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John Barrasso News From AOL News

GOP Is Taking Political Risks in Health Care Fight

By Russell BermanMar 18th 2010 – 7:42PM
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WASHINGTON (March 18) -- As the House moves toward passing sweeping health care reform, the threats from Senate Republicans keep coming. The latest is a promise to force a battle royal in the Senate over legislative fixes that House Democrats have demanded in exchange for their vote. But what will be left for the GOP to...

John Barrasso News From the Web

  • 05/21/12 Legislation on helium sales extension proposed Source: Amarillo.com At Wally's Party Factory, a 32-store chain based in the North Texas town of Ennis, balloons no longer contain 100 percent helium — the total is down to 60 percent — and an additive is pumped in to help certain types float better.
  • 05/20/12 Bleming to oppose Barrasso Source: Laramie Boomerang - Laramie WY A Vietnam War veteran and former soldier-of-fortune officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Friday, calling his opponent a traitor to the Constitution during a luncheon and press conference.
  • 05/19/12 Bleming to oppose Barrasso Source: Laramie Boomerang - Laramie WY A Vietnam War veteran and former soldier-of-fortune officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate on Friday, calling his opponent a traitor to the Constitution during a luncheon and press conference.
  • 05/18/12 Helium Sales Legislation Would Impact Panhandle Source: Amarillo - Amarillo TX At Wally's Party Factory, a 32-store chain based in the North Texas town of Ennis, balloons no longer contain 100 percent helium — the total is down to 60 percent — and an additive is pumped in to help certain types float better.
  • 05/15/12 Senators see ballooning national crisis: helium... Source: The Seattle Times - Seattle WA Sure, Congress has plenty of crises to deal with: a weak economy, an expiring highway bill, the end-of-the-year "taxmageddon."

Background on John Barrasso

John Anthony Barrasso III (; born July 21, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Wyoming and a member of the Republican Party.

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