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      <excerpt>...PAC has doled out $16,800 to seven candidates, including $2,400 each to the re-election efforts of Minnesota Republican Reps. John Kline and Erik Paulsen. Politicians establish political action committees, commonly known as leadership PACs, to lay a fou</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...was evidence that Obama's policies aren't working. &quot;President Obama pledged to make jobs his No. 1 focus in 2010,&quot; said Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., the top GOP member on the House Education and Labor Committee. &quot;To do so, he and his allies in Congress nee</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...just adds insult to injury.&quot; He sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him to get the soldiers their money. Rep. John Kline, R-Minnesota, asked Gates about the bonus pay during a congressional hearing on Wednesday. Kline didn't get an an</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&quot;Red Bull&quot; 34th Infantry Brigade were promised the bonus pay in 2007 after 22 months on active duty and 16 months in Iraq. Rep. John Kline brought up the issue Wednesday during a congressional hearing. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was on Capitol Hill </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...St. Paul, Minn. &#8212;  Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., is optimistic that 2,500 Minnesota soldiers who have been waiting three years for $10 million in bonus pay will receive their overdue compensation soon. 											  On Wednesday, Kline confronted Defense S</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Keith Ellison, Betty McCollum, Tim Walz, Michele Bachmann and John Kline supported that amendment, which has not yet been taken up by the Senate. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Minnesota's congressional delegation has repeatedly tried to get the Pentagon to pay up. 											  On Wednesday, Rep. John Kline confronted Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a budget hearing, demanding to know when they would get paid. Gates' staff s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...D.C.&#160;&#8212; Rep. John Kline is leading a charge against House Democrats following a vote this afternoon that raised the nation's debt ceiling to more than $14 trillion. The vote in the House was 217-212, and it split along party lines among the Minnesota </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Meanwhile, Rep. John Kline (R., Minn.), the senior Republican on the House Education Committee, applauded the Obama administration for taking action to ease ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Minnesota Rep. John Kline, the ranking Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, said Boehner made clear to members that there will be ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Congressman John Kline claims he is against &#8220;pork,&#8221; which to me would mean special interests, but he isn&amp;#39;t. He is perfectly happy supporting military special interests, insurance industry special interests, big oil special interests, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>By JOHN KLINE john.kline@goshennews.com. A night of excitement and anticipation ended in disappointment for Colts fans across Elkhart County Sunday night as the Saints secured the title of Super Bowl Champions with a score of 31 to 17. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>U.S. Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, said in a statement issued Friday that &amp;quot;the allegation that the U.S. Department of Education is making an end run around student-privacy ...</excerpt>
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