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      <excerpt>...message to Cuba's opposition movement and legitimize an ailing dictatorship,&quot; the letter says. Among the signees are Reps. Ben Chandler of Kentucky, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Brad Miller, Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, Jim Marshall of G</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...flow into the Ohio River and help the city comply with federal pollution laws, according to Davis office. Bunning and Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, obtained $900,000 for design and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant for Franklin Count</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...lender regarding property she owns in Sacramento that was headed for foreclosure. The subcommittee will be led by Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., with Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., as the ranking GOP member. Reps. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Sue Myrick, R-N.C.,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...lender regarding property she owns in Sacramento that was headed for foreclosure. The subcommittee will be led by Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky., with Rep. Gregg Harper, R-Miss., as the ranking GOP member. Reps. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Sue Myrick, R-N.C.,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...energy supplies, Guthrie said in a statement. This funding will continue important research to develop new technology. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, obtained $650,000 for equipment at Transylvania Universitys Brown Science Center. The bill also con</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...foreign energy supplies, Guthrie said in a statement. This funding will continue important research to develop new technology. Rep. Ben Chandler, D-6th District, obtained $650,000 for equipment at Transylvania Universitys Brown Science Center. The bill </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning, and US Rep. Ben Chandler. The Rev. Nancy Jo Kemper spoke at Tuesday&amp;#39;s gathering in Lexington of the Central Kentucky ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...care providers. However, including that type of language in the final bill will require lots of negotiation, said Rep. Ben Chandler, a Blue Dog Democrat from Versailles. &quot;This is an issue that is as old as the hills,&quot; Chandler said, adding that he doesn</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...health care providers.  However, including that type of language in the final bill will require lots of negotiation, said Rep. Ben Chandler, a Blue Dog Democrat from Versailles. &quot;This is an issue that is as old as the hills,&quot; Chandler said, adding that </excerpt>
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