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Friday, June 7, 2013
Hiram Fong First Asian-American Senator, An R From Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 10:12 PM :: 11977 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History, Republican Party
 1964 and 1968....
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 28, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:11 PM :: 4025 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Farm Bill – Amendment Vote
  • House: Keystone Pipeline Approval – Final Passage
  • House: Student Loan Interest Rate Reform – Final Passage
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 20, 2013
By Congress.org @ 4:44 PM :: 4109 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Water Resources Development Act – Passage
  • Senate: CMS Nominee – Confirmation
  • Senate: Energy Department Nominee – Confirmation
  • House: Obamacare Repeal – Passage
  • House: SEC Cost-Benefit Analysis – Passage
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Monday, May 13, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted May 13, 2013
By Congress.org @ 3:00 PM :: 4730 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Final Passage
  • Senate: Water Infrastructure Projects – Amendment Vote
  • House: Private Sector Comp Time – Final Passage
  • House: Debt Payment Prioritization – Final Passage
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Friday, May 3, 2013
Hanabusa Campaign: "Party-Fracturing Racial Politics"
By News Release @ 6:44 AM :: 8764 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

"She understands Hawaii’s role as...the multi-cultural model for a rapidly changing America."

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Monday, April 29, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 29, 2013
By Congress.org @ 8:15 PM :: 4437 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: OMB Director – Confirmation
  • Senate: Internet Sales Tax – Cloture Motion
  • House: High-Risk Insurance Pools – Rule Vote
  • House: FAA Furloughs – Suspension Vote
  • House: Federal Helium Sales – Suspension Vote

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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Stanley Chang Running for CD1?
By Andrew Walden @ 10:50 AM :: 11076 Views :: Honolulu County, Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
Dan Inouye was barely in the grave when Honolulu Councilmember Stanley Chang signed Federal Election Commission documents....
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Sources: Hanabusa to enter Senate race today, Dems Will Give no Money to Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 11:55 AM :: 9486 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians
... a “really tough decision,” because she was angrier at Abercrombie ....
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 22, 2013
By Congress.org @ 3:15 PM :: 5475 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Second Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Concealed-Carry Reciprocity Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Background Checks Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Republican Substitute Amendment
  • Senate: Firearms Legislation – Straw Purchases Amendment
  • House: Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing
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Friday, April 19, 2013
Hanabusa, DSCC Discuss Challenging Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 8:36 PM :: 6469 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation
“Chances are pretty good that she won’t stay in her current job.”
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted April 16, 2013
By Congress.org @ 2:40 PM :: 4224 Views :: Congressional Delegation

 

  • Senate: Interior Secretary Confirmation
  • Senate: Gun Control – Cloture Vote
  • House: Limit on NLRB Activity
  • House: Hydropower Facility Development – Suspension Vote
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
SJR12: Schatz, Hirono Tinker with Hawaiian Homelands Blood Quantum
By Andrew Walden @ 8:24 PM :: 10805 Views :: Democratic Party, DHHL, Congressional Delegation
...blood quantum disputes have been a feature of internal politics within the Department of Hawaiian Homelands....
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Hirono Announces State Office Staff Appointments
By News Release @ 7:29 AM :: 7228 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Hirono today announced her state staff, including former Senator Inouye aide Alan Yamamoto as her State Director....

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Monday, March 25, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 25, 2013
By Congress.org @ 1:51 PM :: 6100 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Recent Congressional Votes

  • Senate: Fiscal 2013 Continuing Appropriations
  • Senate: Fiscal 2014 Senate Budget Resolution
  • House: FY 2014 Budget Resolution
  • House: FY 2013 Continuing Appropriations
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Hirono, Schatz Cast Decisive Votes as Senate Passes Trillion Dollar Tax Hike
By Selected News Articles @ 12:50 PM :: 8565 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation, Taxes
...a $3.7 trillion blueprint for 2014 that would fast-track passage of tax increases, trim spending gingerly and leave the government still deeply in the debt a decade from now....
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Preemptive Strike: UHPA Endorses Schatz
By News Release @ 9:27 PM :: 8416 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Labor
... the early endorsement was the result of unprecedented changes in Congress with the retirement of Sen. Daniel Akaka and the passing of Sen. Daniel Inouye, and the need for a fresh perspective ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2013
House Ethics Investigating Alaska Rep Don Young
By News Release @ 3:55 AM :: 11683 Views :: Akaka Bill, National News, Ethics, Congressional Delegation, Republican Party

... he received improper gifts and didn’t report them, misused campaign or official resources and that he “made false statements to federal officials” ....

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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Schatz Bill Would Expand National Parks in Hawaii, Pacific
By News Release @ 12:43 AM :: 8313 Views :: Environment, Congressional Delegation, Land Use

...the Pacific Islands Parks Act of 2013, would direct the National Park Service to complete studies of three designated sites in the state of Hawai‘i....

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Monday, March 11, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted March 11, 2013
By Congress.org @ 7:15 PM :: 5331 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Committee Funding Resolution – Amendment Vote
  • Senate: CIA Director Nomination – Confirmation
  • House: Disaster Response and Preparedness – Suspension
  • House: FY 2013 Continuing Appropriations
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted March 4, 2013
By Congress.org @ 12:11 AM :: 5279 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Hagel Nomination – Confirmation
  • Senate: Lew Nomination – Confirmation
  • Senate: Republican Sequester Alternative –
  • Senate: Democratic Sequester Alternative
  • House: Gender-based Violence Prevention –
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Prosperity? Hawaii Congressional Delegation Scores Zero
By News Release @ 7:02 PM :: 6942 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii Statistics

We’re giving you a sneak peek of AFP’s Congressional Scorecard....

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 19, 2013
By Congress.org @ 6:33 PM :: 5410 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Gender-based Violence Prevention – Final Passage
  • Senate: Defense Secretary Nomination – Cloture
  • House: Disaster Aid for Houses of Worship – Suspension
  • House: Hydropower Regulation – Suspension
  • House: Federal Pay Freeze Extension – Final Passage
  • House: North Korea Nuclear Test
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted February 11, 2013
By Congress.org @ 5:31 PM :: 5279 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Gender-based Violence Prevention - Substitute Amendment
  • House: Budget Submission Requirement - Final Passage
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Thursday, February 7, 2013
Hanabusa Left out as Maui County Gets Federal 'Smart Growth' Funding
By News Release @ 8:42 PM :: 6843 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Development

Senator Brian Schatz, Senator Mazie K. Hirono, and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard announced today that Maui has been awarded a grant of technical assistance....

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Monday, January 28, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 28, 2013
By Congress.org @ 6:19 PM :: 5423 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Temporary Rules Changes
  • Senate: Permanent Rules Changes
  • House: Short-Term Suspension of Debt Limit – Final Passage
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 22, 2013
By Congress.org @ 8:45 PM :: 5490 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • House: Sandy Recovery Supplemental – Substitute Amendment
  • House: Sandy Recovery Supplemental – Long-term Recovery Aid
  • House: Sandy Recovery Supplemental – Final Passage
  • House: Disaster Aid Reform
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
VIDEO: O'Reilly Demolishes Hanabusa
By Video @ 10:33 PM :: 7508 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Hanabusa admits she never saw the “offensive" Fox news video, then after all the fuss she says Asians ARE ‘hard working and industrious’.... 

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Schatz Names Political Operative Andy Winer Chief of Staff
By News Release @ 5:46 PM :: 7194 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation

"The headline could have been Schatz Launches Re-election Campaign, Puts Campaign Manager on Congressional Payroll.”

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted January 8, 2013
By Congress.org @ 11:03 PM :: 3814 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • House: Establishing the Rules of the House
  • House: Hurricane Sandy Relief – Suspension
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Bad Blood May Mean Primaries for Hawaii Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 10:29 PM :: 6868 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation

“There is buzz that folks are going to get primaried, there’s no question about that.”

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Sunday, January 6, 2013
Hawaii Succession Law Unconstitutional: Senate Could Have Refused to Seat Schatz
By Selected News Articles @ 4:46 PM :: 8258 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government

...the Seventeenth Amendment prevents the Hawaii legislature from substantively constraining the Governor’s choices in making a temporary appointment....

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Friday, January 4, 2013
Thanks to Abercrombie, Republican Senators More Racially Diverse than Democrats
By Selected News Articles @ 12:30 PM :: 6614 Views :: National News, Congressional Delegation

there are now more Republican minorities in the Senate (South Carolina’s Tim Scott, Florida’s Marco Rubio, and Texas’s Ted Cruz) than Democrats (New Jersey’s Robert Menendez and Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono).…

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Sabas: Boss Inouye 'Is Watching Us'
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 6478 Views :: Congressional Delegation

...step forward and demonstrate that we were listening and paying attention to his lessons on leadership and humanity (because you know he is watching us).... 

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Friday, December 28, 2012
"Impeach Abercrombie"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:24 PM :: 10776 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

Angry comments were plastered on Abercrombie's Facebook page following the announcement of his decision Wednesday, with some predicting he would be a one-term governor....

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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Hubris Online: Abercrombie’s Head Scratcher Not Logical, Must be Personal
By Selected News Articles @ 12:38 PM :: 10078 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

“This does not make any logical/political sense, so therefore it must be personal.” --Washington Post

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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Abercrombie Appoints Schatz, Mazie to be Junior Senator
By News Release @ 7:04 PM :: 12201 Views :: Akaka Bill, Environment, National News, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

"For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real, and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation," Schatz said.

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Hawaii's Sudden Economic Tsunami
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 6:31 PM :: 7392 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy

...the sudden loss of Senator Inouye would be similar to the sudden and complete loss of Hawaiian Airlines....

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Inouye Successor Will Face Election in 2014
By Robert Thomas @ 6:19 PM :: 8838 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii State Government, Politicians

Pending the election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill the vacancy by selecting a person from a list of three prospective appointees submitted by the same political party as the prior incumbent....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Hawaii Loses One of its Three Major Industries
By Selected News Articles @ 9:35 PM :: 8347 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy

Hawaii had three major industries: tourism, the military, and Sen. Dan Inouye....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Inouye wanted Hanabusa to succeed him in U.S. Senate
By Selected News Articles @ 9:28 PM :: 8654 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians

Boylan said the letter is Abercrombie's to release. But he confirmed it was Inouye's "last wish" for Hanabusa to succeed him.

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Senator Daniel Inouye Dies at 88
By Selected News Articles @ 5:21 PM :: 8228 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Hawaii History

Inouye died of respiratory complications at 5:01 p.m. EST (12:01 HST) Monday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his office said....

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Monday, December 17, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 17, 2012
By Congress.org @ 5:09 PM :: 5573 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: TAG Extension – Motion to Waive
  • House: Suspension Authority
  • House: Epinephrine Inhalers – Suspension
  • House: Defense Authorization – Motion to Instruct
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Intensive Care? Inouye Hospitalized, ‘Fighting Respiratory Complications’
By Selected News Articles @ 9:02 PM :: 9305 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Daniel Inouye has been hospitalized since Thursday after suffering a fainting spell before a vote in the U.S. Capitol....

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Friday, December 14, 2012
Still Hospitalized, Inouye Pressed to Give up Appropriations Chair
By Andrew Walden @ 2:09 PM :: 5373 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Senators, speaking anonymously, said the panel has lost power in recent years under Inouye, 88, who took over the chairmanship after Democrats pressured Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., to relinquish the post in 2008....

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Effects on a State After Loss of Senior Senator
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 AM :: 7820 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Economy

The loss of Senate Seniority will not completely sink Hawaii and Alaska’s economy, but it will definitely have a big impact....

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Monday, December 10, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 10, 2012
By Congress.org @ 9:11 PM :: 5633 Views :: Congressional Delegation
  • Senate: Disability Treaty – Ratification
  • Senate: Defense Authorization – Final Passage
  • Senate: Russia/Moldova Trade Relations – Final Passage
  • House: Energy Efficiency – Suspension
  • House: Global Internet Governance – Adoption
  • House: Amending Language in Federal Law – Suspension
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted December 3, 2012
By Congress.org @ 8:52 PM :: 5834 Views :: Congressional Delegation

             Senate: Sportsmens Access to Federal Land – Motion to Waive

             Senate: Disability Treaty – Motion to Proceed

             Senate: Defense Authorization – Amendment

             House: STEM Visa Program – Final Passage

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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tulsi Gabbard's precincts Inversely Correlated with Mazie Hirono's
By Selected News Articles @ 4:32 PM :: 8594 Views :: Congressional Delegation, Office of Elections, Politicians

...there's significant evidence that there was a different dynamic going on, and one that didn't follow the sort of liberal/conservative dimension that we tend to focus on....

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Friday, August 3, 2012
To Stop Mufi, Mrs Abercrombie Joins the Chris Butler Cult
By Andrew Walden @ 4:24 AM :: 31810 Views :: Democratic Party, Congressional Delegation, Politicians, Religion, Tulsi Gabbard

“Tulsi is a pure devotee. She is a little plant, a Holy Basil…. You don’t just leave, you are totally black banned if you leave."

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Hanabusa, Hirono Co-Sponsor Bill Threatening Closure of Catholic Charities
By Andrew Walden @ 9:50 PM :: 8923 Views :: Family, Congressional Delegation

HR1681 decertifies any adoption or foster care agency which does not assign children to same sex couples....

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