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      <excerpt> 18, US Rep. Allen Boyd held a &#8220;reception&#8221; at Tortilla Coast, a Washington. DC, Tex-Mex restaurant that touts itself as a place &#8220;to watch Capitol Hill movers ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... US Congressman Allen Boyd (D-North Florida) today heralded the House of Representative&amp;#39;s passage of statutory PAYGO legislation as a landmark step ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Speaker Nancy Pelosi worked the floor together with Rep. Allen Boyd (above), a prominent leader of the Blue Dog ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...their lives to protecting us, it is our duty to protect them whether they are stationed at home or abroad,&#8221; said Rep. Allen Boyd, D-Monticello, who co-sponsored the bill. &#8220;Victims of this tragedy must have access to complete information as soon as p</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Here&amp;#39;s what our representative in Congress, Allen Boyd, said* about what should be done now that Scott Brown, a Republican who vowed to vote against the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Jimmy Patronis, R-Panama City, said that he took issue with Obama&amp;#39;s targeting of student loan processing. &#8220;He indirectly took a shot at Sallie Mae,&#8221; ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Though it was attended by US Rep. Allen Boyd, it quickly fell victim to an ideological shouting match because it was sponsored by some community agencies ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;Many feel that the two bills that exist now are fraught with so many problems that we probably just need to start over,&#8221; Representative Allen Boyd, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...no again. Rep. Artur Davis (Ala.) opposed the House bill because he is running for governor, but his vote is needed.&#160;Reps. Allen Boyd (Fla.) and Bob Etheridge (N.C.) are veterans who can politically afford to vote yes. Key Members.&#160;Several Members hav</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Franklin County now has a new member on Congressman Allen Boyd&amp;#39;s Regional Health Care Committee. The committee was created in 2006 to work through health care related issues that affect communities throughout north Florida. ... The  committee includes </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL) made sure to champion the virtue of controlling the debt, while simultaneously supporting a bill that would not only fail to do so, but actively work against it. It&amp;#39;s difficult to tell if the Democrats are ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Doug, who&amp;#39;s running against an extremely conservative Blue Dog who shows every indication of voting with the GOP if she ever gets into Congress-- her Blue Dog sponsor, in fact, is Allen Boyd, the only Democrat to co-sponsor Bush&amp;#39;s failed  bill to g</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Allen Boyd&amp;#39;s voting record - We&amp;#39;re watching y... Charlie Crist on the Stimulus and &amp;quot;MY GUY&amp;quot;, Obama &amp;middot; An absolute delight and what a great idea! Opera ... Floridians - District 2 - ALLEN BOYD BETRAYED US A.. ...</excerpt>
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