Jim Cooper, proposed a much more limited alternative that did not include an employer mandate.

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The idea was quickly adopted by Republican Dean Heller in the Senate and Democrat Jim Cooper in the House.

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Thompson defeated his Democratic rival, Nashville congressman Jim Cooper in a landslide, and he still maintains this rugged, populist image.

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"We're going to take the unpaid-for tax extenders because we have to, " says a spokesman for Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.

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But another Blue Dog, Rep. Jim Cooper of Tennessee, says the coalition believes the uninsured will benefit from other provisions in the bill, which would change the insurance system.

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Rep. Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, said he appreciated Obama's promise to include disaster spending and the war in the new budget, instead of moving the items "off budget" to make the bottom line look better.

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Posh appointed Jim Gannon after Cooper's dismissal last month but Holdsworth's stock will rise dramatically after inspiring County to become the first side this season to be promoted in the English pyramid this season.

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Mr Byrne's letter acknowledged a recent "cordial" meeting between the SNP minister and UK ministers Yvette Cooper and Jim Murphy.

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