Boren, Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) are all familiar with the Capitol complex from their days as aides, while Jindal surely got to know the Hill during a stint as a political appointee at the Health and Human Services Department.

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"In order to make sure that the economy continues to grow, people have to get around in this country, " said Rep. Dan Maffei, D-New York, who was not in Congress when lawmakers passed the sweeping forced spending cuts that took effect in March, and says they were a bad idea.

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"Our goal at D-Link is to ensure each consumer has the best possible online experience, " said Dan Kelley, associate vice president of marketing, D-Link Systems, Inc.

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Bill Conway is the chief investment officer and Dan D'Aniello runs the real-estate funds.

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Dan Crane (R-IL) and Gerry Studds (D-MA) were revealed in 1983 to have had sexual relationships with teenage congressional pages, they were censured by the full House.

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