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      <excerpt>...procedural vote should be seen as a test of abortion sentiment. &amp;quot;This is a critical pro-life vote,&amp;quot; said Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. His Nebraska colleague, Democrat Ben Nelson, also an abortion foe, disagreed. &amp;quot;It's not,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;qu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...at a hearing Wednesday. &quot;This has some very, very serious consequences&quot; for farmers and other businesses, said Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said it would be a hardship for manufacturing companies to have to divert sorely need</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the House, claimed Thursday that the Senate measure would &quot;mandate abortion coverage for the first time in history.&quot;  GOP Sen. Mike Johanns of Nebraska said the abortion language in the Senate bill &quot;satisfies no one.&quot; He also said a Senate vote on wheth</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...avoids federal funding for ending pregnancies. &quot;Citizens get charged a premium that includes abortion coverage,&quot; said Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. &quot;The taxpayers pay a percent of the premium. Who can determine what dollar went here or what dollar went ther</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Committee at a hearing Wednesday. &quot;This has some very, very serious consequences&quot; for farmers and other businesses, said Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said it would be a hardship for manufacturing companies to have to divert s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... forward in 1999 when then Senator Bob Wickersham introduced a bill to create the Nebraska Veteran&amp;#39;s Cemetery System. In 2001, then governor Mike Johanns ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Three senators, Democrats Patty Murray of Washington and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Republican Mike Johanns of Nebraska, introduced a bill that would ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>And how will Senator Bob Casey vote Correction Whoops botched that I thought Johanns was a Democrat and wrote the headline that way Hes a Republican I also got his name wrong Apart from that I stand behind everything.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>(Note: Nebraska GOP Senator and former Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns also participated in yesterday&amp;#39;s hearing, to listen to some of his comments, click on this FarmPolicy.com audio link (MP3-7:40)). Keith Good.</excerpt>
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