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      <excerpt>...during Obama's health care address to Congress. &quot;We weren't just going to let that go and not say something about it,&quot; said Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. She said Clyburn's position as majority whip was crucial to this and other caucus priorities: &quot;We're a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> La repr&#233;sentante de New York, Yvette Clarke, pr&#233;cise que sur des grands textes de loi -plan de relance de l&amp;#39;&#233;conomie, r&#233;forme du syst&#232;me de sant&#233; ou encore ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Homeland Security Committee has three members from New York. Rep. Peter King, R-Long Island, is the ranking Republican. Others are Mr. Massa and Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-Brooklyn. Mr. Owens also had expressed an interest in the House Agriculture Committee.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Obama's health care address to Congress. &quot;We weren't just going to let that go and not say something about it,&quot; said Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. She said Clyburn's position as majority whip was crucial to this and other caucus priorities: &quot;We're able to </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...during Obama's health care address to Congress. &quot;We weren't just going to let that go and not say something about it,&quot; said Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. She said Clyburn's position as majority whip was crucial to this and other caucus priorities: &quot;We're a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> during Obama&amp;#39;s health care address to Congress. &amp;quot;We weren&amp;#39;t just going to let that go and not say something about it,&amp;quot; said Rep. Yvette Clarke, DN. ... </excerpt>
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