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      <excerpt> &#8220;This groundbreaking today represents an important investment in public health,&#8221; said Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud at the ceremony Thursday. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... Several members of the Marine Corps were there. Also in attendance were Senators Snowe and Collins as well as Rep. Mike Michaud and Gov. John Baldacci.  Maj. Leigh's body has not been recovered. Major Peter Reitmeyer, who has known Leigh since flight s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Representatives Mike Michaud (D-Maine), Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), Marcy Kaptor (D-Ohio), and Betty Sutton (D-Ohio) have each stressed their support of the TRADE Act (H.R. 3012) and the Reciprocal Market Access Act (H.R. 3786) to ... &#8220;On  the eve of the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Auburn, Maine &#8211; In too typicalWashington style, Maine&amp;#39;s 2nd District Congressman Mike Michaud this weekmade news, after supporting a bill to create a panel to review federal spendinglevels. This support comes less than two weeks after ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The list includes: Rep. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Brad Ellsworth (D-Ind.), Baron Hill (D-Ind.), Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME), Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Virg.), Paul Hodes (D-NH), and Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.). All told, the groups were emptying the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>For event details and rules, go to texas-re.tripod.com or contact Mike Michaud at 903-640-0888 or mmichaud@fanninfun.com. Man, I wish I were in TX&#8230; or even better, if this blog paid for me to visit events like these! ...</excerpt>
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