balloon-juice.com - 4/27/2009
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When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year’s emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and ...
thenation.com - 4/27/2009
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thenation.com —
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the
Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic...
preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by ...
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GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
thenation.com - 4/27/2009
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thenation.com —
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the
Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic...
preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by ...
(more)
GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
librarygrape.com - 4/27/2009
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librarygrape.com —
Seriously, is there anything the GOP can't screw
up right about now ? When House Appropriations Committee...
chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation , included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus ...
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GOP Attacked Pandemic Preparation in Stimulus
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