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      <excerpt>...leaders on a scale of 0 to 100, with anyone with a temperature over 50 considered getting warm feelings. Obama, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Gov. Tim Pawlenty generated the warmest feelings, while three talking heads &#8212; Limbaugh, Fox News conservative h</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Read the bill. Read the bill. Read the bill. Amy Klobuchar - 202-224-3244. Al Franken - 202-224-5641. Read the bill. Read the bill. Read the bill. Crossposted at Residual Forces. Quick Menu. HOME &amp;middot; About Us &amp;middot; Biographies &amp;middot; Culture ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... co-sponsored by Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Committee members Arlen Specter (D-PA), Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), on October 28, 2009, follwing a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on &#8220; Effective Str</excerpt>
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