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      <excerpt>...this was exposed, there was no mechanism in place to terminate the company's contracts -- so the funding continued. Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, said the name of the company and further information will not be revealed until next week, after he and</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...families and businesses. The American people deserve better. I am hopeful that Congress ultimately will pass a bill that represents true health-care reform -- a bill that would both expand coverage and lower costs. The issue is too important for us to m</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> WHAT: Altmire received $10000 from Rep. Charles Rangel&amp;#39;s National Leadership PAC, the political action committee of the powerful New York Democrat who is ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Rep. Jason Altmire, D-McCandless, voted against the House healt hcare reform bill last Saturday not because he opposed the ideas, but because the bill as written didn't do enough to reduce costs. &quot;There were improvements in the bill, but they left out r</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> So some five decades later, he wrote to his congressman, Jason Altmire, who helped him get them &#184;&#8212; and an important one he never knew he earned. ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...after more than six decades, the Springdale resident finally received the honor he deserves. At the Springdale V.F.W., U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire (D-4th District) presented Mikus with the military medals he earned while serving in World War II. A corporal </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>MN Rep James Oberstar 60%. NJ Rep Leonard Lance (R) 50%. OH Reps John Boccieri 50%, Steve Driehaus 50%, Marcy Kaptur 40%. PA Reps Jason Altmire 40%, Tim Holden 38%; Sen Bob Casey Jr. 60% - who endorsed Obama! ...</excerpt>
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