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      <excerpt>...said of the public option. &quot;And it brings a big element of risk to the bill.&quot;  A leading proponent of the public option, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said he was willing to accept Reid's opt-out clause. &quot;I understand the reasons for it at this particu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said of the public option. &quot;And it brings a big element of risk to the bill.&quot;  A leading proponent of the public option, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said he was willing to accept Reid's opt-out clause. &quot;I understand the reasons for it at this particu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...does not mandate or incentivize local service in smaller markets where local stations aren't delivered, but Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-Va.) said that was not the end of the story. &quot;I have heard from colleagues about their desire to incentiviz</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Meanwhile, Kaiser Health News reports on the state-run Children's Health Insurance Program and the health bills. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., &quot;opposed language in the [Senate] Finance bill that would have ended CHIP after Sept. 30, 2013, when its cur</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Two bills to ban the practice were introduced in the Senate on Nov. 5. One bill, the Distracted Flying Act, was sponsored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the transportation committee, and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the aviation</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Claire McCaskill&#8217;s mother was the victim of an Internet marketing scam, and according to Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), the Missouri Democrat is &#8220;absolutely in a rage about it.&#8221;  Rockefeller&#8217;s comments were made during a lively hearing of the C</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Byrd and today's milestone is another record that will never be broken.&quot;   Byrd's longtime colleague in the Senate, Sen. Jay Rockefeller gave a six minute speech about Byrd's love and commitment to the state of West Virginia. &quot;It has always rung true wh</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...earlier this month. The Commerce Committee may also weigh in on some of the bill's provisions. The panel's chairman, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.V.), is opposed to strong emissions limits. &quot;By the time we turn around, it's March,&quot; Ms. Boxer said of the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Agnes Carey writes about what might become of the Children's Health Insurance Program. One of it's staunchest backers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D- W.Va., isn't ready to see it swallowed up by a new health insurance marketplace designed by Congress (Kaiser </excerpt>
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