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      <excerpt> [Rep. Spencer] Bachus [R., Ala.] had been maneuvered into giving credibility to the appearance of one. But he, [House Minority Leader John] Boehner and ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...failed to spot problems that led to the financial crisis in the first place. &#226;The Fed has made some big mistakes,&#226; said Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee.  An Obama administration proposal to make th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, put it even more bluntly: There are no other choices. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.), Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Mike Honda (D-Calif.) and Brian Baird (D-Wash.). It was unclear how many sites had been affected by ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> And Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) asked House officials to release more specifics regarding the attacks. In a letter to the CAO, Bachus requested the House ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Spencer Bachus (R)-Vestavia Hills. &amp;quot;They need to be big cuts and they need to be now.&amp;quot; Rep. Bachus also said Republicans are willing to work with the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> As Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., put it, the same rules that apply to welfare mothers &amp;quot;ought to apply to rich Greenwich, Conn., investors who are ... </excerpt>
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