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      <excerpt>...elections still can be held in time to allow the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by August 2010. Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley met with Iraqi officials, the U.S. ambassador and military commander, and some Oregon soldiers in the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> A letter from Oregon&amp;#39;s Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter Defazio to the interior and agriculture secretaries says, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> With the aid of an amendment from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., workers who can&amp;#39;t afford to participate in their employers&amp;#39; health programs can take the money in ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Bennett also is a co-sponsor with liberal Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., of an alternative health care reform plan. These accomplishments have earned ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Ron Wyden&#8217;s Q &amp; A with the Columbia Journalism Review hit the publication&#8217;s Web site today. In it, the Oregon Democrat is called one of the few politicians willing to talk about the thorny issue of how costly health care will remain for millions of </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>GlobalHybrid: Sen Ron Wyden C/O(@SenatorReid) For &amp;quot;cry&amp;#39;n out loud&amp;quot; Senator! Get your own Twitter account &amp;amp; join the 21st century would ya?! #hcr. 2009-11-27 19:24:14 &#183; Reply &#183; View &amp;middot; coffeeshopchat: What connections have you made</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In anticipation of the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Crapo (R- Idaho), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) wrote a letter (PDF) to U.S. Trade ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In anticipation of the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial meeting, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Crapo (R- Idaho), John Kerry (D-Mass.), and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) wrote a letter (PDF) to U.S. Trade ...</excerpt>
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