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Tax cuts split congressional delegation
The House members urge ending the cuts for top earners; the senators say the recovery would falter.WANT TO EXTEND TAX CUTS:WANT TO LIMIT TAX CUTS:

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Calif. delegation defends drone deal
Members rush to defend Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk drone after turbulence at Pentagon.

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South Dakota Delegation Announces Emergency Funding to Deal with Possible Grasshopper Infestat
WASHINGTON, DC (June 11, 2010) – U.S. Senators Tim Johnson (D-SD) and John Thune (R-SD) and U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) today announced that the USDA will provide $10.73 million in emergency Commodity Credit Corporation funding to respond to a possible grasshopper infestation across a number of western states, including South Dakota.

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Delegation inspects Louisiana response to BP oil spill
GALLIANO, La. — Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Ken Salazar and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday visited Louisiana to inspect the ongoing, unprecedented federal response to the BP oil spill — accompanied by a bipartisan Senate delegation including Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Ark.), Sen. Sheldon …

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Alaska delegation split on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’
The three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation have taken different positions on the question of whether to overturn the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that requires gays serving in the military to hide their sexual orientation.

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Congressional Delegation Blasts BP Over Gulf Spill
Maryland senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski and Rep, Elijah Cummings promised yesterday that U.S. taxpayers would not be asked to pick up the cost of the BP oil well catastrophe. WYPR’s Fraser Smith reports from the National Aquarium in downtown Baltimore.

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Maine’s congressional delegation discloses assets
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, continues to be the wealthiest member of Maine’s four-member congressional delegation, according to annual financial disclosure reports made available to the public Wednesday.

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Assets of Maine congressional delegation reported
New financial disclosure reports show U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe continues to be the wealthiest member of Maine’s four-member congressional delegation. Maine – United States – OlympiaSnowe – Government – Senate

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Alaska congressional delegation backs Shell Oil
Alaska’s congressional delegation favors Shell Oil’s plan to explore for oil this summer in the waters off the North Slope.

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Pelosi and Delegation Arrive in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a Congressional Delegation to Afghanistan, where they met today with U.S. Forces and were briefed by U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

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