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        <title>Mike Thompson</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congressional Democrats demand resignation of  Brown appointee]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-pc-jerry-brown-water-jerry-meral-delta-water-plan-resignation-20130425,0,4938622.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-25 19:21:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO -- Five Congressional Democrats have demanded the resignation of a top official in Gov. Jerry Brown's administration for comments the official allegedly made about the future of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The controversy surrounds...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Letters: Balancing gun control and gun safety]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-le-0331-sunday-gun-control-20130331,0,7730949.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-31 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Re "Voice of sense in gun debate," Column, March 28 

I enjoyed George Skelton's piece on Republican Rep. Mike Thompson, a pro-gun legislator from Northern California who, as Skelton notes, proves you can be "both a gun lover and a gun controller." 
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			<title><![CDATA[Congressman brings common sense to gun control debate]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-27 16:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO &mdash; As the national firearms debate reaches a crescendo, a Northern California congressman is proving that you can be both a gun lover and a gun controller. 

Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena, a moderate "blue dog" Democrat who represents...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pelosi calls for 'boldest possible' gun legislation]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-02-07 14:45:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[LANSDOWNE, Va. -- Even as she acknowledged that passing a new assault weapons ban would be a challenge,  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) called on Congress to consider the &ldquo;boldest possible package&rdquo; to reduce gun...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gun control advocates denounce NRA plan]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-21 10:23:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The National Rifle Assn.&rsquo;s proposal Friday to finance a National Model School Shield Program in which armed volunteers would be stationed at every school in America was quickly slammed by gun control advocates who accused the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[House Democrats push on gun control]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-19 13:10:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), joined by members of her caucus personally touched by gun violence, launched a drive Wednesday to build support for new gun restrictions. 

"All too often, we see these mass...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sen. Boxer introduces Northern California conservation bill]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-07-11 21:37:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), joined by members of her caucus personally touched by gun violence, launched a drive Wednesday to build support for new gun restrictions. 

"All too often, we see these mass...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Aunt's nursing home hinders exit]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-07-25 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[My aunt is in a nursing home. They tell us she isn't allowed to leave unless she gets the doctor's permission. If she does, she has to sign a statement saying she doesn't hold them liable and will lose all her healthcare coverage. She is on Medicare....]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[100th anniversary of Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival held Sunday in Vallejo]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-17 11:04:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[In World War II, soldiers stationed on Mare Island Naval Shipyard used the historic Portuguese SCDES Hall on Contra Costa Street -- the upstairs as a bunk hall and downstairs rooms for meals. 

Even with the hall serving the government, the Holy Ghost...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[House Democrats Lead New Gun Control Effort]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-10 14:56:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The leader of gun-violence prevention efforts in the U.S. House of Representatives was in Connecticut on Friday to help Democrats execute their new strategy: Demonstrate enough support in the lower chamber to compel the U.S. Senate to revisit the bill...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's Left For Gun-Control Advocates After Crash-And-Burn In U.S. Senate?]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-20 18:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the phrases repeated often by advocates of stricter gun laws since the Dec. 14 Newtown school massacre has been: "If not now, when?" 

That rhetorical question became a literal one Wednesday when a federal gun-control bill crashed and burned in the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Newtown Bicyclists Arrive In D.C. To Press For Gun Control]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-12 18:40:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; Twenty-six cyclists arrived Tuesday at the Capitol after a four-day ride from Newtown, bringing a plea for tighter gun limits to a reluctant Congress. 

"Here's our message: Please put politics aside and get it done," said Monte Frank...]]></description>
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