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      <excerpt>...than a dozen GOP lawmakers urged protesterst to keep up the fight&quot;We are here for one purpose: Kill the bill!&quot; said Rep. Marsha BlackburnRep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, calls on conservative Democrats to rebelEarlier Saturday, President Obama urged p</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...discounted the effect of lost Blue Dogs support, saying &quot;They are not the majority of the (Democratic) caucus in the House.&quot; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, has long opposed the House Democratic plan. &quot;The Democrats have come up with a bill that mak</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of losing support from Blue Dogs. &quot;They are not the majority of the (Democratic) caucus in the House,&quot; DeParle said. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, has long opposed the House Democratic plan. &quot;The Democrats have come up with a bill that makes healt</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of losing support from Blue Dogs. &quot;They are not the majority of the (Democratic) caucus in the House,&quot; DeParle said. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Brentwood, has long opposed the House Democratic plan. &quot;The Democrats have come up with a bill that makes healt</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...hearing on the health risks involved with open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. -A news conference with Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and the Federation for American Immigration Reform on &#8220;weaknesses&#8221; in the Pelosi </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and businesses for not having health care insurance plans that meet Congressional standards, according to U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn. Blackburn expressed her opinion of the bill in a Thursday teleconference call held from Washington, D.C. Blackburn, R-B</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of taxpayer subsidy&#8230; there is still taxpayer money that is going in that direction,&quot; Deal said. Fellow Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, who co-sponsored the proposed amendment with Deal, called it &quot;absolutely unconscionable&quot; to let </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the festivities is the dedication of a Blue Star Memorial at 9 a.m. Monday at the Montgomery County Courthouse. U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn is expected to attend. The memorial will be dedicated to military service members, but the effort was started by t</excerpt>
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