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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;Getting the best possible bill that doesn&amp;#39;t pass isn&amp;#39;t legislation,&amp;quot; said Rep. Jim mcgovern, D-Mass., who opposed the abortion amendment but voted for the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;There&amp;#39;s always talk about this &amp;#39;Irish mafia&amp;#39; running things but most people see Tim Murray and Jim McGovern as super dedicated public servants,&#8221; he said. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...activists on the panel argued the amendment goes too far. &quot;I find this amendment very, very uncomfortable,&quot; said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts. &quot;I foresee for poor women in America, a return to the dark ages,&quot; said Rep Alcee Hastings, D-Florida. Mo</excerpt>
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      <title>CNN - Anti-Abortion Dems Win Round</title>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;By all accounts, the election was not only a setback, it was a joke,&amp;quot; Representative Jim mcgovern said on public broadcaster PBS. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...still vote for the bill, even if Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment passes. &#8220;If they have the votes, they have the votes,&#8221; shrugged Rep. Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat. &#8220;If they don't they don't. Either way, it won't change my vote on final pass</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;If they have the votes, they have the votes,&#8221; shrugged Rep. Jim mcgovern, a Massachusetts Democrat. &#8220;If they don&amp;#39;t they don&amp;#39;t. Either way, it won&amp;#39;t change ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;I really do think this is one of those Franklin Delano Roosevelt moments,&amp;quot; said Jim mcgovern (D-Mass.), who opposed the Stupak amendment but voted for the ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Arizona&amp;#39;s Raul Grijalva, Californians Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee and Massachusetts&amp;#39; Jim McGovern, as well as Republicans Ron Paul of Texas, ... </excerpt>
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