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      <excerpt> US Congressman Jerry Costello, D-Beleville, voted for HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, &amp;quot;the most significant health care bill considered ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;Jerry Costello is on board,&amp;quot; Dunstan reiterated. &amp;quot;Send letters to Dick Durbin.&amp;quot; Speaking after the breakfast meeting, Zach Miller, facilities manager for ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...also would mean that our area could forget about new economic development between the river and Interstate 255. U.S. Rep. Jerry Costello has a pending bill that would freeze the federal flood insurance requirements as long as metro-east leaders are acti</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. John Boccieri (OH) Rep. Dan Boren (OK) Rep. Bobby Bright (AL) Rep. Dennis Cardoza (CA) Rep. Christopher Carney (PA) Rep. Ben Chandler (KY) Rep. Travis Childers (MS) Rep. Jim Cooper (TN) Rep. Jim Costa (CA) Rep. Jerry Costello (IL) ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14]. Aye. Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5]. Aye. Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20]. Aye. Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12]. Aye. Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2]. Aye. Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4]. Nay. Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7] ...</excerpt>
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