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D.C. Dispatches by Cynthia Dizikes

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    Kline issues statement opposing House health-care bill

    By Cynthia Dizikes | Published Wed, Nov 4 2009 9:26 am

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — As House Republicans ratchet up their opposition to the health-care reform bill that the Democratic leadership would like to vote on by the end of the week, Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., reiterated his concerns Tuesday on the landmark legislation.

    “The Pelosi government takeover of health care is not the common-sense, bipartisan reform the American people need and deserve,” Kline said in a statement, adding that he was particularly concerned about planned cuts to Medicare Advantage.

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    Cynthia Dizikes is MinnPost's Washington, D.C., correspondent and covers Minnesota's congressional delegation and reports on developments out of Washington that are important to Minnesota readers. She received her master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and has worked as an intern in the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau, reporting on a variety of topics, and as a reporter for the Anniston Star in Alabama. Her work has also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, Congress Daily and on National Public Radio. She can be reached at cdizikes [at] minnpost [dot] com.

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