On the morning after the House vote the Senate Finance Committee's chairman Bob Packwood (R-Oregon) and its ranking minority member James Exon (D-Nebraska) told me they'd seek deficit cuts before they'd go along with tax cuts in the Senate version of the bill.

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Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, then you also blast them and make them pay for acting so foolishly.

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Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, is bucking his party's leadership by supporting new drilling.

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Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, in a letter to the president last month.

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Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, who first floated the proposal of tearing down the prison to colleagues this week, told CNN that he believes such a move would send a strong signal to the international community that America is ready to "put it all behind us" and begin the healing process.

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D. in finance from the distinctly unglamorous University of Nebraska.

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Alexander Payne, who sat on last year's Palme d'Or jury, is in competition this year with his film Nebraska, about a father and son trekking from the state of Montana to Nebraska to claim some prize money.

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