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      <excerpt> Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Missouri Sen. Kit Bond released an analysis of the bill that passed the US House of Representatives that revealed that ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Forget Jay Nixon bagging deer for charity and Kit Bond&amp;#39;s witty banter on the Daily Show-- Senator Claire McCaskill is the one true ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and featured Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist Dave Barry. Chamber President Pete Levi, who will retire on Dec. 31, received a U.S. Senate resolution, sponsored by Sen. Christopher &#8220;Kit&#8221; Bond , R-Mo., honoring his service to the community.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republican Sen. Kit Bond has come out strongly against it, and Democratic Congressman Ike Skelton also voted against it. &#8220;I am concerned about the impact ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Missouri Sen. Kit Bond said, &amp;quot;Move over, Bernie Madoff. Tip your hat to a trillion-dollar scam.&amp;quot; Fact: That&amp;#39;s true. But Democrats contend the bills&amp;#39; major ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> I just sent the following e-mail to Missouri&amp;#39;s US senators, Kit Bond and Claire mccaskill:I&amp;#39;m just a man from Missouri. I&amp;#39;ve raised my family and enjoy my ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> SEN. KIT BOND (R-MO): Move over, Bernie Madoff. Tip your hat to a trillion-dollar scam. CBO expects Senate bill to reduce deficit by as much as $650 billion ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>An open letter to Sen. Bond on health care. MO Rage has an open letter to U.S. Sen. Kit Bond on why we need a public health care option. It&amp;#39;s easy to be worried about the future of Kansas schools. Forward Kansas is concerned about the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the cost of reform by imposing new taxes years before the tax credits would kick in to help Americans buy insurance. SEN. KIT BOND (R-MO): Move over, Bernie Madoff. Tip your hat to a trillion-dollar scam. CBO expects Senate bill to reduce deficit by as </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Labels: health care, health care costs, health care reform, health insurance companies, President Barack Obama, public option, Senator Christopher &amp;quot;Kit&amp;quot; Bond, single-payer health care system, US Health care ...</excerpt>
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      <title>Mo Rage: An open letter to Senator Christopher &amp;quot;Kit&amp;quot; Bond</title>
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      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 22:18:33 -0600 2009</created-at>
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      <excerpt>As a lawmaker, I&amp;#39;m proud to support an organization that gives voice to victims, enables these women and children to heal, and helps strengthen laws against the criminals of these horrendous crimes.&amp;quot; ~ Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) Sen. ...</excerpt>
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      <source>Young Feminists </source>
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      <title>Young Feminists: RAINN: CBS Investigation Points to Rape-Kit Chaos</title>
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      <created-at type="timestamp">Tue Nov 24 22:18:33 -0600 2009</created-at>
      <date type="timestamp">Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0600 2009</date>
      <excerpt>This statement from Sen. Kit Bond stands out: &#8220;The government-run plan will have higher premiums, and the C.B.O. said it will drive up the cost of health care.&#8221; Responding to this claim and similar ones made by Bond&amp;#39;s colleagues, ...</excerpt>
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      <created-at type="timestamp">Wed Nov 25 11:13:13 -0600 2009</created-at>
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      <excerpt>Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee predicts the measure will collapse under its own weight during debate. And Republican Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri calls the Democratic-sponsored measure a &amp;quot;scam.&amp;quot; ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Missouri can&amp;#39;t believe that U.S. Sen. Kit Bond is comparing the health care bill in the Senate to a ponzi scheme cooked up by Bernie Madoff. Why Cauthen&amp;#39;s out and Schulte is a better fit. The Source contends that former City Manager ...</excerpt>
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