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		<title>Caregivers for vulnerable Nebraskans may get pay hike in spite of governor&#8217;s recommendation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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Some Neb. caregivers may be in line for raise

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska&#8217;s oft-criticized safety net for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities may get a small funding increase next year despite Gov. Dave Heineman&#8217;s recommendation to keep funding flat.
The Legislature&#8217;s budget-writing Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to increase state funding to groups that care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human services chief warns that Okla. budget cuts will scale back serves for residents in need</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Talley</dc:creator>
		
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Budget cuts to affect vulnerable Oklahomans

OKLAHOMA CITY — The director of the state Department of Human Services warned lawmakers Thursday that additional budget cuts will force his agency to scale back more services to vulnerable Oklahomans like a nutrition program for frail and isolated senior citizens that has already been cut by more than $7 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Nebraska students may avoid midyear spike but could see tuition hike next year</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Jenkins</dc:creator>
		
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Univ. of Nebraska tuition spike possible next year

LINCOLN, Neb. — People trying to fight through the economic downturn by earning college degrees may soon find them harder to afford in Nebraska.
While budget cuts proposed at the University of Nebraska probably won&#8217;t cause a midstream tuition hike this school year, the president of the university hinted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Table games stalemate in Pa. Capitol is bumping up against schools&#8217; 2nd-semester tuition bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Levy</dc:creator>
		
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Pa. table games stalemate bumps into tuition bills

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An entrenched stalemate in the Capitol may mean students at major Pennsylvania universities will soon see higher second-semester tuition bills.
The latest meeting Wednesday between Gov. Ed Rendell and state legislative leaders to resolve remaining budget-related differences broke up without an agreement, leaving subsidies for several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earmarks sponsored by and campaign contributions to Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Earmarks by and campaign contributions to Inouye

Hawaii companies that would benefit from earmarks sponsored by U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, that are in the Senate version of the fiscal year 2010 defense appropriations measure. The firms&#8217; executives and other employees have contributed to Inouye&#8217;s campaign committees since 1997.
— Pacific Marine/Navatek Ltd., Honolulu: $2.2 million to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii companies that have contributed to Inouye&#8217;s campaign to receive earmarks he sponsors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herbert A. Sample</dc:creator>
		
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Firms that donate to Inouye receive his earmarks

HONOLULU — A team led by a small Hawaii company was competing to design a new generation of military transport ships when Navy officials dropped it from contention in late 2007. The reason: the team&#8217;s entry didn&#8217;t meet the Navy&#8217;s criteria.
Not all was lost for Navatek Ltd., however. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens of House members under scrutiny, from early review to full probe, ethics report shows</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Ethics panel scrutinizing dozens of House members

WASHINGTON — Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work.
Seven of the lawmakers — four not previously known — serve on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Names of dozens of lawmakers under ethics scrutiny go public when confidential report leaks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Congressional ethics report leaks, revealing names

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members were exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the Ethics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Layoffs for 20 percent of Alabama&#8217;s court system staff, trial delays forecast if funds cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phillip Rawls</dc:creator>
		
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Layoffs, trial delays forecast for Alabama courts

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — More than 20 percent of Alabama&#8217;s court system employees might have to be laid off and jury trials postponed if its budget is cut as deeply as some have projected, the state&#8217;s chief justice said.
Gov. Bob Riley&#8217;s administration has warned most non-education state agencies that they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private memo from congressional ethics probe leaks, naming dozens of lawmakers under scrutiny</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Congressional ethics report leaked, reveals names

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of over two dozen House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Calif. lawmakers, has to explain when private memo gets online</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ethics-panel-starts-probes-of-2-calif-lawmakers-has-to-explain-when-private-memo-gets-online-212009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Margasak</dc:creator>
		
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Ethics report leaked, discloses internal probes

WASHINGTON — Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.
Revelations of the mostly preliminary inquiries by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct — also known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate clears bill to avoid government shutdown, votes to fund government ops through Dec. 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Senate moves to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON — The Senate has cleared a stopgap spending measure to avoid shutting down most federal agencies at midnight Saturday.
The measure gives Congress until Dec. 18 to finish seven incomplete spending measures that were supposed to be wrapped up by Sept. 30.
The bill cleared for President Barack Obama&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House funds government through Dec. 18, generously funds Interior, environmental programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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House passes bill intended to avert agency closing
WASHINGTON — The House Thursday approved a stopgap spending measure to avoid a shutdown for 11 Cabinet-level departments whose budgets won&#8217;t be enacted by a midnight Saturday deadline.
The measure would give Congress until Dec. 18 to finish seven incomplete spending measures that were supposed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 NM projects receive $43M in federal homeland security funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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NM projects receive homeland security funding

WASHINGTON — New Mexico national security initiatives in Los Alamos, Albuquerque and Socorro will receive $43 million in federal funding.
Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall say the money was contained in the 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations bill that was signed into law Wednesday.
The funding includes $23 million for New Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Capuano relying on Washington experience, fiery style in race to succeed Kennedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Miga</dc:creator>
		
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Capuano runs as Washington insider in Senate bid
WASHINGTON — In the race to replace the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, Rep. Michael Capuano is embracing a label most politicians shun: Washington insider.
It&#8217;s a strategic twist that could leave the six-term Democrat vulnerable to charges that he&#8217;s too cozy with powerful special interests that often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morton: Ala. teachers should pay more for health insurance, retirement to offset budget cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desiree Hunter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama schools Superintendent Joe Morton unveiled a plan to deal with budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 partly by making teachers pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits.

The plan, unveiled Thursday, also calls for a constitutional amendment that would base appropriations to K-12, postsecondary and four-year universities on the number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ariz. legislative budget staff raises shortfall estimate to $2 billion, up from $1.5 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — Legislative budget analysts raised their estimate of Arizona&#8217;s midyear budget shortfall to nearly $2 billion, up from approximately $1.5 billion. The growing shortfall, roughly a fifth of the budget, prompted calls to cut spending, increase taxes and raid voter-mandated programs.

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee staff on Thursday cited the latest drops in tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With nearly 47 years in Senate, Hawaii&#8217;s Inouye becomes third-longest-serving member</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Niesse</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — Sen. Daniel Inouye becomes the third-longest-serving senator in U.S. history on Thursday, a landmark for the powerful lawmaker who has held a seat in Congress for as long as Hawaii has been a state.

Inouye has been in office in the U.S. Senate for nearly 47 years. He passes Sen. Edward Kennedy in seniority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate funds foot-and-mouth research lab in Kansas while calling for study on its safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Gamboa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate approved $32 million Tuesday for a planned foot-and-mouth disease research lab in Kansas, while ordering more study on the lab&#8217;s safety.

The money and required safety studies are part the $44.1 billion Homeland Security spending bill the Senate passed on a 79-19 vote. The bill heads next to President Barack Obama to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byrd, 91, manages Senate bill a week after speaking on Senate floor about Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — West Virginia Democrat Robert C. Byrd reappeared on the Senate floor Tuesday with some of his old bluster back after a season of frailty, this time to manage a $44.1 billion homeland security spending bill.

&#8220;There are some people in this country who have become complacent about the threat of another attack,&#8221; Byrd, chairman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US, Canadian officials say progress being made toward resolving &#8216;Buy American&#8217; dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anabelle Garay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — The U.S. and Canada are progressing toward resolving a dispute over &#8220;Buy American&#8221; provisions included in the $787 billion U.S. economic stimulus package that have rankled the Canadian government.

Negotiators are working out a compromise, but those talks could take time, Canadian Trade Minister Stockwell Day said after meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Ron [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy and water spending bill clears for Obama&#8217;s pen, homeland security bill next</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a bill to basically freeze spending on energy and water projects next year after pouring tens of billions of dollars into them as part of last winter&#8217;s economic stimulus plan.

The 80-17 vote on the compromise House-Senate plan cleared the measure for President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature. The bill is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge declares mistrial in Abramoff-related case; setback for prosecutors in lengthy probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of a former lobbyist caught up in the Jack Abramoff affair, the biggest setback in the government&#8217;s long-running prosecution of the influence-peddling scandal.

The jury deadlocked over seven counts alleging that Kevin Ring lavished thousands of dollars worth of tickets and meals on employees of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans lose bid to block transfer of Guantanamo detainees for trials in US</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Thursday repelled a Republican effort to block transfer of the Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S., handing President Barack Obama a partial victory in his effort to close the prison.

Instead, by a 224-193 vote, the House stood by a Democratic plan to allow suspected enemy combatants held at the controversial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Sen. Coburn&#8217;s protest grinds the Senate to a halt, frustrating Democrats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate ground to a halt Wednesday in a display of what an individual senator can do to protest his treatment by some of Capitol Hill&#8217;s most powerful barons.

Instead of passing a $33.5 billion measure funding energy and water projects and then moving on to other business, the chamber slogged through a 30-hour [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan negotiators approve K-12 schools budget with $165 cut per student</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Martin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Legislature voted late Thursday to cut public school funding by the equivalent of $165 per student in the current academic year.

The House and Senate votes are a breakthrough in the impasse that caused lawmakers to miss last week&#8217;s deadline to pass a K-12 spending plan. But an overall budget compromise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman says Navy document shows new presidential helicopter triples cost, slows delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Borak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An internal Navy document shows new plans to replace the president&#8217;s fleet of helicopters will cost taxpayers more and take years longer to deliver than a recently scrapped contract, a New York Democrat said Wednesday.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey said the Pentagon&#8217;s plan to abandon aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corp. and buy a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutrition, food stamp, dairy programs among winners in spending bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Nutrition, food stamp and dairy aid programs were among the winners as the House on Wednesday approved a $121 billion agriculture spending bill for the 2010 budget year.

Reflecting the growing number of people scrambling to get by in tough economic times, the bill provides $58.2 billion for the food stamp program, a jump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hinchey: Internal Navy document shows new presidential helicopter triples cost, slows delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Borak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An internal Navy document shows new plans to replace the president&#8217;s fleet of helicopters will cost taxpayers more and take years longer to deliver than a recently scrapped contract, a New York Democrat said Wednesday.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey said the Pentagon&#8217;s plan to abandon aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corp. and buy a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over GOP objections, House-Senate panel offers plan for allowing trials for Gitmo detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — In a partial victory for President Obama&#8217;s troubled bid to close the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, key congressional negotiators adopted a plan Wednesday to permit terror suspects held there to continue to be transferred into the United States to face trial.

The House-Senate compromise was reached by Democratic negotiators on a $42.8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate passes Pentagon budget, war funding bill as tally for Afghanistan and Iraq hits $1T</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama weighs major shifts in strategy in the deteriorating mission in Afghanistan, the Senate on Tuesday passed a bill bringing the total U.S. tab for that war to about $300 billion.

The $626 billion measure, passed 93-7, also would ban outright any transfer of accused enemy combatants from the Guantanamo Bay, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst lifts PetSmart to &#8216;Buy,&#8217; says co. likely to benefit when discretionary spending lifts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — PetSmart Inc. climbed Monday as an analyst upgraded the pet food and products retailer, saying the company will likely benefit when discretionary spending picks up with an potential 2010 economic recovery.

The recession prompted many pet owners to tighten their spending and limit their purchases more to necessities such as pet food and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sessions: Stop $35 billion tanker competition until Boeing, Northrop pricing data disclosed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Borak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Senate Republican who backs Northrop Grumman Corp.&#8217;s bid for a disputed $35 billion Air Force tanker contract wants to withhold funding until the service resolves a company gripe with the competition.

Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama filed an amendment Thursday that would require the Air Force to release pricing information of previous bids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional deal offers cash for dairy farmers, surplus purchases of cheese, other products</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from dairy-producing states announced agreement Wednesday on $350 million in aid for struggling milk farmers.

Some $290 million would go for direct support of dairy farmers under a program to be devised by the Agriculture Department, according to Rep. David Obey and Sen. Herb Kohl, both Wisconsin Democrats. An additional $60 million would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for farmers, surplus purchases in $350 million congressional dairy aid package</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Amid a crisis of low milk prices and mounting losses in dairy country, lawmakers in Congress are fashioning a $350 million emergency aid package aimed at helping struggling milk farmers.

Secretive talks on Capitol Hill have produced a tentative compromise, slated to be unveiled Wednesday, that would leave it to Agriculture Department chief Tom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McCain takes on uphill fight to kill $2.5 billion for additional C-17 cargo jets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — While ceding some ground to President Obama on high-profile weapons cuts, lawmakers are cutting money for training and spare parts to pay for other weapons Obama doesn&#8217;t want and their own pet projects.

The push-and-pull is playing out within a massive, $626 billion funding bill for the Pentagon that is being debated on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation keeps government from closing down, aids cash-strapped Postal Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A House-Senate panel on Thursday approved legislation to keep the government from closing down when the new budget year starts next week and employed a $4 billion bookkeeping maneuver to keep the financially troubled Postal Service afloat.

The one-month stopgap spending measure is needed because Congress has failed to complete work on any of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-contractor at Eglin AFB sentenced to probation in fraud case tied to Congressional earmarks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-contractor-at-eglin-afb-sentenced-to-probation-in-fraud-case-tied-to-congressional-earmarks-175648/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PENSACOLA, Fla. — A former defense contractor for Eglin Air Force Base was sentenced to four years&#8217; probation Tuesday for obstructing justice as part of wider fraud scheme by contractors and defense lobbyists with ties to a powerful Pennsylvania congressman.

U.S. District Judge Lacey Collier sentenced chemical engineer Theodore Sumrall to probation instead of prison after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio high court clears way for vote on racetrack slots plan used to balance state budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Carr Smyth</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBUS, Ohio — Racetrack slots were sidelined by a high court decision Monday, potentially throwing the state budget off balance by nearly $1 billion and short-circuiting preparations that were well under way.

The ruling means video lottery terminals estimated to raise between $850 million and $933 million for public schools could be on hold until a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As new budget year looms, Senate approves $122 billion for transportation, housing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved generous increases for transportation and housing programs as it passed the fifth of 12 appropriations bills funding the government for the budget year that begins in just two weeks.

The bill, passed 73-25, would permit $122 billion in new spending for programs such as road projects, housing subsidies for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 years after hike in citizenship, immigration fees, agency seeing revenue shortfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Gamboa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The government has collected hundreds of millions of dollars less than it thought it would from fee increases imposed two years ago on applications for citizenship and other immigration-related services.

The increases were supposed to generate an additional $1 billion in revenue for Citizenship and Immigration Services, part of the Homeland Security Department. Based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel OKs $636 billion Pentagon budget with $128 billion for Iraq, Afghanistan wars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — With hardly any debate, a powerful Senate committee Thursday approved President Barack Obama&#8217;s $128 billion request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the budget year beginning in October.

The move came as anxiety is increasing on Capitol Hill over the chances for success in Afghanistan and as Obama weighs whether to send [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frail but steady, 91-year-old Byrd returns to Senate floor to bid goodbye to Kennedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A frail Sen. Robert Byrd addressed the Senate for the first time in months Thursday to pay tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy, his one-time rival and longtime dear friend.

In a strong voice that hasn&#8217;t been heard on the Senate floor since February, the 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat — who spent several weeks in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration sends positive report on Mexican rights record to Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has sent to Congress a favorable report on Mexico&#8217;s human rights record that could allow the release of $100 million in U.S. aid to help the country fight drug traffickers.

The State Department said Monday the report was forwarded to Capitol Hill on Aug. 13 after a delay caused by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House provides $200 million for new jets for travel by Pentagon officials, lawmakers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House is ordering up three Gulfstream jets to fly Pentagon and other top government officials — including members of Congress — around the globe in conditions far cushier than coach class.

The almost $200 million appropriation to buy three C-37 jets, the military version of the Gulfstream 550, is buried in a $636 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida jury convicts ex-Air Force contractor of destroying records, lying about contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Nelson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PENSACOLA, Fla. — A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel was convicted Friday of destroying records and lying to a grand jury in connection with defense contracts awarded by a military research lab in Florida.

Richard Schaller was accused in a 31-count indictment of helping another retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who worked at the Air Force [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at government subsidies for flights in and out of rural communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 100 communities in 32 states and Puerto Rico benefit from taxpayer-susidized air service. Costs of the program have spiraled to $175 million or more for the upcoming budget year. The subsidies can amount to hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars for each passenger ticket. Below are communities that benefit from the program, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INSIDE WASHINGTON: Taxpayers paying thousands per ticket to subsidize rural airline service</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/inside-washington-taxpayers-paying-thousands-per-ticket-to-subsidize-rural-airline-service-126869/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government subsidies for flights in and out of rural communities can reach up to thousands of dollars per passenger, and Congress is moving to increase the budget by almost 30 percent to keep those flights going next year.

Some of the subsidies, to places like Ely, Nev., Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Havre, Mont., are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taxpayer subsidies for rural airline service costing thousands of dollars per ticket</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/taxpayer-subsidies-for-rural-airline-service-costing-thousands-of-dollars-per-ticket-126329/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Government subsidies for flights in and out of rural communities can reach up to thousands of dollars per passenger, and Congress is moving to increase the budget by almost 30 percent to keep those flights going next year.

Some of the subsidies, to places like Ely, Nev., Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Havre, Mont., are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate passes energy and water bill; panel boosts transportation, housing programs</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-passes-energy-and-water-bill-panel-boosts-transportation-housing-programs-124775/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday passed a $34.3 billion energy spending bill that backs up President Barack Obama&#8217;s promise to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada.

The bill, passed by a 85-9 vote, also covers hundreds of water projects being undertaken by the Army Corps of Engineers.
The Yucca Mountain project 90 miles [...]]]></description>
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