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The Simpsons characters appeared on the web site for a Republican House Committee — where the villainous Mr. Burns rubs his hands in glee over a children's health insurance bill.

"If the poor children can get a piece of the action, why can't I?" gushes the cartoon's greedy owner of a nuclear power plant.

A Republican committee spokesperson confirmed this morning that their site was not hacked to include cartoon characters, as some bloggers had argued. The press release from the Republicans on the House Commerce Committee included the cartoon characters to parody the bill's perceived flaws.

But what does Fox Broadcasting have to say about the use of their cartoon characters? It's illegal, says licensing spokesman Andy Bandit.

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