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      <excerpt>...with bipartisan effort,&#8221; said Rep. Pete Olson, R-Sugar Land. &#8220;But unfortunately, that olive branch hasn't been extended.&#8221; Rep. Gene Green, D-Houston, remains a strong advocate of the Democrats' proposal.  &#8220;While we still have work to do, the cur</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...10 congressional districts nationwide are in Texas, though Sessions' is the only one represented by a Republican. Houston Rep. Gene Green's district tops the list with 40.6 percent uninsured. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's Dallas district, which runs from</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is Texas' $7.5 billion man, Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is the Lone Star State's $259 million woman, and Houston Rep. Gene Green is just a $27 million player in bringing economic recovery dollars to their districts. It's not really true. A Houston C</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Lamar Smith is Texas&amp;#39; $7.5 billion man, Houston Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is the Lone Star State&amp;#39;s $259 million woman, and Houston Rep. Gene Green is just a ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Gene Green (D-Texas), Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) and Robert &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Scott (D-Va.). Bonner, Green and Hastings voted present on the resolution, while Scott was ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Harris County; Texas Senator Mario Gallegos, Jr., District 6; US Representative Gene Green, Texas, District 29; and Monica Walker, Marketing Director, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>There was a telling incident at a town hall held by Representative Gene Green, (D-Tex) over the summer. An activist turned to his fellow attendees and asked ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...amount of money they will be asked to pay until they hear about it much later from the insurer.On Sept. 23, Reps. Michael Burgess, Gene Green, Bart Stupak and I offered an amendment to change that practice by introducing transparency to health-care pric</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Did you elect your representative to brownshirt for Zionism? Below are lists of the 344 yeas (179 of the Dems), and the 36 nays. WHO VOTED TO SUPPRESS THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: To recommend that the US use its veto in the UN Security Council to  ... Gohmert, G</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Barney Frank (MA) Rep. J. Randy Forbes (VA) Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE) Rep. Gene Green (TX) Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA) Rep. Bart Gordon (TN) Rep. John J. Hall (NY) Rep. Gregg Harper (MS) Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD) Rep. ...</excerpt>
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