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      <excerpt> How anyone could read my tirade against big drug companies in the Southeast Missourian and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and conclude that I ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> That should never happen,&amp;quot; said US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau. Emerson heard Ron&amp;#39;s story, and called for an Inspector General&amp;#39;s investigation. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...ranged from a cake of the month for six months to a weekend get-away at the Lake of the Ozarks. Local celebrities like U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Farmington Mayor Stuart &#8220;Mit&#8221; Landrum baked goods, too. Sponsors of the event included First State Co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson&amp;#39;s Nov. 13 op-ed column bemoaned the drug companies&amp;#39; influence over health care reform. She claims that Congress is in the pockets of ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The globalists have tried to do so, and are succeeding with the help of New World Order stooges like Jo Ann Emerson. Perhaps Hu Jintao will take Wall Street ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) to expand agricultural trade to Cuba and are looking for original cosponsors. Cuba relies on imports for most of its food ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Regarding Jo Ann Emerson&amp;#39;s commentary &amp;quot;Congress should take on drug companies&amp;quot; (Nov. 10): When unemployment numbers are above 10 percent, it doesn&amp;#39;t make ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Missouri Republicans Roy Blunt, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves, Todd Akin and Blaine Luetkemeyer all voted against the measure. Democrat Ike Skelton also voted ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Emerson Creates GOJO To Spark Fundraising Mojo. Submitted by .Sean on November 25, 2009 - 8:09am. Perhaps responding to her energized challenges from the left and right, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has set up a new leadership PAC called GOJO. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Emerson Creates GOJO To Spark Fundraising Mojo. Submitted by .Sean on November 25, 2009 - 8:09am. Perhaps responding to her energized challenges from the left and right, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has set up a new leadership PAC called GOJO. ...</excerpt>
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