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      <excerpt>...in Kansas City. 07012008 KEITH MYERS/The Kansas City Star__cutline: Discussing the firefighters' case on Tuesday was U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who visited a Habitat for Humanity construction site in Kansas City. At the time of the 1988 explosion that k</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Emanuel Cleaver&amp;#39;s legislation to dub the day before Thanksgiving &amp;quot;Complaint-Free Wednesday&amp;quot; has flown largely under the radar. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...    Celebrity chef Bobby Flay has his menu all ready and set for Thanksgiving -... 			         WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a... 			         Looking for advice on Thanksgiving menu planning? Check out the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings. What he got, however, was just more complaints. Indeed, the Missouri Democrat was on the receiving end last week of an angry torrent of ill will from conserva</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> I tried it last Thursday, after I heard Mark Zimmerman on radio station WCRF talking about US Rep. Emanuel Cleaver ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...record federal deficits, the health care debate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Stop complaining so much. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri is seeking to pass a resolution that would officially make the day before Thanksgiving &quot;Complaint Free Wedne</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Ill., is asking fellow lawmakers to sign on to a resolution that would do just that. The idea comes from a group in his district ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>[Rep. Emanuel] Cleaver offered legislation in June to set aside the day before Thanksgiving as &amp;quot;Complaint-Free Wednesday.&amp;quot; He did so at the request of a faith group in the Kansas City, Mo., area that wanted to promote positive attitudes ...</excerpt>
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