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      <excerpt> It took exactly the same amount of courage for Republicans like Howard Coble and Virginia Foxx to vote no. Their districts are strongly Republican, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Howard Coble , a Greensboro Republican, was not a primary sponsor of the version that passed but has been advocating for an extension of the credit for ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> HIGH POINT - Cathy Brewer Hinson, manager of the Union Square furniture showroom building here, plans to run for Congress to challenge Rep. Howard Coble in ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...POINT -- Local business manager Cathy Brewer Hinson plans to challenge Rep. Howard Coble, R-6th, in the GOP primary next year, becoming the first Republican to mount a primary challenge to Coble since he won the seat 25 years ago. Hinson, who has a back</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Howard Coble, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, explained that he withdrew his support after his rabbi (and others) told him that &amp;quot;this group is ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Ralph M. Hall Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett Rep. Sam Johnson Rep. C.W. Bill Young Rep. Howard Coble Sen. Jim Bunning Sen. Richard G. Lugar Rep. Don Young Sen. Charles E. Grassley Sen. Robert F. Bennett Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 5, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- As the author of one of the first bills to extend the tax credit for home buyers, U.S. Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) today praised passage of a bill that will extend the credit ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The Honorable Howard Coble (NC-06). 202-225-3065 202-225-8611 howard.coble@mail.house.gov. The Honorable Gerry Connolly (VA-11). 202-225-1492 202-225-3071 http://gerryconnolly.house.gov/?sectionid=50&amp;amp;sectiontree=350 ...</excerpt>
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