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      <excerpt>...of fewer than 40,000 troops, and 9 percent want to keep the situation as is, according to the poll. Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota said he's eager to learn the president's plan. &quot;I look forward to hearing his report and trust that the comma</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...ploy for reelection.&quot; Hempler detailed how various other lawmakers -- Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), and, in the House, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) and the Congressional Black Caucus -- were</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Tim Johnson is one of several moderate senators targeted in television ads this week by a conservative group opposed to sweeping health reform that&amp;#39;s ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> It wasn&amp;#39;t a particular illness or event that brought about Congressman Tim Johnson&amp;#39;s lifestyle changes 20 or 25 years ago, just a feeling that ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) voted for the health reform bill passed by the House. &#8211; The Waxman Markey cap and trade clean energy bill was passed with support ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republican Congressman Tim Johnson: &amp;quot;Take immediate steps to begin a responsible withdrawal from Afghanistan.&amp;quot; Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher: &amp;quot;We ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON -- Here is how area members of Congress -- Reps. Joe Donnelly and Peter Visclosky and Sens. Evan Bayh and Richard Lugar -- voted over the previous week.
REQUIRING CRIME REPORTING BY CRUISE VESSELS: The House approved the Cruise Vessel</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Tim Johnson&amp;#39;s 2002 campaign. Green said that&amp;#39;s what the debate is about. &amp;quot;Even in culturally conservative red states, economic populism is a winner,&amp;quot; he ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> But doomsday scare tactics by US Reps. Mark Kirk and Don Manzullo, Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, and some of their colleagues are a joke. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>of Trustees, Canandaigua; Jill Hurst-Wahl, Hurst Associates, Syracuse; Sara Kelly Johns, Lake Placid Middle/Senior High School, Lake Placid; Tim Johnson, New York University Libraries, New York City; John Monahan, Putnam-Northern  Westchester BOCES, ... Th</excerpt>
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