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      <excerpt>...and Jones will travel to Washington today to meet with a group headed by Democrats, including two from Mississippi -- U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis and U.S. Rep Bennie Thompson of Bolton.  &quot;It's time to show that Alabama Democrats and Alabama R</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Gene Taylor is an American first and then a Democrat. The people who have chosen to be something other than an American first and foremost should step back ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Roger Wicker, R-Tupelo, and Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, attended the dinner to voice their support for Northrop-EADS along with their concerns over ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...him about insurance. If elected, Collins said he&#8217;ll push Congress to adopt &#8220;the multi-perils&#8221; insurance bill, which U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor has pushed, as well as a large government insurance cooperative that would include several states that many M</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... give the representative your e-mail address. Obama doesn&amp;#39;t owe Taylor I disagree with the editorial. President Obama doesn&amp;#39;t owe Gene Taylor anything. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> POPLARVILLE &#8212; In a town hall meeting here on Friday, Congressman Gene Taylor charged the insurance companies colluded after Katrina and ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> He said that was achieved with some help from Rep. Gene Taylor and Sen. Roger Wicker and the team work between the city and county helped. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...aircraft, space systems, missile systems and advanced technology used in national defense. The dinner also recognized U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, who said he hopes Jackson County&#8217;s shipbuilding jobs can eventually be taken for granted with continued Congre</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> So far he has had general discussions with US Rep. Gene Taylor, D-4th, who suggested Smith contact the US Coast Guard. Smith said that if the Coast Guard is ... </excerpt>
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