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      <excerpt> ... 630 NE Killingsworth Ave. for Dr. King has been an effort nearly three years in the making, when Rep. Earl Blumenauer first proposed the change in 2007. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to name-calling of those opposed to the legislation. As the New York Times reported on Nov. 7: According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, &quot;Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-gover</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> In an Op Ed, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon explains how his bipartisan proposal to have Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life discussions morphed into ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> ... Section 1233, included at the request of Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and written by the pro-euthanasia organization Compassion and Choices, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> and Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) got in some high-quality hangout time over last week&amp;#39;s recess. On Thursday, the bicoastal duo (in tabloid form, we&amp;#39;re dubbing ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Congressman offers a lesson today about how politics and the media collude to distort rational discussion. In an Op Ed, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon explains how his bipartisan proposal to have Medicare pay for voluntary end-of-life discussions morphe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> [Photo: Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) sponsored the end-of-life care planning provision.] You&amp;#39;ve got to admit that our federal congressmen have some moxie. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Of course, the Congressman-Who-Apparently-Shall-Not-Be-Mentioned is Earl Blumenauer, OR-3 and the LEAST vulnerable member of Congress from Oregon, ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Hello Will, I thought you&amp;#39;d like to know about this bill, which passed the US House of Representatives today. Sincerely, Meeky Blizzard. Advisor for Livable Communities. Congressman Earl Blumenauer. 729 NE Oregon Street, Suite 115 ...</excerpt>
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