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      <excerpt>...of politics,&quot; he said. One of Armey's former colleagues took a dimmer view. &quot;This is another vote for the speaker,&quot; said Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan, a member of the GOP leadership team. The reference was to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, top House Democrat. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of politics,&quot; he said. One of Armey's former colleagues took a dimmer view. &quot;This is another vote for the speaker,&quot; said Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan, a member of the GOP leadership team. The reference was to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, top House Democrat. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of politics,&quot; he said. One of Armey's former colleagues took a dimmer view. &quot;This is another vote for the speaker,&quot; said Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan, a member of the GOP leadership team. The reference was to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, top House Democrat. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...$31 million 15. Dingell $330 million Those are amazing amounts of money and somewhat erratically distributed. John Conyers and Thad McCotter must not have hospitals, or at least not big ones, in their districts. Carolyn Kilpatrick, on the other hand, ha</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... I ran into Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.), the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership, before this morning&#8217;s Big Government press conference &#8212; he had intended to speak, but had to run out early. McCotter is one of the relatively</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...would be killed off as soon as they become too expensive to care for.  But there was House Minority Leader John Boehner and Rep. Thad McCotter of Michigan issuing a statement that warned of ``a more permissive environment for euthanasia, mercy-killing a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- are already part of the debate over end-of-life planning. Six years ago -- when the GOP controlled Congress -- U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter, a Livonia Republican, supported end-of-life planning for terminal patients. The difference this time, he said, is </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>As part of his ongoing dedication to help families in tough economic times manage their budgets, Michigan Congressman Thad McCotter has drafted a bill to ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But to get to a general election matchup against Schauer, Rooney would have to outrun former one-term Rep. Tim Walberg in the Republican primary. Real estate exec Marvin Carlson is also in the race and Bill Martin, CEO of the Michigan ...  It&amp;#39;s in the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga), N, $452812. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WVa), N, $434183. Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan), N, $414891. Rep. Pete King (R-NY), N, $386988. Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Mich), N, $361612. Rep. Walter Clifford Minnick (D-Idaho) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>With assists from Republican Congressmen Steve King and Thad McCotter, Fox News and the aforementioned Andrew Breitbart, O&amp;#39;Keefe and Giles unleashed their most recent attack. Let&amp;#39;s review their story: ... Representative Anthony Weiner, a  New York </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Vern Ehlers (R) Pete Hoekstra (R) Mike Rogers (R) Tim Walberg (R) All the rest voted for it including Republicans Knollenberg (Now gone) Fred Upton, Thad McCotter, Dave Camp, Candice Miller. 4. Kansas Regional Prisons Museum. ... Congress  must do a better</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>No need to fritter away money unless we&amp;#39;re throwing it at banks. A $3,5000-a-year tax deduction for pet owners: Now, that&amp;#39;s one we can get behind. At least, it&amp;#39;s one U.S. Rep. Thad McCotter, a Republican from Michigan is behind. ...</excerpt>
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