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      <excerpt> Among them is Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) who said, &#8220;With more than $400 billion in cuts to Medicare, it could force many of our rural hospitals to close, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...House Democrats, Reps. Vic Snyder of the Second District and Marion Berry of the First, helped make the majority. The third, Rep. Mike Ross of south and southwestern Arkansas, voted against the bill as did, of course, the delegation's lone Republican, R</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Not from the congressman from Arkansas&amp;#39;s Fourth District, Rep. Mike Ross. We have enough votes to spare a lot of the rural guys with worries about hospital ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Two reports directly related to Pakistan namely, &amp;quot;Afghanistan : A Turning Point&amp;quot; by Frank Cook of UK and &amp;quot;Pakistan : A Test for Transatlantic Cooperation&amp;quot; by Mike Ross of United States also came under discussion. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Ed Royce (R-CA), Mike Ross (D-AK), Dan Burton (R-IN) and Walter Minnick (D-ID) introduced H.R. 4102 this afternoon, requiring the administration to provide detailed briefings to Congress on U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. The bill, if passed, ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The uncapped Sean Cronin and Sean O&amp;#39;Brien will hope for game time although there will be those surprised there was no places for the likes of Leinster prop Mike Ross, Ulster centre Darren Cave and flankers Neil Best and Niall Ronan. ...</excerpt>
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