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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;We don&amp;#39;t expect it to be placed on the calendar anytime soon,&amp;quot; said Jonathan Graffeo, a spokesman for US Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Alabama Republican Richard Shelby warns that these multiple paths for large firms to avoid bankruptcy &amp;quot;will undermine incentives for investors and ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee and the gop&amp;#39;s leading banking expert in the upper chamber, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Joe Lieberman. (They accepted several in 1994 and one, Sen. Richard Shelby, remains in the Senate.) But polls show grassroots Republicans think little of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa.Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, had little good to say Thursday about a sweeping financial system overhaul proposed by ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...voters were willing to embrace party-switchers, like Sen. Joe Lieberman. (They accepted several in 1994 and one, Sen. Richard Shelby, remains in the Senate.) One thing Republicans can do in the coming debate is support conservative amendments, in which </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> But soon, ranking committee Republican Richard Shelby (Ala.) took the floor, and for 18 uninterrupted minutes he opined that nearly every element of Dodd&amp;#39;s ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senator Judd Gregg (R., NH) Senator Lamar Alexander (R., TN) Senator Bob Corker (R. TN) Senator John Kyl (R. AZ) Senator Charles Grassley (R., IA) Senator Ben Nelson (D., NE) Senator Richard Shelby (R., AL) Senator Jim Bunning (R., KY) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>At the time, Mr. Craig . . . was the lawyer for all of Richard Shelby&amp;#39;s business endeavors and apparently the lawyer for Stewart Hall and Mr. Berman. So when we aren&amp;#39;t getting any help (from the Obama White House on justice issues), ...</excerpt>
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