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      <excerpt>...new signs of life after the embarrassing debacle in New York's 23rd Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions and the National Republican Congressional Committee are already pounding some senior Democrats whose vote in favor of Nancy Pelosi's heal</excerpt>
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      <title>House Republicans Tar Moderate Democrats With Liberal Healthcare Votes</title>
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      <excerpt>...this nomination process.&quot; Bernier has already received the support of the National Republican&#160;Congressional Committee chairman Pete Sessions.  MASSACHUSETTS: &#8220;The airwaves are filled with feel-good ads about the candidates&#8217; backgrounds and beliefs.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...vote on raising the nation&#8217;s debt ceiling. 27 other House Republicans have joined with Lance in his efforts, including Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas). &#8220;I will vote against a needed increase in the limit the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...got back from a short briefing with Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas, who heads up the National Republican Congressional Committee. A couple things jumped out at me: * The NRCC believes they have 65 top-tier challengers in Democrat-held or open seats. A few </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> John Cornyn or (Rep.) Pete Sessions or Boehner, Mitch mcconnell, etc.? No one. And they have lost control of the base of the party. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The Postal Service appreciates the efforts of a number of individuals, including Rep. Pete Sessions, R-TX, Sen. Dick Lugar, R-IN, Rep. Ike Skelton, D-MO., ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> This was embarrassing not only to the NRCC staff, but to its chairman, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas (a conservative pro-gun congressman) as well as former ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The question of Tiahrt running for House instead also presents a conundrum for state Rep. Raj Goyle in KS-04, who&amp;#39;s turning into one of the Dems&amp;#39; best 2010 challengers -- would Goyle be better off running in an open seat, .... NRCC: Pete  Sessions,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Virginia), National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas), and Representative Kevin McCarthy (California), who is in charge of recruiting GOP candidates to run next year. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Way to go Lou Ann. Rep. Pete Sessions declared her a lion getting ready to roar and now the lion has roared. This is going to be an aggressive campaign. Lou Ann has given up her chairmanship with the Rutherford County Republican party, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>For one, he&amp;#39;s a Democrat representing a district that voted for both John McCain and George Bush and was held by a Republican representative for 12 years prior to Shuler winning the office. The country has been slowly ... Either way, I don&amp;#39; t think</excerpt>
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