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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MATHESON:H.R. 936.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, Section 4,Clause 1 of the United States Constitution.[Page H949]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>People Before Party Act of 2013 - Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state from providing a voter, in a federal election, with the opportunity to indicate the selection of a political party as a representation of the selection of an individual candidate. (Thus prohibits voting for a party instead of an individual or &quot;straight-party voting.&quot;)</p>]]></text>
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