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      <excerpt>...Rep. Roy Blunt (R. Mo.) said the bill is longer than War and Peace (1,225 pages) and the King James Bible (1,291 pages). Rep. Michael Burgess (R., Texas) stood on top of a copy at a Capitol Hill rally this week to view the crowd. Rep. Steve Scalise (R.,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...D-Dallas, declined to comment on the opt-out provision because it is part of the Senate bill, not the House&#8217;s. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, said he&#8217;s against the plan because it would be another unfunded system similar to Medicare.  &quot;There ar</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...protesters, The Dallas Morning News reports. They took turns &quot;whipping up the crowd, not that it took much effort.&quot; Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Tex., said, &quot;We heard from you this summer. It was like an inoculation. It was like a vaccination to prevent the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock. The four GOP lawmakers from Tarrant County &#8212; Reps. Joe Barton, Arlington; Kay Granger, Fort Worth; Michael Burgess, Lewisville; and Kenny Marchant, Coppell &#8212; have been strong opponents of the Democratic health care</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Carter, R-Round Rock.  The four GOP lawmakers from Tarrant County &#8212; Reps. Joe Barton, Arlington; Kay Granger, Fort Worth; Michael Burgess, Lewisville; and Kenny Marchant, Coppell &#8212; have been strong opponents of the Democratic healthcare bill. The St</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, attempted a bit of political theater this week. The result, unfortunately, reflected a loose grip on reality and ham-handed constituent service. Burgess helpfully brought copies of the 1,990-page House health-reform b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Pelosi stood on the steps of the Capitol and unveiled this 2,000 page product and that was kind of a closed event,&#8221; Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) told CNSNews.com. &#8220;We thought, &#8216;Why don&#8217;t we have a press conference where we open it up to the pe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...effort include Reps. Congressman Tom Price, M.D. (R-Ga.), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Pete Hoekstra (R-Mi), Michael Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas), Scott Garrett (R-N.J.), and Rep. Steve King (R-IA). Pence:&#160; &#8216;CBO Score is Moot&#8217; House Repub</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Roy Blunt (R. Mo.) said the bill is longer than War and Peace (1225 pages) and the King James Bible (1291 pages). Rep. Michael Burgess (R., Texas) stood on top of a copy at a Capitol Hill rally this week to view the crowd. Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Michele Bachmann (R &#8211; MN) &#8211; who has taken $200000 in campaign donations from health care interests * Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) &#8211; who has taken $2.4 million * Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) &#8211; $1.3 million * Rep. ...</excerpt>
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