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      <excerpt>...act that passed this week would have those reforms take effect upon signing of the new bill. Minnesota Democratic Reps. Tim Walz, Collin Peterson, and Jim Oberstar and Minnesota Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen joined Ellison in voting for the measure. Rep.</excerpt>
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      <title>House votes on credit-card consumer protections</title>
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      <excerpt>...homebuyers who have owned a home for five consecutive years and are purchasing a new primary residence, according to Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn. &#8220;The recovery of our housing market is critically important and this extended and expanded incentive will help </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...D.C. &#8212; Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., announced today that he will support the health care reform legislation in the House, which may come up for a vote on Saturday. Up until Friday evening, Walz would not say definitively whether he would vote for the legis</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...face GOP Rep. Erik Paulsen. Republican Allen Quist is preparing to run in the 1st District. Quist would challenge DFL Rep. Tim Walz. The following HTML tags are allowed in your comments: + Bold: Text + Italic: Text + Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://url&quot;...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...District in recent years, south-central Minnesota might be becoming more of a candidate factory. Along with producing Congressman Tim Walz, a Mankato Democrat, the region is supplying a pair of names that are being thrown out as potential Walz challenge</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Sen. Al Franken says he's gathering more information on the issue and is waiting to see President Obama's plan. Listen DFL Rep. Tim Walz says he's gathering more information and is waiting to see President Obama's plan. He said he may support a troop in</excerpt>
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      <title>Where the delegation stands on a troop increase in Afghanistan.</title>
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      <excerpt>...Sen. Al Franken says he's gathering more information on the issue and is waiting to see President Obama's plan. Listen DFL Rep. Tim Walz says he's gathering more information and is waiting to see President Obama's plan. He said he may support a troop in</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Obama greets the caskets of returning service members. House Democrats are prepared to unveil their health bill. DFL Rep. Tim Walz is mentioned. The plan would reportedly require the government to negotiate prices with doctors and hospitals as opposed t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to all who want to vote.&#8221; Cosponsors of the bill include Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Democratic Reps. Tim Walz and Jim Oberstar. Like what you just read? Support high-quality journalism in Minnesota by becoming a member of Mi</excerpt>
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