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By Ed Henry
Roll Call Staff
June 5, 2003, Midnight

In what now turns out to be an awkward bit of political timing, Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and Mark Souder (R-Ind.) on Monday pushed a resolution through the House honoring Sammy Sosa — just 24 hours before the baseball slugger got busted for using a corked bat.

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