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      <excerpt> ... 630 NE Killingsworth Ave. for Dr. King has been an effort nearly three years in the making, when Rep. Earl Blumenauer first proposed the change in 2007. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to name-calling of those opposed to the legislation. As the New York Times reported on Nov. 7: According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, &quot;Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-gover</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> In an Op Ed, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon explains how his bipartisan proposal to have Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life discussions morphed into ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Section 1233, included at the request of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and written by the pro-euthanasia organization Compassion and Choices, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> and Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) got in some high-quality hangout time over last week&amp;#39;s recess. On Thursday, the bicoastal duo (in tabloid form, we&amp;#39;re dubbing ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Congressman offers a lesson today about how politics and the media collude to distort rational discussion. In an Op Ed, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon explains how his bipartisan proposal to have Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life discussions morphe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> [Photo: Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sponsored the end-of-life care planning provision.] You&amp;#39;ve got to admit that our federal congressmen have some moxie. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Of course, the Congressman-Who-Apparently-Shall-Not-Be-Mentioned is Earl Blumenauer, OR-3 and the LEAST vulnerable member of Congress from Oregon, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Perkins also said he is worried about the provisions Rep. Earl Blumenauer added at the request of the pro-euthanasia organization Compassion and Choices. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>It was interesting to read an opinion piece where Rep. Earl Blumenauer was pushing -- or should I say trying to explain -- the national health care bill that Congress just passed by a very narrow margin. Blumenauer takes almost half a ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...has proposed using $2 billion of it to give aid to homeowners facing foreclosures. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) have proposed using some of the money for infrastructure projects, which they say would lead to more jobs. A dec</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... provide a road map that leads to members of Congress finally enacting health care reform &#8212; and working together again on the long list of America&amp;#39;s unfinished business. Earl Blumenauer is a Democratic representative from Oregon. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) has proposed using $2 billion of it to give aid to homeowners facing foreclosures. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) have proposed using some of the money for infrastructure projects, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>A hearty laugh after reading the commentary today from my Representative Earl Blumenauer in The Oregonian. (I first read these comments in Sunday&amp;#39;s New York Times.) I was puzzled. After all, you&amp;#39;re my Representative here in Portland, ...</excerpt>
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