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      <excerpt>Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Ron Paul (R-TX), and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) voted against further sanctions against Iran in 2007. Purity Pledge #10) We support the right to keep and bear arms by opposing government restrictions on gun ownership ... On  the &amp;quot;Repres</excerpt>
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