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      <excerpt>...represents Alaska in the Senate. &quot;It's time to get development of Alaska's resources back on track.&quot; Murkowski, Democratic Sen. Mark Begich, Alaska's other senator, and Republican Rep. Don Young met Wednesday with Salazar and Carol Browner, the top Whit</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...investigation by the city's chief attorney concludes that former Mayor Mark Begich knew and failed to tell the Anchorage Assembly that the city wasn't going to have enough money to cover all its budgeted expenses last year and this year. A 60-page repor</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in the back. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Al Franken, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are all smiles during a news conference on</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&#8216;I didn't know what was going on,&#8217; is just somebody that is just not paying attention,&#8221; said Claman, who became acting mayor when Begich was elected to the U.S. Senate. However, Assemblyman Bill Starr doesn't see it that way. &#8220;When you ask a poi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the maps won't be perfect. We're hoping for your personal depiction of your state.&quot; The senators that contributed were:   Mark Begich (D) of Alaska   Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio   Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia   Susan Collins (R) of Maine   Byron Dorgan </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...I don't see that playing out right now.&quot; As the only Democrat in the Alaska congressional delegation, it'll be up to Sen. Mark Begich to recommend a replacement to the White House. Begich on Monday thanked Pearce for her service but said that Obama shou</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But, instead of being accountable, Sully has relentlessly, maliciously and pointlessly scapegoated Senator Mark Begich. Perhaps the mayor ought to take a page out of the senator&amp;#39;s playbook and just get to work. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Imagine, on the other hand, if in addition to Lincoln, two or three other red-state Democrats (say Nelson, Lincoln, and Mark Begich of Alaska) were also up for re-election. Under those circumstances, opposition to the health ... I posted  them in a previou</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>And if Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) gets his way, senators will get a chance to hear every word of it. He&amp;#39;s threatening to the read the legislation from start to finish, which by some estimates could take as long as 48 hours. .... When he  offers this new</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>A report issued on Wednesday by Anchorage&amp;#39;s Municipal Attorney contends that former Mayor, now Senator, Mark Begich, didn&amp;#39;t fully tell the Anchorage Assembly about a developing financial shortfall in the city&amp;#39;s revenues. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Mark Begich (D AK). 202-224-3004. Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D CO). 202-224-5852. Sen. ... Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D CT). 202-224-4041 ... Sen. Blanche L. Lincoln (D AR). 202-224-4843 ... Sen. Claire McCaskill (D MO). 202-224-6154 ...</excerpt>
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