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      <excerpt>...which saw 16,000 patients last year&#160;&#8212; 43 percent of them supported by Washington's Basic Health Plan&quot; (Connelly, 11/24).  Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, held a town hall Tuesday in Olathe, Kansas, where he brought the 2,074 page Senate health care ref</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Republican Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Dick Lugar (R-IN), George Voinovich (R-OH), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Bob Bennett (R-UT), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Judd Gregg (R-NH) and  Olympia Snowe .</excerpt>
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