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U.S. Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee answer questions from a reporter during the press conference at the beginning of the picnic Saturday evening.

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From Web And New Media.org 
By  Richard Hall
I’m not sure where I first heard about the net neutrality concept (as described by Tim Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web), but I really became drawn into the issue emotionally, since the violation of net neutrality seemed like it could have a huge negative impact on video […]

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By: Josh Kraushaar
“This was a big surprise to everyone, including me,” said a senior adviser to Blunt. “We were running on a pretty robust plan for reelection. He would have been in a very tight race, but I certainly thought there was a pathway for him to beat Jay Nixon.”
Blunt’s sudden decision […]

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The Federal Food Donation Act, sponsored by Eighth District U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson, won unanimous passage this week in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The legislation would clear the way for donations of prepared foods from federal food service contractors to non-profit organizations which serve the hungry.
Citing 35 million Americans, 12 million of them children, […]

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Some centrist Republicans could pay a political price for voting on Thursday to sustain Bush’s veto of a five-year, $35 billion expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), according to new polling conducted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and obtained by The Hill.
One poll found that 42 percent of voters are […]

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By Bob Cusack
A group of 28 House lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan agreement on Iraq Tuesday and called on their leaders to “end the political rhetoric and focus on substantive approaches to improving stability” in the Middle Eastern country.
At press time, Reps. Mike Castle (R-Del.) and John Tanner (D-Tenn.) released the multi-pronged “Bipartisan Compact on Iraq […]

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