Chambliss got into the race after being drawn into the same House district with fellow Rep. Jack Kingston.

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Jack Kingston, a Republican from Georgia, joined Minnesota Democrat Betty McCollum to offer bipartisan sponsorship for the amendment.

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So perhaps it should not be surprising that Jack Kingston this week lost his bid to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

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Now called the DRIVE Act, this legislation is expected to be resubmitted this Thursday by such leading lights as Senators Joe Lieberman, Sam Brownback, Evan Bayh and Norm Coleman and Representatives Eliot Engel, Jim Saxton, Mike Ross and Jack Kingston.

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Legislation along these lines was first introduced in the House during the last session of Congress with strong bipartisan support under the leadership of Republicans Jack Kingston and Jim Saxton of Georgia and New Jersey, respectively, and New York Democrat Eliot Engel.

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