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Phil Hare Congressional Papers 2007-2011 Accession Number: 12-019 Quantity: 1 box, .4 cubic feet

Subject Headings

Legislators – – Correspondence Legislators – United States – Handbooks, manuals, etc Legislators – United States – Archives United States – Politics and government – 2001-2009 – Congresses United States – Politics and government – 2009- United States – Politics and government – 21st century - Congresses

Philip (Phil) G. Hare is a former U.S. Representative (D) from the 17th Congressional District in . He served from January 2007 until January 2011. He was born on February 21, 1949, in Galesburg, Illinois and raised in Rock Island, Illinois. He graduated from Alleman High School in 1967 and later went on to receive an Associate’s degree from in Moline. In 1969 he began working at Rock Island’s Seaford Clothing Factory, where he served as a union leader. He also served six years in the U.S. Army Reserves. In 1982, Hare left his union position at the factory in order to assist his friend ’s run for the U.S. House of Representatives on the Democratic ticket. In 1983, after Evans was elected, he began working for the Congressman as district director, a position which he continued in until Evans retired in 2006. Hare was elected to fill Evans’s seat in 2007, where he served on numerous committees, primarily related to labor, education, health, and veteran’s issues. In 2012 he was appointed to the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees, which is the governing body of the university.

The Congressional Papers is a collection of documents, photos, video, and audio files relating to former Congressman Hare’s service in the United States House of Representatives. The majority of documents consist of legislative letters, copies of house bills, Hare’s legislative activity guide, and the rules of the House. There are also some items relating to Hare’s speeches, commencement addresses, actions on the House floor, and text of newspaper articles. The digital files include photos, video, and audio that relate to Hare’s service. There are extensive photos from Washington, DC, Capitol Hill, and the 17th District in Illinois. The audio and video items include conference calls, speeches, and news reports relating to important issues.

Box 1 of 1 Letter – from Lorraine C. Miller, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives Legislative Activity Guide 111th Congress 2nd Session, Phil Hare

Letter – from Lorraine C. Miller, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Cumulative Voting Record (One page) Corrected pages 121-124, Legislative Activity Guide 111th Congress 2nd Session, Phil Hare

Rules of the House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Prepared by Lorraine Miller

Letters - Outgoing Legislative Letters, “Dear Colleague Letters”, and Letters to the President and Dignitaries

1/18/2007 – Letter to Peter Ueberroth (Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee) 2/1/2007 – Letter to Administrator Johnson 4/25/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 4/26/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 1

4/27/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 4/27/2007 – Letter to Secretary Nicholson 4/30/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 5/8/2007 – Letter to President Calderon (President of Mexico) 5/8/2007 – Letter to Governor Gonzalez (Governor of Nuevo Leon) 6/6/2007 – Letter to Ms. Andrea Fischer Newman (Senior VP, Government Affairs, Northwest Airlines) 6/29/2007 – Letter to President Bush 7/19/2007 – Letter to Secretary Peters 9/28/2007 – Letter to Mr. Kevin E. Benson (President and CEO of Laidlaw International, Inc) 10/17/2007 – Letter (via fax) to Assistant Secretary Foulke 10/26/2007 – Letter to President Rogge (President of International Olympic Committee) 10/30/2007 – Letter to Mr. John Claringbould (Chairman of Global Issues Group) 11/1/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 12/5/2007 – Dear Colleague Letter 1/15/2008 – Letter to Members of Parliament of Canada 1/29/2008 – Dear Colleague Letter 2/1/2008 – Dear Colleague Letter 2/5/2008 – Letter to Chairmen Harkin and Peterson and Senator Chambliss and Rep. Goodlatte 3/13/2008 – Letter to Secretary Gates 3/18/2008 – Letter to President Bush 4/10/2008 – Letter to Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Walsh 4/14/2008 – Letter to President Alvaro Uribe Velez (Republic of Colombia) 4/17/2008 – Letter to Secretary Pelosi 4/18/2008 – Letter to Secretary Pelosi 4/30/2008 – Dear Colleague (Promote Safe and Effective Learning Environments) 5/29/2008 – Letter to Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Walsh 6/6/2008 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 6/16/2008 – Letter to Mr. Edwin G. Foulke (Asst. Secretary of Labor for OSHA) 6/26/2008 – Letter to General Casey 6/27/2008 – Letter to Secretary Abbot 6/27/2008 – Letter to Acting Secretary Donley 6/27/2008 – Letter to Chairmen Skelton and Snyder and Ranking Members Hunter and Akin 9/19/2008 – Letter to Secretary Gates 10/30/2008 – Letter to Progressive Caucus Members 11/5/2008 – Letter to President-Elect Obama 11/11/2008 – Letter to Chairman Oberstar 12/19/2008 – Letter to Vikram S. Pandit (CEO of Citi) 12/19/2008 – Letter to John J. Mack (Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley) 1/21/2009 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Republican Leader Boehner 2/10/2009 – Letter to Secretary Donley 2/11/2009 – Letter to President Obama 2/26/2009 – Letter to President Obama 5/6/2009 – Letter to Chairman Oberstar, Ranking Member Mica, Chairman DeFazio, and Ranking Member Duncan 5/7/2009 – Letter to Secretary Geithner 5/21/2009 – Letter to Secretary Geithner 5/21/2009 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 5/22/2009 – Letter to President Obama 6/3/2009 – Letter to Chairman Obey and Ranking Member Tiahrt 6/4/2009 – Letter to President Obama 2

6/19/2009 – Letter to Chairman Waxman 6/25/2009 – Letter to President Obama 7/6/2009 – Letter to Director Wenk 7/13/2009 – Letter to President Colom of Guatemala 11/18/2009 – Letter to Secretary LaHood 12/2/2009 – Letter to Secretary McHugh 12/4/2009 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 12/14/2009 – Letter to Administrator Jackson 12/17/2009 – Letter to President Obama 1/29/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid 2/4/2010 – Letter to Majority Leader Reid 2/12/2010 – Letter to Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell 2/23/2010 – Letter to Administrator Jackson 2/25/2010 – Letter to Postmaster General Potter 3/4/2010 – Letter to Secretary of State Clinton 3/8/2010 – Letter to Majority Leader Reid 3/26/2010 – Letter to Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Kline 4/12/2010 – Letter to Postmaster General Potter 5/10/2010 – Letter to Don L. Blankenship 5/18/2010 – Letter to Speaker, Majority Leader, and Majority Whip 5/20/2010 – Letter to President Obama 5/21/2010 – Letter to President Obama 5/26/2010 – Letter to Chairman Obey 6/3/2010 – Letter to Director Richardson and Secretary Hannig 6/8/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer 6/10/2010 – Letter to President Obama (Expressing concern about BP Oil Spill) 6/15/2010 – Letter to Secretary Shinseki 6/18/2010 – Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 7/1/2010 – Letter to Secretary Shinseki 7/21/2010 – Dear Colleague Letter 8/6/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood (Funding for FR-HSR-10-001) 8/6/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood (Grant Request for Rail Service) 8/13/2010 – Letter to Prime Minister Hasina 8/16/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood 8/27/2010 – Letter to Secretary LaHood 8/30/2010 – Dear Business Leaders Letter 9/20/2010 – Letter to Ambassador Kirk 9/24/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi 9/29/2010 – Letter to Prime Minister al-Maliki 10/13/2010 – Letter to Chairman Oberstar and Ranking Member Mica 10/14/2010 – Letter to Speaker Pelosi

Letters – Incoming Letters to Phil Hare

2/14/2008 – Letter from Secretary of Defense (Gates) 3/11/2008 – Letter from Jeffrey T. Bergner, Legislative Affairs 7/1/2008 – Letter from Edwin G. Foulke, U.S. Department of Labor 7/15/2008 – Letter from Janice Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs 5/14/2009 – Letter from Elizabeth Craig, Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA 3

8/27/2009 – Letter from Joseph R. Biden 9/4/2009 – Letter from Elizabeth Zimmerman, Assistant Administrator, Disaster Assistance Directorate 9/9/2009 – Letter from Hillary Clinton 10/7/2009 – Letter from Dean G. Popps, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army 10/19/2009 – Letter from Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor 10/21/2009 – Letter from Charlene Frizzera, Acting Administrator 11/10/2009 – Letter from Thomas J. Vilsack, USDA 11/13/2009 – Letter from John M. McHugh 12/4/2009 – Letter from Ashton B. Carter 1/7/2010 – Letter from John M. McHugh 1/21/2010 – Letter from Lori Cross, Manager, Post Office Relations 1/28/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 2/1/2010 – Letter from Ashton B. Carter 2/5/2010 – Letter from John R. Crane, Assistant Inspector General 2/24/2010 – Letter from General James L. Jones, USMC, National Security Advisor 3/15/2010 – Letter from Talaya S. Simpson, Government Relations, U.S. Postal Service 3/17/2010 – Letter from Eric K. Shinseki 3/22/2010 – Letter from Mathy Stanislaus, Assistant Administrator 4/12/2010 – Letter from Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor to the Secretary 4/19/2010 – Letter from John R. Crane, Assistant Inspector General 4/20/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 4/29/2010 – Letter from Talaya S. Simpson, Government Relations, U.S. Postal Service 5/4/2010 – Letter from James J. Markowsky, Office of Fossil Energy 5/6/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 5/6/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 5/13/2010 – Letter from Gary Locke 5/17/2010 – Letter from John M. McHugh 5/18/2010 – Letter from Thomas A. Barthold 5/18/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 6/2/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs 6/8/2010 – Letter from Joseph M. McDade Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Dept of Army 6/10/2010 – Letter from Ashton B. Carter 7/1/2010 – Letter from Ambassador Ron Kirk 7/12/2010 – Letter from Thomas A. Barthold 7/17/2010 – Letter from Janet Napolitano 7/26/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verma, Legislative Affairs Office 7/27/2010 – Letter from Eric Shinseki 7/30/2010 – Letter from Eric Shinseki 8/6/2010 – Letter from Donald Berwick, Department of Health and Human Services 8/11/2010 – Letter from Kermit W. Bell, a Disabled Vet and Board Member of Calhoun Medical Center 8/13/2010 – Letter from Frank Kendall 8/30/2010 – Letter from Donald Berwick, Department of Health and Human Services 9/7/2010 – Letter from Jill Franks, Bond County Board Chair, Greenville, IL 9/8/2010 – Letter from Richard R. Verna, Legislative Affairs Office 9/21/2010 – Letter from James J. Markowsky, Office of Fossil Energy 9/24/2010 – Letter from Donald Berwick, Department of Health and Human Services 9/29/2010 – Letter from Thomas R. Frieden, Director of the CDC – enclosed, Description of Fragile X Activities, two different versions of the Reports to Congress on Fragile X Syndrome

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9/29/2010 – Letter from Deputy to the Commander, Michael D. Viggato 11/16/2010 – Letter from Secretary of Defense (Gates) and Secretary of State (Clinton)

Personal and Political Papers – Speeches

5/20/2007 - Remarks of Congressman Phil Hare – Riverdale High School Commencement 5/8/2010 – Remarks of Congressman Phil Hare – Blackburn College Commencement 9/10/2010 – Remarks of Congressman Phil Hare – Award Acceptance Speech

Legislative Records – Remarks on the House Floor

11/7/2007 – Remarks on House Floor – Copy of Hare speech opposing U.S. – Peru Free Trade Agreement

Newspaper Articles – Copies of Text from Articles

10/5/2008 – Quad City Times article 3/3/2009 – The Hill article: The VA Needs Its Budget on Time! By Bob Filner and Phil Hare 5/7/2009 – Tribune article 5/29/2009 – District Wide article 6/14/2009 – Burlington Hawkeye article: I will Not Forget My Constituents in Gulfport 6/25/2009 – The Hill article 12/3/2009 – Politico article 12/7/2009 – The Hill article

Legislative Records – Bill Files

Bill H.R. 4290, December 11, 2009 Bill H.R. 4626, February 22, 2010 Bill H.R. 4759, March 4, 2010 Bill H.R. 4812, March 10, 2010 Bill H.R. 5041, April 15, 2010 Bill H.R. 5270, May 11, 2010 Bill H.R. 5376, May 25, 2010 Bill H.R. 5663, July 1, 2010 Bill H.R. 5808, July 21, 2010 Bill H.R. 6262, September 29, 2010 Bill H.R. 6268, September 29, 2010

Imation Jump Drive

Folder 1 – Audio Bush in Peoria 1/30/2007 (WAV) Health Care Press Conference Call, 7/31/2009 (MP3) Health Care Press Conference Call, 10/29/2009 (MP3) NDNEA (WAV) Rick Smith, 6/12/2010 (MP3) Thomson (MP3) WYEC Part 1, 8/20/2010 (MP3) WYEC Part 2, 8/20/2010 (MP3)

Folder 2 – DC Photos 5

2007 Subfolders 2/3/2007, Highway 30 Group 3/1/2007, Veterans Corporation 3/9/2007, Colbert Report 5/16/2007, Machinists Legislative Conference 5/24/2007, Assured Funding Presser 6/13/2007, U.S. – Korea FTA Presser 6/14/2007, U.S. – Columbia FTA Presser 6/20/2007, Knox Peace Corps Signing Ceremony 6/28/2007, Bicameral Rally on Trade 6/28/2007, Congressional Art Competition Winner 7/24/2007, Minimum Wage Rally 8/2/2007, Patriot Corp. Presser 9/25/2007, Association of the U.S. Army 10/24/2007, Illinois Farm Bureau 12/11/2007, AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Forum August 2007 – Israel CODEL

2008 Subfolders 2/14/2008, Quad City Development Group 2/27/2008, Hare Takes on Fragile X 4/2/2008, Columbian Labor Rights Briefing 4/14/2008, Columbian Labor Rights Briefing 4/15/2008, AFL-CIO Colombia Presser 4/24/2008, Cintas Workers Press Conference Call 4/24/2008, Illinois Breakfast with Durbin 5/13/2008, Colombian Labor Leaders 5/21/2008, Veterans Rally 5/22/2008, Duckworth 6/4/2008, Trade Act 6/19/2008, Hare Chairs E & L 7/8/2008, Titan 7/24/2008, PBIS Briefing August 2008, Iraq CODEL Fragile X RSVP Award Hare-Foley (jpeg)

2009 Subfolders 1/7/2009, General Wyche 1/8/2009, Sec. Peake 1/13/2009, International Labor Union Presidents 1/27/2009, T & I Committee 2/3/2009, House Rural Education Kickoff 2/4/2009, Knox Teach-in 3/4/2009, LaHood 5/7/2009, Sen. Durbin Constituent Coffee 5/19/2009, Trades and Labor District Council 58 5/20/2009, Ameren CEO Tom Voss 6

5/21/2009, Populist Caucus Panama Trade Press Conf 6/17/2009, Congressional Basketball Game McGruff 7/22/2009, Fragile X PSA 10/27/2009, IBEW Legislative Conference 11/3/2009, Oberstar Petitions

2010 Subfolders 2/25/2010, DAV Recognition Ceremony 3/3/2010, Fragile X Lobby Day 3/22/2010, UFCW Convention 5/5/2010, John Salley Meeting 5/19/2010, BP Oil Spill Hearing Final Photos

Miscellaneous Loose Photos Phil as Speaker 2 Phil as Speaker Phil with as chair Phil was as speaker 3 Phil with as speaker 4 Phil with as speaker 5 Phil with gavel2 Phil with gavel

Folder 3 – District Photos

2007 Subfolder 2007-03-30 Hare Tours Milikin University 2007-03-30 Hare Tours St. Mary’s Hosptial 2007-04-22 Fragile X, Rail Tour 2007-05-12 Hare Opens Carlinville Office 2007-05-19 Hare Hosts Town Halls in Springfield 2007-05-26 Hare Dedicates Water Project 2007-07-02 Hare Visits Western IL Tech Center 2007-07-03 Hare Celebrates VA Funding 2007-07-04 Hare Marches in Amvets Parade, East Moline 2007-07-09 Hare Marks Naming of Lane Evans Post Office, Rock Island 2007-07-13 Hare Celebrates Funding for Projects in Rock Island, Galesburg 2007-07-14 Hare Hosts Town Hall in Eldred 2007-07-20 Hare Visits Sunset Marina, Rock Island 2007-07-21 Hare Throws First Pitch at QC Swing Game, Military App Night 2007-08-07 Hare Marks Seven Months in Office 2007-08-08 Hare Hosts Medicate Events Moline 2007-09-13 Hare Hosts Veteran Events in Rock Island and Rock Falls with Filner 2007-10-27 Hare Visits Lock and Dam 21 Quincy 2007-11-16 Hare Celebrates Veterans Day, Decatur 2007-05-20 Riverdale High School 2007-05-28 Monmouth Memorial Day 2007-08-06 Monsato Visit, Sherrad Town

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2007-09-02 2007-09-03 Labor Day Chicago AFT Event May 2007 Feb District Break

2007 Loose Files 2007_6_13

2008 Subfolders 2008-01-24 Meetings with Steelworkers in Galesburg and re College Costs at 2008-01-25 Southern Education Bus Tour 2008-02-20 Visits to Richland, Milikin 2008-03-08 Meeting Re Flood Damage, Moline 2008-03-19 Iraq Anniv Town Halls Spgfld, Carlinville, Decatur 2008-03-20 Iraq Anniv Town Hall and Medals Presented to Bernard Johnson, Moline 2008-03-28 Visit to River Bend Food Bank Moline 2008-04-11 Tour of Natl Guard Readiness Center Galesburg and Anti-Columbia Rallies 2008-04-28 Hare Celebrates Workers’ Memorial Day, Decatur 2008-05-03 Hare Joins Juvenile Diabetes Walk 2008-05-12 Bill and Donna Fair Health Care 2008-05-17 Hare Discusses Poverty with Team Knox County 2008-05-17 PH Tours Midland Davis Recycling 2008-06-09 PH at George O Barr School in Silvis 2008-06-16 Hare Hosts Helmets to Hardhats Press Conference 2008-06-25 Presentation of Congressional Awards 2008-07-02 Hare Hosts Press Lunch, Litchfield 2008 Congressional Arts Competition 2008-06-28 Tour of Henderson County Flood Damage 2008-06-30 2008-08-12 2008-10-09 2008-10-15 Flood Review Henderson County Retirement Center Oberstar Quincy Delegation 2.22.08 Richland Community College 2.20.08

2009 Subfolders Announcement of funds for Calhoun County Art Contest 4/25/2009 Benld Modular School Benld School 11/23/2009 Benld School Visit 4/7/2009 Big Brothers Big Sisters Lunch Buddy Visit 4/8/2009 Carthage T&I Press 3/7/2009 Community Health Clinic Decatur ARRA Fund Announcement Decatur Labor Roundtable Decatur T&I Event 4/25/2009

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Des Plaines Rally 6/29/2009 Farm Bureau Comp Plan Petitions 10/24/2009 Fragile X Walk 4/25/2009 Galesburg ARRA 2/18/2009 Ground Breaking RIA 4/9/2009 Gulf Port Meeting with IEMA 6/1/2009 Gulf Port Tour H1N1 Update RI County Health Dept Il Electric Co-op Award 9/12/2009 Knox County Housing Authority Visit 5/16/2009 Letter Carries Convention 6/13/2009 Macoupin County Rural Education Forum 4/7/2009 Mercer County Hospital 4/8/2009 Mercer County Hospital Visit 3/8/2009 Mercy Medical Lab Tour Monmouth ARRA 10/24/2009 Olivia’s Birthday Part 5/2009 Parking Lot Pictures Phil Accepts Lincoln Bust from Achievement Industries 7/6/2009 Principal for an Hour Kewanee Middle School Rail Press 3/27/2009 Quincy River Issues Press Quincy T&I Press 3/7/2009 Read Across America 3/2/2009 Rock Island County Nursing Home Visit 3/30/2009 Rock Island Early Childhood Visit 10/26/2009 Seaford Rally 6/30/2009 Stand Down for Homeless Vets 9/18/2009 Swine Flu Briefing RICO Health Department 5/4/2009 Veteran’s Day 11/11/2009 Veteran’s Swing Quincy, Carthage, Macomb 7/2/2009 Visit to Monmouth School Visit to Rock Island High School 8/28/2009 Warren County Housing Authority 5/16/2009 Whiteside County YWCA Visit 3/27/2009

2009 Loose Files AFSCME Convention 2 AFSCME Convention Elliot Visit PH and St. Rep. Don Moffit R-Galesburg UPS Circle of Honor UPS Circle of Honor 2 Visit to 3M in Cordova 8/28/2009

2010 Subfolders ARRA Swing 2/1/2010

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2010 Loose Files Canton Mayor and PH Galesburg Approps LaHarpe Project PH at MLK Center PH Moline Mayor

Folder 4 – Hare & Evans Photos

PHA_Evans1 PHA_Evans2 Phil and Lane 2 Phil and Lane Phil-Evans

Folder 5 – Misc. Photos

7/15-16/2009 Healthcare Bill Markup 023 Colbert 1 Colbert 2 Colbert Fragile-X 2 Fragile-X Hare Close Up Hare Vets Hare-Nicholson Kennedy Photo Smith Winick Hare 1103 VeteransCorp_122 VeteransCorp_124 VeteransCorp_133 VeteransCorp_140

Folder 6 – Vanity Fair Photo

Phil Hare Vanity Fare

Folder 7 – Videos

Advanced Approps 2 (wmv) Advanced Approps White House (wmv) Advanced Approps (wmv) AIG (wmv) Augustana Resolution (wmv) Brandon Ballard (wmv) CBS 4 First-Time Homebuyer (wmv) Cintas (wmv) CNBC EFCA (wmv) CNN Burris (wmv) Col. John Wilson (wmv)

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Ed Schultz (wmv) Ed Show Jobs SOTU (wmv) Ed Show Jobs (wmv) Ed Show WV Mine Tragedy (wmv) FEMA Rules (wmv) Fox 18 First-Time Homebuyer (wmv) Fox Business EFCA (wmv) Fox News Burris (wmv) Fragile X PSA 2 (mp4) Fragile X PSA (mp4) Fragile X (wmv) Freight Rail (wmv) Geraldine Jordan (wmv) Ginny (wmv) Hardball Thomson (wmv) Hare Video (wmv) Health Care Reconciliation (wmv) Health Care Reform House Passage (mpg) Health Care Reform (wmv) Jobs for Main Street (wmv) Joyce Bean (wmv) Kirk Trade Reaction (wmv) KWQC Stimulus (wmv) Lincoln Bicentennial (wmv) Mine Safety Hearing (mpg) MSNBC Burris (wmv) Populist Caucus Press Conference (wmv) Rachel Maddow Hartmarx (wmv) Rachel Maddow (wmv) Schilling Same Sex Marriage (wmv) Single Payer (mp4) SOTU (mp4) Stewart Winstein Eulogy (wmv) Stewart Winstein (wmv) Stimulus CBS 4 (wmv) Student Loan Reform (wmv) UMWA Convention (mpg) VA PA (wmv) Wall Street Reform Conference Report (wmv) Wall Street Reform (wmv) Washington Journal (wmv) Workers Memorial Day (wmv) WQAD Burris (wmv) WQAD First-Time Homebuyer (wmv) WQAD Korea (wmv) WV Mine Disaster (wmv)

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