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      <excerpt>...with one of the Cold War's most fearsome relics, the Minuteman Missile, could mean a new tourist stop in South Dakota. Sen. Tim Johnson introduced a bill Wednesday that would transfer 25 acres of National Forest Service land to the National Park Service</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...FEMA trailers meant for Hurricane Katrina victims will soon be distributed among South Dakota's Indian population, since Sen. Tim Johnson pushed through a law that did away with the federal requirement that the trailers must go to disaster victims.  2 y</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson says American Indians deserve much more than apology. He says they deserve full funding for the treaty and trust ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and rural water districts in three states is only one example of how stimulus money has been put to work in South Dakota, Sen. Tim Johnson said Saturday. Johnson spoke at a roundtable discussion highlighting Lewis &amp; Clark and other projects across the s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Now, thanks to an earmark sponsored by Sen. Tim Johnson, the university is racing against time to preserve more than 5500 recordings of people who witnessed ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... rural water districts in three states is only one example of how stimulus money has been put to work in South Dakota, Sen. Tim Johnson said Saturday. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>With him from left are Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-HI, and Sen. Tim Johnson, D-SD. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg | Enlarge ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Carmyn Egge, an assistant to US Sen. Tim Johnson, DS.D., relayed the senator&amp;#39;s regards. Johnson was a sponsor of the original American with Disabilities Act ...</excerpt>
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