Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (53 page)

Huelskamp, Tim,
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Huffington Post
,
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Huger, Daniel,
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Hugo, Hurricane,
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Huguenots,
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Humburg Marsh tract,
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illegal immigration,
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immigration,
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incandescent lightbulbs,
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income gap,
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Inglis, Bob,
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“In God We Trust,”
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Ingraham, Laura,
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Inouye, Dan,
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insurance companies,
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Interior Department, U.S.,
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International Monetary Fund,
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International Paper,
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InterPrep,
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Interstate 69 Caucus,
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Iowa,
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Iran,
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Iraq War,
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IRS,
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Islam,
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–9,
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     hearing on radicalization in,
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–16,
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Islamic Society of Clemson,
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Israel,
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Israel, Steve,
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,
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     “Drive to 25” of,
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Jackson, Barry,
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Jackson, James,
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Jackson, Jesse, Jr.,
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Jackson, Michael,
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Jackson Lee, Sheila,
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–25,
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     amendments by,
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–21,
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     Duncan bumped by,
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     in quest for exactness,
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–22,
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     speeches of,
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–23

Japan,
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Jasser, Zuhdi,
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–16

Jaworski, Leon,
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Jefferson, Thomas,
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Jefferson, William,
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Jenkins, Ed,
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Jennings, Keith,
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jihad,
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jobs,
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     American Jobs Bill and,
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     creation of,
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–13,
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–9,
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“Joe the Plumber,”
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Johnson, Lyndon B.,
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Johnson, Sam,
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–4,
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Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction,
see
Super Committee

Jones, Walter,
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     anti-war speech of,
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     as conservative,
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     letters to casualties’ families written by,
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     moment of silence for casualties requested by,
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,
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     rebellious streak of,
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     Ryan budget opposed by,
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Jones, Walter, Sr.,
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Jonestown, Guyana,
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Jordan,
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Jordan, Barbara,
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–19,
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Jordan, Jim,
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–74,
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Jugheads Hot Dogs,
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Kalamazoo River,
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Kandahar, Afghanistan,
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Karzai, Hamid,
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Kasten, Bob,
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Katrina, Hurricane,
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Kaye, Anson,
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Keitt, Laurence M.,
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Kelly, Jesse,
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Kelly, Megyn,
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Kelly, Mike,
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Kemp, Jack,
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Kennedy, John F.,
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Kennedy, Ted,
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Kentucky,
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     5th Congressional District in,
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Kerry, John,
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Kevin O’s,
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Key, Francis Scott,
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Kildee, Dale,
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King, Martin Luther,
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King, Peter,
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King, Steve,
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Kingston, Jack,
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Kinzinger, Adam,
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Klein, Ron,
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Knollenberg, Joe,
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Koch brothers,
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Koran,
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–9,
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Korologos, Ann McLaughlin,
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Krauthammer, Charles,
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–41

Kucinich, Dennis,
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Kyl, Jon,
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     debt ceiling and,
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     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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     Geithner criticized by,
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     on Super Committee,
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labor union,
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Labrador, Raul,
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     debt ceiling and,
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–49,
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Lago in the Morning
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Lancaster, S.C.,
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Land and Water Conservation Fund,
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Landini Brothers,
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Landry, Jeff,
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Larson, John,
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Latham, Tom,
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LaTourette, Steve,
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Lautenberg, Frank,
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leadership congressmen,
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Lee, Barbara,
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Lee, Christopher,
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Lee, Elwyn,
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Lee, Mike,
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L’Enfant, Pierre-Charles,
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Legal Services Corporation (LSC),
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–91,
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Lessons Learned from the CR
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Leutze, Emanuel,
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Levin, Carl,
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Lewis, John,
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Liberty Caucus,
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Libya,
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Light Bulb Freedom of Choice Act,
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Limbaugh, Rush,
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limited government,
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Lincoln, Abraham,
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Littlefield, Charles,
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Livingood, Bill,
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Livingston, Bob,
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lobbyists,
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Lockheed Martin,
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Long, Billy,
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Longworth Building,
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Lott, Trent,
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Lowey, Nita,
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Luigi’s,
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Lungren, Dan,
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     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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Luntz, Frank,
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     on debt ceiling vote,
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     as difficult,
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     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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     financial reform bill relabeled by,
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     health care renamed by,
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     McCarthy viewed as rising star by,
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Room,
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Mack, Mary Bono,
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Maddow, Rachel,
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Madison, James,
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Madoff, Bernie,
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Manchin, Joe,
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Manzullo, Don,
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Margolis, Jim,
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Marines, U.S.,
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Markey, Betsy,
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Markey, Ed,
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marriage,
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Maryland,
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Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District of,
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Matheson, Don,
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Matthews, Chris,
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McCain, John,
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McCarthy, Joe,
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McCarthy, Judy,
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McCarthy, Kevin,
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     attack ads pushed by,
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     balanced budget amendment scrapped by,
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     in bond with freshmen,
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–79,
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     Cardinals’ meeting on Appropriation bills with,
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     as chief candidate recruiter,
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     debt ceiling and,
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     dinner for freshmen women thrown by,
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     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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     exercise by,
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     field trip to Bureau of Public Debt organized by,
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     final Continuing Resolution supported by,
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–35,
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     and final CR vote,
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–46,
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–49,
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     freshman privileges granted by,
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     Pledge to America drafted by,
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     as rising star of Republican party,
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     Ryan’s budget supported by,
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     short-term budget and,
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–29,
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     Silicon Valley trips of,
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     at Tea Party rally,
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     weekly basketball game of,
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     and West’s dispute with Wasserman Schultz,
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McCarthy, Mark,
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McCaughey, Betsy,
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McClintock, Tom,
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McConnell, Mitch,
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McGovern, Jim,
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McInturff, Bill,
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McKeon, Buck,
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McKinley, David,
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McMahon, Michael,
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Medicaid,
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     Democrats’ willingness to make cuts on,
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     Path to Prosperity’s overhaul of,
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–40,
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Medicare,
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     debt ceiling issue and,
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     Democrats’ willingness to make cuts on,
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–34,
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     passage of,
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     Path to Prosperity’s overhaul of,
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–40,
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