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      <excerpt>...the impact of the two bills on New York, but a report has been promised to members of Congress by Thanksgiving, according to Rep. Eliot Engel, D-Bronx. &quot;We know that the House bill is better than the Senate bill,&quot; said Engel, who was involved in the bat</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...that we&#8217;ve extended the olive branch, it&#8217;s time for the Castro regime to respond,&#8221; Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said. Reps. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) and Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) expressed support for the ban, and Rep. Mike McMahon (D-N.Y.) read out the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) , Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, held a hearing on Oct. 27 to investigate his ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... the leading provider of autism services nationally, honored Congressional expert on autism and disabilities, Representative Eliot Engel, last night at ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> In addition to Rangel, those who refused to explain their support included Congressmen Joseph Crowley of Queens; Eliot Engel of the Bronx; Gregory Meeks of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Eliot Engel (D-NY) claimed that the Goldstone Report is &amp;quot;part of an ongoing effort at the UN to single out Israel and to deny Israel the same rights ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Eliot Engel was the only one expected. But he didn&amp;#39;t make it in the end. Hannay said his flight from Washington, DC was delayed by the weather. ... </excerpt>
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