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      <excerpt> Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) voted for the health reform bill passed by the House. &#8211; The Waxman Markey cap and trade clean energy bill was passed with support ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...care, costs jobs, and cuts Medicare benefits,&quot; Warner said, speaking on Rogers' behalf. The ad campaign also targets Michigan U.S. Reps. Dave Camp, R-Mount Pleasant, Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, and Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia, among lawmakers nationwide.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> You can send a nice holiday greeting to troops serving overseas this season with the help of Congressman Fred Upton. He tells us that his offices in Saint ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Congressman Fred Upton also is scheduled to be at the event. &amp;quot;We encourage everyone to come out and see what we&amp;#39;re all about,&amp;quot; Glisson said. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Their efforts were greatly enhanced by a recently awarded federal earmark sponsored by US Rep. Fred Upton. Previous and subsequent grants from the US ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The DNC announced the ads against Mike Rogers of Howell, Thaddeus McCotter of Livonia, Dave Camp of Midland and Fred Upton of St. Joseph. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Bob Inglis (R-SC), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Dean Heller (R-NV), Walter Jones (R-NC), Tim Johnson (R-IL), Mike Castle (R-DE), Howard Coble (R-NC), Ron Paul (R-TX), Tom Petri (R-WI), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Steve LaTourette (R-OH) supported a  resolution opposing ..</excerpt>
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