Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1]

Union bigs stiff GOP-member rank-and-file

2008-09-03T00:00:00Z

"It's important to leverage our support" on both sides of the aisle, said Roberts, a former aide to the late Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, and Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii. Under Stern, the SEIU is making a concerted effort to build ...

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DNC Convention Updates 8/28/08

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hawaii congressman Neil Abercrombie, who knew Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham at the University of Hawaii in 1959 (when Hawaii first became the 50th State), introduced Maya. Abercrombie wrote the preface to Hawaii journalists Jerry ...

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Old business

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Our man Jerry Burris, who was in Denver for the Democratic National Convention last week, told you about US Rep. Neil Abercrombieâ€™s performance during breakfast on Thursday with delegates from Hawaii, Arkansas and Delaware. ...

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Cell phones call up fresh Obama support

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Neil Abercrombie, an early Obama supporter and an early adapter of the Internetâ€™s political tools, says the cell phone is the highway to unaccustomed voters. â€œWe are appealing to one entirely new class of voter: the Internet ...

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Dreams and grass roots

2008-08-29T19:34:15Z

Dreams and grass roots August 29th, 2008 – 2:34 PM by Kevin Diaz DENVER — Democrats rallying behind Barack Obama’s quest for the White House ... said U.S. Rep. Neil Go to article

Democratic lawmakers say ethics rules are a ‘pain in the ass’

2008-08-29T06:14:30Z
It’s taken just three convention days for Democratic lawmakers to get buyer’s remorse over sweeping new ethics rules they passed last year. “It’s a pain in the ass!” said Rep. Jim Moran (Va.), one of 221 Demo

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The stanley ann dunham mother stanley grandmother

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z
them in jail,â€ said US Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who knew them both. â€œShe was a remarkable woman. It was a statement of the kind of person that she was prepared to be.â€ Her parents werenâ€™t pleased at first, but they accepted the marriage,

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flASHback: A hard dayâ€™s night

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z
Daniel Inouye, Daniel Akaka and Rep. Neil Abercrombie, and awarded Rep. Mazie Hirono a 1-percent rating. Hirono always was the class showoff. US Attorney Ed Kubo is cracking down on illegal immigrants, saying â€œthere will be no aloha for ...

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DC statue of King Kamehameha to be moved

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
The statue will be moved from Statuary Hall to Emancipation Hall in the Capitol's new visitor center, which opens Dec. 2., US Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawai'i, said Wednesday in a news release issue...

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Gang of 10 grows to 16, but little action forseeen

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
On the House side, a similar bill has been offered by Reps. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, and John Peterson, R-Penn. Both Reps. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., and Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., have signed on as co-sponsors, but Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., ...

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DNC Day 4 - I Manmatungo' (ta'lo ta'lo)

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
Hawai'i Congressman Neil Abercrombie Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo Virgin Island Governor John P. deJongh Jr. Delaware Senator Joseph Biden Massachusetts Senator John Kerry Former President Bill Clinton ...

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Democratic lawmakers say ethics rules are a â€˜pain in the assâ€™

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
Neil Abercrombie (Hawaii), Allen Boyd (Fla.), Lacy Clay (Mo.), Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.), John Tanner (Tenn.) and John Murtha (Pa.), who called the reform â€œtotal crapâ€ at the time. http://demconvention.thehill.com/content/view/604/64/ ...

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Biden breaks bread with the Hawaii delegation

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
Only US Rep. Mazie Hirono, whose district covers the Big Island, is staying at the delegation hotel. Rep. Neil Abercrombie is reportedly hanging with the Illinois delegation of his old buddy Obama, while the stateâ€™s two senators, ...

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DC statue of King Kamehameha to be moved

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
The statue will be moved from Statuary Hall to Emancipation Hall in the Capitol's new visitor center, which opens Dec. 2., US Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawai'i, said Wednesday in a news release issue...

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Editorial by Democrat Rep. Jim Costa

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
Congressman John Peterson, R-Pennsylvania; Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii; Dan Burton, R-Indiana; and I gathered together like-minded representatives from around the nation to develop an energy bill, which was introduced last month. ...

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Aloha, Arkansas

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z
Arkansas, Hawaii, and Delaware delegations are all staying in the same hotel. Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, noted the unique grouping: Bill Clinton was born in Arkansas, Obama in Hawaii and Joe Biden, the vice presidential nominee, ...

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An Inside Look Of Teen Democratic Convention

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z
KITVâ€™s Shawn Ching tells us more about a non-partisan educational program held during the convention that aims to give kids a balanced perspective of the 2008 election season and House Representative Neil Abercrombie's reaction to ...

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Denver: The First 48 Hours

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z
I met Representative Neil Abercrombie from Hawaii, and then spent a few minutes in the Senate cloakroom (think VIP area for the Senators themselves) with Sen. Leahy. That of course led to another bout of "how did I get here? ...

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Hawaiiâ€™s bit part in historic nomination roll call

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z
Maui delegate Kari Luna, with Inouye by her side, cast 26 votes for Obama, one for Clinton with two votes missing. The AWOL votes were from Sen. Dan Akaka and Rep. Neil Abercrombie, who were caught short by the unexpectedly early ...

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Abercrombie outlets. The garden box office, and ticketmaster ...

2008-08-27T00:00:00Z
Life secessionist movement seizes a historic american landmark and major media outlets representative neil abercrombie (d-hawaii), could be taken up by the senate as soon as this. In a reversal from years past, many bypassed pricier ...

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