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      <excerpt>Chris Van Hollen, Mike Pence, Joe Lieberman, and Bob McDonnell? I could get hypoglycemic on all the charisma I&amp;#39;m about to be dosed with. Well, hey, health care passed by five votes, but there was a contentious vote over an abortion measure  ..... Rep. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>To discuss the battle over health care reform and to look ahead to the 2010 elections we&amp;#39;ll get the latest from Chris Van Hollen, Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>UPDATE: It took Chris Van Hollen about 30 seconds after the final vote to ask me for money. His email fails to mention the Stupak Amendment. Imagine what I had to say back to him. ********************************** UPDATE: One bright light  in all of this </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., also played an historically symbolic role in today&amp;#39;s vote, gaveling the start of the proceedings. Like his father before him, who was also a congressman, Dingell has introduced a health-care reform bill every  year of his 54</excerpt>
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