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      <excerpt>...St. Paul, Minn. &#8212;  DFL 7th District Congressman Collin Peterson says he will vote no on the health care bill that is scheduled for a weekend vote in the U.S. House. 											  Peterson says the bill doesn't do enough to control health care costs, an</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...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. Bet</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...held. Politifact says a statement by GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann has her &quot;pants on fire&quot; on one of her statements. DFL Rep. Collin Peterson and MA Rep. Barney Frank are close on a deal to merge bills that makes changes to the financial services industry. </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Pawlenty is mentioned. He releases the names of some White House guests. DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar, DFL Sen. Al Franken, DFL Rep. Collin Peterson are on the list. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar says the White House is undercounting the transportation jobs created b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...visited during the first six months of President Obama's term, it appears only Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Rep. Collin Peterson (all Democrats, to be sure) made the cut. Klobuchar was there twice, on Feb. 1 and June 25, both times apparently </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...reforming Medicare. We are adding more entitlements without being able to pay for the entitlements we have now.&quot; DFL Rep. Collin Peterson has come out firmly against the health care proposal in the U.S. House. He told the McLeod County Chronicle that he</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...she supports McChrystal's plan to send 40,000 troops to the region. (we had a problem with the audio. I'll post soon). DFL Rep. Collin Peterson did not return repeated calls for comment. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar said he wants to know specifics before he su</excerpt>
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      <title>Where the delegation stands on a troop increase in Afghanistan.</title>
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      <excerpt>...she supports McChrystal's plan to send 40,000 troops to the region. (we had a problem with the audio. I'll post soon). DFL Rep. Collin Peterson did not return repeated calls for comment. DFL Rep. Jim Oberstar said he wants to know specifics before he su</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...for Reed in the endorsement contest. p.s. Three of Minnesota's five incumbent congressmen, Keith Ellison, Jim Oberstar and Collin Peterson, have contributed to the Clark campaign via their own campaign funds. Like what you just read? Support high-qualit</excerpt>
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