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      <excerpt>...programs on ethics and politics. Scheduled speakers include Jere L. Beasley, former Gov. Albert Brewer, Morris Dees, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, and others. For the first time the gathering will have a legal servic</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...they concede, a tough &quot;Too Big to Fail/Systemic Risk&quot; law could win over a few conservative Republican senators, such as Richard Shelby (R., Ala.). Shelby challenged the Gramm-Leach-Bliley deregulation law that let the biggest Main Street banks combine </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in a letter this week to ensure the bill comes up for a vote soon. Three Republicans senators -- James Inhofe of Oklahoma, Richard Shelby of Alabama and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas -- signed the letter.&quot;Investments in transportation are proven job cre</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and our people can't know eventually about what's going on in the Federal Reserve,&quot; Paul said.  In the Senate, Republican Sen. Richard Shelby, top Republican on the Senate's banking panel, sharply criticized Dodd's proposed legislation.  &quot;It significant</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...country and our people can&#8217;t know eventually about what&#8217;s going on in the Federal Reserve,&quot; Paul said. In the Senate, Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate&#8217;s banking panel, sharply criticized Dodd&#8217;s proposed legislatio</excerpt>
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