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      <excerpt>...received a positive response from across the Democratic spectrum. &quot;This is the bill that we've been fighting for,&quot; said Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), a liberal who pressed Reid to revive the public option. Sen. Kent Conrad (N.D.), the budget chairman and a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...received a positive response from across the Democratic spectrum. &quot;This is the bill that we've been fighting for,&quot; said Sen. Sherrod Brown (Ohio), a liberal who pressed Reid to revive the public option. Sen. Kent Conrad (N.D.), the budget chairman and a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...or more in lost production and sales. Peanut Corp., which was based in Lynchburg, Va.,&#160;went out of business. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said he was concerned the bill wasn't extensive enough to properly monitor companies such as peanut processing plan</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...reconciliation&quot; maneuver to pass the bill, but some lawmakers had pushed for that move earlier (Dennis and Pierce, 11/16).  &quot;Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who requested the meeting with Reid, said progressives believe they have compromised enough on the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...either declined or hadn't given a response. &quot;We'll still be knocking on their doors and dropping off a letter from Sen. Sherrod Brown and a DVD on childhood cancer,&quot; he said. &quot;Hopefully someone will look at this and realize this is a population that has</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in the Clyde area.  Now, one family is turning to Washington DC for help. Warren Brown and his wife Wendy met with Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown in his DC office this morning. The Clyde couple gave the senator a DVD.  Warren told us, &quot;It talks about the st</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...We're hoping for your personal depiction of your state.&quot; The senators that contributed were:   Mark Begich (D) of Alaska   Sherrod Brown (D) of Ohio   Saxby Chambliss (R) of Georgia   Susan Collins (R) of Maine   Byron Dorgan (D) of North Dakota   Richa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...reconciliation&quot; maneuver to pass the bill, but some lawmakers had pushed for that move earlier (Dennis and Pierce, 11/16).  &quot;Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who requested the meeting with Reid, said progressives believe they have compromised enough on the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Russ Feingold (Wis.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Al Franken (Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Roland Burris (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Mark Udall (Colo.) and Robert Byrd (W.Va.)</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>My friend and long-time political mentor, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), recently introduced the Wounded Veteran Job Security Act. The act would ensure that the nation&amp;#39;s wounded veterans are protected from workplace discrimination ...</excerpt>
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