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      <excerpt>...rights in 1965: It's a start in a long list of things to come from President Barack Obama. It's just the start. Openly gay Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., feels similarly optimistic. Having the first civil rights measure protecting the (lesbian, gay, bisexu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...rights in 1965: &quot;It's a start in a long list of things to come from President Obama. It's just the start.&quot; Openly gay Rep. Tammy Baldwin feels similarly optimistic. &quot;Having the first civil rights measure protecting the (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transg</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Wis. (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Madison may have a Democratic challenger next year. Dane County Supervisor Dave de Felice ( day full-LEE-chay) announced Monday that he is forming an exploratory committee to challenge Baldwin in the sta</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Green Bay area man was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect was arrested without incident. MADISON Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Madison may have a Democratic challenger next year. Dane County Supervisor Dave de Felice announced Monday that</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Wis. -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin of Madison might have a Democratic challenger next year. Dane County Supervisor Dave de Felice announced Monday that he is forming an exploratory committee to challenge Baldwin in the state's 2nd Congressional </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...through Congress has been slow due to ongoing health care reform debates, said Jerilyn Goodman, spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis. in an e-mail to The Badger Herald. Goodman added the Senate generally takes longer to consider legislation t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>See if you can spot the cameo by our own Tammy Baldwin! (Thanks to brother Charlie Sykes for turning me on to the Zo-man.) Some excerpts from the lyrics, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Wall is a frequent GOP donor, although he&amp;#39;s also given money to his local Dem, Rep. Tammy Baldwin. &#8226; MI-Gov: Rasmussen took a look at the Michigan ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Tom Petri, Rep. Steve Kagen, Rep. Ron Kind and Rep. Tammy Baldwin agreeing to be co-sponsors. &amp;quot;If designation is approved we&amp;#39;ll have official recognition of ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the office of Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) on her amendnent to the PATRIOT Act, originally passed in 2001. Continuing its consideration of the USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009 (H.R. 3845), the House Judiciary Committee yesterday passed on a voice vote an</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hey, Tammy Baldwin? You&amp;#39;re smart as a whip, and seem to understand our Constitution &#8211; why haven&amp;#39;t you said WORD ONE yet in this markup?? Or Bill Delahunt &#8211; who has yet to even make AN APPEARANCE during the markup? KUDOS today for sure, ...</excerpt>
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