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      <excerpt>...that highlighted the difference in priorities between the two political parties. The House bill -- which Republican Rep. Roy Blunt denounced as ``a 2,000-page road map to a government takeover of healthcare'' -- would make the biggest changes in the nat</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Roy Blunt's Senate campaign estimates liberal special interest groups have spent more than $500,000 in negative advertising attacking his record -- and it's not even 2010 yet. The Missouri Republican Party says it spent about $10,000 for an online adver</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s a 2000-page roadmap to a government takeover of health care,&amp;quot; Missouri Republican Roy Blunt said of the House bill. California Republican Devin Nunes ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Roy Blunt, Ike Skelton or JoAnn Emerson, who each represent parts of southwest Missouri. With Congress currently tackling health insurance reform and poised ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Roy Blunt is undeniably a typical product of years in Congress. You know what that means. As expressed by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1880s, &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s just like ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> WASHINGTON &#8211; Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt conceded this afternoon that Democrats would narrowly approve a $1.1 trillion health reform bill over ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...pieces of House legislation ever, congressional historians say.Republicans are making political theater of the bill's bulk. Rep. Roy Blunt (R. Mo.) said the bill is longer than War and Peace (1,225 pages) and the King James Bible (1,291 pages). Rep. Mic</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is video of U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt's speech on the House floor earlier today about the Democratic health care reform bill being debated tonight in the House of Representatives.  You must be logged in to leave a comment.    Login    |  Register    You must </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Shimkus No. Missouri. Ike Skelton No. Todd Akin No. Russ Carnahan Yes. Lacy Clay Yes. Jo Ann Emerson No. Blaine Leutkemeyer No. Roy Blunt No. Posted by Diane Meyer at 11:44 AM in Illinois musings, Missouri, politics | Permalink ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Blunt: We can&amp;#39;t afford this bill. Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt spoke against the health care bill earlier today on the House floor: Posted by Randy at 8:43 PM. 0 comments: Post a Comment &amp;middot; Newer Post Older Post Home ...</excerpt>
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