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      <excerpt>...it other things, including mindless spin. &quot;We won last night!&quot; Nancy Pelosi crowed. &quot;I think we had a major victory,&quot; Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) on &quot;Morning Joe.&quot; Mika Brzezinski was so delighted by his lurch from reality that she asked him to repea</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>November 05, 2009
 
To comment on this video or click the &quot;Comments&quot; link below.
&quot;I think we had a major victory. You want me to say it again? I think we had a major victory,&quot; Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) said.
&quot;I think we had a major victory. You want</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...any category. On the other hand, to be a liberal means you're &quot;humane&quot; and want everyone to have Obamacare. Which is it Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)?  Like his messiah, Cummings says what needs to be said regardless of truth. &#160;       Copyright &#169; 2009 S</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...work would have a broader effect. &quot;When they talk about multimillion dollar bonuses, it's like shoeshine money to them,&quot; Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., told Feinberg. &quot;I can't see, with all your fine work, that is going to be turned around.&quot; Copyright 200</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...third-quarter contributions from three members of the Congressional Black Caucus: Reps. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, Elijah Cummings of Maryland and G.K. Butterfield of North Carolina. Hilliard is vying with Terri Sewell, a well-funded lawyer, and tw</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the batter's box, of course, but also at a Baltimore school last month, in front of 500 students and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). &quot;It's kind of hard to snow me,&quot; Cummings said. &quot;I grew up in the inner city.&quot; Cummings listened intently as Rodriguez told</excerpt>
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