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      <excerpt>SIMSBORO A U.S. Department of Agriculture ruling should preserve Flakeboards Lincoln Parish particleboard plant and its 125 jobs, company officials said today.
The ruling adjusts a subsidy in the 2008 Farm Bills Biomass Crop Assistance Program that</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of support to FEMA for the grant request. Mayor Jamie Mayo thanked Landrieu along with Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander for helping secure the grant. A healthy and safe community starts with providing our first responders all the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...last week when two political giants from Louisiana's timber country were inducted. Former State Sen. Randy Ewing and U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, both of Jackson Parish were admitted for honors. Ewing was a three-term state senator and president of the S</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republican Rep. Rodney Alexander will be watching at home in Quitman with his grandchildren. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t think any team means as much to a state and its people ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Louisiana is where the loss will be exacted. The best guess is that the seat most endangered is the one held now by Rodney Alexander, this district's veteran congressman. To hold that critically important seat, northeastern Louisiana will need at least </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...technological advances that go with it,&quot; Vitter said. &quot;It would also be devastating for Michoud.&quot; Fifth District U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, just returned to Washington late Monday afternoon and planned to examine Obama's proposed budget Tues</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...receive $380,000 in federal money for design and construction after submitting a cost estimate and floor plan to U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman. City engineer Mike Wilkinson said the cost for the project -- for design, fees and construction -- wi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...it's night and day,&quot; said pharmacologist Paul Sylvester. The facility, paid for in part by $190,000 secured by U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, holds rodents mice and rats that researchers like Sylvester use in research experiments. Some animal la</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of the distinguished members (of the Hall of Fame).&quot; Joining Nunez as 2010 inductees were 5th Congressional District Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman; former state Sen. Randy Ewing, D-Quitman; and former state Rep. Risley &quot;Pappy&quot; Triche, D-Napoleonville</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in light of the distinguished members (of the Hall of Fame).&quot; Other 2010 inductees are 5th Congressional District Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, former state Sen. Randy Ewing, D-Quitman, and former state Rep. Risley &quot;Pappy&quot; Triche, D-Napoleonville. A</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>On Wednesday, January 27, Congressmen Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), and Duncan Hunter (R-CA) introduced the &amp;quot;Fairness for American Students Act&amp;quot; (H.R. 4548). ... However, in Rep. Tiahrt&amp;#39;s home state of  Ka</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>H.R. 4548, the Fairness for American Students Act was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Todd Tiahrt (KS) and co-sponsored by Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA), Rep. Brian P. Bilbray and Rep. Duncan D. Hunter on January 27, ...</excerpt>
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