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      <excerpt>...with U.S. contracts for products they illegally subsidize,&quot; said Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo. Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Bond joined colleagues from the House of Representatives to criticize a $35 billion contract with Airbu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and grant it to a minority of 41 senators.&amp;quot; On Tuesday, McConnell voted to sustain the filibuster. There was also Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.), who in 2005 gave his considered opinion that &amp;quot;neither filibusters nor supermajority requirements have </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...other Democrats contrasted his business career with the 15-year congressional tenure of the presumed Republican nominee, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback.		  &quot;Our state needs a governor who can speak the language of business, jobs and prosperity,&quot; Wiggans said i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Dana Milbank plays gotcha with GOP senators on the
 filibuster. Surprise! Their feelings on the parliamentary
 maneuver are largely dependent on who's in power. He starts with
 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), who's leading the filibuster against
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      <title>HackWatch: A Good Chunk of the GOP Senate Edition</title>
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      <excerpt>...not favor Airbus more than the WTO does. This is not a French government decision, this is a U.S. government decision,&#8221; Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) said. Airbus is competing for a $40 million contract from the Air Force against U.S. based manufacturer B</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Democrats contrasted his business career with the 15-year congressional tenure of the presumed Republican nominee, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback. &quot;Our state needs a governor who can speak the language of business, jobs and prosperity,&quot; Wiggans said in a state</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the WTO ruling into account, Sen. Christopher Bond (R., Mo.) said at a news conference on Capitol Hill.The group, led by Sen. Sam Brownback (R., Kan.) and including Washington state's two Democratic senators, stopped short of calling on the Pentagon to </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...little used Illinois super max prison for the detainees.  In contrast, last August, the GOP Kansas senators, Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback were so concerned about sending detainees to their state that they put a &quot;hold&quot; on the confirmation of Obama admin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...he wins the Democratic Party primary, Wiggans, of Olathe, will probably face U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., who is leaving the Senate to run for governor. Wiggans issued a prepared statement saying that he could better deal with the state&#8217;s fiscal p</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...new treatments for infertility, heart disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, and kidney, liver and skin cancers.&quot; U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, a Topeka Republican, is seeking the GOP nomination for governor. In addition to Wiggans, Democrat Herb West has announced </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said she&amp;#39;d make her decision on that score today. Several weeks down the line, though, these same Democrats will be health care kingmakers. If this decision&amp;#39;s taken such a toll on them, just wait for the next one.  .... I </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Moran, who represents Kansas&amp;#39; 1st District in Congress, and Tiahrt, who represents the 4th District, are locked in a struggle for their party&amp;#39;s nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sam Brownback, who is running for ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) .... Rudy Guiliani, Mitt Romney, Steve King, Dana Rohrbacher, Michelle Bachmann, &amp;quot;Mean Jean&amp;quot; Schmidt, House Minority Leader John Frakking Boehner Darrell Issa, Brian Bilbray, Jim Senssenbrenner, Pete Hoekstra, Dan  Burton, </excerpt>
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