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      <excerpt>...working on making its communications &quot;more readable and accessible&quot; while retaining &quot;the legal clarity that's required.&quot; Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) is pushing government agencies toward clarity with proposed legislation that would require them to use pl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) announced Thursday that $300,000 has been secured for the city of Clinton&#8217;s wastewater improvements through passage of the Department of Interior and Environment Appropriations bill. The bill passed the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... has been set aside in the bill to help some hospitals ease into the transition of a new Medicare compensation system, said Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa). ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>... board to back a House bill that now has commitments of support from a majority of members in the Democrat-controlled House, Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley said. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to back a House bill that now has commitments of support from a majority of members in the Democrat-controlled House, Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley said. &quot;We are very confident this will finally address geographic disparity in Medicare reimbursement that has l</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, will introduce legislation creating a mechanism &quot;to monitor medical errors and have a mandatory reporting requirement&quot; for hospitals and doctors that make mistakes, Modern Healthcare reports. Braley said he is &quot;disappointed th</excerpt>
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