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      <excerpt>...minerals sold by armed groups engaged in war and rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  A House bill introduced today by Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) aims to curb that trade by identifying which mines are in conflict zones and requiring importers of re</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...for every available job, and these payments are enabling people to pay their mortgages and put food on the table,&#8221; said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who championed the Nov. 6 law and hopes to light a new fire under Congress. &#8220;It's a horribly complic</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is considering. &quot;We're going to work as quickly as we can to get this thing passed,&quot; said Mike DeCesare, spokesman for Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wa., who crafted the most recent extension legislation for the House. Senate Democratic leaders could not immedi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Jim McDermott (D-WA), flanked by leaders from World Vision, the Enough Project, Global Witness, and the Information Technology Industry Council, unveiled legislation he will introduce in the U.S. House of Representatives today to help stop trade in conf</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m always looking for money to deal with some of the problems I see out there,&amp;quot; said Representative Jim mcdermott to the Wall Street Journal, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., chair of the Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote the modernization ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> We have to keep paying for his sorry butt every year to promote crap that buys votes from the handout class while stealing from those who produce or would ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Today Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA), along with Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA), introduced the Conflict Minerals Trade Act in the House of Representatives. Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office applauds this piece of legislation and ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>This morning, we&amp;#39;re on the Hill for another momentous occasion &#8211; the introduction of the Conflict Minerals Trade Act of 2009 sponsored by Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA). The bill promotes transparency in a trade that is notoriously  shadowy. ... St</excerpt>
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