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      <excerpt>...Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), George LeMieux (R-Fla.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), James Risch (R-Idaho) and John Ensign (R-Nevada.) The constiutional amendment would have to pass both the House a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Obama shouldn&#8217;t wait for them before moving forward with his own commission.&quot; Republican Sens. Sam Brownback (Kan.), Mike Crapo (Idaho), John Ensign (Nev.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas), James Inhofe (Okla.) and John McCain (Ariz.) all voted against t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> That&amp;#39;s still not the right solution,&amp;quot; said Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho. Community bankers and industry watchers were also split on the plan. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a lasting bipartisan solution that will put our nation back on a sound long-term fiscal path. One of the signatories, Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued a news release trumpeting his sponsorship of the legislation. Now is the time, he proclaimed. On secon</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Congressmen Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick say they&amp;#39;re keeping in touch with the US State Department to ensure that adequate ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Congressmen Mike Simpson and Walt Minnick issued the following statement about the members of Central Valley Baptist Church in ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo along with Representatives Mike Simpson and Walt Minick are keeping an eye on the situation. Meanwhile, the local church ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Boise Airport (for fiscal year 2007) was $12.56. The cost in Salt Lake was almost $36. Lindsay Nothern, a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, said the delegation is waiting for the results of the audit before deciding its next move. &quot;The audit is underw</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mel Coulter has called Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and the US State Department asking for help in ensuring the safety of his daughter and the team in Haiti. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>On January 28, 2010, Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli joined Senators Mike Crapo (ID), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), and Joseph Lieberman (CT) to announce the United States Senate&amp;#39;s unanimous passage of Senate Resolution 373, ...</excerpt>
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