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  :: Lynn Westmoreland for Congress ::
The two provisions that concerned Westmoreland include the one that requires approval by the Department of Justice for any and every voting change in affected areas, and the one that requires a bilingual ballot.
Westmoreland said he would base the requirement for a bilingual ballot on the amount who answered "somewhat" or "not at all." But, instead, the Voting Rights Act uses those who answered "well" also.
U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland today voted to build hundreds of miles of fencing and to impose stringent border surveillance to greatly reduce the flow of illegal immigration into the United States.
www.lynnwestmoreland.org /news_detail.cfm?news_id=7   (638 words)

  
 Lynn Westmoreland - Congresspedia
Lynn A. Westmoreland was elected in 2004 to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican representing Georgia's 8th Congressional district (map).
Westmoreland was the top vote-getter in his Republican primary election in 2004, but faced fellow Republican Dylan Glenn in a runoff.
Westmoreland received 55.5% of the vote in the runoff, before going on to receive 75.6% of the vote in the general election against Democrat Silvia Delamar.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Lynn_Westmoreland   (1248 words)

  
 Vote Record and Cosponsorship Rating for Representative Lynn Westmoreland of GA in the 109th Congress
Westmoreland has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would put an end to the practice of "extraordinary rendition," in which Bush Administration officials send people into the custody of certain nations, knowing full well (some would say intending) that they will be tortured there.
Lynn Westmoreland has not yet cosponsored H.R., which would keep members of the Federal Communication Commission from using their appointed positions to censor cable, satellite or internet programs they consider to be indecent.
Westmoreland voted YES on the Tyranny Act, H.R. Rep. Westmoreland swore a solemn oath of office to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.
irregularnews.com /house/WestmorelandGA8.html   (3182 words)

  
 SIRENED: Dirty Politics,Cleaned » Lynn Westmoreland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Lynn Westmoreland (R) Georgia, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004 and represents the state’s 8th Congressional district.
Westmoreland should be the poster boy of the “Do Nothing Congress”; as he hasn’t introduced a single piece of legislation.
Westmoreland previously served as the Republican Leader in the Georgia House.
sirened.com /category/lynn-westmoreland   (192 words)

  
 Congressman Lynn A. Westmoreland
Lynn also serves on the Committee on Government Reform, created to ensure government accountability.
The panel is considered the chief investigative and oversight committee and exercises government-wide oversight and expanded legislative authority.
Lynn was also honored with the opportunity to serve on the Transportation Committee.
westmoreland.house.gov /biography   (398 words)

  
 George Boyle - People v. Westmoreland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Charlene Easley and Ronnie Westmoreland said that recently they had been "kicked out" of the establishment and told not to come back; Westmoreland said that some night he was going to go down there to cause some trouble; Easley added that she would like to get even with Gary Glasgow, the owner of the Tradewinds.
After Westmoreland re-entered the bar, Johnston closed and locked the door; thereafter, she removed the money from the cash register and placed it in a money bag; carrying the bag and a key to the safe, she started toward a back room where the safe was located.
Petitioner Ronnie Lynn Westmoreland is remanded to the custody of the Superior Court of Kern County for further proceedings in accordance with the views expressed in this opinion.
www.georgeboyle.com /westmoreland.htm   (5412 words)

  
 :: Lynn Westmoreland for Congress ::
Lynn is working with leadership in both the House and Senate as the immigration legislation is dealt with by a conference committee.
Lynn believes in sealing the borders first, then dealing with the other questions on the immigration debate.
Lynn has repeatedly voted for legislation to allow drilling in ANWR and on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico to increase our nation's domestic energy supply.
www.lynnwestmoreland.org /issues.cfm   (537 words)

  
 Lynn Westmoreland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During his time as the Republican Leader in the Georgia House, he led the fight against redistricting by the Democratic majority in 2001, and then was instrumental in the re-redistricting that took place in Georgia in 2005 after Republicans won control of the Georgia legislature in the 2004 elections.
In 2005, Westmoreland received criticism for spreading a memo to fellow House members which consisted of auto-industry talking points, verbatim, even using the same font as the auto-industry document.
Westmoreland's press secretary stated that Westmoreland actually got up to about seven of the Ten Commandments before petering out, but that the video was edited before it was shown on the Colbert Report.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lynn_Westmoreland   (657 words)

  
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Westmoreland, however, was not swayed by the majority.
Westmoreland returned to Atlanta Friday evening after casting what some of his constituents and others consider one of the most controversial votes of his political career, so far.
Until then, Westmoreland says people donating to the Red Cross, as well as tax-payers, will not be sure all of their money is truly reaching the people who need it.
www.11alive.com /rss/article.aspx?storyid=69053   (452 words)

  
 The GOP Auction House: Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia
Westmoreland voted for the GOP energy bill that gave billions to oil, gas and nuclear industries.
Westmoreland voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
Westmoreland opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
www.dccc.org /gopauctionhouse/members/LynnWestmorelandGA-8.html   (560 words)

  
 Lynn Westmoreland: RedState Hero of the Week | Redstate
Lynn Westmoreland, along with John Shadegg, Mike Pence, and 25 other Republicans, voted against the rule because, among other things, it failed to offset hurricane relief costs.
Westmoreland, along with John Shadegg who was also a deputy whip, was uncerimoniously kicked off the leadership team because, in the words of Roy Blunt, "You need an example every once in a while."
Westmoreland's example demonstrates to me that we really need to break up the two parties into Euro-style governing coalitions.
www.redstate.com /story/2006/3/31/12314/4942   (772 words)

  
 Congressman Lynn A. Westmoreland
House passes legislation to rename Post Office for Hollar U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland’s bill to rename the Thomaston Post Office for Sgt. First...
U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland voted today for the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007 which will fund critical defense needs, including troop protection, operation and maintenance, research and development, and emergency warti...
U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland today voted for the Military Commissions Act, which creates a new judicial system to prosecute terrorists captured in the ongoing Global War on Terrorism, while also protecting American troops and intelligence agents fight...
westmoreland.house.gov   (95 words)

  
 Lynn Westmoreland News
Lynn Westmoreland News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
Both Lynn Westmoreland, the congressman from Coweta County, and Sadie Fields, leader of the Georgia Christian Alliance, came out in defense of Mike Wiggins on Saturday, in response to that ferocious 30-second...
Congressman Lynn A. Westmoreland, Freddie Mac and NeighborWorks have joined forces in announcing Home Possible Mortgages, an initiative expanding homeownership opportunities for military families with limited...
www.topix.net /us-house/lynn-westmoreland   (704 words)

  
 Republican Lynn Westmoreland must go! | Democrats.com
Westmoreland was one of the loudest Republicans opposing the recently renewed Voting Rights Act, and has now threatened to sue to prevent its enactment.
Westmoreland's seat CAN be turned into a Democratic Party one if we make some noise and get more people on board.
Westmoreland supports torture, he supports repealing the Voting Rights Act, he supports gas price gouging, and he supports even more Corporate Welfare and tax breaks for the have-mores (his base)at the expense of the middle class.
www.democrats.com /node/10067   (689 words)

  
 Westmoreland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Westmoreland hosts Fayette chamber group in D.C. Westmoreland meets with Fayette Chamber members (front row, left to right) Virginia Gibbs, Cyndi Plunkett, Donna O'Kelly and Kathy Chamberlin, (back, left to right) Bob Reeves and Michael Whiteside.
Westmoreland arranged for visits from other members of the Georgia congressional delegation.
Westmoreland to Georgia counties: 'Begin the bailout process'
www.fayetteforum.org /pol-westmoreland.htm   (2152 words)

  
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By directing attention to Westmoreland’s history of leadership, it allowed the campaign to contrast Westmoreland’s record with that of his opponent, Dylan Glenn.
While national Republican leaders were working to shore up Glenn’s candidacy on cable news and in print media, Westmoreland focused on solidifying his base in his two strongest counties, and raising his positives in the areas of the district in which he was less well known.
By wedding his existing positive mail campaign to a blistering contrast mail effort, which called Glenn out for his lack of knowledge of the district and his seeming opportunism, Westmoreland was able to secure a substantial victory on primary election night, earning a margin of victory that was relatively unexpected.
www.stoneridgegroup.com /cse004.html   (187 words)

  
 MilkandCookies - Stephen Colbert vs Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (GA)
Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (GA) cosponsored a bill to require the 10 commandments to be posted in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
This is actually a good question because the 10 commandments in Exodus differs from the ones in Deuteronomy.
God hand-wrote the first ones on a block of stone in Aramaic (or was it Hebrew?).
www.milkandcookies.com /article/3554   (772 words)

  
 Chortler - Stephen Colbert Catches 10-Commandments Congressman Lynn Westmoreland Off Guard
Imagine you are a rookie congressman with nothing to show for your first term in office just as elections are set to take place in the fall.
Well, that is exactly the situation Lynn A. Westmoreland, Republican Congressman from the 8th District of Georgia, found himself in last week when he was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on his Comedy Central program.
Unfortunately, for someone so enthusiastic about getting on TV and promoting his very own bill, Westmoreland was only able to name three of the ten.
www.chortler.com /24299colbet.shtml   (209 words)

  
 Lynn Westmoreland | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
WESTMORELAND, Lynn A., a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., April 2, 1950; graduated from Therrell High School, Atlanta, Ga.; attended Georgia State University, Atlanta, Ga., 1969-1971; member of the Georgia state university, 1993-2004; real estate developer; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Ninth Congress (January 3, 2005-present).
See how Lynn Westmoreland voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
View Lynn Westmoreland's 2005 official financial disclosure statement, which describes the sources, types and amounts of income earned in 2005.
projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/w000796   (561 words)

  
 TeresaCentric » Congressman Lynn Westmoreland
When Congressman Lynn Westmoreland ran for office in Georgia, he was interviewed dozens of times by journalists, and many stories were written about him.
Fortunately, for us, and the good people of Georgia’s Eight District, Congressman Westmoreland recently appeared on The Colbert Report.
Stephen Colbert asked about Westmoreland’s major piece of legislation, a bill which would have the 10 Commandment’s hung in courthouses.
teresacentric.com /2006/07/congressman-lynn-westmoreland   (429 words)

  
 Lawmakers - Interview with House Minority Leader Lynn Westmoreland
Susan Hoffman talks about the issues with House Minority Leader Lynn Westmoreland.
His opposition to the tobacco tax was a primary component in the bill's first defeat in the House.
Representative Westmoreland shared insights about ethics reform, the State flag, education, indigent defense and more.
www.gpb.org /public/tv/lawmakers/expanded.jsp?featid=238   (91 words)

  
 Congressman Lynn Westmoreland's passions | MetaFilter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
June 16, 2006 12:24 PM You may have known that Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (GA) has been a crusader for many great causes, such as HB 145, HB 180, HB 425, HB 500 and HB 637.
Seems that the Westmoreland is just playing at being a practicing conservative Christian, and is in fact a rubber stamp for the president.
So that would make Westmoreland eligible for either some jail time, or possibly a stoning, since pushing his political agenda is definitely 'work'.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/52354   (4811 words)

  
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GOP idiocy at its finest- The Honorable Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia
Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 1:16:23 PM Okay, I never thought that any congressman could be as stupid as Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)-
I'm even more sad that Georgia's eighth district doesn't have better representation than Westmoreland, who as the video above establishes (through his own admission), has never introduced a piece of legislation (but then again, he doesn't believe that is part of his job).
www.whereistand.com /NP/12823   (322 words)

  
 MilkandCookies - Stephen Colbert vs Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (GA)
MilkandCookies - Stephen Colbert vs Congressman Lynn Westmoreland (GA)
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
I guess we'll never know exactly what the ten commandments are supposed to be.
www.milkandcookies.com /links/47145/details   (763 words)

  
 :: Lynn Westmoreland for Congress ::
I hope you'll look around the site, learn about me and what I care about, and that you will consider casting your ballot for Lynn Westmoreland in November.
We need your help putting out signs, putting a bumper sticker on your car, and talking to your friends and neighbors about the great job Lynn has done in Congress.
A truly successful campaign always involves people who are excited about their candidate, and tell everyone they know why they want to re-elect Lynn to Congress!
www.lynnwestmoreland.org   (213 words)

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