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      <excerpt> ... and two US senators &#8211; Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign are saying that the Army should follow suit and &#8220;expand training opportunities&#8221; to the area. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Democratic representative Diana Titus, Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, and US Senator John Ensign were also critical of the remarks. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...restraint might be the last hope of imposing a modicum of fiscal responsibility on our elected officials. Nevada Sen. John Ensign has jumped on board the effort. So should the rest of the state's delegation. In addition, given that to become law any ame</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mark Sanford and Sen. John Ensign of Nevada &#8211; are embroiled in salacious sex scandals. Last year, The Family was linked to an anti-homosexual bill ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Polite applause from the Democratic side of the room, hearty clapping from Sen. John Ensign and his colleagues on the Republican side. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Polite applause from the Democratic side of the room, hearty clapping from Sen. John Ensign and his colleagues on the Republican side. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and John Ensign (R-NV) sent a letter to Sebelius this week asking her to delay the onset of the caps. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) and John Ensign (R-NV) sent a letter to Sebelius this week asking her to delay the onset of the caps. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> But the secretive organization has come into the spotlight for its role in the affairs of members Mark Sanford and Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Is this scenario being played out in Washington where Republican right-wingers like Senators Susan Collins (ME), Tom Coburn (OK), John McCain (AZ), John Ensign (NV) and Lindsey Graham (SC), but also neocon Democrats such as Joseph ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>#2 Senator John Ensign (R-NV) #3 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) #4 Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner #5 Attorney General Eric Holder #6 Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)/ Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) #7 President Barack Obama #8 Rep. ...</excerpt>
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