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	Washingtonpost.com: Direct Access with Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		John Spratt (D-S.C.): We expect a managed care reform bill to be on the floor by the end of this week.
		John Spratt (D-S.C.): The budget is in surplus for the first time in 30 years, which is something to savor.
		John Spratt (D-S.C.): The congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been cautious and conservative in recent years because it has been wrong in the past and it did not want to let Congress assume that the budget deficit could be forecasted away.
	yp.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/98/spratt072298.htm (2329 words)

	Father John Spratt - Beloved of Dublin's Poor
		John Spratt was received into the Order on December 5th 1816 and at the end of his novitiate was professed on December 31st 1817, as a member of the Irish Province.
		Spratt replied that it would be hard to send them as they needed all they had at the moment and added that there was a certain antipathy to Irish clergy among the clergy and layfolk in England.
		Spratt suggested that a fitting welcome should be prepared for the Lord Lieutenant, Earl Spencer, and his wife on their arrival at Kingstown, as he had promoted religious freedom for the Irish Catholics.
	www.carmelites.ie /Archive/spratt.htm (11961 words)

	Citizens Against Government Waste: porkerofthemonth
		Spratt and his fellow Democrats have balked at many provisions in H.R. 4241, including trimming the growth in Medicaid and student loan payments.
		Spratt says the burden will be born by “Single mothers seeking child support from deadbeat dads…Students struggling to pay loans for their college education, foster children, the sick and poor whose only access to health coverage is Medicaid, or whose nutrition depends on food stamps” (The State, 11/07/05).
		Spratt prefers to bury his head in the sand and punt the problem to future generations to deal with.
	www.cagw.org /site/PageServer?pagename=news_porkerofthemonth (630 words)

	Editorial - The Item - 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		If one looks closely at the record of John Spratt without the filter of partisan rancor, there emerges a picture of a principled congressman who understands the meaning of public service and rigorously applies it to a job he has held with distinction for the past 16 years.
		Spratt has done that with his votes that led to his being named by Money magazine in 1996 as one of the top 25 members of Congress on pocketbook issues.
		As a relentless champion of Shaw AFB over the years, Spratt was instrumental in securing $11 million in construction projects at the base last year that strengthen the mission of Shaw and thus help protect it from future base closure rounds.
	www.johnsprattforcongress.com /speak/theitem1998.html (689 words)

	How Safe Is Your Fresh Produce? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		John Spratt's illness was as sudden as it was intense.
		Spratt was the third of three fatalities in the largest-known hepatitis A outbreak from a single source in U.S. history.
		And as with John Spratt, sometimes the disease is inexplicably fatal to those who have none of the usual risk factors.
	www.marlerclark.com /news/firm57.htm (3272 words)

	NEPA News
		Barely a month later _ on Nov. 14 _ John Spratt was dead at age 46 of liver failure, the third and latest fatality in the biggest known outbreak of hepatitis A in U.S. history.
		Spratt, who worked at a payroll processing company, fell ill after having the chicken fajitas with his 17-year-old daughter on Oct. 5 at the restaurant in the Beaver Valley Mall, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh.
		Spratt, a devout Christian family man, spent his last 10 days heavily medicated, never able to say goodbye to his wife, Robin, and daughters, Jacqueline, 17, and Kristen, 12.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10549992&BRD=2212&PAG=461&dept_id=465812&rfi=6 (811 words)

	Online NewsHour: Growth Plan -- Jan. 7, 2003
		JOHN SPRATT: It may have merit, but it should be in a tax reform bill.
		JOHN SPRATT: The reemployment account may be a good idea, but it's not an immediate solution to an urgent problem.
		JOHN SPRATT: Well, let me say about our proposal, it serves a dual purpose: Short-term stimulus to get a wobbly economy up on its feet and running again, and long-term responsibility to keep the budget in balance over the long term, because we think that's good for the economy.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/economy/jan-june03/plan_1-7.htm (3048 words)

	Hepatitis outbreak: How three families came together at tragedy's table (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		On another day, John Spratt might have plunked onto the worn, yellow-tweed couch in the wood-paneled office of Pastor Rich Liptak for what they called "the meeting after the meeting." Spratt was a deacon and superintendent of the Sunday school, taught classes and preached every Thursday night at services in the Full Gospel church.
		Spratt was still in his teens when he became a born-again Christian, accompanying his brother Joseph.
		John Spratt was too ill to be considered for the surgery.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/03321/240702.stm (2064 words)

	Spratt Emerges As Centrist Budget Authority in House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Spratt was by Pelosi's side as principal architect of the plan and took center stage at a Capitol press conference to explain it.
		Spratt is one of two Carolinians in the House Democratic leadership, along with Rep. James Clyburn of Columbia, vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus.
		Spratt's greatest feat, though, may be balancing his role alongside liberal Democratic leaders with his conservative upstate South Carolina district.
	www.scdp.org /DP/Press/1-17-03.html (739 words)

	John Spratt, Partner : Spratt Endicott Solicitors
		John is the senior partner of the firm and head of the company/commercial team.
		John is experienced in the areas of corporate finance and banking, group reorganisation, management buy-ins, management buy-outs, sale or purchase of businesses, sale or purchase of shares, share issues, joint ventures, venture capital agreements, computer agreements, distribution agreements, franchises, patent and trade mark licensing, software contracts, consultancy agreements, directors’ service agreements and shareholder agreements.
		John combines his legal expertise with a keen appreciation of each client’s commercial interests.
	www.se-law.com /people/jspratt.html (128 words)

	Enjoy The Drive -- Representative John Spratt, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Congressman John Spratt is a Democrat who has been representing South Carolina’s 5th District since 1983.
		Spratt is the ranking member of the House Committee on the Budget and also serves on the Armed Services Committee.
		Prior to his Congressional service, Rep. Spratt was an attorney, president of a bank, owner of Spratt Insurance Agency and a captain in the United States Army.
	www.enjoythedrive.com /content?id=8864 (84 words)

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		John Spratt was born in Charlotte, N.C., and resides in York, S.C. He received a bachelor's degree in 1964 from Davidson College, a master's degree in 1966 from Oxford University in England, and a law degree from Yale Law School in 1969.
		Spratt was first elected to the U.S. House in 1982.
		John Spratt was elected to the U.S. House in 1982 with 68 percent of the vote, defeating Republican John S. Wilkerson.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22720 (259 words)

	Faith carrying family through after 3rd hepatitis-related death - PittsburghLIVE.com
		John C. Spratt was a devout, quiet man committed to his family and church.
		Spratt is the third person to die in the outbreak.
		John Spratt and Robin, his wife of 19 years, were deeply involved with their church, Wildwood Chapel of Aliquippa.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/tribnorth/news/s_165453.html (485 words)

	Online NewsHour: Shrinking Surplus -- August 21, 2001
		JOHN SPRATT: Well, first of all, the tax cut this year was $74 billion.
		JOHN SPRATT: In the Congress-- both houses, both parties-- we reached a consensus, and that consensus was that now that we've finally got the budget in surplus, we're not going to borrow any more to fund spending out of the Medicare trust fund or the Social Security trust fund.
		JOHN SPRATT: Well, what we hope this policy will do-- that is, buying up outstanding debt- drive down interest rates even more and be a boost to the interest- sensitive sectors of the economy that are usually at the leading edge of a growing economy: Automobiles, housing.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/economy/july-dec01/surplus_8-21.html (2072 words)

	Arms Control Association: ACA Events: Stopping the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction
		John Foster's advice to us then was not just to secure these materials, but to create a rigorous system of accounting for it.
		Spratt: Well, it's hard to take on the president of the United States, particularly when he is on the brink of war in two theaters, and you want to say he's my president, right or wrong, and close ranks in these circumstances.
		Spratt: Well, the first notice that we had that the Bush administration was considering something like the Iraqi situation was in early August just before we left for summer break.
	www.armscontrol.org /events/spratt.asp (7179 words)

	Spratt Urges President to Fund Non-Proliferation Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. John Spratt (D-SC), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, is urging President Bush not to cut funding for critical U.S. non-proliferation programs aimed at reducing the risk of weapons proliferation in the former Soviet Union.
		Spratt’s letter also noted that a blue ribbon panel had recently concluded that the non-proliferation programs were among the United States’ most critical national security investments.
		Spratt’s letter concluded that President Bush should "recognize that a cut in our support of these programs would be a mistake, and would send the wrong signals to Russia and our allies about our commitment to reducing the threats posed by weapons of mass destruction at a time when we should be reaffirming that commitment.
	www.ceip.org /files/projects/npp/resources/sprattnonprolifprograms.htm (763 words)

	Sounding the Alarm on Nuclear Proliferation (washingtonpost.com)
		From those beginnings, fueled by a puzzle-solver's patience for detail and an education fancier than he readily lets on, Spratt has become an expert on U.S. nuclear policy and one voice among a devoted few on Capitol Hill sounding the alarm about atomic danger.
		When Spratt, the House Budget Committee's senior Democrat, examines President Bush's nonproliferation budget requests, he sees an approach he calls "politically correct" but "not aggressive at all.
		Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, describes Spratt as "the most influential House Democrat on defense and nonproliferation issues." In January, he became assistant to the House Democratic leader.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A4758-2004May31.html (666 words)

	Representative John Spratt, Proudly Serving the People of the 5th District of South Carolina
		Since coming to Congress, Spratt has secured more than $100 million in construction projects for the base, including $5 million for the education center.
		Spratt was one of 25 award recipients nationwide.
		Spratt Statement on the Indictment of Lewis Libby
	www.house.gov /spratt (236 words)

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		Spratt, who co-chairs the Congressional Textile Caucus, said there are a number of provisions in CAFTA that will have a negative impact on the domestic textile industry:
		Spratt said: “Import quotas have just been imposed to protect items like these from a flood of imports coming out of China.
		Spratt said, “The Administration has been warned that many members who otherwise support free trade want worker and environmental protection to be written into trade agreements.
	www.schotline.com /cafta122003.htm (595 words)

	Third death as hepatitis cases reach 490 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Beaver County hepatitis A outbreak, already one of the largest in history, claimed its third victim yesterday as the number of confirmed cases climbed to 490.
		John Spratt, 46, of Aliquippa, died in an intensive care unit at UPMC Montefiore, where he had been treated since Nov. 5, said his brother, Joseph Spratt, of Patterson Township.
		John Spratt was flown by an air ambulance to UPMC Montefiore.
	www.pittsburghpostgazette.com /pg/03319/240246.stm (1333 words)

	CNN.com - 'I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy' - Nov. 21, 2003
		Barely a month later -- on November 14 -- Jack Spratt was dead at age 46 of liver failure, the third and latest fatality in the biggest known outbreak of hepatitis A in U.S. history.
		Spratt, who worked at a payroll processing company, fell ill after having the chicken fajitas with his 17-year-old daughter on October 5 at the restaurant in the Beaver Valley Mall, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh.
		By Pitt's October 25 game, Spratt was feeling fine and thought he had gotten over the flu or whatever it was, his brother said.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/HEALTH/conditions/11/21/hepatitis.outbreak.ap (920 words)

	USATODAY.com
		John Spratt began his 11th term in the House as the handpicked assistant to Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
		Spratt has helped lead efforts to call attention the Bush Administration's fiscal problems.
		According to a vote study conducted by Congressional Quarterly, Spratt voted with President Bill Clinton 74 percent of the time in 1999, but he also has opposed the administration when he felt it was necessary on issues related to textiles, one of the district's major industries.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/CandidateProfile.aspx?ci=612&oi=H (273 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Citizens Against Government Waste Names Rep. John..." (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Rep. Spratt and his fellow Democrats have balked at many provisions in H.R. 4241, including trimming the growth in Medicaid and student loan payments.
		In actuality, the proposed savings are not "cuts"; they merely slow the growth of mandatory spending from an average of 6.4 percent to 6.3 percent per year (one tenth of one percent), still twice as high as inflation.
		Rep. Spratt prefers to bury his head in the sand and punt the problem to future generations to deal with.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=56525 (673 words)

	About Us \| HouseDemocrats.gov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Congressman John Spratt (D-South Carolina) is Ranking Member of the Budget Committee and second ranking Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, where he also serves on its Strategic Forces Subcommittee.
		First elected to Congress in 1982, John Spratt is lead Democrat on the Budget Committee and a negotiator of the Balanced Budget Agreement of 1997.
		John is married to Jane Stacy of Filbert, a graduate of Winthrop and Smith, and former school teacher.
	democrats.house.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=206 (375 words)

	ggreat
		He was noted to be a man of deep Christian faith, and died in 1924 while visiting his son, John Wesley Williamson to attend a revival meeting in Ore City--in the very house pictured in the home page.
		John Wesley Williamson was my grandfather and the home we are now living in was built for him and his wife Lula in 1910.
		The family of John James Spratt were pioneers in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, but he was born in Tennessee before his father brought the family to Upshur County, Texas where they settled near the Murray League community.
	www.dwilliamson.com /ggreat.htm (646 words)

	Arms Control Association: ACA Events
		Congressman Spratt is a leading member of the House Armed Services Committee and assistant to the Democratic leader.
		In fact, there is. If buried sufficiently, conventional weapons are reported to be nearly as effective as their nuclear alternative and can destroy buried bunkers without the risk of radioactive fallout and the ensuing political consequences.
		Spratt and others who believe nuclear weapons are not the best way to make America safer.
	www.armscontrol.org /events/20041215_NewNukesPanel.asp (6182 words)

	Knox County, Ohio, Mt. Vernon, History
		John Jones vs. Joseph Cherry Holmes and George Lybarger the complainent being thrice called did not appear, nor any person to prosecute this suit for him, therefore the injunction is dissolved and bill dismissed.
		John Roberts was buried by the brethren of this Lodge.
		On the 27th of December, the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist was commemorated by a social party in the Hall, whereat the officers elect were publicly installed, and an appropriate address delivered by Bro.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Knox/Knox1862File02.htm (14782 words)

	Congressman Tom Allen - Representing the First District of Maine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Panelists for the event were U.S. Representative John Spratt (SC), Ranking Member, House Budget Committee; Robert Bixby, National Executive Director, Concord Coalition; and Charles Lawton, Senior Economist, Planning Decisions, Inc. (the links in the box below are to PDF documents of the presentations made by the panelists).
		“John Spratt is the foremost expert on the federal budget in the House, respected by both Democrats and Republicans for his wisdom and leadership.
		Representative Spratt is the Assistant to the Democratic Leader, Ranking Member on the House Budget Committee and the second-ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee.
	tomallen.house.gov /showart.asp?contentID=1339 (442 words)

	Temperance Crusaders - Fr John Spratt, O.Carm
		Father John Spratt, a distinguished Carmelite priest from Whitefriar Street, addressed the meeting.
		He commented on how they were assembled ‘on the very spot which has been for ages the scene of so much drunkenness, riot and debauchery.’ Teetotalism had already resulted in more light-hearted, stronger and better men and women and much better Christians.
		Father John Spratt had returned from Spain in 1822 where he had studied and been ordained a priest of the Carmelite Order.
	www.carmelites.ie /Archive/temperancecrusaders.htm (953 words)

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