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Government on this dateJanuary 2, 1997
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U.S. Senator
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Colorado
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U.S. Representative
Tom Campbell
California · District 15
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U.S. Representative
Charles T. Canady
Florida · District 12
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U.S. Representative
Benjamin L. Cardin
Maryland · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Michael N. Castle
Delaware · At large
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U.S. Representative
Steve Chabot
Ohio · District 1
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U.S. Senator
John Hubbard Chafee
Rhode Island
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U.S. Representative
Saxby Chambliss
Georgia · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Jim Chapman
Texas · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
Idaho · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Jon Lynn Christensen
Nebraska · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Dick Chrysler
Michigan · District 8
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U.S. Representative
William Lacy Clay Sr.
Missouri · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Eva Clayton
North Carolina · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Robert Clement
Tennessee · District 5
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U.S. Representative
William Floyd Clinger Jr.
Pennsylvania · District 5
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William Jefferson Clinton
United States
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U.S. Representative
James E. Clyburn
South Carolina · District 6
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U.S. Senator
Daniel Coats
Indiana
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U.S. Representative
Howard Coble
North Carolina · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Tom Coburn
Oklahoma · District 2
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U.S. Senator
Thad Cochran
Mississippi
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U.S. Senator
William Sebastian Cohen
Maine
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U.S. Representative
Ronald D’Emory Coleman
Texas · District 16
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