That meeting has framed our relationship: the chipper business rep and the fretting journalist.

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Three female committee chairwomen will also be losing their powerful perches: Rep. Louise Slaughter at the House Rules Committee, Rep. Nydia Velazquez at the Small Business Committee and Rep. Zoe Lofgren at the House Ethics Committee.

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Agencies that want to compete on quality struggle to remain in business, the rep said.

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"He thought what was more important was that deficits fall below growth as a percentage of GDP -- certainly a laudable goal, but I think the federal government, like any business or any family, needs to work towards a balanced budget, " Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, said afterward.

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Here's a sales rep on another day of cold calls, handing out another pile of business cards.

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Eight years ago, Texas resident Cynthia Ivie, a 43-year-old sales rep for Newsweek, struck out for Chicago with no more than a business idea and a 1989 Toyota Corolla packed with clothes, books, a vacuum cleaner, a stereo and a cocker spaniel named Buckley.

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Indeed, GeoEye (and the satellite image business) has friends from both sides of the aisle, notably Colorado pols--Rep. Mark Udall, D.

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