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	Democrats, ages 70, wrestle in Congress

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6-25-2009 9:20 PM

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yay! democrats

clip-on-tie says:

Are you ready to rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrumble?

She said he touched her first.

Obey had categorized the earmark as one of those inappropriate Monuments to Me appropriations.

Uh, uh, said a Waters staffer who told Politico that the center was named after Waters before she became a congresswomen, so there.

Each turns 71 later this year.

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6-26-2009 4:37 AM

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