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      <excerpt>2010-02-09 08:43:40 - Job creation will be enhanced if Sen. Maria Cantwell succeeds in regulating derivatives, according to Seattle Biz Coach Terry Corbell.
 
 
 
 
 to live up to its commitments to do the right thing.&#8221;
Mr. Corbell says she is</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...these services cannot exceed the charges an individual would pay for a medical or surgical appointment, according to Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who is a supporter of the change. She adds that she hopes the requirements will be extended to individual </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...her first extensive interview about Washington Mutual since right after its closure, Sen. Maria Cantwell revealed there is an additional investigation ongoing into the bank&#8217;s seizure by the government in September 2008. Cantwell, D-Wash., declined to </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Not to be outdone by Sen. Maria Cantwell's in-your-face complaints to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Tuesday, Washington's other senator, Patty Murray, is spreading advance word that she'll be tangling with the TeasSec tomorrow.
Obama talked about</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...trying to craft a bipartisan, permanent compromise on the estate  tax.   The estate tax prepayment idea is being pushed by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) as a possible compromise between  senators who want a permanent, 35% estate tax rate and the posit</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; Today, US Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) secured a commitment from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to get capital flowing to community ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Such a system has already been proposed in Congress, with Sen. Maria Cantwell&amp;#39;s (D-WA) Carbon Limits and Energy for America&amp;#39;s Renewal (CLEAR) Act. Also sponsored by Republican Sen. Susan Collins (ME), the bill has the advantage of being ...</excerpt>
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