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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for John Spratt</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/atom_news/400386_John_Spratt" rel="self"/>
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  <updated>2010-12-29T19:00:00Z</updated>
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    <name>opencongress.org</name>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/news/400386</id>
  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/29/968333/six-from-gop-eye-mulvaneys-sc.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-29:/commentary/10268989</id>
    <updated>2010-12-29T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lake Wylie Pilot</name>
    </author>
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 ... Friday at noon for a special election to fill the District 16 seat, which hit the market after Mulvaney defeated 14-term US Rep. John Spratt in the Nov. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/29/968333/six-from-gop-eye-mulvaneys-sc.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>New House Reps Say They&amp;#39;ll Fulfill Economic Pledges</title>
    <link href="http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/12/30/32998.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-29:/commentary/10268988</id>
    <updated>2010-12-29T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Courthouse News Service</name>
    </author>
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 Mulvaney is replacing House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Spratt, DS.C., and will be the first Republican to represent South Carolina&amp;#39;s 5th district ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/12/30/32998.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Elections round out SC stories in 2010</title>
    <link href="http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/12/30/1893573/elections-round-out-sc-stories.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-28:/commentary/10268992</id>
    <updated>2010-12-28T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Myrtle Beach Sun News</name>
    </author>
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 Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883. And just last week, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/12/30/1893573/elections-round-out-sc-stories.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Storm water, Sportsplex, Spratt dominate news</title>
    <link href="http://www.theitem.com/news/local_news/article_7f1b95cc-2a7b-5f2e-b4a7-fbcc187131b1.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-28:/commentary/10268991</id>
    <updated>2010-12-28T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sumter Item</name>
    </author>
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 Longtime Democratic US Rep. John Spratt ran for his 15th term in office representing the district, but frustration was mounting because of the congressman&amp;#39;s ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theitem.com/news/local_news/article_7f1b95cc-2a7b-5f2e-b4a7-fbcc187131b1.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Now Republicans Are Getting Corporate Checks</title>
    <link href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_02/b4210030453342.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-28:/commentary/10268990</id>
    <updated>2010-12-28T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BusinessWeek</name>
    </author>
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 South Carolina state Senator Mick Mulvaney, who ousted 14-term Representative John Spratt, and Vicky Hartzler, who defeated 17-term incumbent Ike Skelton in ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_02/b4210030453342.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=12484644" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-27:/commentary/10241758</id>
    <updated>2010-12-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Charlotte Observer</name>
    </author>
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 Mick Mulvaney, who knocked off 28-year veteran Rep. John Spratt to become the first Republican to represent the 5th District since 1883. And just last week, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=12484644&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Return to Fiscal Sanity Began in 2010&#8212;Or Did It?</title>
    <link href="http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/1228_fiscal_sanity_rivlin.aspx" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-27:/commentary/10241757</id>
    <updated>2010-12-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Brookings Institution</name>
    </author>
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 (Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt will be especially missed.) But once the election was history, the ultra-partisan rhetoric subsided and public ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/1228_fiscal_sanity_rivlin.aspx&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/28/967886/lake-wylie-pilots-2010-year-in.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-27:/commentary/10241756</id>
    <updated>2010-12-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lake Wylie Pilot</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 US Rep. John Spratt, who survived the Republican surge of 1994 and seven GOP presidential waves, was swept from office Tuesday by Republican Mick Mulvaney ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/28/967886/lake-wylie-pilots-2010-year-in.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>2010: The end of many eras</title>
    <link href="http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/2010_the_end_of_many_eras.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-27:/commentary/10241755</id>
    <updated>2010-12-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Politico (blog)</name>
    </author>
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 House Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt lost to Republican Mick Mulvaney in South Carolina (Mulvaney will be the first Republican to represent the ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1012/2010_the_end_of_many_eras.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>&amp;#39;Just call me Mick.&amp;#39;</title>
    <link href="http://www.theitem.com/news/article_337cfd6a-573b-5e5f-9870-8e71e532221e.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-27:/commentary/10241754</id>
    <updated>2010-12-27T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sumter Item</name>
    </author>
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 ... opposition that had stacked up against his then opponent, US Rep. John Spratt, a Democrat who had represented the 5th District for nearly three decades. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theitem.com/news/article_337cfd6a-573b-5e5f-9870-8e71e532221e.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Hawaii a tropical stronghold for Obama</title>
    <link href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013781501_obamaland28.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-26:/commentary/10228304</id>
    <updated>2010-12-26T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Seattle Times</name>
    </author>
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 The Democratic chair of the House Budget Committee, John Spratt of South Carolina, was an electoral casualty of the anti-spending, anti-government tea-party ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013781501_obamaland28.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Draw in more competition</title>
    <link href="http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/dec/26/draw-in-more-competition/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-24:/commentary/10214726</id>
    <updated>2010-12-24T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Charleston Post Courier</name>
    </author>
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 For instance, 14-term 5th District Democratic incumbent John Spratt&amp;#39;s loss to GOP challenger Mick Mulvaney in November marked the first party change in an ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/dec/26/draw-in-more-competition/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Georgia, South Carolina will add House seat</title>
    <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AugustachroniclecomLatestNews/~3/sUH5bvAh3ws/georgia-south-carolina-will-add-house-seat" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-21:/commentary/10156205</id>
    <updated>2010-12-21T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Augusta Chronicle</name>
    </author>
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...Republican. Last month, freshman state GOP Sen. Mick Mulvaney ousted the state's longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Spratt, from that seat. The November election left U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn as the state's lone Democrat in Congress. Republi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AugustachroniclecomLatestNews/~3/sUH5bvAh3ws/georgia-south-carolina-will-add-house-seat&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/12/21/us-census-population-statistics.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-20:/commentary/10202614</id>
    <updated>2010-12-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Augusta Chronicle</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
 Mick Mulvaney ousted the state&amp;#39;s longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Spratt, from that seat. The November election left US Rep. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/12/21/us-census-population-statistics.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_census_2010_count.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-20:/commentary/10188003</id>
    <updated>2010-12-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Augusta Chronicle</name>
    </author>
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 Mick Mulvaney ousted the state&amp;#39;s longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Spratt, from that seat. The November election left US Rep. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1310ap_us_census_2010_count.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title></title>
    <link href="http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/21/962529/mulvaney-to-serve-on-house-business.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-20:/commentary/10188002</id>
    <updated>2010-12-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lake Wylie Pilot</name>
    </author>
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 He will serve on the House Committee on Small Business and, like out-going Rep. John Spratt, the House Budget Committee. Mulvaney defeated Spratt (D-York), ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lakewyliepilot.com/2010/12/21/962529/mulvaney-to-serve-on-house-business.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Census shows SC will add 7th congressional seat</title>
    <link href="http://www.thetandd.com/news/article_c8ea7aec-0d41-11e0-9252-001cc4c03286.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-20:/commentary/10148212</id>
    <updated>2010-12-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Times and Democrat</name>
    </author>
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...Last month, freshman state GOP Sen. Mick Mulvaney ousted the state's longest-serving congressman, Democratic Rep. John Spratt, from that seat. The election left U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn as the state's lone Democrat in Congress. The U.S. Justice Department &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thetandd.com/news/article_c8ea7aec-0d41-11e0-9252-001cc4c03286.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>For the GOP, Redistricting Carries Risks</title>
    <link href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/12/for-the-gop-redistricting-carries-risks/68346/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-20:/commentary/10144949</id>
    <updated>2010-12-20T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Atlantic</name>
    </author>
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 The GOP would like to solidify the hold of newly elected Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney, who defeated 14-term Democratic Rep. John Spratt last month, ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/12/for-the-gop-redistricting-carries-risks/68346/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Graham: Plan for port deepening needed by spring</title>
    <link href="http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=13705266" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-19:/commentary/10144950</id>
    <updated>2010-12-19T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>WBOC TV 16</name>
    </author>
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 ... save the federal government $400000,&amp;quot; said Mulvaney, a state senator who defeated South Carolina&amp;#39;s longest-serving congressman, John Spratt, last month. ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wboc.com/Global/story.asp?S=13705266&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Conservatives threaten government shutdown over debt limit vote</title>
    <link href="http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/YXiqR4q8Dow/-Conservatives-threaten-government-shutdown-over-debt-limit-vote" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2010-12-19:/commentary/10140290</id>
    <updated>2010-12-19T19:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily Kos</name>
    </author>
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...up to is this next increase in the debt limit. Rep.-elect Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), who defeated current House Budget Chairman John Spratt (D-S.C.) in November, said he would vote against any attempt to raise the nation&#8217;s debt ceiling. &#8220;I have heard p&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/YXiqR4q8Dow/-Conservatives-threaten-government-shutdown-over-debt-limit-vote&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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