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      <excerpt>...bills can be finished individually. Senate Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said Monday conferees might meet Wednesday to approve the final version of her panel's bill. &quot;We are ready to go,&quot; she sa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...cut through to what's about you. This article features natural remedies for common women's health issues.  Recently, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) thought it morally repugnant and offensive that some private insurers would demand sterilization of females</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> That is the knee jerk response of my favorite hypocrite--Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD). However, the &amp;quot;Baltimore Sun&amp;quot; reported, on Oct. 2, 2009, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...will refresh peoples memory about looking at the night sky and enjoying its beauty. Juliana Albowicz, assistant to U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, and state Sen. Donald F. Munson attended the unveiling. Munson noted that Mikulski had been instrumental in sa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Legislation mandating that lahood set those standards has the support of most House members from the DC metro area, and Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) is a strong ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Meanwhile, Senators Barbara Mikulski and Diane Feinstein have begun strategizing how to keep Stupak off the Senate bill, the New York Times reports. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Meanwhile, Senators Barbara Mikulski and Diane Feinstein have begun strategizing how to keep Stupak off the Senate bill, the New York Times reports. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski. Is this a Georgetown lounge? No, try a common area complete with X-Box 360, which we tested. This is just part of the 134K ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Meanwhile, Senators Barbara Mikulski and Diane Feinstein have begun strategizing how to keep Stupak off the Senate bill, the New York Times reports. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;I am so proud that more than ever before, Maryland truly is home to America&amp;#39;s cyber security efforts,&#8221; said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., who serves on the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>called the abortion language &#8220;a masterful job&#8221; and Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she could live with it. But Nelson called the abortion language &#8220;pretty sketchy,&#8221; and the National Right to Life Committee blasted it as &#8220;totally ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>This will result in an across the board increase in premiums and a redistribution of wealth from younger to older Americans. Contact Barbara Mikulski&amp;#39;s Offices Washington, DC 503 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski (above with a photo of Rosa) introduced the bill on Tuesday. She said the measure was motivated by a desire to assist &#8220;this little girl and all the children &#8230; who are labeled, stigmatized, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Not to be outdone, short, semi-closeted lesbian Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)(not actually mentally retarded, just behaving as such in the Senate) introduced legislation to ban &amp;quot;mentally retarded&amp;quot; from the federal lexicon as well. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>From Sen. Barbara Mikulski&amp;#39;s (D-MD) office. Here&amp;#39;s the Disability Scoop story about it. WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8211; U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (pictured) Nov. 17 introduced Rosa&amp;#39;s Law, a bill that will eliminate the terms &#8220;mental ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Today, I also heard that Barbara Mikulski sponsored a bill basically saying you can&amp;#39;t use the word &amp;quot;retarded&amp;quot; anymore. You have to use &amp;quot;Intellectually Disadvantaged&amp;quot;. LOL I think that term could apply to a lot of people. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Press Release from Senator Mikulski (11/17/09): SENATOR MIKULSKI INTRODUCES BILL TO STRIKE TERMS &#8220;MENTAL RETARDATION&#8221; AND &#8220;MENTALLY RETARDED&#8221; FROM FEDERAL LAWBOOKS &#8220;Rosa&amp;#39;s Law&#8221; honors young girl whose brother said, ... The Arc of the United</excerpt>
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