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      <excerpt>...the intensity of voter opinion on these issues -- or the impact they have on independent voters,&quot; Newhouse said. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., acknowledges the nation faces &quot;a long road back&quot; to prosperity that extends beyond Wall Street to Main Street. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...at least six months, a record. The nation has lost 8 million jobs since the &quot;great recession&quot; began at the end of 2007, said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., a chief sponsor of the legislation. Even with the recession winding down, &quot;we know it will take con</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...checks, which average about $300 a week, in September and October. The lead sponsor of the bill in the House, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle., reminded lawmakers that they'll have to revisit the issue again before adjourning for the year. The bill applie</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...benefits in September and October while Congress debated the legislation. The lead sponsor of the bill in the House, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., reminded lawmakers that they'll have to revisit the issue again before adjourning for the year. The bill ap</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...benefits in September and October while Congress debated the legislation. The lead sponsor of the bill in the House, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., reminded lawmakers that they'll have to revisit the issue again before adjourning for the year. The bill ap</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...six months, a record. The nation has lost 8 million jobs since the &quot;great recession&quot; began at the end of 2007, said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., a chief sponsor of the legislation. Even with the recession winding down, &quot;we know it will take considerable</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...recovery. we are in the job loss recovery,&quot; said Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas. The lead sponsor of the bill in the House, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., reminded lawmakers that they'll have to revisit the issue again before adjourning for the year. The bill </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Employment Law Project. The House is likely to take up the bill &quot;almost immediately,&quot; says Mike DeCesare, a spokesman for Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who sponsored the House version of the bill. The bill also renews the federal tax credit for first-tim</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...effective workforce[,] because if you're going to deal with child and maternal welfare you're going to need physicians,&quot; Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., said during a conference call. &quot;You can't deliver tuberculosis treatment under the [WHO's recommended] </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...effective workforce[,] because if you're going to deal with child and maternal welfare you're going to need physicians,&quot; Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., said during a conference call. &quot;You can't deliver tuberculosis treatment under the [WHO's recommended] </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Which makes even more ridiculous the reaction from Congressman Jim McDermott I just heard on the radio. He said the shooting was a &amp;quot;symptom of a stressed military,&amp;quot; and showed the need for &amp;quot;mental health counseling. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The lead sponsor of the bill in the House, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., reminded lawmakers that they&amp;#39;ll have to revisit the issue again before adjourning for the year. The bill applies to benefits exhausted this year, and &amp;quot;Congress must ...</excerpt>
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