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      <excerpt>...Kos urged readers to contact other Democrats still undecided on the bill: Reps. Michael Arcuri (N.Y.), Brian Baird (Wash.), Melissa Bean (Ill.), F. Allen Boyd (Fla.), Chris Carney (Pa.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Marcy Kaptor (Ohio), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...as the nation's largest newspaper publisher endured another big decline...    In a major defeat for Wall Street banks, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.) has decided to withdraw an amendment that divided Democrats as they seek to...    Laid-off Americans can re</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...member filed for re-election. Among the cadre of challenger candidates, there were no big surprises.  Democratic Rep. Melissa Bean has attracted several GOP challengers this cycle, including businessmen Dirk Beveridge and Chris Geissler, plus Long Grove</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness. As many...    U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean was supposed to make an appearance in Hoffman Estates this morning to help spread the word about preventing H1N1</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...pages were recently treated for flu-like symptoms in order to prevent an outbreak of the sometimes-deadly disease. Rep. Melissa Bean&#8217;s (D-Ill.) daughter has swine flu, and so does Rep. Joe Wilson&#8217;s (R-S.C.) wife. Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) suspects </excerpt>
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