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Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker Dead

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** FILE ** From left to right, Sen. Russell Long, D-La., Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., clasp hands in this Aug. 3, 1981 file photo on Capitol HIll in Washington, following the approval by the Senate of President Reagan's tax cut package. Long, a Louisiana Democrat who greatly influenced the nation's tax laws during more than 32 years in the Senate, died Friday, May 9, 2003 night. He was 84. (AP Photo/File)AP