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      <excerpt>...would create a system unsustainable over time. Rep. Bart Gordon of Murfreesboro also said he would vote against the bill. Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville was still studying the nearly 2,000-page bill, his spokesman said Friday. And Rep. Lincoln Davis of Pa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...create a system unsustainable over time. Rep. Bart Gordon of Murfreesboro also said he would vote against the bill. Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville was still studying the nearly 2,000-page bill, his spokesman said Friday. And Rep. Lincoln Davis of Pall Mal</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...where Obama had campaigned heavily for embattled Gov. Jon Corzine, the implications were clear to other Democrats. Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, a leader of the moderate-conservative &quot;Blue Dogs,&quot; called the result &quot;a wake-up call for Congress. A tidal w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Jersey, where Obama had campaigned heavily for embattled Gov. Jon Corzine, the implications were clear to other Democrats. Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, a leader of the moderate-conservative Blue Dogs, called the result a wake-up call for Congress. A ti</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and climate change.&quot;  &quot;'There are going to be a lot more tensions between the White House and Congress,' predicted Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a member of the Blue Dog Coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats. 'They've been under the surface so far -</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...results were a &quot;wake-up call.&quot; &quot;There are going to be a lot more tensions between the White House and Congress,&quot; predicted Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), a member of the Blue Dog Coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats. &quot;They've been under the surface </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Jersey, where Obama had campaigned heavily for embattled Gov. Jon Corzine, the implications were clear to other Democrats. Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, a leader of the moderate-conservative &quot;Blue Dogs,&quot; called the result &quot;a wake-up call for Congress. A</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...where Obama had campaigned heavily for embattled Gov. Jon Corzine, the implications were clear to other Democrats. Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, a leader of the moderate-conservative &quot;Blue Dogs,&quot; called the result &quot;a wake-up call for Congress. A tidal w</excerpt>
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