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      <excerpt>...the House plan. &#8220;We&#8217;re not going to pass historic health care reform and take away women&#8217;s reproductive rights.&#8221; Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, held out similar concerns, saying he supports doctors and their patients making decisions regardin</excerpt>
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      <title>Yes votes from Woolsey, Thompson on  health care</title>
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      <excerpt>...members as Texas Rep. Chet Edwards, for whom a yes vote would have been political suicide in a deeply Republican district. Rep. Mike Thompson, a moderate Blue Dog Democrat from Napa, said his constituents are divided, with about 60 percent for the bill,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...meeting last week. The same night &#8212; after a meeting with party progressives &#8212; Pelosi saw Emanuel at a dinner hosted by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif. But the next morning, many House leadership staffers were quick to blame the White House for allegedl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to walk the middle of the road to get his programs passed. &quot;He was a great advocate of the two-party system,&quot; said former Rep. Mike Thompson of Lafayette, one of the 10 Republicans. &quot;He took the Republican Party to a higher level and started the trend t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...ago.&#8221; Calvey&#8217;s campaign is backed by the Club for Growth, a national conservative group that also is backing Hoffman&#8217;s effort. Calvey is running in a Republican primary that includes state Corporation Commissioner Jeff Cloud and state Rep. Mike Th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...liberties, demand honesty in the federal government and secure the borders.  Other Republican candidates are state Rep. Mike Thompson and former state Rep. Kevin Calvey along with Johnny Roy of Edmond, Rick Flanigan of Bethany and James Lankford of Edmo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...spur homebuilding, better schools, restaurants and recreational amenities. &quot;Nothing's going to happen without a mill,&quot; said Mike Thompson, 25, board member of the Naturita-based Western Small Miners Association. &quot;Right now, we can't support 18- to 30-ye</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The local office for Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, is 1040 Main St., Suite 101, Napa, 94559. Phone 226-9898. State Sen. Pat Wiggins and Assemblywoman ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Gabrielle Giffords &#8211; 8th District. DC Phone: (202) 225-2542. District Phone: Tucson (520) 881-3588; Cochise (520) 459-3115. Link to E-mail: https://giffordsforms.house.gov/contact/email.shtml. California. Rep. Mike Thompson &#8211; 1st ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Mike Thompson (CA-1) Charlie Wilson (OH-6). A number of these also voted no on the Stupak Amendment. Much has been made about the Blue Dog Coaltion as either making or breaking the house vote. Well according to what happened tonight, ...  Rep. Jim Marshall</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>MIke Thompson - are you voting for this? ARE YOU VOTING FOR THIS??!!?? Buy a $15000 Policy or Go to Jail; Failure to Comply, 5 Years in Prison... Ask him, Hank! &#8220;Criminal penalties. Prosecution is authorized under the Code for a variety ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Mike Thompson (CA-01)*** DC Address: The Honorable Mike Thompson United States House of Representatives 231 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-0501. DC Phone: 202-225-3311. DC Fax: 202-225-4335. Jim Costa (CA-20)*** ....  Rep. Stephanie He</excerpt>
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