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      <excerpt>...that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars year. &quot;If the companies won&#8217;t do what is right, then we will,&quot; said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., an anti-tobacco voice in Congress. Anti-tobacco groups say it&#8217;s deception, and not just beca</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars year. &#8220;If the companies won't do what is right, then we will,&#8221; said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., a reliably anti-tobacco voice in Congress. Because the small, independent companies in the roll-y</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...profile game of political musical chairs in the state, Democratic sources claim they are considering replacing U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg with outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine. It would work like this: Corzine would resign prior to January, when Republican Chr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The peril of mortality has sparked a debate among Democrats over the political future of 85-year-old Frank Lautenberg. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;Helping those who served our country is not just our responsibility, it&amp;#39;s our duty,&#8221; said US Sen. Frank Lautenberg, DN. ... </excerpt>
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      <title>Veterans who served their country serve important role in Rutgers community</title>
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      <excerpt> The nomination requires confirmation, and Sen. Frank Lautenberg succeeded in getting a quick hearing by the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg, both DN.J., and Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-2nd, praised the governor&amp;#39;s declaration, according to a statement from LoBiondo ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Frank Lautenberg (D., NJ), Robert Menendez (D., NJ), and Arlen Specter (D., Pa.). This week. The Senate will take up health care and resume debate on 2010 ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Unemployment was above 10% and a little know businessman named Frank Lautenberg had jusst defeated Millicent Fenwick. The economic circumstances were great ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D.-NJ) claims since enactment of his bill preventing domestic abusers from buying a gun, more than 150000 attempted gun purchases ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>March, 2005: Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces bill S.645, &#8220;to reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act,&#8221; in other words, to reinstate the 1994 assault-rifle ban [also known as the &#8220;Violent Crime ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hoping to get the host to offer a hint about his future plans, I began by jokingly noting that New Jersey senator Frank Lautenberg is looking rather aged; Dobbs noted that the state&amp;#39;s other senator, Bob Menendez, isn&amp;#39;t looking so great, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In what could become the highest profile game of political musical chairs in the state, Democratic sources claim they are considering replacing U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg with outgoing Gov. Jon Corzine. It would work like this: Corzine ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Frank Lautenberg (currently 85 years old) resigns as Senator. Codey appoints Corzine Senator. (H/T: The Campaign Spot) Let me add the next step: Republicans pick up an unlooked-for Senate seat via a 2010 special election. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rumors are running rampant that Frank Lautenberg will resign his U.S. Senate seat and that Jon Corzine will resign as governor to go back to the Senate. All this would have to happen before Chris Christie is sworn in as governor on ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In what could become the highest profile game of political musical chairs in the state, Democratic sources claim they are considering replacing US Sen. Frank Lautenberg with outgoing Gov.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Frank Lautenberg would like to stop these sales. The New Jersey Democrat has introduced legislation, the &amp;quot;Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009,&amp;quot; to prohibit gun sales to anyone on the FBI&amp;#39;s watch list ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Such laws can work. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, claims since enactment of his bill preventing domestic abusers from buying a gun, more than 150000 attempted gun purchases have been blocked. In California, Gov. ...</excerpt>
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