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      <excerpt>...vote against the bill unless additional abortion restrictions are included (Armstrong, CQ Today, 11/24). Meanwhile, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said on Monday that Senate Democrats will be working overtime to produce a final health reform bill by the en</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Tim Ryan, US Sen. Sherrod Brown and Bruce Gump, Delphi retiree representative, are scheduled to testify. Ryan, of Niles, D-17th, said the decision to have ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The holdout by the moderate entities of the Senate is very frustrating to liberal comrades like Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio: &amp;quot;I don&amp;#39;t want four Democratic ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The bill, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, would also increase the amount of the subsidy from 65 to 75 percent of health insurance premiums and ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&quot;incredibly high,&quot; Mr. Casey said the bill would extend the program through June 30. The bill, introduced by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, would also increase the amount of the subsidy from 65 to 75 percent of health insurance premiums and would include p</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Lee Fisher, joined by US Sen. Sherrod Brown and US Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, credited AEP for its &amp;quot;visionary&amp;quot; use of technology, saying, &amp;quot;This was competitive. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> It is very important we support Sen. Sherrod Brown&amp;#39;s Investments in Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology, or IMPACT, Act. This act will focus $30 ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> John Boccieri, D-Alliance, and US Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon, to put together a presentation to the VA to seek to persuade the agency to buy the Doctor&amp;#39;s ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>To remedy the situation, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (a Vermont indepdenent) and Sherrod Brown (an Ohio Democrat) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, ojecting to the government&amp;#39;s secrecy and asking &#8220;that the public be ...</excerpt>
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