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  Robert Wexler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert I. Wexler (born January 2, 1961) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida.
Wexler received his law degree from The George Washington University Law School in 1985 and was a lawyer in private practice before serving in the House.
Wexler ran unopposed in the 1998 election and 2004 elections, and is scheduled to run unopposed in the 2006 election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Wexler   (475 words)

  
 Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler, 39 is a Democratic Congressman from South Florida.
Wexler was also an outspoken critic of impeachment during the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings in 1998.
Congressman Wexler is a member of the New Democratic Coalition and was pronounced a "deficit hawk" by the bipartisan watchdog Concord Coalition for his fiscally responsible record.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/wexler.html   (400 words)

  
 FL-19 Robert Wexler
Wexler has also been a leading vocal proponent of a "paper trail," which would ensure that a manual recount would be possible in the event of a close election.
Congressman Wexler also serves as a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, Ranking Member of the Europe and Emerging Threats Subcommittee, and is a co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkish Relations, the Congressional Taiwan Caucus and the Indonesia Caucus.
Congressman Wexler has also been actively involved in the Middle East and Israel, where he has been a strong supporter of U.S. engagement in the region as a means of finding a lasting and sustainable peace.
www.dccc.org /races/candidates/FL_19_Robert_Wexler.html   (705 words)

  
 Bob Wexler - Congresspedia
Robert I. Wexler has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 19th District of Florida (map).
Wexler was born January 2, 1961 in New York City.
Wexler was elected to the hosue in 1996, and is currently a Co-Chair with Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) on the Congressional Study Group on Turkey, administered by the United States Association of Former Members of Congress.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Robert_Wexler   (403 words)

  
 McCarter&English | Robert Wexler
Wexler focuses on corporate matters such as mergers and acquisitions, creation of investment vehicles, venture capital transactions and financing of public and private entities.
Wexler also has experience in the representation of commercial banking institutions, in both acquisition and other types of financings.
Wexler has represented both public and privately-held companies in transactions including the creation of a "master-feeder" hedge fund structure with domestic and Cayman Islands issuers managed by a major U.S.-based investment adviser; and the creation of a domestic hedge fund managed by a former partner of one of the largest domestic hedge funds.
www.mccarter.com /www2/showbio.aspx?Show=236   (203 words)

  
 Robert Freeman Wexler Circus of the Grand Design Reviewed by Rick Kleffel
Wexler successfully creates a conflict between the two ways of seeing this novel, and it's this conflict that drives the narrative.
Wexler has a wonderfully matter-of-fact prose style that, combined with his understated sense of the surreal, enables him to create a world like our own but insulated from it.
Wexler's otherworld journey is about this world, about our fears and hopes and dreams and nightmares brought to life in a surreal and sensual narrative.
trashotron.com /agony/reviews/2005/wexler-circus_grand_design.htm   (842 words)

  
 Fla. Dem offers Social Security fix - Politics - MSNBC.com
Robert Wexler, D-Fla., said Friday: “I have the largest amount of Social Security recipients of any Democrat anywhere in the country.
While Wexler is proposing tax increases that would clash with President Bush’s pledge not to expand the existing payroll tax, his legislation was heralded by the White House in part because Democrats had steadfastly refused to offer an alternative to Bush’s plan.
Wexler’s proposal, which he will unveil in Florida on Monday, would not require any cut in scheduled benefits or increase in the retirement age, and it does not provide for private accounts.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7847922   (633 words)

  
 Robert Freeman Wexler In Springdale Town Reviewed by Rick Kleffel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Wexler wields a scalpel with a finesse that would serve him equally well in surgery or sculpture.
Wexler does a notably good job of catching the reader off-guard and slowly shifts the mood from nostalgia to something darker.
Wexler isn't particularly similar to Carroll in anything other than an ineffable quality of otherness, but that difficult-to-pin-down feeling is somehow easy to identify.
trashotron.com /agony/reviews/2003/wexler-in_springdale_town.htm   (421 words)

  
 Florida Election Dispute - Bush v. Gore - Recount
Wexler convinced Lepore into sending out the notice to precincts, then acted as if she had done it all on her own.
Robert Wexler was raising a stir in Palm Beach County before anyone even began to view the ballots, before there was any real empirical evidence to suggest there was a significant breakdown or problem.
The behavior by Democrats in Palm Beach County was reckless and deceitful, especially that of Congressman Robert Wexler, who fought dauntingly to overturn the election for Gore.
www.florida2000election.com /sections/6.asp   (1538 words)

  
 Fantastic Metropolis » Reality Is Plastic
For Robert Freeman Wexler, fiction is a means with which to de-construct reality.
Robert Freeman Wexler: The usual kid stuff—Hardy Boys, Willard Price’s adventure books (brothers Hal and Roger go off to capture wild animals for their father’s zoo animal distribution company).
Robert Freeman Wexler: I wouldn’t recommend Clarion to people who aren’t interested in writing fantasy, horror, or science fiction.
www.fantasticmetropolis.com /show.html?iw,wexler,1   (645 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Circus of the Grand Design: Books: Robert Freeman Wexler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Wexler (In Springdale Town) mostly avoids the familiar "circus of life" terrain already mapped out by Angela Carter, Ray Bradbury and other fantasists, concentrating instead on Lewis's efforts to understand the temporal and spatial peculiarities of the train carrying the circus between towns and to find his place in its quasi-mythic design.
While interviewing an assortment of odd and dysfunctional characters, from a promiscuous juggler to a triad of abusive trapeze artists, he falls for the enchanting and beautiful Cybele, who may or may not be real, and who forces him to confront his own darker nature.
Robert Freeman Wexler takes his readers down paths that no one else ever thought about.
www.amazon.com /Circus-Design-Robert-Freeman-Wexler/dp/1894815262   (894 words)

  
 Congressman Jokes About Cocaine on TV, Rep. Robert Wexler Jokes on Comedy Central Satire Program That Cocaine, ...
Wexler told The Palm Beach Post after his interview aired last week that he had never seen the show before and only agreed to appear at the urging of his younger staffers.
Monday, Wexler told The Associated Press he was fully aware of what was happening in the interview and had no regrets.
Wexler isn't the only congressional member to be caught off guard on Colbert's show.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/07/24/ap/strange/mainD8J2JG903.shtml   (445 words)

  
 Locus Online: Jeff VanderMeer on Robert Freeman Wexler
Wexler alternates between third-person sections from television actor Richard Shelling’s viewpoint and first-person sections from lawyer Patrick Travis’ viewpoint.
Wexler’s control of his prose, the careful delineation between characters, the ease with dialogue, the purposeful pacing (deliberate but not slow), the precise description of the setting, are all in the service of a sudden, sharp shock, a bizarre interface within the real world.
Wexler has published a dozen or so stories in such high-end small press magazines as Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet and The Third Alternative.
www.locusmag.com /2003/Reviews/VanderMeer05_Wexler.html   (1373 words)

  
 Wexler offers proposal to fix Social Security - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May 17, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rep. Robert Wexler, Florida Democrat, broke with his party leadership yesterday and introduced a plan to fix Social Security by raising taxes, saying it's time more Democrats join the dialogue by introducing plans of their own.
Wexler is the first from his party to be lead sponsor of a plan since the debate on the program hit a high pitch in recent months.
Wexler said he also has spoken privately with several of his Democratic colleagues about moving forward with plans and that "there's a lot more support for this kind of action than people might believe."
www.washtimes.com /national/20050517-122407-6589r.htm   (761 words)

  
 Robert Wexler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Rob Wexler is Senior Counsel to the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education.
He joined the Office of the General Counsel in 1984 and worked in the Business and Administrative Law Division until 1996.
Wexler also has worked in the White House Office of the Counsel to the President, as Counsel and a Senior Advisor to the President's Initiative for One America, and as a Senior Fellow at the National League of Cities.
www.ed.gov /about/offices/list/ogc/wexler.html?exp=0   (109 words)

  
 USAID/Indonesia: U.S. Congressman Robert Wexler to Attend Volleyball Event in Aceh
U.S. Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and his family plan to attend the final matches of the “USAID-Nike-APL” Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, August 5, 2006 in Weu Raya village, sub-district Lhoknga.
Wexler’s trip this time is to review the U.S. Government’s tsunami and earthquake relief efforts.
The awards ceremony will be presided over by Congressman Robert Wexler, representatives of APL and several local government officials.
indonesia.usaid.gov /(S(t5xp2o45kj5pznro5q3qn045))/en/Article.208.aspx   (828 words)

  
 No Fact Zone.Net » The Blogosphere erupts - Robert Wexler on “The Colbert Report”   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Robert Wexler, a Democrat who represents the Boca Raton area in Florida, skated through the first part of the interview segment with good humor.
Stephen Colbert had Rep. Robert Wexler on his show last night, and apparently, Wexler said something in a joking matter.
It doesn’t matter that the humor of the situation is the entire point of the interview, and for Colbert’s show in its entirety for that matter.
www.nofactzone.net /?p=46   (1351 words)

  
 Robert Wexler | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
Robert Wexler is up for reelection on November 7, 2006.
See how Robert Wexler voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
View Robert Wexler's 2005 official financial disclosure statement, which describes the sources, types and amounts of income earned in 2005.
projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/w000314   (503 words)

  
 Congressman Robert Wexler, 19th District of Florida
Wexler: Civil Liberties Trampled as GOP Gives President Carte Blanche to Spy on Americans
Wexler Files Appeal with Supreme Court over Touch-Screening Voting Machines
Wexler, Wasserman Shultz and Stark to Hold Press Conference Responding to Shaw’s Misguided Statement Dismissing Medicare’s Part D Donut Hole
www.wexler.house.gov   (213 words)

  
 South Florida Turks Welcomed Rep. Robert Wexler and VIP Guests
Jonathan Katz, representing Congressman Robert Wexler was also given an oil painting done by Mrs.
This thoughtful gift was slated to be placed in the office of Florida Congressman,Robert Wexler in Washington, D.C. It and other presents were a token showing how much Turks appreciated his work, alongside the efforts of Tom Lantos, (Dem, CA) and 43 other legislators in the U.S. Congressional Caucus of Turkish-American Affairs.
Congressman Wexler will soon be traveling to Turkey to meet with Turkish officials and review the recent developments in Turkish-American relations.
www.theturkishtimes.com /archive/03/0503/l-wexler.html   (526 words)

  
 Robert Wexler News
Robert Wexler News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
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Aside from tonight's Bones and Lost reruns, a new series premieres on the Sundance Channel tonight: The Hill follows Robert Wexler, D-Fla., and his young staff in Washington for six half-hour episodes.
www.topix.net /us-house/robert-wexler   (685 words)

  
 Robert Wexler (D) Tells Bush To Fire FEMA's Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Wexler is the liar that appeared on Larry King in Nov 2000 to announce that hundreds of seniors called him to complain that they thought they voted for Buchanan vice Gore on the confusing punch card ballot.
Wexler is one the idiots responsible for the 2000 election debacle.
Wexler has one of the safest Democratic districts in the country.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1478783/posts   (2459 words)

  
 Senator Robert Wexler (Fl) and Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR) Are Leading The Effort To Cause Terri Schiavo To Die ...
From a previous post, Michael Schiavo's lawyer, George Felos, and some leaders such as Earl Blumenaur of Oregon, are going to fight hard along side their friends in the MSM to defeat the bill to save Terri.
The leaders trying to block the bill to save Terri are Robert Wexler of the 19th District of Florida and Earl Blumenauer representing the 3rd Congressional District of Oregon.
Robert Wexler, D-Fla., issued a statement late Saturday saying he will make an objection that would stop the vote Sunday.
www.blogsforterri.com /archives/2005/03/senator_robert.php   (2490 words)

  
 Robert Wexler - Wonkette
Fox clipped several seconds of Wexler laughing along and being coached, and cut right to Wexler saying he enjoyed cocaine.
Surprise: This made Wexler come off more craven and out of touch than he actually was.
Representative Robert Wexler (D-Fla) attended the screening of the Sundance documentary about his office, The Hill.
www.wonkette.com /politics/robert-wexler   (217 words)

  
 FAPA - Important Issues - Aegis Sales
On March 22, 2001, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL), Member of the House International Relations Committee and the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, wrote to President Bush: "As you know, the United States has a long history of providing Taiwan with weapons and equipment to enhance its defensive capabilities.
In a two page letter, Congressman Wexler urged President Bush to -during his dealings with China’s Vice Premier Qian Qichen- "send a clear message to the government of China that the United States will continue to strengthen our nation’s long-standing relationship and commitment to the safety and well-being of the people and government of Taiwan."
Wexler concludes the letter with: "It would be a mistake for the United States to engage China at the expense of our relationship with Taiwan.
www.fapa.org /Aegis/wexler.html   (866 words)

  
 2005-01-26-wexler-fema (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla) has urged President Bush to fire Michael Brown as undersecretary of the Homeland Security Department in charge of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Wexler cited reports in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel that FEMA under Brown's management inappropriately gave away $30 million in disaster relief funds to people in the Miami, Florida, area even though they were not affected by Hurricane Frances, which made landfall more than 100 miles away.
"FEMA’s massive misallocation of recovery aid is a gross waste of taxpayer monies, which must be immediately addressed by the Bush Administration,” Wexler said.
www.jewishsightseeing.com.cob-web.org:8888 /dhh_weblog/2005-blog/2005-01-blog/2005-01-26-wexler-fema.htm   (208 words)

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