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Staffers for Minnesota Congressman

by Josh Marshall
11.19.04 | 5:08 pm

Staffers for Minnesota Congressman Jim Ramstad spent the last two days telling constituents that they didn’t know how he voted, that he was a letter-writer and even that it was a ‘private vote’.

But late this afternoon Rep. Ramstad sent out emails letting constituents know he was in the Shays Handful voting against the DeLay Rule.

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