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      <excerpt>...2 News caught up with Sen. Bill Nelson Monday and asked him about NASA's future. Nelson said there are things being done to keep jobs on the Space Coast, but he wants President Barack Obama to step up and lead the way. &quot;The space station, by the way, wh</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...It said she has also offered a reward to anyone willing to talk. Lourdes Batista went to Washington last month to meet with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., who reportedly helped set up meetings between her, FBI officials </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...be. Last month, she traveled to Washington, D.C., with her sister-in-law and two of her five children and met with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, who helped arrange face-to-face meetings with FBI officials and Arturo Sa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...might be. Last month, she traveled to Washington, D.C., with her sister-in-law and two of her five children and met with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, who helped arrange face-to-face meetings with FBI officials and Art</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...from Rockledge, and Suzanne Kosmas, a Democrat from New Smyrna Beach &#8212; who are working hard for the space program.  Sen. Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Orlando, is an astronaut and has also worked hard over the years to help the space program. We should</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Barack Obama needs to &quot;start cracking the whip&quot; on House Democrats to get healthcare reform passed, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said this weekend. Nelson wants House Democrats to pass the Senate bill in identifical form so the upper chamber can avoid anot</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...research. Over the years, the project has had avid proponents in both parties, including Bob Graham and, more recently, Sen. Bill Nelson and Gov. Charlie Crist. An exception was Jeb Bush, who as governor led a charge that rallied voters to repeal a cons</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Times reported last week, Del Fuoco blames O'Neill for the loss of his job, and has flooded the White House and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson's office with letters and e-mails attacking O'Neill, charging he had an extra-marital affair with an employee and once </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...job creation on the Space Coast. &quot;I will demand it because that's the promise that they have made,&quot; Bolden said. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Orlando, will urge NASA in a Feb. 24 hearing to fund Ares I flight tests as part of the development of a heavy-lift</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senator Bill Nelson is a terrible SEnator. He used every vote on illegal and legal immigration to vote against his fellow citizens and voted in favor of illegals and those that use them. Numbersusa gives him a lifetime F rating on his ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&#8220;Mr. Becker&amp;#39;s previous statements strongly indicate that he would take an aggressive personal agenda to the NLRB, and that he would pursue a personal agenda there, rather than that of the Administration,&#8221; said Senator Nelson. .... I can&amp;#39;t  wait</excerpt>
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