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      <excerpt>...photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. . (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, FILE) WASHINGTON &#8212; Settin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...should be rewarded with U.S. contracts for products they illegally subsidize,&quot; said Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo. Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Bond joined colleagues from the House of Representatives to criticize a $35 billion </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Although state and local funding for schools has taken a hit, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has introduced a bill that would provide almost $12 billion over five years for literacy programs.
 
 The legislation also focuses on an area of increasing</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...workers back home in Washington state I want to be able to tell them they are competing on a level playing field,&quot; Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said at a news conference, according to a news release. &quot;I know our workers will win a fair and transparent co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. . Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...that they won&#8217;t consider the ruling by the WTO that Airbus received illegal subsidies. Lawmakers, such as Brownback, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), are asking the Department of Defense to &#8220;level the playing field.&#8221; &#8220;Airbus an</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...two-thirds said they knew of workers who feared disciplinary action just for reporting an injury or illness. Washington Sen. Patty Murray, chairwoman of the Senate subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, said the report confirms &quot;we can't just </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Other senators, all Democrats, around the podium included Sen. Patty Murray, Wash.; Al Franken, Minn.; Chuck Schumer, N.Y.; Debbie Stabenow, Mich., and Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, Ill. Absent from the scene were the Senate&amp;#39;s ...</excerpt>
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