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      <excerpt>...what about the 435 Congressmen currently in office? Tancredos successor at the Immigration Reform Caucus is  Brian Bilbray. Rep. Bilbray served as a lobbyist as FAIR and understands the immigration issue. Since reassuming office in 2006, his  voting rec</excerpt>
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      <title>VDARE.com: 11/02/09 - After Tancredo: There Are Emerging 
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      <excerpt>...$500, from consumers wanting to hold their place in line.   In 2012, Aptera hopes to put its production on overdrive. Rep. Brian Bilbray was behind a bill that was signed into law just last week by President Obama that allows Aptera motors to qualify fo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...firms like Tesla and Fisker. Enter the white knight. Aptera is in Vista, Calif., and is represented in Congress by Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Calif., who pushed through an amendment redefining passenger cars as &#8220;fully enclosed vehicles that are capable of </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...2005 models. But companies like Aptera and Elio Motors didn&#8217;t qualify for one reason: Their cars have three wheels. Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-California) launched a campaign in March to change the rules. He and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-California) drafted a me</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>said Rep. Brian Bilbray, R-Solana Beach, whose 50th Congressional District includes Carlsbad and Escondido. Standing with their party are Reps. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Congressman Brian Bilbray talked to us about these topics with us this morning. &amp;quot;For more on this story , click on the video icon above&amp;quot; Do you feel the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Francine Busby&amp;#39;s editorial criticizing Rep. Brian Bilbray for supporting an effort to hold public schools in California accountable for the progress, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The IRC is headed by U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.), who is a former lobbyist for FAIR. In 2002, Bilbray told a group of anti-immigrant activists, &#8220;We are creating a slave class that criminal elements breed in. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I e mailed my GOP Rep.--Brian Bilbray. (none / 0) (#2) by oculus on Sat Nov 07, 2009 at 01:26:59 PM EST. Auto reply sd. he will consider my input before he cast his vote. He&amp;#39;s also my rep. I get those fairly regularly (none / 0) (#12) ...</excerpt>
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