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      <excerpt> Regarding Jo Ann Emerson&amp;#39;s commentary &amp;quot;Congress should take on drug companies&amp;quot; (Nov. 10): When unemployment numbers are above 10 percent, it doesn&amp;#39;t make ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Missouri Republicans Roy Blunt, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves, Todd Akin and Blaine Luetkemeyer all voted against the measure. Democrat Ike Skelton also voted ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Museum, the National Museum for the American Indian, a stop they highly recommend. They also had an appointment with U.S. Rep Jo Ann Emerson where they discussed matters of economic development for the area and veterans&#8217; issues. During the trip they s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> During the program Kristi Nitsch, director of US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson&amp;#39;s Cape Girardeau office, read a letter from the congresswoman. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... the district with 52.11 percent of the vote over former US Representative Kenny Hulshof (R). 1996 &#8211; Present Jo Ann Emerson .... 1981-1996 Bill Emerson . ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... D-Minn., Representative Jerry Moran, R-Kan., Agriculture Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Representative Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Joining Skelton in opposing the plan were the state&amp;#39;s five Republican members of Congress: Jo Ann Emerson, Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Sam Graves and Blaine ... </excerpt>
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