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Narrow Agenda Has Policy, Political Benefits

By Emily Pierce and John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
April 15, 2008, Midnight

For a bill that passed committee last year with no discussion, Senate Democrats sure are making a lot of hay out of this week’s debate on the Highway Technical Corrections Act.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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