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Negotiators found savings in other areas, including $2.5 billion in transportation funding that was likely to be used for earmarks,'' or funding targeted by lawmakers for home-state projects.
Talks Focus on Programs' Cuts Janet Hook 2011
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The last person to win the presidency shortly after a home-state defeat was Richard Nixon, who lost the 1962 California governor's race only to prevail six years later.
An Old Loss Dogs Surging Santorum Naftali Bendavid 2012
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Iowa plucked the freshman recruit away from home-state school Illinois late in the recruiting season after he verbally committed to the Illini. —
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Negotiators found savings in other areas, including $2.5 billion in transportation funding that was likely to be used for earmarks,'' or funding targeted by lawmakers for home-state projects.
Talks Focus on Programs' Cuts Janet Hook 2011
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He also ordered security briefings for the staffers who run lawmakers' home-state offices.
In Aftermath of Shooting: Calls for Security, Civility Jonathan Weisman 2011
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My home-state of SC deserves better than the nonsense from Wilson and Sanford.
Heckler Wilson 'a decent guy' with lock on district, observers say 2009
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The biggest seller of the insurance is MGIC Investment Corp. On Friday in an earnings conference call, its chief executive, Curt Culver , said the company's home-state regulator in Wisconsin has consulted with outside experts who concluded the company would have enough money to pay its claims even in a "stress scenario."
Mortgage Insurer Wilts Erik Holm 2011
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And Senators like home-state hospitals and device manufacturers.
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Many residents of one state work in the other, so Kansas has an agreement to withhold refunds to Missouri residents with home-state tax debts, and vice versa.
State-Tax Deadbeats Face Tough New Measures Laura Saunders 2011
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Why he may be chosen: Western roots would add real regional diversity to the court, and his home-state education may be seen as a plus for a bench dominated by Ivy leaguers.
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