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Former Rep. Jay Johnson Dies at 66

By Tricia Miller
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 20, 2009, Midnight

Former Wisconsin Rep. Jay Johnson (D), who worked as a journalist, politician and eventually director of the U.S. Mint, died suddenly Saturday in Bristow, Va. He was 66.

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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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