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      <excerpt>...state of affairs in local politics and government, singling out representatives such as Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins and state Assemblyman Bill Stachowski and state Sen. Antoine Thompson &#8212; all Democrats &#8212; as prime offenders to </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...their campaign accounts. Other New York Democrats giving to Mr. Owens included Reps. Paul D. Tonko, D-Amsterdam, who gave $500; Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, who gave $1,000; Eliot Engel, D-Bronx, with $2,000; Nita M. Lowey, with $2,000; Michael A. Arcuri, </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON - Congressman Brian Higgins (D-27) praised passage of the Solar Technology Roadmap Act, legislation which authorizes over $2 billion for new ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... who supports this to contact their Congressional representatives, US Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Brian Higgins. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I continue with Rep. Brian Higgins. He is for the most part a nothing in the House and has no interest in meeting with the people who sent him there, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and members such as Rep. Brian Higgins of Buffalo and Rep. Louise M. Slaughter of Fairport, are adamant about including a public ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Brian Higgins and Louise Slaughter. But the bill that was presented to&#8212;and passed by&#8212;the House was different than the committee bill, different in a way ...</excerpt>
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      <title>Post all bills</title>
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      <excerpt>...city residents have referred to as looking like &#8220;Berlin after the war.&#8221; Perhaps your trip bypassed our fair city because U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins is a co-sponsor of the legislation. He&#8217;s from Buffalo. But it seems like the bill was written just for</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Side doesn&amp;#39;t usually get visits from the likes of Rep. Brian Higgins, Sen. Charles E. Schumer and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Oct 23, 2009 (Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- SOLX | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Congressman Brian Higgins ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Todd Platts (R-Pa. ... Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) and Brian Higgins (N.Y.). Platts is one of 18 candidates seeking the comptroller general position. A congressional commission made up of five Republicans and five Democrats in the House and  Senate winnows</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Representative Brian Higgins Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Representative Eric Massa Representative Peter T. King Representative Carolyn McCarthy. Representative Gary L. Ackerman Representative Gregory W. Meeks ...</excerpt>
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