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  <name>Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21]</name>
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      <excerpt>...old friend, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). The closed event was hosted by co-chairmen Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), and it marked the first time Fahey had ever visited Capitol Hill to lobby. His goal is to increase pres</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>838 include Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Henry Brown, Jr. (R-SC), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Democrats Alcee Hastings, Ron Klein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Robert Wexler and Republicans Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Bill Posey, and Adam Putnam. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Cuban-American Republicans in South Florida: brothers Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Five other Texas Republicans, and Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The job fair was organized the Office of Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, Office of Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Office of Mayor Carlos Alvarez, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Janine Lutz wrote to both of Florida's U.S. senators, Bill Nelson and George LeMieux; Gov. Charlie Crist and U.S. Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart; urging them to look into the case. Since then, she said, all but Crist have expressed concern and pledged to inve</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>These hardliners, such as Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Connie Mack (R-FL) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...dead Florida District 16, Thomas Rooney: 165 dead Florida District 18: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: 199 dead Florida District 21: Lincoln Diaz-Balart: 195 dead Florida District 25: Mario Diaz-Balart: 195 dead Georgia District 1, Jack Kingston: 123 dead Georgia </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...comes back from recess. (There is currently some audio trouble making it hurt to health the meeting.) 4:54 &#8211; Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Flo) questions Rangel about how much money comes from cuts and how much comes from cuts to programs. Rangel says i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Florida District 21, Lincoln Diaz-Balart: 195 dead. Florida District 25, Mario Diaz-Balart: 195 dead. Here is John Mica&amp;#39;s Most Idiotic response: He said Democratic leaders were &amp;quot;well-intentioned&amp;quot; but &amp;quot;missed the mark&amp;quot; in part ...</excerpt>
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