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House intelligence chairman met source on White House grounds

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PAUL ELIAS

ASSOCIATED PRESS | March 27, 2017, 9:19AM

| Updated 26 minutes ago.

OAKLAND One person is feared dead, and firefighters rescued at least seven people from a raging fire in a three-story residential building Monday in a scene that sent residents rushing from flames and billowing smoke.

Dazed adults and children wrapped in Red Cross blankets milled in a parking lot as firefighters continued to pour water on a building had been their home until Monday's early morning blaze.

Ruben Deon Mitchell Jr. said he was awakened shortly after 4 a.m. to screams of fire. He escaped, but not before telling frightened children on the second floor to use the fire escape to get out.

"I opened the door and there was smoke in the hallway," he said.

Oakland Fire Battalion Chief Erik Logan said one person is feared dead after rescuers spotted what looked to be a body on the third floor. They had to retreat before they could confirm, he said.

"When firefighters first went in, they saw what might have looked like a body on the third floor, but the flames were so intense they had to retreat," Logan told the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2o9Ngbc). "We have to get more of this fire out to see."

The blaze was contained to the building, Logan said.

"It's an old building," he said.

Logan said about 50 to 60 people lived in the building, which one resident described to KTVU-TV as a place for recovering addicts.

Oakland became the site of the deadliest structure fire in the U.S. in more than a decade when three dozen partygoers perished at a warehouse fire in December. The building that burned Monday is about 5 miles (8 kilometers) northwest of that warehouse.

The morning scene outside the building was smoky and confused. Red Cross volunteers eventually found sweatpants for a 9-year-old boy who had scrambled out of the building in his underwear and socks.

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Ad will collapse in seconds CLOSE March 24, 2017 03/24/2017 6:03 p.m. By Ed Kilgore Share Democrat Jon Ossoff isnt just raising eyebrows in the usually-Republican 6th Congressional District of Georgia, hes looking competitive. Photo: Jon Ossoff for Congress

The collapse of Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare was bad news for Donald Trumps HHS secretary, Tom Price, who will have to deal with bitter recriminations between his old friends in the House and his new boss in the White House.

But you know what would make Price feel a whole lot worse? Being replaced in the House by a Democrat.

For the first time, Democratic hopes of picking off this seat, once occupied by Senator Johnny Isakson, and before that by Newt Gingrich, are beginning to look like something more than wishful thinking. With the first round of the jungle primary fast approaching on April 18, Democratic candidate (and former congressional staffer) Jon Ossoff is no longer just an incredibly well-funded neophyte likely to make a runoff against the survivor of an internecine battle between Republicans. Hes now clearly competitive in the runoff as well as the first round.

According to a new survey from Georgia-based Opinion Savvy, Ossoff has the support of 40 percent of likely first-round voters, with Republican front-runner Karen Handel at 20 percent; would-be Trump-clone Bob Gray and State Senator Judson Hill at 10 percent; and former state senator Dan Moody at 8 percent.

More importantly, Opinion Savvy had these numbers for voters screened for likely participation in a near-certain June runoff: Ossoff leading Handel 42/41; Ossoff leading Gray 44/42; and Ossoff tied with Hill at 44 percent.

The 30-year-old Ossoffs strength is largely derived from the reported $3 million he has raised, much of it from national online fundraising, and from his success in consolidating his partys support while the Republican candidates bicker and split the GOP vote. The threat of a Democratic upset in the 6th is strong enough that Paul Ryans leadership PAC has now committed more than $2 million to attack ads on Ossoff (one with footage of him in college dressed up like Hans Solo; another tying him to Nancy Pelosi, not a beloved figure in the 6th).

Ryan, in fact, could be the one national Republican who would be humiliated by a loss in Georgia nearly as much as Price. Neither of them is having much fun at present.

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Disappearing Democrat nearly kills popular-vote bill

HARTFORD A disappearing Democrat and an astute parliamentary move by Sen. Michael A. McLachlan on Friday nearly sunk legislation that would allow Connecticut to join an interstate compact of states that want to bypass the controversial Electoral College with a National Popular Vote.

Minutes before the early afternoon meeting of the Government Administration & Elections Committee screeched to a halt, McLachlan, R-Danbury, co-chairman of the committee, succeeded in killing a Senate version of the bill in a tie vote among the four senators on the 17-member committee.

But as Democrats seemed on track to pass the House version of the bill in a partisan 9-8 vote, freshman Rep. Michael Winkler, D-Vernon left the Legislative Office Building meeting room. There were five legislative committees meeting at the time, requiring lawmakers to be in multiple places at the same time.

The roll call vote showed an 8-8 tie.

McLachlan asked for a tally, which would have closed the vote. Around that time, Sen. Mae Flexer, D-Killingly, co-chairman of the committee who was running meeting, announced the vote would remain open for several more hours. Amid a muffled, curt exchange with McLachlan, she then recessed the meeting as lawyers for GOP and Democratic lawmakers huddled on each side of the room.

Ten minutes later, Winkler ambled back into the meeting, unaware that his brief absence had almost killed the legislation.

Madame Chairman, your missing member is here, McLachlan said. Take the vote. The panel had another roll call, with the expected 9-8 partisan result. The legislation, which has failed in recent years, heads to the House of Representatives.

During the substance of the debate, Democrats said that the movement for a National Popular Vote would allow small states to be better represented at a time when presidential candidates ignore states such as Connecticut, in favor of swing states including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida.

I dont see how this provides better representation for the people of our state, said Rep. Laura Devlin, R-Fairfield, ranking member of the committee.

kdixon@ctpost.com; Twitter: @KenDixonCT

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Ive posted about two potential Democratic candidates (State Sen. Jennifer Wexton and Fairfax County Board member Kathy Smith) to run against the abysmal Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-10th) next year. Ive also heard several other names rumored. But now, we have an actual, announced Democratic candidate Kimberly Adams;see email below.

From: Kimberly Adams Date: Mar 25, 2017 1:03 AM Subject: Kimberly Adams for Congress

Dear Friends and Family,

Many of you have said you expected this to happen someday. TODAY IS THE DAY.I am gathering support for a run in the 10th Congressional District here in Virginia.

I am running to represent the hard working people who make our homes here in the 10th District. I am a teacher and I always have been. It is time that someone like me defies all the odds and puts in the time to be our voice in Congress. Barbara Comstock is not serving her constituents well and she does not share my values. I believe that I can bring a strong voice of reason to Washington D.C. and be a powerful advocate for all those living in the 10th District.

Primary day will be in June of 2018 andElection day will be in November 2018. That may seem like a long way off it is not.

I know that I can be successful in this race. I know that I can represent the interests here in the 10th. I also know that I will need your help to make this happen.Please click on the link below and make a commitment of your dollars. Know that the contribution will not be called-in until I officially file for the seat. This will happen on July 1. I am hoping to secure funds from as many people as possible to jump-start this campaign. (Federal contribution rules stipulate that an individual can give $2600 per race for a total of $5200 so give early and give often!)

https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/193150/kimberly-adams-for-congress

I appreciate all of your support and I will be in touch with each and every one of you soon. You can always email me suggestions for the campaign, tell me about issues that you would like to see highlighted, or share ideas that you have for this race. You can view my early website here:www.kimberlyadamsforcongress.com

Thank you for always standing by me in the past and for believing in me now.

Sincerely,

Kimberly

Kimberly Adams

Working to Represent Virginias 10th Congressional District

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