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      <excerpt> Then Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso will talk health care; Grassley, the top Republican on the Finance Committee, will talk to donors about finance, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming stalled the vote on her confirmation for nearly a month last spring to protest EPA&amp;#39;s movement toward using the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> I hope the United States Treasury will deduct pay from Sen. John Barrasso&amp;#39;s salary from this past week. Should it not, I am sure that the junior senator ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... after words from Casper Police Department captain and Iraq war veteran Chris Walsh and US Sen. John Barrasso, retired Sgt. 1st Class Vendela rolled to ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. The freshman senator from a major coal-producing state has committed to joining his colleague in Copenhagen as part of the &#8220;truth squad.&#8221; Barrasso, who also sits on the EPW committee as well as the Committee ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rosa&amp;#39;s Law has garnered support from six additional cosponsors from both sides of the aisle, Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), Senator Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.), Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Honorable United States Senator John Barrasso 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building United States Senate, United States Capitol Washington, DC 20510 USA Dear Honorable Senator Barrasso: First, thank you for having the courage and foresight ...</excerpt>
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