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      <excerpt>...sitting in two separate  bathtubs? Please.  Most of us laugh off the clumsy imagery in penis pill  commercials. But Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) finds his anger  uncomfortably aroused. The blushing congressman wants to ban  erectile dysfunction commercials fr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...from the firm and its clients. The names of defense subcommittee chairman John Murtha, D-Pa., and Democratic members Jim Moran of Virginia and Peter Visclosky of Indiana had previously surfaced in connection with the inquiry. The document adds the names</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to the Caribbean. Zack Space, D-Ohio, operating a vehicle with an expired license. Ethics case dismissed. John Murtha, D-Pa., Jim Moran, D-Va., Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., Norm Dicks, D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., Todd Tiahrt, R-K</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Murtha (D-Pa.). His colleagues at PMA included aides with strong ties to Defense Subcommittee members Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.), Jim Moran (D-Va.), and Norm Dicks (D-Wash.). The FBI raided Magliocchetti&#8217;s office and home, precipitating the disbanding o</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Zack Space, D-Ohio, operating a vehicle with an expired license. Ethics case dismissed.  John Murtha, D-Pa., Jim Moran, D-Va., Peter Visclosky, D-Ind., Norm Dicks, D-Wash.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., receiving co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Democrat. &quot;We made real progress here,&quot; said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va. Last week Connolly and fellow Virginia Democrat Rep. Jim Moran sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., questioning an excise tax in the Senate Finance Committee's ver</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...base-realignment process. Wednesday's groundbreaking was a full-fledged dog-and-pony show, with Gov. Tim Kaine, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., and others posing for pictures with shovels in hand. Despite that, DARPA officials did not appear to be completely com</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...has made some Democrats nervous. &quot;The Chamber represents thousands of businesses most of which are apolitical,&quot; said U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, a Virginia Democrat. &quot;I'm not sure that that is the appropriate target to go after.&quot; Not only has it built a powerf</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>And back in 1991, the candidate became US Rep. Jim Moran&amp;#39;s first constituent services intern, working out of the congressman&amp;#39;s Franconia Road office. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Not Jim Moran. McDonnell, Bolling, Cuccinelli, Brescia. Posted by: Not Jim Moran | November 03, 2009 at 09:09 AM. Matt. Abstained-Wagner-Shannon-Englin. Also, morning turnout at the Fairlington Precinict was terrible. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The Track-A-&amp;#39;Crat came through, noting Jim Moran&amp;#39;s equating the GOP with the Taliban. I&amp;#39;m not sure yet who the GOP will put on the ticket against this joker. Unfortunately, lack of blood circulation in the legislative district has left ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Kudos to Congressman Jim Moran for calling it as it is. From the Washington Post: At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, Moran said: &amp;quot;I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they&amp;#39;d be running on the Taliban ticket as  far a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>On a final note, what in the world is Jim Moran talking about? At a get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax County, Moran said: &#8220;I mean, if the Republicans were running in Afghanistan, they&amp;#39;d be running on the Taliban ticket as far as I can ...</excerpt>
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      <title>The Moment of Truth &#171; Painting Richmond Red</title>
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      <excerpt>The committee &#8212; which has one African-American lawmaker, Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), among its 10 members &#8212; on Thursday considered three referrals from the recently formed Office of Congressional Ethics. ... and Jim Moran (D-Va.) &#8212; have  drawn th</excerpt>
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      <source>WTF?! - Your Ranting and Debate Refuge! </source>
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      <excerpt>And the document leaked to the Post last week shows that a number of white lawmakers &#8212; including senior House Appropriations Committee members John Murtha (D-Pa.), Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.), Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.) and Jim Moran (D-Va. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Anti-Abortion Activist Randall Terry Thrown Out Of Health Care Town Hall (VIDEO). Representative Jim Moran fell victim to a vigorous maligning from out of town teabaggers last night during his town hall in Reston, VA. Howard Dean. ...</excerpt>
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