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      <excerpt>...motorcade pulled away from the Hill, protesters on the East lawn were chanting, &#8220;Kill the bill.&#8221; Republican members including Steve King of Iowa, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and John Shadegg of Arizona rallied the few hundred Tea Partiers. &#8220;The </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...who oppose health care reform on camera about the specific demographics of their own districts, caught up with U.S. Rep. Steve King, the Republican who represents Iowa&#8217;s 5th Congressional District. When asked if how many people residing in his distric</excerpt>
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      <title>Steve King&#8217;s response to question on uninsured Americans: People &#8216;want freedom&#8217;</title>
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      <excerpt>...role over government excesses but cannot be trusted to guard national secrets should not be a higher priority than protecting our country or solving crimes that can help save lives. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is a member of the House Judiciary Committee..</excerpt>
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      <title>Opposing view: The media can't be trusted</title>
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      <excerpt>...Rep. Steve King is the perfect illustration of why God prefers separation of church and state.  50613 It seems like the only purpose our elected officials have is to find projects to spend tax dollars on. Even if they have to borrow or sell bonds this s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is a press event,&quot; he told POLITICO, &quot;a press conference to bring light to American people this week on (Speaker Nancy)  Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said the event &quot;is not something that has been carefully organized,&quot; calling it a &quot;very spontaneous&quot; happen</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Even a fleet of bulldozers wasn't enough to ram through a deal last week on a long-term highway bill sought by Minnesota Democrat Jim Oberstar, chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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      <excerpt>...are they worse than Rush Limbaugh? One Iowa Congressman seems to think so. Speaking at a hearing yesterday, Republican Rep. Steve King stood up for the radio talk show host, comparing Rush's outspoken comments that got him dropped from a group of possib</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a video clip, via the Pioneer Press and Politico, of Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann buttering up an embarrassed U.S. Rep. Steve King in a nearly empty chamber. Now that would be stunning. Like what you just read? Support high-quality journalism in Minn</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Opening comments by Rep. Steve King: Rep. Michele Bachmann. Rep. Joe Wilson, who received probably the loudest applause. The crowd chanted &amp;quot;Thank You, Joe&amp;quot; before he even said a word. This Representative said his vote wasn&amp;#39;t just &amp;quot;No&amp;quo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...anti-terror legislation of the post 9/11 era to attend Michele Bachmann's Tea Party rally against health-care reform. Reps. Steve King of Iowa, Trent Franks of Arizona, Randy Forbes of Virginia, Jim Jordan of Ohio, and Louie Gohmert and Ted Poe of Texas</excerpt>
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