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      <excerpt> PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP -- US Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, will be the featured speaker at this year&amp;#39;s Veterans Day ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Republican Congressman Vern Ehlers said he supports healthcare reform but this bill is not the solution. &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m looking for healthcare quality and to me means ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of outside groups paying for spouses' travel.  Reps. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township; Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph; and Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, visited Israel, Spain and the Canadian Rockies, respectively, with their wives, according to travel docum</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids and an AARP member, agreed the group is effective but said the income from health plans and potential benefits from ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The article also contains a map of the Dems&amp;#39; preferred redistricting plan, to turf out Rep. Vern Ehlers by creating a Dem-leaning 3rd District linking Grand Rapids and Muskegon. &#8226; NH-St. Sen.: A special election will be happening in New ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>&amp;quot;Obscure&amp;quot; Representative Vern Ehlers (4.00 / 4). h/t Matt Yglesias. A lot of absurd things have been said during today&amp;#39;s health care debate, but I think obscure Representative Vernon J. Ehlers of Michigan took the cake for sheer ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... R-St. Joseph; and Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, visited Israel, Spain and the Canadian Rockies, respectively, with their wives, according to travel documents they are required to file. The trips were paid for by outside groups. Rep. ...</excerpt>
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