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      <excerpt>...Rep. Brian Baird said Friday that he would vote against the Affordable Health Care for America Act because Congress still lacks reliable estimates of how the legislation will affect premiums paid by people who already have insurance, including those on </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...hold both sides accountable for the conflict. &quot;I have two 4-year-olds, [who] look just like these Palestinian children,&quot; Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., said as he pointed to a poster showing the aftermath of an Israeli bombing. &quot;Those children deserve someo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...findings to federal lawmakers for sometime in December. The committed had planned to turn over its final reports to U.S. Rep. Brian Baird and U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray in August. Misbelief that the event was a health care forum and fear</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...drugs. &quot;My initial reaction is this bill is consistent with my principles,&quot; Larsen said. Democratic Reps. Adam Smith and Brian Baird deferred comment until they have read the bill. But Smith, a moderate, had reservations about an earlier bill because it</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...support to the idea of a 72-hour wait before voting on bills, but refuse to consider a rule mandating that wait. No doubt, Baird caught the eye of Sunlight Foundation officials when he refused to acquiesce to the wishes of his party&#8217;s leaders. A month</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>2009 I got the chance to talk to Democrat Congressman Brian Baird. We disagree on all kinds of things, but not on everything and he&amp;#39;s come up with an ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hunt, who once was the Vancouver-based district director for US Rep. Brian Baird, D-Wash., said he sent Pollard a contribution after a chat on Facebook. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Larry Kissell (N.C.); Rep. Bart Gordon (Tenn.); Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.); Rep. Jim Matheson (Utah); Rep. Michael McMahon (N.Y.); Rep. John Tanner (Tenn.); Rep. Brian Baird (Wash.); Rep. Harry Teague (N.M.); and Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>10:10 AM ET -- Rep. Dingell to preside over House for first time since 1965 Medicare vote. Democrats wavering on the health care bill will have their heart-strings tugged by the man overseeing today&amp;#39;s planned vote: Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich . .... The </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Particularly Brian Baird, who I have heard might be wavering. Here&amp;#39;s a list of those members that folks on the Hill think are those we need to focus on over the next day. Arcuri, Baird, Bean, Boyd, Carney, Donnelly, Kaptor, Kucinich,  McMahon, ... Vice</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Last week, OSPA delivered 90 hand-written notes to Rep. Baird&amp;#39;s office asking him to support the single payer amendments, along with a letter asking him to vote NO on any bill that does not include the Kucinich amendment. We collected these  cards in j</excerpt>
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