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      <excerpt>...debate heated up in the halls of Capitol Hill - and on the House floor itself. &quot;It's outrageous,&quot; said California Rep. Barbara Lee. &quot;It further places the religious views of some into our public policy.&quot;  Special Report: Health Care Reform Related: Hous</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), who attended the unveiling, said the same grassroots mobilization that helped elect Obama is needed to achieve a bill ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...private sector. &quot;It is ridiculous,&quot; said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. &quot;No one plans an unplanned pregnancy.&quot; Oakland Democrat Barbara Lee said it will &quot;take us back to the days of back-alley abortions,&quot; and is a dangerous intrusion of religion into the s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> 8, 2009, 12 am - Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat and head of the Congressional Black Caucus, released the following statement yesterday after the ... </excerpt>
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