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      <excerpt>...supported by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall and others to freeze interest rates on credit cards until new regulations take effect in three months has effectively died in the U.S. Senate. Udall, D-Colo., was a key sponsor of the measure, aimed at preventing credit</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Wednesday in the Senate, a combination of Republican opposition and a health-issue-filled calendar. Democrats &#8212; including Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado, a primary sponsor of the bill &#8212; took the chance to blast GOP opposition to legislation popular wit</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...our families need are higher interest rates and extra fees, especially on consumers who are already playing by the rules,&quot; Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., said in urging his colleagues to approve a unanimous consent request that would have allowed an immediat</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...say no one from the firm will be at Bennet's event, which was organized by the campaign and will be officially hosted by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. A Williams &amp; Jensen spokesperson reached late Monday declined to comment on the fundraisers. According</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and wife of Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper; Maggie Fox, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection and the wife of Sen. Mark Udall; Susan Daggett, an environmental consultant and the wife of Sen. Michael Bennet; Denver School Board President Theresa Pen</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Russ Feingold (Wis.), Herb Kohl (Wis.), Tom Harkin (Iowa), Al Franken (Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Roland Burris (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Michael Bennet (Colo.), Mark Udall (Colo.) and Robert Byrd (W.Va.)</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Chris Dodd (D-CT) tried to do just that yesterday, with the support of Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO), by asking for unanimous consent to bring the bill to the floor. However, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) objected &#8220;on behalf of several senators on ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>She took a mechanical form letter from Colorado Democrat U.S. Senator Mark Udall&amp;#39;s office and interjected her own thoughts in italics. I gathered a screenshot and pasted it below (click &#8220;fullscreen&#8221; and use the &#8220;Zoom&#8221; for greater ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senator Mark Udall: I am a taxpaying constituent concerned by the fact that the health care reform bills passed by both the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and the Senate Finance Committee would allow federal funds to ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Mark Udall from Colorado (in the video), who originally authored the bill. To Abdul, the bill passed but it hasn&amp;#39;t taken effect yet. This is just credit card companies gouging consumers as punishment for minimal regulation. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Neither Bennet nor Sen. Mark Udall, both Colorado Democrats, are attempting to add that language to the Senate version of the 2010 military construction appropriations bill, but Bennet said he&amp;#39;s been assured by Senate leadership that ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...say no one from the firm will be at Bennet's event, which was organized by the campaign and will be officially hosted by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo. Republican candidate Jane Norton was in town Monday for a big-money fundraiser at a Capitol Hill townh</excerpt>
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