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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader (pro-tem) Harry Reid have both promised check-writing votes in the lame duck session, assuming they can fit that into all the other things they want to do before they lose their super-majorities.
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Shumlin, the former state Senate pro-tem, is an acerbic and witty liberal with a reputation for playing hard-ball politics.
Terry J. Allen: In Vermont, Shades of McCarthy Terry J. Allen 2010
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I saw him for the first time in the summer of 1972 at Saratoga, and still remember vividly his first stakes race, the Sanford, when he faced the pro-tem leader of the nation's 2-year-olds, Linda's Chief.
Secretariat: real-life footage is going to be awfully hard to beat Cindy Boren 2010
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As for pro-tem Governor David Paterson, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is favored to win the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2010 and Patterson may be consigned to the dustbin of Albany history.
Reese Schonfeld: "Informed Sources": What Really Happened When Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin Got Into Upstate New York Politics Reese Schonfeld 2010
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As for pro-tem Governor David Paterson, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is favored to win the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2010 and Patterson may be consigned to the dustbin of Albany history.
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Lana Wolff, mayor pro-tem and Arlington city councilwoman, spoke about the realities of serving in elected office.
Young Women of Texas Take the First Step to Leadership « AAUW Dialog 2010
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West Hollywood pro-tem Mayor John Duran, who said he had hoped to marry gay couples all day and night at the park, said the city would be ready to perform weddings the moment the stay was lifted Wednesday.
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As for pro-tem Governor David Paterson, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is favored to win the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2010 and Patterson may be consigned to the dustbin of Albany history.
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Several council members have speculated that Brown was preparing to remove Evans as chairman pro-tem of the council and name Cheh to the post.
Brown shakes up council committees Washington Post Editors 2010
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As for pro-tem Governor David Paterson, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is favored to win the Democratic nomination for Governor in 2010 and Patterson may be consigned to the dustbin of Albany history.
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