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      <excerpt>...ranged from a cake of the month for six months to a weekend get-away at the Lake of the Ozarks. Local celebrities like U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Farmington Mayor Stuart &#8220;Mit&#8221; Landrum baked goods, too. Sponsors of the event included First State Co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Regarding Jo Ann Emerson&amp;#39;s commentary &amp;quot;Congress should take on drug companies&amp;quot; (Nov. 10): When unemployment numbers are above 10 percent, it doesn&amp;#39;t make ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Missouri Republicans Roy Blunt, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves, Todd Akin and Blaine Luetkemeyer all voted against the measure. Democrat Ike Skelton also voted ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Museum, the National Museum for the American Indian, a stop they highly recommend. They also had an appointment with U.S. Rep Jo Ann Emerson where they discussed matters of economic development for the area and veterans&#8217; issues. During the trip they s</excerpt>
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      <title>&quot;One for the Books&quot; anniversary</title>
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      <excerpt> ... the district with 52.11 percent of the vote over former US Representative Kenny Hulshof (R). 1996 &#8211; Present Jo Ann Emerson .... 1981-1996 Bill Emerson . ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> During the program Kristi Nitsch, director of US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson&amp;#39;s Cape Girardeau office, read a letter from the congresswoman. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... D-Minn., Representative Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Agriculture Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Representative Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo. ... </excerpt>
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      <title>Cuba Trade Bill Needs Support</title>
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      <excerpt> Joining Skelton in opposing the plan were the state&amp;#39;s five Republican members of Congress: Jo Ann Emerson, Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Sam Graves and Blaine ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Joining Skelton in opposing the plan were the state&amp;#39;s five Republican members of Congress: Jo Ann Emerson, Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Sam Graves and Blaine ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson ranks second of Missouri politicians in the amount of money received from the health industry at just over $250000 ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>will be introducing legislation with Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Agriculture Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) to expand agricultural trade to Cuba and are looking for original cosponsors. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Some very interesting information put together by Missourian veteran Terry Kinder about our 8th district Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson. I have found that the facts that are known about Emerson&amp;#39;s voting record are few and far between here ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Mike Conaway (TX-11), an original co-sponsor of a countering resolution known as The Local Radio Freedom Act, also participated in today&amp;#39;s meeting. Commenting on today&amp;#39;s meeting, NAB Executive Vice President Dennis Wharton issued ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Over in the House there&amp;#39;s Joe Pitts, R-Penn., Frank Wolf, R-Va., Zach Wamp, R-Tenn., Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., and John R. Carter, R-Texas. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The cuts were so deep, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) broke ranks with her party and penned a nationally-syndicated op-ed in April 2001 saying that &#8220;lives very likely will be lost.&#8221; Consider just a few of the specific examples: In the same ...</excerpt>
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