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      <excerpt>...he said. President Barack Obama didn't tip Bell, but he did comment on the 41-year-old's boyish looks, according to Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., who was among the concert guests. Bayh told his wife, Susan: &quot;He makes me look awfully old.&quot; Bell, who lectures a</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...undercuts insurance companies, which have fast become Democrats' Halloween ogres. Don't take it from me. Consider Sen. Evan Bayh, Indiana Democrat: &quot;If it was a public option that was just kind of a stalking horse for a government-run health care system</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said. &#8220;But I think he needs help on how he votes.&#8221; Shelton jokingly suggested Lugar might want to peek over the should of Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., when it&#8217;s time for voting. Lugar was given a &#8220;D&#8221; on the NAACP&#8217;s report card of the nation&#8217;s c</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd District. He was not in his office, so they left a packet of information and business cards. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., was also absent, so the group spent some time talking with his office staff. At the office of Rep. Joe Donnelly,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of the Senate&#8217;s vote. I urge our Madison County communities&#8217; elected officials, leaders and citizens to communicate to Sen. Evan Bayh and Sen. Richard Lugar that they must protect Indiana jobs and stop the government from taking over an industry tha</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said. &#8220;But I think he needs help on how he votes.&#8221; Shelton jokingly suggested Lugar might want to peek over the should of Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., when it&#8217;s time for voting. Lugar was given a &#8220;D&#8221; on the NAACP&#8217;s report card of the nation&#8217;s c</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...is the best medicine, then Erickson's letter probably cured us all. Bayh boards For those of you who wonder why Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., is not doing all he can for health reform to help the working class and the poor, just call or write to him and ask h</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Senate Majority Harry Reid stands ready to restart a partisan feud over the judicial nomination of David Hamilton -- President Obama's pick to sit on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.
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      <excerpt>...their ability to take care of their family,&quot; Faultless said. Faultless will travel to Washington on Nov. 19 to meet with Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., to try to persuade him to vote against the measure. Democrats control the Senate and could pass reform easil</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Pete Visclosky and many others attended on in Hammond on the same day with Senator Evan Bayh. The most intelligent response Senator Bayh came up with was that &amp;quot;we have doctors who have cut off the wrong foot.&amp;quot; Oh, so adding billions of ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Related Files. Liveblogging the Senate ENDA Hearing &amp;middot; Indiana&amp;#39;s Senator Evan Bayh: Legislator of the Day &amp;middot; WV&amp;#39;s Senator Jay Rockefeller: Legislator of the Day &amp;middot; Weekly ENDA Update: Senate Hearings! When the Government does Righ</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-4041, DC Fax Number: 202-224-9750. Sen. Mark Begich, Alaska DC Office Phone Number: 202-224-3004, DC Fax Number: 202-224-2354. Sen. Evan Bayh, Indiana ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But here&amp;#39;s the delicious twist: Evan Bayh may hold the fate of President Obama&amp;#39;s most prized reforms in his hands. And it comes as even more controversy swirls. The fact that Sen. Bayh&amp;#39;s wife, Susan, made $2 million over the past two ...</excerpt>
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