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      <excerpt> On Friday morning&amp;#39;s Washington Journal on C-SPAN, Republican Congressman Charles Dent said there was a medical device company in his disrtict that called ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Pennsylvania &#8212; excluding Rep. Chris Carney (10th Dist.), who did not vote &#8212; approved the defense bill, as did Republican Reps. Charles Dent (15th Dist. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri. Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan. Rep. John Campbell of California. Rep. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana. Rep. Charles Dent of Pennsylvania. Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The vote defeating the Republication Ranking Member&amp;#39;s (Rep. Charles Dent) Motion to re-commit was similar: 189-236. Rep. Dent also offered an amendment, which was consistent with industry&amp;#39;s initial position, that would extend the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I got a response from Casey today that doesn&amp;#39;t even mention my issue. Same crap from Specter. Charles Dent is a good Rep., though and I think there is a good Democrat in Pittsburgh, his name escapes me at the moment. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Charles Dent, PA-15 [R] Rep. Joseph Pitts, PA-16 [R] Rep. Tim Holden, PA-17 [D] Rep. Tim Murphy, PA-18 [R] Rep. Todd Platts, PA-19 [R]. Please let your legislators know that you appreciate their vote for quality health insurance ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Targets include Republican stalwarts like Mary Bono Mack of California, elected more than a decade ago, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, elected two decades ago, as well as Charles Dent of Pennsylvania, who was first elected in 2004 ...</excerpt>
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