Even though polls showed that two-thirds of Americans of all political stripes supported the ideas in this bill, not one single Republican stepped up to say, this is the right thing to do.

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He stepped forward into a single, ferocious moment.

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Robinson duly stepped up to give Gloucester victory by a single point.

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Barack was raised by a single mom who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed help.

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He was raised by a single mother who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills, and when she needed help, who stepped up?

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