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  <name>Sen. Christopher Bond [R, MO]</name>
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      <excerpt>...been forged around this is like nothing I've ever seen around here.&quot; The news came the same day as word that Sen. Christopher &quot;Kit&quot; Bond inserted a $500,000 earmark for the project in a Senate budget bill.  The bill was passed Thursday, and if the $500,</excerpt>
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      <title>China Hub budget stand-off ends</title>
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      <excerpt>...hub in St. Louis in the fiscal 2010 commerce, justice and science spending bill it passed Thursday night. U.S. Sen. Christopher &#8220;Kit&#8221; Bond, R-Mo., a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, pushed for the funding, calling it a &#8220;critic</excerpt>
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      <title>$500,000 secured for China-St. Louis trade hub</title>
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      <excerpt>...stimulus funds for high-speed rail that will be awarded starting this winter. But some Missourians worry that Sen. Christopher &quot;Kit&quot; Bond's lukewarm support for high-speed rail could diminish efforts in Congress to add billions more for rail projects. B</excerpt>
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      <title>Missouri, Illinois officials press for high-speed rail money</title>
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      <excerpt>...Chesterfield Parkway West. Meeting time is 7:30 p.m. and open to the public. Blunt is seeking to succeed U.S. Sen. Christopher &quot;Kit Bond, R-Mo., who is retiring after next year. For questions, call 636-227-7161 or 636-225-9105		  The St. Louis Board of </excerpt>
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      <title>Slay calls for public to attend Veterans Parade, to show respect for those killed at Ft. Hood</title>
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      <excerpt>...-- having been urged to do so by a powerful lobby -- and from the future to the present. &quot;For the vast majority of cases,&quot; Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) noted, &quot;the homebuyer tax credit amounted to a free gift since it did not affect their decision to purchase </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is projected to cost the government about $10.8 billion in lost taxes. While the measure passed the Senate by a 98-0 vote, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., questioned its efficiency in stimulating home sales. &#8220;For the vast majority of cases, the homebuyer tax cr</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is projected to cost the government about $10.8 billion in lost taxes. While the measure passed the Senate by a 98-0 vote, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., questioned its efficiency in stimulating home sales. &quot;For the vast majority of cases, the homebuyer tax cred</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...have questioned the credit's effectiveness as a driver of home purchases. Although he voted for the final bill, U.S. Sen Kit Bond (R-Mo.) said, &quot;For the vast majority of cases, the homebuyer tax credit amounted to a free gift since it did not affect the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Parkway West. Meeting time is 7:30 p.m. and open to the public. Blunt is seeking to succeed U.S. Sen. Christopher &quot;Kit Bond, R-Mo., who is retiring after next year. For questions, call 636-227-7161 or 636-225-9105		  The St. Louis Board of Aldermen meet</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...open earlier this year when Blunt announced he would run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 with hopes of succeeding longtime Sen. Kit Bond, who is retiring after next year. Blunt will face state Sen. Chuck Purgason of Howell County and possibly other lesser-k</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>A federal budget bill which passed the Senate Thursday night includes $500000 for St. Louis&amp;#39; efforts to develop a Chinese cargo hub at Lambert International Airport, Sen. Christopher &#8220;Kit&#8221; Bond said today. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>It&amp;#39;s also fairly interesting that it looks like the median point between all the Senators is not that close to the center of the circle, rather it&amp;#39;&amp;#39;s edged over to the right due to the weight of the majority Republican Senator being jammed  up </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>So, our senior U.S. Senator &amp;quot;Kit&amp;quot; Bond will have to be on his guard when he appears on the show Monday night. The man from Mexico ... Mexico, Missouri, that is ... will be talking about &amp;quot;The Next Front,&amp;quot; the book he has co-authored with</excerpt>
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