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      <excerpt>...tightened travel regulations. In recent months, a bill ending the travel ban sponsored by Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has picked up 178 co-sponsors -- approaching the 218 votes needed for passage. With Democrats controlling th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...recipients' policy positions. As Maurice Claver-Carone argued, this is the bread and butter of American democracy. Arizona's Rep. Jeff Flake sounds hypocritical when he implies that there is something nefarious in this. If The Miami Herald were to look </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...tightened travel regulations. In recent months, a bill ending the travel ban sponsored by Reps. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has picked up 178 co-sponsors -- approaching the 218 votes needed for passage. With Democrats controlling th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the travel ban even though public opinion polls suggest most Americans believe it should be lifted. PUBLIC'S OPINION Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who backs greater engagement with Cuba, said the report isn't a surprise. ``I don't know how else you can expl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Donnelly said, pointing to a World Public Opinion survey in April that found 70 percent of Americans support travel to Cuba. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, who backs greater engagement with Cuba, said the report wasn't a surprise. &quot;I don't know how else yo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>JEFF FLAKE Want Job Growth? Cut Taxes. Unemployment continues to rise, and it is painfully clear that the so-called stimulus bill Congress passed earlier this year has failed. In fact, President Obama has called for a summit on jobs ...</excerpt>
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