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      <excerpt>...Mississippi Inc. will host its 4th annual Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Hilton Jackson hotel. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is keynote speaker at the event, &quot;Revitalizing the Mississippi Economy Through Minority Business Enterprise</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Mississippi Inc. will host its 4th annual Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Hilton Jackson hotel. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is keynote speaker at the event, &quot;Revitalizing the Mississippi Economy Through Minority Business Enterprise</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of Mississippi Inc. will host its 4th Annual Awards Luncheon 11:30 to 1 p.m. Friday at the Hilton-Jackson Hotel. 2nd District Rep. Bennie Thompson will be the keynote speaker at the event, Revitalizing the Mississippi Economy Through Minority Business E</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to meet with a group headed by Democrats, including two from Mississippi -- U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis and U.S. Rep Bennie Thompson of Bolton.  &quot;It's time to show that Alabama Democrats and Alabama Republicans are united on this,&quot; Bonner sai</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> I would like to thank my US representative, 2nd District US Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, for standing up for me, and voting for HR 3962. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...would like to thank my U.S. representative, 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, for standing up for me, and voting for H.R. 3962. I am one of the millions in America with a pre-existing medical condition. I have personally experienced the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...would like to thank my U.S. representative, 2nd District U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Bolton, for standing up for me, and voting for H.R. 3962. I am one of the millions in America with a pre-existing medical condition. I have personally experienced the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Donald Payne (DN.J.) and Del. Donna Christensen (DU.S. Virgin Islands) are also included in the second of those investigations ... </excerpt>
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