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  • CA: House rejects naming post office after Berkeley activist

    09/27/2005 6:15:01 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 23 replies · 730+ views
    ap on Monterey Herald ^ | 9/27/05 | Erica Werner - ap
    WASHINGTON - House Republicans on Tuesday rejected a Democratic resolution to name a post office in Berkeley, Calif., after a longtime local activist and city councilwoman, saying 94-year-old Maudelle Shirek doesn't represent American values. The 215-190 vote was an unusual refusal of an honor that's normally routine. House rules allow lawmakers to propose renaming post offices in their district, and fellow lawmakers usually agree without debate. But Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who led the opposition, said Shirek's background "sets her apart from, I will say, the most consistent of American values." King gave no details in a speech on the...