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      <excerpt>...Thursday Rep. Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to remove raising of the national debt ceiling language from the Defense spending bill. Lance said he&#8217;d like the Speaker to allow for a separate vote on the issue. Curren</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...must have an open debate on whether or not to raise the nation's debt limit, a Central Jersey congressman says. Rep. Leonard Lance, a Republican, called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today to schedule a vote on legislation to raise the debt limit instea</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Leonard Lance, R-Clinton Township, and Frank lobiondo, R-Millville. &#8220;You have to think to vote against health insurance reform in a congressional district ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Karrow had defeated Doherty at a special GOP convention in January to serve as the interim replacement for US Rep. Leonard Lance, R-Hunterdon, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Organizing For America, a project of the DNC, has called on volunteers to visit the offices of LoBiondo and US Rep. Leonard Lance, R-7, and asking them to ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...re-election in 2011.  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee approached McCormac about running against U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance in the 7th Congressional District.  McCormac said he went to Washington out of courtesy to the committee, but turned </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>NC-12 Rep. Melvin L. Watt nay. NC-13 Rep. Brad Miller nay. NH-02 Rep. Paul W. Hodes yay. NJ-03 Rep. John Adler yay. NJ-05 Rep. Scott Garrett yay. NJ-07 Rep. Leonard Lance yay. NY-03 Rep. Peter King yay. NY-04 Rep. Carolyn McCarthy yay ...</excerpt>
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