Re: congressional record search--updated w/ C-span video search-able archive
Subject: Re: congressional record search--updated w/ C-span video search-able archive
From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: 10/6/10, 18:02
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

very good post, how does one find anything on the daily Kos that isn't directly linked on the home page, a very confusing website ---

Here's a guy who went to UVa Law School with Forbes, and has posted a lot about him, the first link is to a search I did of his blog http://michael-in-norfolk.blogspot.com/search?q=randy+forbes, the second link http://michael-in-norfolk.blogspot.com/2010/08/pentagon-to-eliminate-6000-norfolk.html is to what strikes me as the most potent argument against Forbes which is that the extreme attitudes that may appear to many to prevail in his district due to Forbes and the current state officials he buddies with are a disincentive for progressive employers to bring large facilities to the 4the district -- Sec Gates is apparently determined to close a large facility in that region and there is a lot of carrying-on about that in the region.  Anyhow, this guy might be a source of stuff you could use more effectively than he himself could, since I suspect his blog has a narrow audience.

Came across the above blog while trying to find Confederacy affinity stories about Forbes -- in that part of Va, something I would expect.


On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Great, thanks for this. Here's a link to the first piece I've written for LeGrow, let me know what you think as I plan to use most of it for the e-mail forward.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/10/6/908238/-VA-4:-The-Most-Important-Race-You-Havent-Heard-Of


On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com> wrote:
Here is a list of congressional research sources, note particularly that there is a searchable database of C-span video (scroll down some) that can be matched with the congressional record:

http://www.constructionweblinks.com/Organizations/Congress/congress.html

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/congress.php

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From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Subject: Fwd: congressional record search--updated w/ 'Randy's blog'
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>


http://forbes.house.gov/Blog/?postid=205907  lot of material here, don't know how likely it is to be of interest

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From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Subject: Fwd: congressional record search--updated
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>


http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00013799&cycle=2010  <---- here is an exapmple of what you may find in open secrets.org, ----- unlikely that you will uncover any unknown scandals in this data base, since it is public information, but will give you an idea of who he is and who owns him

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From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: congressional record search--updated
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>


another seach tool: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/LegislativeData.php?&n=Record&c=109

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From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Subject: congressional record search
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>


simple search: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/search.html

advanced search: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/advanced.html

note search tips and other links in left navigation tree

next I will get a list of what committees he is on and see if they have search-able web pages








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