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      <excerpt> Their reticence on that front has apparently backfired, too, since the Senate bill did not include an amendment authored by Barbara Mikulski that addressed ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> What concerns me is when elected officials such as Senator Barbara Mikulski decide overnight, based on public outcry from various sources and, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, introduced an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill Nov. 19 guaranteeing that health insurers cover ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to move forward with a vote on health reform legislation while the House passed its bill earlier this month. U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, introduced an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill Nov. 19 guaranteeing that health insurers </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...care. One Democrat wasn't taking chances on whether the recommendations had jeopardized access to affordable mammograms. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she would introduce an amendment that would limit the costs of the breast cancer tests for women </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she would introduce an amendment that would limit the costs of the breast cancer tests for women 40 and older. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...leaders to fight hard against changes &#8212; Republicans will attack provisions on taxes and abortion. Meanwhile, Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland is already looking to expand coverage for women&#8217;s health care, and other Democrats will be lining up with </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>On Tuesday, Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Michael Enzi (R-WY) introduced &amp;quot;Rosa&amp;#39;s Law&amp;quot;(S. 2781) a bipartisan bill to substitute outdated, stigmatizing terms in federal health, education and labor laws. The terms &amp;quot;mental retardation</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski is up for re-election in 2010, but nothing less than a GOP tsunami would defeat her. Ehrlich&amp;#39;s next chance would be 2012 when the seat held by Democratic Senator Ben Cardin would be on the ballot ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Since apparently Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski are both boring and hate National Geographic, maybe I&amp;#39;ll take up the challenge for my state and post the results sometime this week. Feel free to do the same in the comments. ...</excerpt>
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