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      <excerpt>...have squared off in a debate, sparring over their conservative credentials on taxes.  State Rep. Austin Scott told U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal on Thursday  that he should have cast more votes in Congress for a balanced  budget. Deal fired back that Scott shou</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...some fireworks as all the candidates sought to showcase their fiscal conservative stripes. Scott called on U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal to &#8220;cast a tough vote&#8221; in Congress by approving a balanced budget. Deal shot back that Scott should &#8220;get his facts str</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- held hostage by the tea-partying, give-no-quarter, brook-no-compromise ideological purists. You know that when Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., a leading candidate for governor of Georgia, challenges the president to prove he's a U.S. citizen.  Blame Republi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is among a large field of candidates for this year&#8217;s Republican nomination for governor, a list that includes U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal of Gainesville, state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, state Sen. Jeff Chapman of Brunswick, former Secretary of S</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...you turn the corner the first of the year, and we're on the runway now,&quot; said Harris Blackwood, a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal's campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. &quot;This is a very, very important time in our campaign, and we do</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hope and change, allow me to introduce you to money and lobbyists. Compromise and bipartisanship, come meet ideological purity. Now, let's see if we can get some work done.
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      <excerpt>...Alliance. The reporter, identified as Republican Carl Swensson of Morrow, conducted this interview with U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, now posted on YouTube, explaining his December letter to Obama on the issue: For instant updates, follow me on Twitter....</excerpt>
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