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      <excerpt>...wants a review of GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's rally and if she promoted it on her congressional website. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson rips an Obama Administration to give the Federal Reserve more power. The Vikings aren't happy with a stadium commissioner r</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Case in point: a proposed ban some months ago by Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson on about 80% of all credit default swaps. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;We are a little skeptical of FDA,&amp;quot; said Rep. Collin Peterson, Chair of the House Agricultural Committee. &amp;quot;We are very concerned about them getting involved ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Case in point: a proposed ban some months ago by Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson on about 80% of all credit default swaps. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Tim Walz, Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison and Jim Oberstar voted in favor for the bill, which passed in the House 220 to 215, while Rep. Collin Peterson ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Congressman Collin Peterson, D-Minn., was correct when he said after voting against the health care program, &#8220;Although the bill was full of good intentions, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> One Minnesota Democrat opposed the bill &#8211; Collin Peterson of the Seventh Congressional District. Peterson was one of 39 Democrats who voted against the bill ... </excerpt>
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