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      <excerpt>...-- On a day that saw Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt demand answers on swine flu vaccine shortages, federal officials accepted blame for a massive public relations foul-up. The Missouri Republican sent letters Tuesday to the heads of three federal agencies sayi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...senior House Republicans &#8212; Rep. Spencer Bachus , the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Roy Blunt , the lead GOP negotiator during the creation of the TARP in 2008 &#8212; circulated a letter Thursday demanding a hearin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...as she can. We've received a similar gracious promise from the office of U.S. Sen. Christopher &quot;Kit&quot; Bond, a Republican. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, who has helped the GOP shape responses to the Democrats' proposals for reform, might also participate. His offi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Carnahan, Missouri's Democratic secretary of state, is in a dead heat with seven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt in the race to succeed GOP incumbent Sen. Kit Bond, who decided not to seek re-election, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducte</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Public Policy Polling (D) revisits the Missouri Senate race today, an in the expected matchup of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) and Rep. Roy Blunt (R), the result is just where it was at the start of the year.
In another matchup, Carnahan leads</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...The taxes start immediately and the &quot;benefits&quot; start four years later. What a typical Democrat ripoff! I didn't realize Rep. Roy Blunt, who has represented the 7th district since 1997, had so many proposals to improve America's health care system. Why d</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the short list of reforms for which there is already a national consensus.&quot; 	 	  That's pretty much what U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri did recently. Under fire for not producing much in the way of solutions while heading up the GOP Health Care Solutio</excerpt>
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      <title>Shelly: A winning strategy for defeat</title>
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      <excerpt>...(D) revisits the Missouri Senate race today, an in the expected matchup of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) and Rep. Roy Blunt (R), the result is just where it was at the start of the year. In another matchup, Carnahan leads state Sen. Chuck Purgas</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to Rep. Roy Blunt's (letter to the editor), Nov. 14 1. Complex, comprehensive legislation does require more pages than a comic book. HR 3200 is lengthy, but it does actually cover health care. Have you read it? The 219-page HR 3400 that the Republicans </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...care tasks for which it is already responsible. Thank you for your attention to this important matter.  Sincere regards,  Roy Blunt  Member of Congress  Open Recommendations from GAO's Work on an Influenza Pandemic  1. The Homeland Security Council shou</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The &#8220;League of Conservation Voters&#8221; has been conducting an extensive ad campaign criticizing Rep. Blunt&amp;#39;s stand against &#8220;cap-and-trade&#8221; legislation. Blunt has made his opposition to cap-and-trade well-known, pointing out the huge ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Back in June, I reported for POLITICO about how most of the main candidates aiming to replace Congressman Roy Blunt were distancing themselves from the earmark practice. WHERE THE OTHERS IN THE 7th STAND ON EARMARKS: ...</excerpt>
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