OPENING THE RECORD
Government on this dateJanuary 2, 1983
PEOPLE & OFFICES
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U.S. Representative
Michael Darr Barnes
Maryland · District 8
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U.S. Senator
Max Baucus
Montana
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U.S. Representative
Robin Leo Beard Jr.
Tennessee · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Berkley Warren Bedell
Iowa · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Anthony Charles Beilenson
California · District 23
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U.S. Representative
Cleveland Keith Benedict
West Virginia · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Adam Benjamin Jr.
Indiana · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Charles Edward Bennett
Florida · District 3
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U.S. Senator
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.
Texas
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U.S. Representative
Douglas K. Bereuter
Nebraska · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr.
Arkansas · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Tom Bevill
Alabama · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Mario Biaggi
New York · District 10
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U.S. Senator
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Delaware
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U.S. Representative
Jonathan Brewster Bingham
New York · District 22
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Associate Justice
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Representative
James Johnston Blanchard
Michigan · District 18
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U.S. Representative
Tom Bliley
Virginia · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Corinne Claiborne Boggs
Louisiana · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Edward Patrick Boland
Massachusetts · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Richard Walker Bolling
Missouri · District 5
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U.S. Representative
William Hill Boner
Tennessee · District 5
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U.S. Representative
David E. Bonior
Michigan · District 12
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U.S. Representative
Don Leroy Bonker
Washington · District 3
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