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      <excerpt>...Nov. 4 and be held at the Washington Convention Center, will also include a panel on health care policy, featuring House Reps. Charles Boustany, R-La., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., along with MedImmune President Tony Zook. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., will a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...press assistant. He graduated from the University of Missouri with a journalism degree. Bell previously interned for Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.).   Scalise gets three new hires  Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced three new staff members in his D</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...John Fleming of Shreveport urged Landrieu's support of the amendment in a letter Tuesday, joined by Reps. Rodney Alexander, Charles Boustany, Bill Cassidy, Charlie Melancon and Steve Scalise.    Archives  Only staff-produced articles and videos are arch</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of the questionnaires was made available last year. Rep. John Fleming of Shreveport urged Landrieu's support of the amendment in a letter Tuesday, joined by Reps. Rodney Alexander, Charles Boustany, Bill Cassidy, Charlie Melancon and Steve Scalise....</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in the Jewish community. As the discussion among Filner and Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Charles Boustany (R-La.) continued -- with praise for J Street for creating space for what many said could now be a wider-ranging debate</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... and with the recent videos showing ACORN officials advising people on how to fraudulently claim refundable child credits,&#8221; Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Party&amp;#39;s protest of an all-Republican health care town hall last month with Louisiana Congressmen John Fleming, Bill Cassidy and Charles Boustany. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...or even expand, the popular program that is set to expire at the end of November. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Charles Boustany, Jr., of Louisiana, said that while the issue of extending the credit was not the purpose of the hearing, &quot;every tim</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...or even expand, the popular program that is set to expire at the end of November. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Charles Boustany, Jr., of Louisiana, said that while the issue of extending the credit was not the purpose of the hearing, &quot;every tim</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...extend, or even expand, the popular program that is set to expire at the end of November. The top Republican on the panel, Rep. Charles Boustany Jr., of Louisiana, said that while the issue of extending the credit was not the purpose of the hearing, &quot;ev</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Charles Boustany (R-La.), and Mike Pence (R-Ind.). Faith in Public Life noted that the webcast also included Rick Scott of Conservatives for Patients&amp;#39; Rights (CPR). &amp;quot;Scott and CPR are among the most prolific deceivers in the healthcare  reform ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Louisiana: LA-7: Charles Boustany (R). Maryland: MD-4: Donna Edwards (D). Massachusetts: MA-1: John Olver (D), MA-3: James McGovern (D), MA-9: Lynch Stephen (D). Michigan: MI-13: Carolyn Kilpatrick (D), MI-15: John Dingell (D) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA), a member of the Ways and Means committee, echoed Usdin&amp;#39;s remarks about the timing of the bill. Rep. Bustany noted that the timing of the bill was not necessarily conducive to helping people in the ...</excerpt>
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