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      <excerpt>...-- Reps. Steve Kagen and Tom Petri agree on at least one fundamental principle driving the debate over health care reform: Americans want it. From there, they go their partisan ways -- Kagen turns to the left; Petri pivots to the right. So when the vote</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the legislation, along with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, Republican Rep. Tom Petri of Wisconsin and Democratic Rep. Joe Courtney of Connecticut. &quot;Right now our country is grappling with an aging teaching </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...secretary to ensure the GAO review is free from &quot;undue influence or outside interference.&quot; The response was organized by Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, and Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. Petri owns stock in Oshkosh, according to his financial disclosure stateme</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to ensure the GAO review is free from &quot;undue influence or outside interference.&quot; The response was organized by R ep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, and Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. Petri owns stock in Oshkosh, according to his financial disclosure statement. But t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and it will cut seniors' Medicare benefits,&quot; said U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the party's leader in the House. U.S. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, in comments provided Friday, said he is skeptical of the bill's budget assumptions. &quot;Health care refor</excerpt>
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      <title>U.S. Rep, Steve Kagen, an Appleton Democrat, sees promise in Houses health care reform bill</title>
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      <excerpt>...E. Hill wrote in letters to Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Sen.  Michael Bennet, D-Colo.; Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn.; and Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis. &#8220;We are pleased your bill seeks to make the Troops to Teachers program more accessible to a greater number of </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and impact our communities.&#8234;&#8234; On Tuesday, I was honored to join my colleagues &#8211; Representatives Joe Courtney (D-CT) and Tom Petri (R-WI) and Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) &#8211; to introduce the bipartisan, bicameral Post-9/11</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...secretary to ensure the GAO review is free from &quot;undue influence or outside interference.&quot; The response was organized by Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, and Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis. Petri owns stock in Oshkosh, according to his financial disclosure stateme</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...active duty since 9/11, so that younger veterans returning from today's wars will be able to participate. &#160; Wisconsin Rep. Tom Petri (R) called the new bill a &quot;win-win situation,&quot; saying that the program allows troops to &quot;inspire good role models&quot; and </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...-- Rep. Ron Kind, D-La Crosse, and Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Milwaukee, are the other two -- not enrolled in the federal program. Rep. Tom Petri, R-Fond du Lac, is covered under the program but chose not to pay for the Office of the Attending Physician service.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>On Friday, the Fox Cities Chamber sent a similar email; members can go here to contact Kagen (good luck with that) or U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R&#8211;Fond du Lac). Members of the Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce can click here. ...</excerpt>
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