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      <excerpt>...about the legal practice of outside groups paying for spouses' travel.  Reps. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township; Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph; and Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, visited Israel, Spain and the Canadian Rockies, respectively, with their wives, </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...defer the need to build 6 to 8 new plants.&#8221; Although the specific vehicle for the legislation has not yet been decided, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) expressed confidence that it will ultimately receive bipartisan backing in both chambers. &#8220;Not a lot of</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...take advantage of environmentally benign and energy-conscious materials in their design and manufacturing processes. U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, announced the allocation. It is part of the latest round of funding in the Energy and Water Appropri</excerpt>
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      <title>Go WMU, on green tech</title>
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      <excerpt>...and FERC have criticized this process, saying it would not quickly respond to an urgent cyber or national security risks. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., warned against what he viewed as overregulation of the industry but also emphasized the need to address v</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...from practicing in Michigan,&quot; said the letter signed by Reps. Mike Rogers , Dave Camp , Pete Hoekstra , Candice Miller and Fred Upton .  The letter warns that the new tax would force many doctors to scale back services, stop seeing Medicare patients or </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.) $2000, Scozzafava. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) $2000, Scozzafava. Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) $2000, Scozzafava. Planned Parenthood PAC, $1000, Scozzafava. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.) $1000, Scozzafava ...</excerpt>
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