Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (54 page)

     Republican ad blitz on,
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     voucherization budget plan of,
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Medicare bill,
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Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (2003),
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Meehan, Pat,
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Meet the Press
,
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Mica, John,
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,
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Michelin,
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Michigan,
15
th Congressional District,
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Middle East,
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,
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Migratory Bird Commission,
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Miller, George,
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Mills, Wilbur,
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,
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Mills bill,
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mill workers,
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missile defense interests,
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Monroe, Mich.,
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morning hour debate,
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mortgage lending policies,
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mortgage rates,
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Mother Jones
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MSNBC,
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Mueller, Robert,
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Mulvaney, Mick,
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     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
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Murray, Patty,
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Muslim Brotherhood,
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     Palestine Committee of,
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Muslim radicalization hearing,
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–16,
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Myers, Bud,
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Myrick, Sue,
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NASA,
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National Archives,
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national debt,
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–56,
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     China’s ownership of,
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     in eighteenth century,
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National Environmental Policy Act (1969),
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National Journal
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National Mall,
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national parks,
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National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC),
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National Rifle Association,
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National Statuary Hall,
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National Treasures Experience,
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NATO,
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,
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–91

Navajos,
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Navy, U.S.,
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,
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–90

Navy SEALs,
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Nehemiah, book of,
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160

Nethercutt, George,
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New Deal,
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173

New Hampshire,
29

New Jersey,
114

New Mexico,
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Newsweek
,
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New York, N.Y.,
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New York Times
,
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177

Nixon, Richard M.,
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–19,
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No Child Left Behind,
45

Noem, Kristi,
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106
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205

Norfolk, Va.,
8

Norquist, Grover,
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275

North Korea,
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NRA,
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179

nuclear facilities,
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,
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,
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,
230

Nunnelee, Alan,
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Nussle, Jim,
44

Nutramax,
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Nye, Glenn,
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–10

Obama, Barack,
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     American Jobs Bill of,
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–70

     approval rating of,
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     bin Laden’s death announced by,
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     budget of,
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     as conciliatory,
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     debt ceiling and,
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     final Continuing Resolution supported by,
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–35,
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     health care speech of,
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     inaugural address of,
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     inauguration of,
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–xvii,
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     “Joe the Plumber” ’s dispute with,
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     Libya attacked by,
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     revenue increases desired by,
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     Ryan budget and,
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,
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–43

     short-term budget plan and,
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     spending under,
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     State of the Union (2011) of,
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     State of the Union (2012) of,
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     stimulus bill of,
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     taxes paid by,
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     as thermometer,
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     troop drawdown in Afghanistan announced by,
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     and wealth redistribution,
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Obama, Michelle,
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Oberstar, James,
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Obey, David,
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Objectivism,
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obligations,
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Oglesby, Darnell,
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oil,
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oil companies,
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oil prices,
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oil subsidies,
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Old Weird Pete,
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O’Neill, Tip,
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open rule,
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–87,
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Operation Desert Storm,
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Ortiz, Solomon,
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OSHA restrictions,
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outlays,
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Owens, Terrell,
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P90X,
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Pakistan,
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,
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Palestine,
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Palin, Sarah,
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     crosshairs on website of,
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Panic of 1890,
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Parliamentary Whip,
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Path to American Prosperity, The (Ryan budget),
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–41,
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     Obama’s attack on,
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     revenue increases lacking in,
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     vote on,
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–50,
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Patriot Act (2001),
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Patton
(film),
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Paul, Rand,
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Paul, Ron,
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payroll tax bill,
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PCBs,
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peaceful assembly, right of,
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Pearce, Steve,
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Pelosi, Nancy,
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     Andrews included in message meetings by,
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     background of,
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     budget plan and,
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     debt ceiling and,
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     Democrats distancing from,
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     desire to maintain House majority,
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     Dingell vs.,
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     Duncan’s desire to fire,
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     energy bill of,
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–65,
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     fundraising by,
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     Giffords shooting and,
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     Giffords’s relationship with,
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     health care bill of,
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     job creation pushed by,
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     made Speaker of House,
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     on Medicare subsidies,
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     on need for Democratic self-definition,
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     at Obama’s State of the Union (2011),
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     in planning for Speaker role,
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,
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     Republican attacks on,
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     in run for House minority leader,
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     stimulus passed by,
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     Waxman’s bid for chairmanship of Energy and Commerce Committee supported by,
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     Waxman’s relationship with,
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,
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     Weiner’s amendment to H.R.1 supported by,
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     Weiner scandal and,
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,
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Pence, Mike,
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Penley, Steve,
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Pennsylvania,
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Pennsylvania, University of,
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Perino, Dana,
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Peters, Gary,
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Petraeus, David,
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Philadelphia, Pa.,
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Philadelphia Eagles,
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Pigford v. Glickman
,
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,
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Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act,
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Planned Parenthood,
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Pledge to America,
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Poe, Ted,
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political correctness,
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Politico
,
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,
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Pollack, Jeff,
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Pomeroy, Earl,
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Postal Service, U.S.,
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Powell, Jay,
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premium support,
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press, freedom of,
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Price, David,
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producing class,
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Progressive Caucus,
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Pro-Life Caucus,
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Puckett, Neal,
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Puerto Rico,
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Quakers,
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Quayle, Ben,
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Quick, Rodney,
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racial profiling,
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Radical Republicans,
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Rand, Ayn,
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Rangel, Charles,
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     censure of,
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Rayburn, Sam,
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Rayburn House Office Building,
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Reagan, Ronald,
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Reagan Library,
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Reagan’s Robots,
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Real World, The
(TV show),
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Reconstruction,
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RedState.com,
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regulations,
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Rehberg, Denny,
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Reid, Harry,
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     Cut, Cap, and Balance opposed by,
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