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      <excerpt> Despite those headwinds, Democrats have won five competitive special elections, starting in March 2008 when first-time candidate Bill Foster captured a seat ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> At a recent forum for GOP candidates in the 14th District, organizers took some friendly swipes at US Rep. Bill Foster and President Barack Obama, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> I hope the party can reclaim the 14th district from liberal Bill Foster, and I personally think Randy Hultgren is just the right person to do that. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> The seat is currently held by Democrat Bill Foster, and was formerly held by Hastert&amp;#39;s father, Dennis Hastert who also served as House Speaker. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Nov 19 - Today, Rep. Bill Foster (IL-14) voted to preserve seniors&amp;#39; access to their doctors by fixing the way Medicare pays physicians by supporting HR ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> As Congressman Bill Foster read &amp;quot;A Fly Went By&amp;quot; to a room full of homeless children, a line of area residents waited in ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> (Congressman Bill Foster came in first.) The low end of Sen. Dick Durbin&amp;#39;s range was half of Biggert&amp;#39;s and Sen. Roland Burris&amp;#39;s was half of Durbin&amp;#39;s. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> US Representative Bill Foster (D-14), who voted in favor of the House bill, was the featured speaker at the event. &amp;quot;AARP is committed to fight for reform ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>BILL FOSTER D IL-14* Rep. PHIL HARE D IL-17* Rep. DEBORAH HALVORSON D IL-11* Rep. LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL-4* Rep. DENNIS MOORE D KY-3* Rep. JOE DONNELLY D IN-2* Rep. MARK SCHAUER D MI-7* Rep. GARY PETERS D MI-9* Rep. MELVIN WATT D NC-12* ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>BILL FOSTER D IL-14* Rep. PHIL HARE D IL-17* Rep. DEBORAH HALVORSON D IL-11* Rep. LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL-4* Rep. DENNIS MOORE D KY-3* Rep. JOE DONNELLY D IN-2* Rep. MARK SCHAUER D MI-7* Rep. GARY PETERS D MI-9* Rep. MELVIN WATT D NC-12* ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>BILL FOSTER D IL-14* Rep. PHIL HARE D IL-17* Rep. DEBORAH HALVORSON D IL-11* Rep. LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL-4* Rep. DENNIS MOORE D KY-3* Rep. JOE DONNELLY D IN-2* Rep. MARK SCHAUER D MI-7* Rep. GARY PETERS D MI-9* Rep. MELVIN WATT D NC-12* ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>November 26, 2009 @ 1:05 am. 3. Senator Tom Coburn and House Rep. Ron Paul are both Medical Doctors (both OBGYN&amp;#39;s). Not technical in an engineering sense but from a biological, life science perspective. ... Congressman Bill Foster (PHD)  from Illinois </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Gwen Moore, WI NAY &#8211; Rep. Keith Ellison, MN NAY &#8211; Rep. Ron Klein, FL NAY &#8211; Rep. Charles Wilson, OH NAY &#8211; Rep. Joe Donnelly, IN NAY &#8211; Rep. Bill Foster, IL NAY &#8211; Rep. Andre Carson, IN NAY &#8211; Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy, OH NAY &#8211; Rep. Jim Himes, CT ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>@George Parr: Not that it&amp;#39;s all that common, but right off the bat --- I known of an exception -- Bill Foster from IL-14th has a PhD in Chemistry: http://foster.house.gov/Biography/. Reply. snedly on Nov 24, 11:07 PM said: ...</excerpt>
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