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  Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]

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  • bkrueg : You will not get my support or vote in 2010. I do not support the government takeover of our health care. I do not support Cap and Trade. Your contribution to the deficit is not appreciated.
  • navywifeked : Mrs. Boxer, Pack up your office! Your name and Senator should not be said together. Follow the money trail everyone, look where she gets her money and you will see which way she will vote. It won't be for the people that put her in office.
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  Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]

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  • chuckgriever : Wow, your state will be the first to fail. I got a feeling that the fault just might fracture from all the egos located in California from the political to the movie stars. Do luck with that!
  • bkrueg : You will not get my support or vote in 2012. I do not support the government takeover of our health care. I do not support Cap and Trade. Your contribution to the deficit is not appreciated.
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  Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43]

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  • PatriotSteve : You are a disgrace to your country and to your "Blue Dog" label. You have sealed your fate by voting for Cap & Trade tonight. 2010 will be your last year in office, if I have anything to do with it, along with all the other Blue Dogs who voted Yes. Blue Dog Democrats who voted for Cap and Trade: Adam Schiff (CA-29), Allen Boyd (FL-2), Baron Hill (IN-9), Bart Gordon (TN-6), Ben Chandler (KY-6), Collin Peterson (MN-7), David Scott (GA-13), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Dennis Moore (KS-3), Frank Kratovil (MD-1), Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), Heath Shuler (NC-11), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Jane Harman (CA-36), Jim Cooper (TN-5), Joe Baca (CA-43), Leonard Boswell (IA-3), Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Melissa Bean (IL-8), Mike Michaud (ME-2), Mike Thompson (CA-1), Patrick Murphy (PA-8), Sanford Bishop (GA-2), Zack Space (OH-18)
  • Anonymous : I’ve just become aware of the pending Bill H.R.1176 and demand that you oppose this bill. H.R.1176 To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States. We are a nation of strong values and keeping families together is a most important issue. By no means should any family members be separated due to their legal status in our country. This bill should be re-written! At any time, a family member is found to be illegally in our country, their entire family needs to be deported to their country of origin immediately. Please keep families together, deport together, and demand they return together to their own countries. Thank You for your immediate attention. Art Skill Delanco, NJ
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  Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31]

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  • espn628 : Make decisions you think are best.
  • Jando : what a dork you are Beccera
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  Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]

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  • ruleoflaw : This guy really needs to go. He values his Hollywood campaign cash more than promoting open access to government-funded medical research. In a committee meeting on of the widely heralded open-access rule for the National Institute of Health, Berman reportedly said "We wouldn't want the N in NIH stand for Napster" (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2008/09/open-access-science.ars). Bill O'Reilly would have been proud! Berman is not ashamed to spread FUD about open access, which is almost universally popular in the scientific community -- the people that actually know what they're talking about. It's evident that he's engaging in this nefarious anti-science behavior because Hollywood and the publishing industry tell him that sharing in any way, shape or form is bad.
  • fortermlimits : This guy needs to go. 14 terms is all we can stand!!!
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  Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]

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  • Samuelboland : You all need a serious reality check. Would you mind scrolling up on this page? Don't worry, I'll wait. You're back? Good. Then you noticed the "Votes with party: 92% of the time" flag up there? Want me to tell you a little secret about why we (the democrats) are winning so much? It's because we don't call the moderates in our party "traitors." By all means though, continue what you're doing. It's amusing to watch the GOP eat itself from the inside out.
  • Curly : Traitor! You need to be fired and replaced with a real Conservative Republican.
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  Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44]

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  • mozzer14 : This guy is a criminal. He has so much real estate fraud deals in the Inland Empire and instances of using tax payer money for his own profit that it was announced Oct 2009 that he is being investigated by the FBI. This guy should step down. An embarrassment to the country, state, and Inland region. In these hard economic times, we need someone who is fighting for "the people's best interest" and not for their own political and financial gain.
  • daman09 : This guy is a douche.
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  Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23]

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  Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18]

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  • PatriotSteve : You are a disgrace to your country and to your "Blue Dog" label. You have sealed your fate by voting for Cap & Trade tonight. 2010 will be your last year in office, if I have anything to do with it, along with all the other Blue Dogs who voted Yes. Blue Dog Democrats who voted for Cap and Trade: Adam Schiff (CA-29), Allen Boyd (FL-2), Baron Hill (IN-9), Bart Gordon (TN-6), Ben Chandler (KY-6), Collin Peterson (MN-7), David Scott (GA-13), Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Dennis Moore (KS-3), Frank Kratovil (MD-1), Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), Heath Shuler (NC-11), Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Jane Harman (CA-36), Jim Cooper (TN-5), Joe Baca (CA-43), Leonard Boswell (IA-3), Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Melissa Bean (IL-8), Mike Michaud (ME-2), Mike Thompson (CA-1), Patrick Murphy (PA-8), Sanford Bishop (GA-2), Zack Space (OH-18)
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  Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53]

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  • Anonymous : Dear Fellow Americans: >NOTE< IF you agree with this effort, forward this email. BUT if you do NOT agree, just smile and delete. This is NO attempt to influence your vote and NO.... I have NOT been approached or solicited or asked or paid or anything....to "launch this letter". I am reminded that when Americans fail to speak out against what they perceive as bad politics and bad policies, we ALL loose. I have always been a taxpaying and voting citizen. My first vote was for John F. Kennedy. I have felt great disdain for African Americans who vigorously support the Republican Party. When the Clinton's were being attacked by Ken Star and were subjected to the dirty tactics of a smear campaign by the Republican Party, even 'tho personal misbehavior invited that, I wrote letters of support to the Clinton's and, on their behalf, to numerous politicians, media pesons and to church leaders across this nation. In my opinion, this 2008 Presidential political contest is NOT so much about race or/and gender, as it is about POWER. But it MUST also be won ethically and fairly. As it appears to me, BOTH the Clinton's are making a strong case to validate the belief that the abused, once gaining power, may become the abuser. Speaking for myself only, I am grateful that when there was a call for the bus boycott in Montgomery, AL, that NOT one African American Minister called for support of continued segregated busses. Every "chance" to support a candidate is NOT the same thing as an opportunity to promote the GOOD of the people. To express my concern about their actions, I have personally contacted certain community leaders via web addresses, who have been motivated or/ and felt obligated to step forward with unnecessary and untimely "ENDORSEMENTS" or/and divisive debasing comments.OH! What would Adam Clayton Powell think now? ~~~ PLEASE help God BLESS America~~~ It IS our responsibility to step IN here. The media, while we NEED them for information, IS also fanning the flames of a fire that has the potential to become big and dangerous. I hope to have as many people as possible call the Clinton Headquarters; numbers listed below. I have called.YOU tell them: 1. Tell any one who answers the phone that you want to see an end to the negative campaigning 2. That you are a private citizen who does NOT like the personal attacks and distortion of the record 3. That you WILL withdraw support and WILL campaign against ANY candidate who initiates and maliciously perpetrates "personal" and cheap attacks 4. That we Americans want POSITIVE campaigning on THE ISSUES from a leader who seeks to unify, NOT just win .............OR....... say whatever YOU choose, but DO call to say something that may help foster a more civil campaign I have sent this email to HUNRDEDS OF PEOPLE on hundreds of sites including Nat'l Democratic Party, THE CLINTON'S.....library etc et al, COLLEGES, URBAN LEAGUE, NAACP...... talk radio hosts, popular news media......... and HUNDREDS of other people have sent it out also. Pass on AND make YOUR calls NOW. IF people started calling me THE Queen of England, I would likely wonder why, but in NO case would I believe myself to be unequivocally entitled to the socio-political advantages of that office. Maybe someone should tell Bill. He was "NICKNAMED" the first Black President. He wasn't REALLY him. Thanks, Janet OHIO THE NUMBERS FOR YOU TO CALL 4420 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 703-469-2008 Fax: 703-962-8600 Arizona 602-279-8030 | Arkansas 501-244-0200 | California - North 415-255-7431 | California - South 213-908-0190 | Colorado 303-296-1708 | Georgia 404-541-9595 | Iowa 515-282-5307 | Minnesota 612-374-0156 | Missouri 314-961-2008 | Nevada 702-664-1040 | New Hampshire 603-782-4640 | New Jersey 609-695-0600 | New York 212-213-3717 | South Carolina 803-667-3112 |
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  Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26]

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  • oldlucky602 : Hey anonymous you puke yourself, I would have him as a friend anyday!!! You know what it is like to be unemployed????? I do!!!! What someone needs to do is hit every place of employment until they get another job, that's what I did!!!!! You know what those benefits are for, to help you out "temporarily" until you get another job!!! Keep extending them, keep extending them and people will have it as a security blanket and not go after that job as hard!!!!! One job I went after while I was working at another job, I kept bugging the manager every week for two months until he tired of me bugging him and gave me that job!!!!!
  • Anonymous : This is what happens Rep. Dreier when the Government cuts off people's unemployment and when the economy is weak and there are no good paying jobs. Is this the vibrant American economy that I hear the Republicans talk about so much? L.A. seeing more people living out of their cars By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 23, 2:48 PM ET LOS ANGELES - Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile who are four wheels away from homelessness. She is living out of her shabby 1978 RV, and every night she has to look for a place to park where she won't get hassled by the cops or insulted by residents. "I'm not a piece of trash," the former home health-care aide said as she stroked one of five dogs in her cramped quarters parked in the waterfront community of Marina del Rey. Amid the foreclosure crisis and the shaky economy, some California cities are seeing an increase in the number of people living out of their cars, vans or RVs. Acting on complaints from homeowners, the Los Angeles City Council got tough earlier this year by forbidding nearly all overnight parking in residential neighborhoods such as South Brentwood. But some people are just crowding into other parts of the city, including the seaside community of Venice, where dozens of rusty, dilapidated campers can be seen lined up outside neat single-family homes. The stench of urine emanates from a few of the vehicles, and some residents say they have seen human waste left behind. "They're nasty and gnarly," said Venice resident Jeff Scharlin. "We've heard about drug dealing and prostitution in them. I've never seen it, but visually they're a blight and they take up parking space." In Los Angeles, as in many other cities, it is illegal to live in vehicles on public streets. But the law is not easy to enforce. Police have to enter a vehicle to find signs that people are living there, such as cooking or sleeping, and occupants often refuse to answer when cops knock. An easier way is to restrict overnight parking. In L.A., a first offense carries a $50 fine, and subsequent violations can cost as much as $100. Parking-enforcement officers often give vehicle owners a warning and tell them to move on before issuing a ticket, and that usually solves the problem, said Alan Willis, a city transportation engineer. But other cities in the area are not as lenient. "I had my motor home towed in Culver City. It cost me $500 to get it out," said Desiri Hawkins, who lives in a small RV in Venice. "I got ticketed in Santa Monica and had to go to court." Tourist states with temperate climates, such as California and Florida, have long been magnets for the homeless. Los Angeles is the nation's homelessness capital, with an estimated 73,000 people on the streets. A survey of 3,230 homeless people last year in Los Angeles County found nearly 7 percent living in vehicles, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. "It's trending toward an increase," said Michael Stoop, acting executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless. "People would rather live in a vehicle than wind up in a shelter, and you can't stay on a friend's couch forever." People living out of their cars or campers tend to be more well-off than the homeless on the street. They usually have jobs or disability checks that enable them to maintain an old camper but do not allow them to afford rent. "For more working-class and lower-middle-class people, the car is the first stop of being homeless, and sometimes it turns out to be a long stop," said Gary Blasi, a University of California, Los Angeles, law professor and activist on homeless issues. Some Venice residents are clamoring for overnight parking restrictions. But parking limits in oceanfront neighborhoods are problematic because the California Coastal Commission requires communities to accommodate surfers, fishermen and other early-morning beachgoers. "The complaints are getting louder and louder," said Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl. For years, some cities such as Santa Barbara, Calif., and Eugene, Ore., have accommodated people who live out of their vehicles. Activists in Venice are looking at some of those ideas. Santa Barbara, for example, allows vehicles to stay from 7 p.m to 7 a.m. in church and city parking lots. Knoll said she can barely afford to drive around with the rising price of gasoline eating away at the $950 monthly disability check she receives because of mental illness. She said she is also sick of police waking her up in the wee hours by pounding on her vehicle with their nightsticks, and she is tired of fighting with residents who call her "lowlife scum" and hurl other insults. "We need somewhere we can have a safe haven, where we won't be harassed," Knoll said as the wind from a passing car rocked her RV. "I never thought I'd be living like this, but I'm stuck. This is it for me."
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  Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]

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  • YankeeDoodle : Curb loud television commercials NOW!! It is incredibly annoying!!
  • skrap : Frustrating that Eshoo, who represents the heart of silicon valley, would vote for the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, which will empowers the entertainment industry to control content via installing a cabinet level representative of their interests. That will certainly stifle legitimate uses of technology to view and collaborate on media in new ways, which is exactly where all the growth in consumer tech is today. She's slowly losing me as a supporter with votes like that.
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