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  1. The phone booth caucus: House Democratic freshmen

    By Becca Heller Aug 23, 2012 6:20 p.m.

    Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the first black woman elected to Congress from Alabama, is the president of this year's small Democratic freshmen class. Those nine freshmen, dubbed the "noble nine" by supporters, elected the Harvard-educated lawyer as the leader of a small, but diverse class that includes four women, four African Americans and one openly gay member and one who identifies as Buddhist.

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  2. Profile: Rick Berg

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 23, 2012 10:26 a.m.

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  3. Super PAC Profile: CREDO takes aim at House freshmen

    By Jake Harper Aug 21, 2012 12:48 p.m.

    The CREDO SuperPAC exists in spite of—or because of?—its own desire to overturn Citizens United, the Supreme Court case that led to the creation of super PACs. “We wouldn't launch this SuperPAC unless we felt it was absolutely necessary to fight back,” says the group's website. But this sort of self-loathing isn’t the group's only unusual trait. Among organizations whose purpose is to obscure funding sources, CREDO is unique in its transparency.

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  4. Profile: Allen West

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 21, 2012 11:19 a.m.

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  5. Profile: Ann Marie Buerkle

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 21, 2012 11:19 a.m.

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  6. Profile: Francisco Canseco

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 21, 2012 11:19 a.m.

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  7. Profile: Chip Cravaack

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 21, 2012 11:19 a.m.

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  8. Profile: Chris Gibson

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 21, 2012 11:19 a.m.

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  9. Masters of the (golf) universe? Augusta's first female members wield political influence

    By Lindsay Young Aug 20, 2012 1:02 p.m.

    Ninety-two years ago to the week after American women gained the right to vote, they finally gained access to the hallowed greens of one of the the nation's premier golf clubs. We tell you why we think the two historic firsts are connected.

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  10. House freshmen: New members find new earmarks?

    By Ryan Sibley Aug 16, 2012 8:25 a.m.

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  11. Profile: Robert Dold

    By Sunlight Reporting Group Aug 15, 2012 6:40 p.m.

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  12. Profile: Mick Mulvaney

    By Aug 15, 2012 6:37 p.m.

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  13. Profile: Todd Young

    By Aug 15, 2012 6:36 p.m.

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  14. House freshmen: Campaign finance raw data

    By Anupama Narayanswamy Aug 14, 2012 11:26 a.m.

    For the data nerds out there, we've put together spreadsheets of the campaign finance analysis of the freshmen class used for this story. It includes data reported to the Federal Election Commission as of the second quarter of 2012. Click below to see a table.

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