title>
      <url>http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2407298/wasteful_government_spending.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 16 21:41:27 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> ... the leadership of Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) in introducing this important legislation, and that of Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':18,32,37 'hi':38 'ma':33 'ny':19 'rep':14,28 'asta':1 'busi':9 'card':5 'd-hi':36 'd-ma':31 'd-ni':17 'mazi':34 'seek':7 'agent':40 'frank':30 'prais':2 'small':8 'barney':29 'credit':4 'hirono':35 'import':23 'legisl':24 'reform':6 'travel':39 'carolyn':15 'maloney':16 'protect':10 'introduc':21 'leadership':12 'credit-card':3</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6715004</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Travel Agent</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>ASTA Praises Credit-Card Reforms, Seeks Small Business Protections</title>
      <url>http://www.travelagentcentral.com/government-regulations/asta-praises-credit-card-reforms-seeks-small-business-protections-18393</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 16 10:38:48 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...Aiona and he joined GOP gubernatorial nominee Linda Lingle in November 2002 to defeat the Democratic ticket of then-Lt. Gov. Mazie Hirono and Matt Matsunaga. Aiona entered an office with few formal responsibilities. Apart from taking charge if the gover</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'lt':33 'far':6 'gop':8,17 'gov':34 'nod':9 'one':4 '2002':24 'join':16 'matt':38 'mazi':35 'seek':7 'take':50 'aiona':13,40 'apart':48 'charg':51 'enter':41 'gover':54 'linda':20 'lingl':21 'offic':43 'defeat':26 'formal':46 'hirono':36 'lawyer':1 'nomine':19 'novemb':23 'ticket':29 'lieuten':11 'respons':47 'then-lt':31 'advertis':57 'democrat':28 'governor':12 'honolulu':56 'matsunaga':39 'gubernatori':18</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6709454</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>The Honolulu Advertiser</source>
      <source-url>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Lawyer is only one so far seeking GOP nod for lieutenant governor</title>
      <url>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/911160323?source=rss_localnews</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>democrat</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 21:43:01 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> Mazie Hirono and Matt Matsunaga. (In Hawaii, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor team up on a party ticket once the primary election ends. ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'1':5 'lt':6 'tv':38 'end':35 'far':10 'gop':2 'gov':7 'hope':8 'matt':14 'mazi':11 'team':25 'wkrg':37 'elect':34 'field':3 'parti':29 'hawaii':1,17 'hirono':12 'nomine':19 'ticket':30 'lieuten':23 'primari':33 'wkrg-tv':36 'governor':21,24 'matsunaga':15</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6703725</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>WKRG-TV</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Hawaii GOP Fielding Only 1 Lt. Gov. Hopeful So Far</title>
      <url>http://www.wkrg.com/raw_news/article/hawaii_gop_fielding_only_1_lt._gov._hopeful_so_far/526328/Nov-15-2009_12-51-pm/</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 21:42:33 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> For many people in Hawai&amp;#39;i, the reform measures will be a non-event because of the so-called &amp;quot;Hirono Amendment&amp;quot; that US Rep. Mazie Hirono inserted into the ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'us':36 'non':25 'rep':37 'won':4 'call':32 'care':2 'mani':13 'mazi':38 'much':7 'amend':34 'event':26 'hawai':16 'peopl':14 'effect':8 'hawaii':10 'health':1 'hirono':33,39 'insert':40 'measur':20 'non-ev':24 'reform':3,19 'so-cal':30 'coverag':11 'advertis':44 'honolulu':43</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6778923</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Honolulu Advertiser</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Health care reform won&amp;#39;t have much effect on Hawaii coverage</title>
      <url>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091115/NEWS01/911150369/1001/localnewsfront/Health%20care%20reform%20won%E2%80%99t%20have%20much%20effect%20on%20Hawaii%20coverage</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 21:42:59 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt> For many people in Hawai&amp;#39;i, the reform measures will be a non-event because of the so-called &amp;quot;Hirono Amendment&amp;quot; that US Rep. Mazie Hirono inserted into the ... </excerpt>
      <fti-names>'us':25 'non':14 'rep':26 'call':21 'mani':2 'mazi':27 'amend':23 'event':15 'hawai':5 'peopl':3 'hirono':22,28 'insert':29 'measur':9 'non-ev':13 'reform':8 'so-cal':19 'advertis':33 'honolulu':32</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6703723</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google news</scraped-from>
      <source>Honolulu Advertiser</source>
      <source-url nil="true"></source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title></title>
      <url>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/14/AR2009111400689.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 10:37:08 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>...many people in Hawai'i, the reform measures will be a non-event because of the so-called &quot;Hirono Amendment&quot; that U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono inserted into the legislation to exempt Hawai'i's unique Prepaid Health Care Act of 1974. That law mandates employer-</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'act':52 'law':56 'non':24 'rep':36 'u.s':35 'won':4 '1974':54 'call':31 'care':2,51 'mani':12 'mazi':37 'much':7 'amend':33 'event':25 'hawai':15,45 'peopl':13 'uniqu':48 'effect':8 'employ':58 'exempt':44 'hawaii':10 'health':1,50 'hirono':32,38 'insert':39 'legisl':42 'mandat':57 'measur':19 'non-ev':23 'reform':3,18 'so-cal':29 'coverag':11 'prepaid':49 'advertis':61 'honolulu':60</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6698748</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">true</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>daylife</scraped-from>
      <source>The Honolulu Advertiser</source>
      <source-url>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Health care reform won't have much effect on Hawaii coverage</title>
      <url>http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091115/NEWS01/911150369?source=rss_localnews</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 21:42:32 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) got her state&amp;#39;s existing health program exempted by what the Honolulu Advertiser called the &#8220;Hirono Amendment.&#8221; As a result, the reform measures will be a non-event for many people in Hawaii. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':17 'got':19 'hit':10 'let':1 'non':46 'rep':13 'run':11 'call':32 'care':7 'deal':5 'edit':9 'feed':56 'full':55 'make':3 'mani':49 'mazi':14 'amend':35 'event':47 'exist':23 'peopl':50 'state':21 'exempt':26 'hawaii':18,52 'health':6,24 'hirono':15,34 'measur':41 'non-ev':45 'reason':12,53 'reform':8,40 'result':38 'magazin':54 'program':25 'advertis':31 'd-hawaii':16 'honolulu':30</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6778921</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Reason Magazine Full Feed </source>
      <source-url>http://reason.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Let&amp;#39;s Make a Deal, Health Care Reform Edition - Hit &amp;amp; Run : Reason ...</title>
      <url>http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/24/lets-make-a-deal-health-care-r</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>senator</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 10:38:28 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Mazie Hirono (D-2) Fax: 202-225-4987. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) 208-334-2100. State Legislature Links Sen. James Risch (R) Fax: 202-228-1067. Sen. Michael Crapo (R) Fax: 202-228-1375. Rep. Walt Minnick (D-1) Fax: 202-225-3029. Rep. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':13,49 'r':23,33,41 '-1':50 '-2':14 '202':16,35,43,52 '208':24 'fax':8,15,34,42,51 'gov':20 'jay':1,56 'rep':46,55 'sen':30,38 '-225':17,53 '-228':36,44 '-334':25 'blog':5,60 'jame':31 'link':29 'mazi':11 'walt':47 '-1067':37 '-1375':45 '-2100':26 '-3029':54 '-4987':18 'butch':21 'crapo':40 'idaho':19 'otter':22 'right':4,59 'risch':32 'senat':10 'state':27 'hirono':12 'smoker':3,58 'michael':39 'minnick':48 'legislatur':28</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6769448</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Jay's Smokers Rights Blog </source>
      <source-url>http://www.prossmoker.net/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Jay&amp;#39;s Smokers Rights Blog: How to FAX the Senators</title>
      <url>http://www.prossmoker.net/2009/11/how-to-fax-senators.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 21:53:10 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) got her state&amp;#39;s existing health program exempted by what the Honolulu Advertiser called the &#8220;Hirono Amendment.&#8221; As a result, the reform measures will be a non-event for many people in Hawaii. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':15 'got':17 'non':44 'rep':11 'top':51 'bill':7 'call':30 'deal':2 'mani':47 'mazi':12 'move':8 'news':52 'side':1 'along':9 'amend':33 'event':45 'exist':21 'peopl':48 'stack':3 'state':19 'exempt':24 'hawaii':16,50 'health':6,22 'hirono':13,32 'measur':39 'non-ev':43 'reform':38 'result':36 'program':23 'advertis':29 'd-hawaii':14 'honolulu':28 'thehill.com':10</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6759128</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Top News </source>
      <source-url>http://www.hillnews.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Side deals stack up as health bills move along - TheHill.com</title>
      <url>http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/69239-side-deals-stack-up-in-health-bills</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 21:53:10 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. MIKE DOYLE D PA-14**. Rep. DONNA EDWARDS D MD*. Rep. ELIOT ENGEL D NY-17*. Rep. BOB FILNER D CA-51*. Rep. MARCIA FUDGE D OH-11*. Rep. AL GREEN D TX-9*. Rep. RAUL GRIJALVA D AZ-7**. Rep. MAURICE HINCHLEY D NY-22**. Rep. MAZIE HIRONO ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':15,21,26,32,38,44,50,56 '-7':52 '-9':46 'al':42 'az':51 'ca':33 'md':22 'ny':27,57 'oh':39 'pa':16 'tx':45 'us':2,63 '-11':40 '-14':17 '-17':28 '-22':58 '-51':34 'bob':30 'rep':12,18,23,29,35,41,47,53,59 'anti':7,10 'doyl':14 'fudg':37 'give':1,62 'mazi':60 'mike':13 'raul':48 'donna':19 'eliot':24 'engel':25 'green':43 'edward':20 'filner':31 'hirono':61 'incred':4 'marcia':36 'mauric':54 'liberti':3,64 'american':8 'grijalva':49 'hinchley':55 'christian':11 'anti-american':6 'anti-christian':9</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6759129</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Give Us Liberty </source>
      <source-url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Give Us Liberty: INCREDIBLE...The Anti-American, Anti-Christian ...</title>
      <url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/incrediblethe-anti-american-anti.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>representative</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 10:46:49 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. DONNA EDWARDS D MD*. Rep. ELIOT ENGEL D NY-17*. Rep. BOB FILNER D CA-51*. Rep. MARCIA FUDGE D OH-11*. Rep. AL GREEN D TX-9*. Rep. RAUL GRIJALVA D AZ-7**. Rep. MAURICE HINCHLEY D NY-22**. Rep. MAZIE HIRONO D HA-2**. Rep. ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':14,19,25,31,37,43,49,55 '-2':57 '-7':45 '-9':39 'al':35 'az':44 'ca':26 'ha':56 'md':15 'ny':20,50 'oh':32 'tx':38 'us':2,60 '-11':33 '-17':21 '-22':51 '-51':27 'bob':23 'rep':11,16,22,28,34,40,46,52,58 'fudg':30 'give':1,59 'mazi':53 'raul':41 'donna':12 'eliot':17 'engel':18 'green':36 'charli':5 'edward':13 'filner':24 'hirono':54 'marcia':29 'mauric':47 'rangel':6 'repres':10 'corrupt':9 'liberti':3,61 'grijalva':42 'hinchley':48</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6747462</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Give Us Liberty </source>
      <source-url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Give Us Liberty: Is Charlie Rangel the Most Corrupt Representative ...</title>
      <url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-charlie-rangel-most-corrupt.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>congress</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 10:46:49 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Mazie Hirono [D-HI2] Paul Hodes [D-NH2] Rush Holt [D-NJ12] Michael Honda [D-CA15] Steve Israel [D-NY2] Jesse Jackson [D-IL2] Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX18] Eddie Johnson [D-TX30] Henry Johnson [D-GA4] Walter Jones [R-NC3] ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':12,17,22,27,32,37,44,49,54 'r':59 'dan':2 'ga4':55 'hi2':13 'il2':38 'lee':42 'nc3':60 'nh2':18 'ny2':33 'ca15':28 'come':4 'eddi':46 'fair':8 'hode':15 'holt':20 'jess':34 'jone':57 'mazi':9 'nj12':23 'paul':14 'rush':19 'tx18':45 'tx30':50 'd-ga4':53 'd-hi2':11 'd-il2':36 'd-nh2':16 'd-ny2':31 'henri':51 'honda':25 'r-nc3':58 'steve':29 'd-ca15':26 'd-nj12':21 'd-tx18':43 'd-tx30':48 'hirono':10 'israel':30 'sheila':39 'strong':6 'walter':56 'jackson':35,41 'johnson':47,52 'lungren':3 'michael':24 'jackson-le':40 'downwithtyranni':1,61</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6747463</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>DownWithTyranny! </source>
      <source-url>http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>DownWithTyranny!: Dan Lungren Comes Out Strongly Against Fair ...</title>
      <url>http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/11/dan-lungren-comes-out-strongly-against.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Fri Nov 27 21:44:01 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. MIKE DOYLE D PA-14**. Rep. DONNA EDWARDS D MD*. Rep. ELIOT ENGEL D NY-17*. Rep. BOB FILNER D CA-51*. Rep. MARCIA FUDGE D OH-11*. Rep. AL GREEN D TX-9*. Rep. RAUL GRIJALVA D AZ-7**. Rep. MAURICE HINCHLEY D NY-22**. Rep. MAZIE HIRONO ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':16,22,27,33,39,45,51,57 '-7':53 '-9':47 'al':43 'az':52 'ca':34 'md':23 'ny':28,58 'oh':40 'pa':17 'tx':46 'us':2,64 '-11':41 '-14':18 '-17':29 '-22':59 '-51':35 'bob':31 'new':5 'rep':13,19,24,30,36,42,48,54,60 'doyl':15 'fudg':38 'give':1,63 'mazi':61 'mike':14 'raul':49 'donna':20 'eliot':25 'engel':26 'green':44 'obama':10 'thank':7 'comrad':9 'edward':21 'filner':32 'hirono':62 'marcia':37 'mauric':55 'america':6 'liberti':3,65 'grijalva':50 'hinchley':56</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6807306</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Give Us Liberty </source>
      <source-url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Give Us Liberty: The NEW AMERICA...Thank you Comrade Obama and the ...</title>
      <url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-americathank-you-comrade-obama-and.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Thu Nov 19 10:38:34 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. MIKE DOYLE D PA-14**. Rep. DONNA EDWARDS D MD*. Rep. ELIOT ENGEL D NY-17*. Rep. BOB FILNER D CA-51*. Rep. MARCIA FUDGE D OH-11*. Rep. AL GREEN D TX-9*. Rep. RAUL GRIJALVA D AZ-7**. Rep. MAURICE HINCHLEY D NY-22**. Rep. MAZIE HIRONO ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':7,13,18,24,30,36,42,48 '-7':44 '-9':38 'al':34 'az':43 'ca':25 'md':14 'ny':19,49 'oh':31 'pa':8 'tx':37 'us':2,55 '-11':32 '-14':9 '-17':20 '-22':50 '-51':26 'bob':22 'rep':4,10,15,21,27,33,39,45,51 'doyl':6 'fudg':29 'give':1,54 'mazi':52 'mike':5 'raul':40 'donna':11 'eliot':16 'engel':17 'green':35 'edward':12 'filner':23 'hirono':53 'marcia':28 'mauric':46 'liberti':3,56 'grijalva':41 'hinchley':47</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6735809</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Give Us Liberty </source>
      <source-url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Give Us Liberty</title>
      <url>http://giveusliberty1776.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_19.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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>rep\.</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 10:46:49 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Rep. Madeline Bordallo (D-Guam) requested $1200000 for dual projects to understanding with &#8220;Brown Snake Tree Control&#8221;. Since 1996, $14.6 million has been earmarked in both Hawaii and Guam for the role ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'d':8,15 'rep':4,11 '14.6':31 '1996':30 'dual':20 'guam':16,40 'mazi':5 'role':43 'show':46 'sinc':29 'tree':27 'wast':1 'brown':25 'debat':45 'polit':44 'snake':26 'spend':3 'd-guam':14 'govern':2 'hawaii':9,38 'hirono':6 '1200000':18 'control':28 'earmark':35 'madelin':12 'million':32 'project':21 'request':17 'bordallo':13 'd-hawaii':7 'understand':23</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6747465</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>Political Debate Show </source>
      <source-url>http://www.politicaldebateshow.com/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>Wasteful Government Spending!!!!!</title>
      <url>http://www.politicaldebateshow.com/wasteful-government-spending/</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">412200</commentariable-id>
      <commentariable-type>Person</commentariable-type>
      <contains-term>representative</contains-term>
      <created-at type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 21:53:10 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>Phil Hare (IL-17), Paul Tonko (NY-21), David Loebsack (IA-02), Lloyd Doggett (TX-25), John Sarbanes (MD - 03), Gary Peters (MI-09), Mazie Hirono (HI-02), Judy Chu (CA - 32), Bill Pascrell (NJ-08), Allyson Schwartz (PA-13), ...</excerpt>
      <fti-names>'03':29 '32':41 'ca':40 'hi':36 'ia':20 'il':12 'md':28 'mi':32 'nj':44 'ny':16 'pa':48 'tx':24 '-02':21,37 '-08':45 '-09':33 '-13':49 '-17':13 '-21':17 '-25':25 'chu':39 'u.s':1 '13th':8 'bill':42 'gari':30 'hare':11 'john':26 'judi':38 'mazi':34 'news':50 'ohio':6 'paul':14 'phil':10 'betti':3,53 'david':18 'lloyd':22 'peter':31 'tonko':15 'hirono':35 'repres':2,5 'sarban':27 'sutton':4,54 'allyson':46 'doggett':23 'pascrel':43 'district':9 'loebsack':19 'schwartz':47 'congresswoman':52</fti-names>
      <id type="integer">6759130</id>
      <is-news type="boolean">false</is-news>
      <is-ok type="boolean">true</is-ok>
      <scraped-from>google blog</scraped-from>
      <source>News from Congresswoman Betty Sutton </source>
      <source-url>http://sutton.house.gov/news/</source-url>
      <status>OK</status>
      <title>U.S. Representative Betty Sutton :: Representing Ohio&amp;#39;s 13th District</title>
      <url>http://sutton.house.gov/news/story.cfm?id=336</url>
      <weight type="integer" nil="true"></weight>
    </recent-blog>
  </recent-blogs>
</person>
