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  Corrine Brown - Congresspedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Corrine Brown's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
Brown apologized for her personal statements, but still contends that George W. Bush's involvement in the 2004 Haiti Rebellion was racist.
Brown claimed her intention had been to increase awareness of early voting, and that she had not knowingly violated the fifty feet rule.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Corrine_Brown   (1174 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Corrine-Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 3rd District of Florida.
One of the complaints was that Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko, a West African businessman, purchased a $50,000 Lexus for Brown's daughter after Brown lobbied Janet Reno to release him from prison through the use of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
It was not until Noon that Brown and her supporters moved to the mandatory fifty feet away from the entrance.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Corrine_Brown   (2955 words)

  
 All Immigration Votes of Representative Corrine Brown
Brown’s vote was on the side of America’s farm workers and on the side of limiting illegal immigration.
Brown voted FOR H RES 365, which was brought up and passed in a new form in March of 2002.
Brown was part of a 336-43 majority voting in favor of the four-month extension of Section 245(i).
profiles.numbersusa.com /improfile.php3?DistSend=FL&VIPID=174   (6151 words)

  
 About Us | HouseDemocrats.gov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Corrine Brown was elected to Congress in 1992 as a public servant who prides herself on delivering the goods and services of the federal government to her constituents.
Brown was reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives for a sixth term in November 2002.
Brown, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, is known as a fighter by her constituents and colleagues.
democrats.house.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=46   (1006 words)

  
 News4Jax.com - Election 2004 - Profile: Rep. Corrine Brown
Brown's comments, in a three-page statement released by her office, came on the heels of the resignation of her campaign treasurer, who complained that she failed to act against an aide who forged his name on campaign finance reports.
Brown was able to overcome her ethics baggage in 1996, when she defeated Republican Bill Randall, by carrying the load in Congress for her constituents and the City of Jacksonville.
Brown said that the $10,000 was to pay a bus company to haul supporters to a 1996 voting rights rally in Tallahassee when her congressional district was being challenged in court.
www.news4jax.com /politics/1734450/detail.html   (1143 words)

  
 State: Rep. Brown explains check from Lyons
Brown said that she heard "off the record" from the committee two months ago that "this was completed, I didn't do anything wrong." She said she regretted having to hold a news conference when there were so many important issues facing Congress.
Brown always has maintained that the $10,000 paid for 15 Pameron buses ordered for the rally but until Monday her office could offer no proof that was where Lyons' money went.
Said Brown: "We cleared it up." She turned to the reporters: "Now, how do you clear it up?" Although Brown said two months ago that she was "ready to answer any question, any time, about my actions," she refused on Monday to discuss anything other than the Lyons check.
www.sptimes.com /State/72898/Rep_Brown_explains_ch.html   (1187 words)

  
 State: Lawmaker got $10,000 from Lyons fund
Brown, a Democrat who has a record of ethics and campaign violations, declined to be interviewed about the $10,000 payment.
Corrine Brown's name wasn't on the flier, and reporters were led to believe that churches, civil rights groups and labor organizations from across the state had chartered buses to demonstrate concern about minority representation in Congress.
Brown's lawyers said the check wasn't listed on Brown's campaign reports because it was intended for the rally, which they contended was not a campaign event.
www.sptimes.com /State/41498/Lawmaker_got_10_000_f.html   (3183 words)

  
 CNN.com - Ethics finds troubling conduct by Rep. Corrine Brown - September 21, 2000
Brown said in a statement, "For more than a year I have looked forward to the day when this matter would be put to rest and I am grateful that this day has finally come.
Brown, of Jacksonville, is serving her fourth term, winning in 1998 with 55.4 percent of the vote despite the questions about her conduct.
Brown gave her side in a deposition earlier this year -- in a lawsuit brought by a Dubai bank that accused the businessman of stealing more than $240 million.
www.cnn.com /2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/09/21/ethics.brown.ap/index.html   (731 words)

  
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Corrine Brown is a Democratic Member of Congress who represents the Third District of Florida, gerrymandered in 1992 to stretch from fl neighborhoods in Jacksonville on Florida's northern Atlantic shore to fl neighborhoods in Orlando.
Corrine Brown was born in 1946 in Jacksonville.
Brown is among the higher seniority members of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and is ranking Democrat on the Railroads Subcommittee.
www.discoverthenetwork.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=1249   (739 words)

  
 Congresswoman Corrine Brown - Representing the Third Congressional District of Florida - Home Page
To sign up to receive Corrine's Corner simply enter your first and last name and your e-mail address and hit submit.
If you are interested in applying to one of the Academies, write to Congresswoman Corrine Brown at 101 East Union Street, Suite 202, Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
The annual Congressional art competition, "An Artistic Discovery," is open to all high school students who live in the Third Congressional District.
www.house.gov /corrinebrown/services.shtml   (2083 words)

  
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Congresswoman Corrine Brown A native of Jacksonville, Florida, Representative Corrine Brown received a B.S. and Master's Degree from Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, an Education Specialist Degree from the University of Florida and an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree from Edward Waters College.
Brown has the distinction of being the first woman ever elected as Chairperson of the Duval County Legislative Delegation, a position she held 1987-1988.
Corrine Brown was elected to the United States Congress, Third Congressional District in November 3rd General Election and sworn on January 5, 1993.
www.mith2.umd.edu /WomensStudies/GovernmentPolitics/WomeninCongress/Biographies/House/brown-corrine   (491 words)

  
 America's Criminal Class: The Congress of the United States. First in a Series
Brown opened the agency's first office in her hometown of Jacksonville and started a second office in Tallahassee where she spend most of her time while serving in the Legislature.
Brown, who was running for her first term in Congress, was busy looking for someone to buy the travel agency.
Brown's daughter, a political appointee for the Environmental Protection Agency, said in her financial disclosure report that she didn't have any assets over $1,000.
www.capitolhillblue.com /Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm   (2284 words)

  
 Obstruction of the Democratic Process
When Congresswoman Brown (D-Florida) debated against the Republican party's attempt to prevent UN Inspectors from monitoring the upcoming US elections, she was barred from speaking in the House for the rest of the day and her comments struck from the record.
Congresswoman Brown represents 600,000 voters in her Florida constituency many of whom were illegally barred from voting or misrepresented in the 2000 election.
The piece is running widely - write your local paper running it - (scan this google search - http://tinyurl.com/6xc95 - and you might want to refresh the search - publications are being added every few seconds) - express your concern that her words would be stricken.
www.democracyforamerica.org.uk /corrine_brown.shtml   (354 words)

  
 The Poor Man: That Feckless Idiot Corrine Brown, And Others
pparently Corrine Brown (who is a US Congressman, and not a member of Sleater-Kinney, as I had at first assumed) has been making a spectacular ass of herself, and our already rather ass-filled Congress:
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown verbally attacked a top Bush administration official during a briefing on the Haiti crisis Wednesday, calling the President's policy on the beleaguered nation "racist" and his representatives "a bunch of white men."
Brown sat directly across the table from Noriega and yelled into a microphone.
www.thepoorman.net /archives/002363.html   (353 words)

  
 Howard Dean for America: Corrine Brown Endorses Dean for President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
WASHINGTON--Congresswoman Corrine Brown (FL-3) today endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Governor Howard Dean, M.D., citing his vision for America and his commitment to improving access to quality health care.
Corrine Brown was elected to Congress in 1992 from the Third District, which includes parts of Jacksonville, Orlando and Gainesville.
Brown, the ranking Democrat on the Transportation Subcommittee on Railroad, is the governor's sixth endorsement from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, fifth southerner, and eighth congresswoman.
archive.deanforamerica.com /press/endorsement/2004/01/12/corrine_brown   (262 words)

  
 Corrine Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
She is well known for making racially insensitive comments towards Americans of European and Latino hertiage.
On February 25, 2004 Representative Brown referred to the Bush Administration as a "racist" "bunch of white men" in a meeting with senior State Department officials and members of Congress.
The next day, Republican Representative Henry Bonilla of Texas called for Brown to resign because of her insensitive comments.
www.encyclopedia-1.com /c/co/corrine_brown.html   (185 words)

  
 The Hypocrisy of Tolerance - (Rep. Corrine Brown's (D)racist remarks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Brown and her racist comments, attributing them to her “frustrat[ion] with the President's policy with regard to Haiti ”.
Corrine Brown (Democrat) outwardly makes and admits later a racist and insensitive remark and all you hear is the brisk breeze caused by a collective turning of heads in the other direction.
The boundary between Brown's district and the one I live in (Cliff Stearns) is about five blocks to the east of me. Her district is a "minority access" district, but she is such a bad politician that the Republican usually gets about 40% of the vote against her.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1089928/posts   (2392 words)

  
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Congresswoman Corrine Brown (D-Jacksonville)hosted a healthcare roundtable at the Mary Singleton Center this morning.
Representative Brown told First Coast News she still stands behind her comments that ignited a firestorm in Washington.
Congresswoman Brown responded to the matter in a statement late Thursday night.
www.firstcoastnews.com /news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=21452   (306 words)

  
 Arianna Online Forums - Corrine Brown Cesured Calls 2000 elect. "Stolen" -Take Action Now!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Turns out it was Corrine Brown (D- Jacksonville, FL) debating the request made by five Representatives to have the UN monitor U.S. Elections (see article re/their original proposal below).
Turns out that House leadership answered their call with legislation forbidding any U.N. money be used to monitor elections in the U.S. Rep. Brown then said that the House leadership had participated in a "coup d'etat" in 2000 by stealing the election and that we would need monitoring to make sure it didn't happen again.
They played a tape of the leadership then shouting Brown down, slamming the gavel and telling her to get off the floor.
www.ariannaonline.com /forums/printthread.php?t=7069   (1056 words)

  
 The Carpetbagger Report » Blog Archive » Corrine Brown's disturbing remarks
Brown believes the Bush administration is unconcerned with violence in Haiti because its citizens are fl.
I noticed, however, that Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Texas) is demanding that Brown resign from Congress because of her remarks.
There's no real defense for Brown's comments, but Bonilla is pushing political opportunism a bit to suggest her outburst should drive her from her elected position.
www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com /archives/1320.html   (606 words)

  
 More on Corrine Brown's statements (You all look the same)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) is refusing to apologize for explosive comments she uttered Wednesday at a closed-door meeting in which she charged that President Bush is employing a racist policy toward Haiti.
In a telephone interview with HOH on Wednesday night, Brown confirmed that she told Bush official Roger Noriega that the Haitian people are in desperate straits “because of all you white men” who have under-funded relief programs.
Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) is refusing to apologize for explosive comments she uttered Wednesday...
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1085963/posts   (2893 words)

  
 Congresswoman Corrine Brown from Jacksonville, FA Censured - Topic Powered by Groupee Community
The House also censured Brown which kept her from talking on the House floor for the rest of the day.
Congresswoman Brown wrote, "Striking my words from the House floor is just one more example of the Republican Party's attempt to try and cover up what happened during the 2000 election."
Brown also wrote, "When the words of Corrine Brown are stricken from the floor, so is the voice of her 600,000 constituents in Florida's 3rd Congressional District."
africanamerica.org /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/4746007/m/7551021401   (377 words)

  
 Florida Cracker: Corrine Brown
So Rep. Corrine Brown gives one of those apologies that isn't really an apology for her tirade.
That's when you say the same thing you said before, but this time you add why what you said is, in fact, true and you throw in your emotional state at the time you first said it.
Brown needs to get a grip and conduct herself like a professional.
www.florida-cracker.org /archives/000352.html   (216 words)

  
 Rep. Regrets 'White Men' Remarks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Brown made the statement during a Wednesday briefing on Haiti with Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega (search), a Mexican-American, and the Florida congressional delegation.
Brown added that she was offended that the meeting on the crisis in Haiti, led by administration officials, "turned into a diatribe rebuking the Haitian government and the Haitian people.
Corrine Brown appears not to have noticed that Haiti has been a sh*thole for as long as it's been a country, and probably even before that.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1086642/posts   (3080 words)

  
 Satanists and Corrine Brown in closed door meetings.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Satanists and Corrine Brown in closed door meetings.
Representatives of satanic groups are consulting with REP Corrine Brown of Florida on how to approach the issue of suing Gibson for his anti-satanic movie.
Ms Brown, democrat from Florida, was overheard shouting "All dem damn christians all looks alike!" in a closed door strategy session with the satanists last night.
africanamerica.org /eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/64170254/m/570108303/xsl/print_topic   (90 words)

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