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      <excerpt> The award caught the attention of US Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa, an Ames resident who represents the state&amp;#39;s 4th District. Latham is a member of the House ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Steve King claimed the plan would lead to a &amp;quot;terrorist enclave&amp;quot; just a few miles from Iowa. US Rep. Tom Latham introduced legislation that would ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> On Thursday, US Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa, presented Congress with his &amp;quot;Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act.&amp;quot; If passed, the legislation would ban ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mount Vernon officer Tom Latham reported in the probable cause affidavit that Kershaw&amp;#39;s mother, Lorraine Roth, told him she had received a phone call from ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... manned a booth outside the convention hall to promote his run for Congress in Iowa&amp;#39;s 4th District, a seat currently held by US Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Though Rep. Tom Latham, a Republican from neighboring Iowa -- directly across the Mississippi from the Thomson prison -- wants to introduce a &#8220;Keep ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>At the Jefferson-Jackson dinner on Saturday I was pleased to meet Bill Maske of Truro (Madison County), who is running against Representative Tom Latham in Iowa&amp;#39;s fourth Congressional district. I don&amp;#39;t know ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Here are a few pics from my Fundraiser at Bobby Van&amp;#39;s in DC with Chuck Grassley, Tom Latham and Steve King.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Though Rep. Tom Latham, a Republican from neighboring Iowa &#8212; directly across the Mississippi from the Thomson prison &#8212; wants to introduce a &#8220;Keep Terrorists Out of the Midwest Act,&#8221; to prevent the move, it is already a fait accompli. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Bruce Braley (D-1) Fax: 202-225-9129. Rep. David Loebsack (D-2) Fax: 202-226-0757. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-3) Fax: 202-225-5608. Rep. Tom Latham (R-4) Fax: 202-225-3301. Rep. Steve King (R-5) Fax: 202-225-3193 ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>IA-04: Iowa Democrats have located somebody to go up against Rep. Tom Latham, whose swing district presents a tempting target but has always managed to escape. School administrator Bill Maske has filed candidacy paperwork. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>We have a candidate in the fourth district - At the Jefferson-Jackson dinner on Saturday I was pleased to meet Bill Maske of Truro (Madison County), who is running against Representative Tom Latham in... 6 hours ago ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Liberal blog Bleeding Heartland reports that former Butler County Democratic Party Chairman Bill Maske has announced he will challenge Fourth Distict U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Ames, in 2010. Maske, who has launched a Web site, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Iowa deaf: visiting these two reps Mon on Capitol Hill for HR 3101: Bruce Braley and Tom Latham. Kansas deaf: visiting rep. Lynn Jenkins Mon on Capitol Hill for HR 3101. Kentucky deaf: visiting reps Harold Rogers and Ed Whitfield Monday ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Bill Maske of Truro manned a booth outside the convention hall to promote his run for Congress in Iowa&amp;#39;s 4th District, a seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa. Maske thinks Democrats are talking about the issues voters ...</excerpt>
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