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      <excerpt> Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Mike Castle (R-DE), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Frank lobiondo (R-NJ), Dave Reichert (R-WA), and Chris Smith (R-NJ). ... </excerpt>
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