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      <excerpt>...members immediately behind Stark in seniority -- Sander Levin, D-Mich.; Jim McDermott, D-Wash.; John Lewis, D-Ga.; or Richard Neal, D-Mass. So the question is whether the Democratic leadership feels it should risk taking no action against Rangel and Mur</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Congressman Richard Neal announced the federal appropriation at Flow Design Wind Turbine on Monday. This company, in partnership with Western New England ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Congressman Richard Neal announced the federal appropriation at Flow Design Wind Turbine on Monday. This company, in partnership with Western New England ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Y.; Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; and several other members of that subcommittee bring back memories of the ... </excerpt>
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