Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (55 page)

     debt ceiling and,
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     deficit reduction plan of,
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     final Continuing Resolution supported by,
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     payroll tax cut bill and,
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     short-term budget plan and,
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     Super Committee’s failure expected by,
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religion, establishment of,
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reparations,
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Republican National Committee,
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Republican Party, U.S.:

     attack plan of,
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     Caucus Room dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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     health care legislation opposed by,
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     McCarthy as rising star in,
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     Medicare ad blitz of,
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     1994 House takeover of,
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     as party of anti-government,
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     Pelosi attacked by,
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     and selling of U.S. assets,
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     2008 Convention of,
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     women in,
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Republican Study Committee (RSC),
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     budget proposal of,
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research,
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Ribble, Reid,
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Rigell, Scott,
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right-to-work laws,
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River Raisin Battlefield,
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–85

Rivers, Lynn,
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Riverside General Hospital,
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Rivlin, Alice,
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Road Map for America’s Future,
see
Path to American Prosperity, The

Robbins, Michael,
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Robbins, William,
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Roby, Martha,
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Rodgers, Cathy McMorris,
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Rodino, Peter,
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Rogers, Hal,
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Rogers, Mike,
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Rokita, Todd,
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Roll Call
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Romney, Mitt,
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Romulus, Mich.,
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
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Roosevelt, Theodore,
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Roskam, Peter,
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Rostenkowski, Dan,
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ROTC,
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Rove, Karl,
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Rumsfeld, Donald,
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Running God’s Way
(Adams),
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Runyan, Jon,
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Rushing, Haley,
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Russert, Luke,
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Ruth’s Chris Steak House,
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Ryan, Janna,
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Ryan, Leo,
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Ryan, Paul,
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–55,
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     budget of,
see
Path to American Prosperity, The (Ryan budget)

     current budget criticized by,
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     on debt ceiling,
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     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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     Republican squabbling disdained by,
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Salazar, Ken,
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Sam & Harry’s,
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Samuels, Jonathan,
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Sanchez, Loretta,
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Sandler, Adam,
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Santelli, Rick,
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Santorum, Rick,
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Savannah River Site,
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Schiff, Adam,
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Schumer, Chuck,
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Schwartz, Allyson,
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Schweikert, David,
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Scott, Tim,
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     Charleston harbor funding supported by,
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     at Washington Night,
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sea power,
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secessionists,
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Second Amendment,
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Select Committee on Global Warming,
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Selma, Ala.,
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Senate, U.S.,
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     Appropriations bills in,
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     balanced budget amendment in,
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     BTU bill in,
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     Cut, Cap, and Balance in,
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     H.R.1’s failure in,
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     as initially private,
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     low approval rating of,
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     Republican filibuster possible in,
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     2009 Democratic control of,
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Senate Finance Committee,
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September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,
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Sessions, Pete,
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     at dinner on night of Obama’s inauguration,
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sexual orientation,
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Shadegg, John,
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Shalom Show, The
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Sharia: The Threat to America
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Shuler, Heath,
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Shuster, Bud,
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Sickles, Daniel E.,
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Siegal, John,
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Sierra Club,
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Silicon Valley,
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Simpson, Mike,
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Singapore,
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Sinise, Gary,
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60 Minutes
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slavery,
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Smith, Adrian,
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Smith, Lamar,
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Social Security,
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     amendments to,
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     debt ceiling and,
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Somalia,
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Songwriters Caucus,
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South Carolina,
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     3rd Congressional District of,
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     Chamber of Congress,
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Southerland, Steve,
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Space Shuttle liftoffs,
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speech, freedom of,
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Spence, Roy,
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spider lobbyists,
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Sportsmen’s Caucus,
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Spratt, John,
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Standard & Poor’s,
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Stark, Pete,
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state debts,
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State Department, U.S.,
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states’ rights,
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State of the Union addresses,
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     of 2011,
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     of 2012,
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Statuary Hall,
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Steel, Mike,
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Stern, Howard,
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Stevens, Ted,
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“Still the One” (song),
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stimulus,
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Stupak, Bart,
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summer job security,
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Sumner, Charles,
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Super Bowl,
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Super Committee,
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     creation of,
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     deficit reduction plans of,
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     Reid’s expectation of failure for,
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Supreme Court, U.S.,
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Syria,
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Taft-Hartley,
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Taking the Hill: Inside Congress
(TV program),
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Tanner, John,
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Tantalus Club,
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taxes,
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     Bush’s cuts to,
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     cabaret,
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     debt ceiling and,
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     Democratic plan to raise,
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     on gas,
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     lowering of,
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     payroll,
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     proposed, on wealthy,
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tax reform,
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Taylor, Gene,
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Tea Party,
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     Conservatives Taking Back America rally of,
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     debt ceiling and,
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     default not feared by,
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     Dingell’s disdain for,
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     first,
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     light bulb law opposed by,
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     money raised by,
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     origins of,
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Tea Party Caucus,
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Teller, Paul,
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term limits,
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Ternes, Marie,
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Texas,
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     1st Congressional District of,
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     27th Congressional District,
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Texas State Senate, redistricting panel of,
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Theme Team,
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This Week’s Egregious Earmark,
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This Week with Christine Amanpour
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Thomas, Bill,
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Thomas, Clarence,
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Thompson, Frank,
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Tiananmen Square,
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Tiberi, Pat,
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Tierney, John,
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Tikrit, Iraq,
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tobacco subsidies bill,
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Toomey, Pat,
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Tortilla Coast,
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tort reform,
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Town, The
(film),
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town hall meetings,
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     belligerence in,
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Towns, Edolphus,
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trade bill,
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trade embargo, by Jefferson,
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transportation authorization bills,
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transportation “technical corrections bill,”
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Treasury Department, U.S.,
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Trenton, Battle of,
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Triangle,
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Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP),
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Truman, Harry S.,
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