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    Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement on House Passage of Emergency Spending Bill

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    Supplemental Up On House Floor; Approved by Senate Appropriations

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    Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement on the Emergency Spending Bill

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    Emergencies and Earmarks – Supplemental

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    Cosponsor the National Forest Roadless Area Conservation Act

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