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      <excerpt>...we're capital starved right now, leverage creates jobs, but also produces risk.&quot; Late Thursday, the committee approved a Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, provision, which would give bank regulators the flexibility to identify how much of a stake originators </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Walt Minnick introduced a workforce training bill today that he's dubbed the AMERICA WORKS Act, as in the American Manufacturing Efficiency and Retraining Investment Collaboration Works Act. The bill encourages community colleges and professional-techni</excerpt>
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      <title>Minnick America Bill Short and to the Point</title>
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      <excerpt>...vehicles and provides grants for development of light and heavy-duty natural gas vehicles and engines in the U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, was among 13 original cosponsors of the bill authored by Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., when it was introduced in Apr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Idaho &#8211; Rep. Walt Minnick say he intends to introduce a bill this week in the U.S. House that would require the government to reimburse veterans for health care related travel costs. The Idaho Democrat says veterans should be allowed to live anywhere </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick is citing former four-term Gov. Cecil Andrus as the sort of Idaho Democrat he'd like to be one who gets re-elected in a heavily Republican state. Minnick praised Andrus in Lewiston Saturday at the inaugural Cecil D. Andrus B</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Walt Minnick may well have alienated some of his Democratic allies by opposing the health care reform bill that passed the House on Nov. 7. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Walt Minnick broke with the majority of his party and joined the 39 Democrats to cast &amp;#39;nay&amp;#39; vote for the bill. According to Minnick&amp;#39;s communications ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Idaho &#8211; U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick knows some of the Democratic voters who backed him last year are ticked off about his &quot;no&quot; votes on legislation meant to reform the health care system and combat global warming. The Boise Democrat is still hoping they'll</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Walt Minnick D ID- Rep. KENDRICK MEEK D FL-17* Rep. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SHULZ D FL-20* Rep. BILL OWENS D NY-23* Rep. JOSEPH CAO R LA-2* Rep. GARY ACKERMAN D NY-5* Rep. JOHN SPRATT D SC-5* Rep. ROBERT BERRY D AR-1* Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Walt Minnick, ID: (202) 225-6611. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, CO: (202) 225-2645. Rep. David Scott, GA: (202) 225-2939. Rep. Brad Sherman, CA: (202) 225-5911. Rep. Jackie Speier, CA: (202) 225-3531. Please call them and ask them to support ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Steve Driehaus, OH: (202) 225-2216. Rep. Rub&#233;n Hinojosa, TX: (202) 225-2531. Rep. Suzanne Kosmas, FL: (877) 956-7627. Rep. Dan Maffei, NY: (202) 225-3701. Rep. Brad Miller, NC: (202) 225-3032. Rep. Walt Minnick, ID: (202) 225-6611 ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Over the weekend, Sisyphus of 43rd State Blues made some very good points regarding Congressman Walt Minnick and his dwindling Democratic base. Hopefully Sisyphus won&amp;#39;t mind that I quote him extensively here, his points are more than ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I&amp;#39;ve listed these representatives, along with the percentage of the vote that Barack Obama received in their districts last November (bold text indicates the representative is a freshman): ... Walt Minnick (ID-1), 36% Scott Murphy (NY-20),  51% Glenn N</excerpt>
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