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      <excerpt> John Conyers, D-Mich., and Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman and ranking member of the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, respectively, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...help prevent crime when many of ACORN's own employees have come under criticism for possible criminal conduct,&quot; said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, who requested the grant review. He said he was not surprised t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska): Turkey with a lot of stuffing. That&amp;#39;s the name of the game. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas): Wild South Texas turkey. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> and Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman and ranking member of the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, respectively, to oppose House Bill ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Compiled by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX), the statistics show &amp;quot;dramatic reductions in criminal arrests, criminal indictments, ... </excerpt>
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      <title>US Legislative Immigration Update November 23, 2009</title>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has not awarded federal grant money directly to the anti-poverty group ACORN in the past seven years, but about $200,000 has made its way to the organization or its affiliates, a recently released internal audit</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republicans like Representatives Peter T. King of Long Island and Lamar Smith of Texas are in favor of its passage, added Ms. Maloney, who said she hoped to ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...but noise is a close second. Also, she said, &#8220;I know this is going to affect property values.&#8221; In a letter to U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, her husband, Floyd Walling, called the project a &#8220;crazy boondoggle.&#8221; He said the FBI and local of</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;The allegations of misconduct and improprieties by Judge Porteous are serious, numerous, varied and occurred over a period of many years,&amp;quot; said Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas,. a task force member. Among the allegations against Porteous: ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Peter Sessions (R-TX) John Shadegg (R-AZ) Lamar Smith (R-TX) Addison Wilson (R-SC) Rob Wittman (R-VA). I want to thank my rep, Marsha Blackburn, for putting common sense and national security BEFORE politics. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Raise your hand if you think House Judiciary Committee members Lamar Smith (R-TX), Dan Lungren (R-CA), Steve King (R-IA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Trent Franks (R-AZ) or Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has read this book-- or would? ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Pressure from political leaders has made partisanship an unfortunate but inevitable element of redistricting, said state Rep. Patricia Harless, R-Spring, a member of the House Committee on Redistricting. ... Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin; Michael  McCaul, R-Aust</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Lamar Smith (R-21) Fax: 202-225-8628. Rep. Pete Olson (R-22) Fax: 202-225-5241. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-23) Fax: 202-225-2237. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-24) Fax: 202-225-0074. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-25) Fax: 202-225-2947. Rep. ...</excerpt>
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