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      <excerpt>...by the House and the Senate, which would remake the health care system, Republican leaders favor a more modest approach.  Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate, said he and his colleagues were skeptical of &quot;grand legislat</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...terrorists. The Obama administration's nominees for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission serve to drive home that point and Sen. Lamar Alexander should vote them all down. In its draft technical basis posted in the Federal Register on Dec. 16, Obama's NRC </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...(NOx). These are lofty goals, despite the fact that it sidesteps the elephant in the room.  Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduced the legislation with co-sponsors Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Judd </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Abdulmutallab &quot;a civilian defendant . . . rather than as an intelligence resource to be thoroughly interrogated.&quot; Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called for the resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., harps upon it whenev</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Lamar Alexander voted NO......send e-mail or see bio Sen. Bob Corker voted NO......send e-mail or see bio. Recent House Votes: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act - Vote Passed (233-187, 14 Not Voting)The House passed this bill that would ...</excerpt>
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