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      <excerpt>The bill, by the way, was sponsored by Rep. Ben Lujan Sr. So perhaps my day will be all the sunshine and rainbows that it promises to be now that the rain ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The Pledge is from www.letfreedomringusa.com and is available in PDF form for you to download and send a copy of to your Representative and Senators. (There are two pages: one for House members and one for Senate members. .... 22) Ben Luj&#225;n  [D] (New Mexi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represents the Valles Caldera is: U.S. Representative Ben Lujan 502 Cannon HOB Washington, D.C. 20515. Phone: (202) 225-6190. Email Rep. Lujan by clicking here: ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Location: Marriott Renaissance, 999 Ninth Street NW. Fundraising Lunch for Representative Ben Lujan (D-NM) Time: 12:00 &#8211; 1:00 p.m.. Location: Acadiana, 901 New York Avenue NW. Fundraising Lunch for Representative Charlie Melancon (D-LA) ...</excerpt>
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