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      <excerpt>...activists on the panel argued the amendment goes too far. &quot;I find this amendment very, very uncomfortable,&quot; said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts. &quot;I foresee for poor women in America, a return to the dark ages,&quot; said Rep Alcee Hastings, D-Florida. Mo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Global Hunger legislation (H.R. 2817). There are now 26 members of Congress co-sponsoring the bill, which was put forward by Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts earlier this year.&#160; The Roadmap to End Global Hunger would create a White House office to co</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...company routinely sent out overweight trucks, Team 5 Investigates reported. &quot;Theyre putting people in danger,&quot; said Rep. Jim McGovern, (D) Massachusetts. Team 5 Investigates obtained a winters worth of P.A. Landers sand invoices that were submitted to M</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... of US citizens who otherwise would have been denied the right to remain in the United States.&amp;quot; The new law was championed by Rep. Jim McGovern and Sen. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I&amp;#39;m already working with people like Representative Jim McGovern , Republican Congressman Walter Jones, Barbara Lee and others to prepare for that ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Jim McGovern (Wash.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), and Republican Walter Jones (NC) on such an effort. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee member argued for the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The only connections of O&amp;#39;Brien&amp;#39;s that can be determined by the focus of Lukes&amp;#39; attacks are Rep. Jim mcgovern, (D-MA), whom O&amp;#39;Brien is the district director ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m already working with people like Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), Republican congressman Walter Jones (NC), (Rep.) Barbara Lee (D-Calif. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>By Staff reports The Ashland Democratic Town Committee invites the public to a reception honoring US Rep. Jim mcgovern, D-3rd, vice chairman of the House ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat who introduced an anti-hunger bill in the US House (of Representatives) and is eager to see the plan unfold. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Quick Aside for selise: I note that your Rep., Jim McGovern, is apparently second in (Democratic) seniority on the Rules Committee behind Slaughter. I got a good look at/listen to McGovern during his commentary, and I can see why he&amp;#39;s ...</excerpt>
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