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      <excerpt>...Mexico is not one of them.&#8221; The Secure Border Initiative was passed by Congress with overwhelming support. Hutchison and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for the bill, as well as Democratic Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Now, 670 miles of fence is und</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in 2001 under President George W. Bush. &#8220;We never saw this coming &#8212; we were completely blindsided,&#8221; said a top aide to Sen. John Cornyn, R-San Antonio, a former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee panel with jurisdiction over military ve</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn is &#8220;thankful to the brave men and women putting themselves in harms way all over the world, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> We did, Senator [John] Cornyn and myself. We had to do something. He said that. We did.&amp;quot; She blasted Perry for his criticism of Texas&amp;#39; congressional ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> John Carter, R-Round Rock, and US Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, to determine the best way to go about setting aside scholarships for children of the wounded or ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is backing Grayson. In September, 24 senators - including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen. John Cornyn, the committee's chairman - held a fundraiser for Grayson at the group's headquarters. &quot;Randy did speak with Mr. Paul,&quot; Wal</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...was encouraged by talks with other Republicans, including former Gov. George Pataki, Rep. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the chairman of the party's senatorial campaign committee. Calling himself a &quot;liberal Republican,&quot; Rooseve</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Mr. Crist was recruited to run and immediately endorsed by the Senate RepublicanCampaign Committee, led by Texas Sen. John Cornyn. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tx.), who also serves on the committee, said the descriptive language the committee is working with is not good enough because things can get slipped into the legislation unseen. &#236;The conceptual language is not ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... of interest and promoting transparency at the Department. Sincerely, Chuck Grassley of Iowa Orrin Hatch of Utah Jon Kyl of Arizona Jeff Sessions of Alabama Lindsey Graham of South Carolina John Cornyn of Texas Tom Coburn of Oklahoma ...  Sen. Charles E</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>This Thanksgiving, I am thankful that John Cornyn is not interested in crap like Senator Reid&amp;#39;s bill, and that Senator Hutchison (who won&amp;#39;t get my vote for gov) is likewise opposed to it and will not leave the Senate until that nonsense ...</excerpt>
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