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Actor Jon Voight is helping out two well known Minnesota Republicans this week.  He spoke at a a fundraiser for Gov. Pawlenty's national political action committee tonight.

Tomorrow, he says he'll speak at GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann's health care rally in Washington D.C.  Bachmann is urging the public to storm the Capitol to protest the health care bill that's being considered.  Voight told reporters he doesn't like the bill:

"If this thing passes, it's disastrous to our country.  Both economicallly and health care.  It's going to diminish everyone's health care and it's going to be a huge beuracracy that people are going to suffer under."

Voight isn't the only actor getting involved in the health care debate.  MoveOn dot Org filmed ads featuring 

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The actor is doing double duty for two well-known Minnesota Republicans.

Voight to speak at Bachmann’s health care rally.

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