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      <excerpt>...health care bill have come out publicly against it: Reps. Eric Massa (N.Y.), Frank Kratovil (Md.), Jim Matheson (Utah), Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Bobby Bright (Ala.), Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.), Walt Minnick (Idaho), Harry Teagu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Congress prepares for a historic vote on health care reform as early as Saturday, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin said Thursday she's weighing the pros and cons of the bill now before the House. &quot;I hope to have a final decision to share with you all</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...restrictions on insurance companies would be a breakthrough for his agenda. A moderate Democrat, South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, announced Friday she would not vote for the House bill &#8212; but held out the possibility she could support final</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., a former real estate executive who championed the credits. South Dakota Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin didn't vote on the measure because she was participating in the White House Tribal Nations Conference, but said she i</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...in the Senate. &quot;For people who have been undecided, it either keeps them undecided or moves them to 'no,'&quot; said Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D. With so many independent voters backing the GOP nominees in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday, she sa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...results, &quot;For people who have been undecided it either keeps them undecided or moves them to no,&quot; said Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., who has yet to disclose her position on the measure. &quot;The analysis of what happened with independent voters is</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Tuesday's results, &quot;For people who have been undecided it either keeps them undecided or moves them to no,&quot; said Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., who has yet to disclose her position on the measure. &quot;The analysis of what happened with independent</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>One unprincipled Republican, Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA), now know as Joseph &amp;quot;Mao,&amp;quot; voted for the bill. For all the turncoat &amp;quot;Democrats&amp;quot; who voted against: think what it means if an endangered Republican is re-elected BECAUSE of this vote. .</excerpt>
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