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      <excerpt>...away at the property very soon,&quot; Savin said of 500 Boswell Ave. Norwich's progress with the NSP grant pleased U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District. When Connecticut first received its Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant, Gov. M. Jodi Rell sent al</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> By Anonymous Congressman Joe Courtney is expected to announce that he will lead an economic trade mission to Israel at a press conference scheduled for 11 ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...probably want the government to control our health care. And you're probably proud as punch of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Joe Courtney. How brave they are to push back against those who don't know what's good for them and do the right thing for</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Simmons was run from office narrowly in 2006 by current Democratic incumbent Joe Courtney. A lot of dominoes have fallen since the last edition of the Wrap ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...always plays a role in such matters, so credit goes as well to the state delegation for making the case for the EB submarine program, particularly to eastern Connecticut's 2nd District Rep. Joe Courtney and to Sens. Christopher J. Dodd and Joe Lieberman</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...for temporary protective status, called TPS, for 18 months. Ayanti Grant, international relations representative from U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney's Norwich office, speculated that the U.S. government could extend the protective status for several years, as i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The president released a defense budget Monday that provides billions of dollars to ramp up Virginia-class submarine production and to invest in a new ballistic-missile submarine.
The Defense Department plans to allocate $5.4 billion for the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, announced the grant along with Samul and other fire officials. The federal grant is funded through the Department of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...from the grant will also help buy new breathing apparatus to replace some that do not meet fire-safety standards. U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, announced the grant along with Samul and other fire officials. The federal grant is funded through </excerpt>
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