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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Legislature Hearings</title>
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		<title>Lincoln: Senate agriculture committee to hold field hearing in Little Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Senate ag committee to hold hearing in Little Rock

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Sen. Blanche Lincoln says the Senate&#8217;s agriculture committee will meet in Arkansas later this month for a field hearing on how to strengthen and grow Arkansas&#8217; rural economy.
Lincoln, a Democrat, is the chairwoman of Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. The committee&#8217;s  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lincoln-senate-agriculture-committee-to-hold-field-hearing-in-little-rock-228559/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Neb. lawmakers begin hearings on plan to deal with $334M shortfall in state&#8217;s two-year budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Public hearings on Neb. budget cuts begin Thursday

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska lawmakers may get an earful from people who might be affected by the $334 million in budget cuts they are considering.
Public hearings on the cuts are scheduled to begin on Thursday and continue into next week as part of the Legislature&#8217;s special session.
State Sen. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/neb-lawmakers-begin-hearings-on-plan-to-deal-with-334m-shortfall-in-states-two-year-budget-218919/" title="Neb. lawmakers begin hearings on plan to deal with $334M shortfall in state&#8217;s two-year budget">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>South Dakota landowners voice concerns about proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
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SD ranchers voice concerns about Keystone pipeline

PIERRE, S.D. — Ranchers who live along the route of a crude oil pipeline that TransCanada Keystone wants to build across western South Dakota said Tuesday they are worried about oil spills and damage to their land, water and roads.
More than 50 landowners and others showed up at a .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-dakota-landowners-voice-concerns-about-proposed-transcanada-keystone-xl-pipeline-217053/">South Dakota landowners voice concerns about proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to hold public hearing on Keystone XL pipeline</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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SD regulators to hold public hearing on pipeline

PIERRE, S.D. — The Public Utilities Commission gets comments from the public Tuesday evening in Pierre on the $920 million, 313-mile stretch of the Keystone XL pipeline that TransCanada Keystone plans to build across western and south central South Dakota.
It will be the fourth public hearing before the .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-dakota-public-utilities-commission-to-hold-public-hearing-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-216272/">South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to hold public hearing on Keystone XL pipeline</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration witnesses kick off Senate hearing on climate bill; GOP opposition firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Senate hearing kicks off climate bill
WASHINGTON — Top Obama administration officials are looking to make their case before the Senate for aggressive action to combat climate change, even as Republicans show no sign of softening their dislike of a Democratic bill that would dramatically cut heat-trapping pollution.

Senate Democrats have all but abandoned the likelihood of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-administration-witnesses-kick-off-senate-hearing-on-climate-bill-gop-opposition-firm-208024/">Read more : Obama administration witnesses kick off Senate hearing on climate bill; GOP opposition firm</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. casino foes say they&#8217;re not giving up fight despite growing political, economic pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. casino foes say they&#8217;re not giving up fight

BOSTON — They&#8217;re outmatched and outspent, but casino opponents say they&#8217;re not folding their cards yet, even as pressure mounts on Massachusetts lawmakers to legalize new forms of gambling.
Their main defender, former House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, is out of office and under indictment. The state&#8217;s sputtering economy ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-casino-foes-say-theyre-not-giving-up-fight-despite-growing-political-economic-pressure-207276/">Read : Mass. casino foes say they&#8217;re not giving up fight despite growing political, economic pressure</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. lawmakers plan hearing on more than a dozen bills on casinos, racetracks, slot parlors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — The public is being given a chance to weigh on more than a dozen gaming bills, including several allowing the state to license resort style casinos in Massachusetts for the first time.

Other bills set for a public hearing next week would allow slot machines at racetracks, create a network of video lottery terminals .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-lawmakers-plan-hearing-on-more-than-a-dozen-bills-on-casinos-racetracks-slot-parlors-203821/" title="Mass. lawmakers plan hearing on more than a dozen bills on casinos, racetracks, slot parlors">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge bars public attendance at pretrial proceedings in Blackwater shooting case</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday shut down public access to pretrial hearings in the prosecution of five Blackwater security guards for allegedly killing Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.

The hearings will delve into whether government investigators were tainted by statements the guards gave shortly after the shootings on Sept. 16, 2007, that killed 14 unarmed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-bars-public-attendance-at-pretrial-proceedings-in-blackwater-shooting-case-196270/">Original article &nbsp;: Federal judge bars public attendance at pretrial proceedings in Blackwater shooting case</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As mountaintop mining hearings get under way, WV enviros blast practice, KY expects big crowds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PIKEVILLE, Ky. — Thousands of coal miners fearing the loss of jobs if mountaintop removal mining is curtailed or outlawed crowded public hearings in three states Tuesday on the much-debated practice.

Many in Kentucky wore hardhats and T-shirts proclaiming the merits of coal. Environmentalists who have fought for decades to end the destructive form of mining .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-mountaintop-mining-hearings-get-under-way-wv-enviros-blast-practice-ky-expects-big-crowds-194962/">As mountaintop mining hearings get under way, WV enviros blast practice, KY expects big crowds</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calendar of major business events scheduled for Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major business events and economic events scheduled for Wednesday:

WASHINGTON — Treasury releases federal budget for September and fiscal year 2009, 2 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve releases minutes of Federal Open Market Committee meeting of Sept. 22-23.
WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases retail sales for September, 8:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases business inventories for August, 10 ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calendar-of-major-business-events-scheduled-for-wednesday-2-194064/" title="Calendar of major business events scheduled for Wednesday">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats defeat McCain bid to force testimony by Afghanistan commander by mid-November</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Thursday to delay a face-to-face briefing from the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who hours earlier had warned that al-Qaida terrorists could regain ground there if a new war plan isn&#8217;t adopted soon.

Democrats rejected the call by one of the Senate&#8217;s most hawkish Republicans to force Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-democrats-defeat-mccain-bid-to-force-testimony-by-afghanistan-commander-by-mid-november-184426/">Senate Democrats defeat McCain bid to force testimony by Afghanistan commander by mid-November</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senators, AP&#8217;s Curley: Gov&#8217;t still hiding info from public despite Obama&#8217;s openness policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Too many agencies are still holding their secrets close nine months after President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to open the flow of information to the public, advocates of access said Wednesday.

Some are trying to circumvent the 42-year-old Freedom of Information Act through special provisions slipped into legislation &#8220;without debate or public .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senators-aps-curley-govt-still-hiding-info-from-public-despite-obamas-openness-policy-182552/">Senators, AP&#8217;s Curley: Gov&#8217;t still hiding info from public despite Obama&#8217;s openness policy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senators, AP&#8217;s Curley: Agencies still shielding information from public despite Obama policy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senators-aps-curley-agencies-still-shielding-information-from-public-despite-obama-policy-181498/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s new standards of openness in the federal government have not trickled down to some of its agencies, where officials have used special statutes inserted into bills to skirt the Freedom of Information Act, open government advocates said Wednesday.

Efforts to strengthen the 42-year-old law &#8220;have been hampered by the increasing use ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senators-aps-curley-agencies-still-shielding-information-from-public-despite-obama-policy-181498/">Senators, AP&#8217;s Curley: Agencies still shielding information from public despite Obama policy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration warns against quick end to $700 billion bank bailout</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Kuhnhenn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The nation&#8217;s economic recovery has just begun and &#8220;we still have work to do,&#8221; a senior Treasury official told Congress on Thursday, the strongest signal yet that the administration is prepared to extend its $700 billion bank bailout fund.

Herbert Allison, the department&#8217;s assistant secretary for financial stability, cited declining prices in commercial real ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-administration-warns-against-quick-end-to-700-billion-bank-bailout-177228/">Read more : Obama administration warns against quick end to $700 billion bank bailout</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate confirms Gerard Lynch of New York for 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Gerard Lynch for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving overwhelming approval to the New York judge who presided over cases involving former basketball coach Isiah Thomas and recording artist Lil&#8217; Kim.

The 94-3 vote means that Democratic nominees now hold four of 10 currently filled seats on .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-confirms-gerard-lynch-of-new-york-for-2nd-us-circuit-court-of-appeals-171718/">Senate confirms Gerard Lynch of New York for 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US envoy says that despite recent rise in violence in Iraq, withdrawal timetable is holding</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Burns</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. ambassador to Iraq told Congress on Thursday that despite a recent rash of insurgent attacks, the U.S. is on track to removing all its combat forces by next August. &#8220;We are holding to this timetable,&#8221; Christopher Hill told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in his first congressional testimony since taking over ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-envoy-says-that-despite-recent-rise-in-violence-in-iraq-withdrawal-timetable-is-holding-164930/" title="US envoy says that despite recent rise in violence in Iraq, withdrawal timetable is holding">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kennedy supporters to press Mass. lawmakers at hearing to let governor name interim senator</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Leblanc</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Supporters of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy are vowing to pack a public hearing at the Massachusetts Statehouse to press lawmakers to allow Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim replacement to the vacant Senate seat.

Critics say they won&#8217;t let the proposal go unchallenged. They call it a political power grab by Democrats .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kennedy-supporters-to-press-mass-lawmakers-at-hearing-to-let-governor-name-interim-senator-163259/">Kennedy supporters to press Mass. lawmakers at hearing to let governor name interim senator</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy judge approves Dayton Superior disclosure statement; confirmation hearing set</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DAYTON, Ohio — Dayton Superior Corp., which makes products used in concrete construction, said a federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has approved the company&#8217;s disclosure statement.

The company said late Monday the order signed by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan L. Shannon affirms that the document contains adequate information for creditors to evaluate its proposed plan of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bankruptcy-judge-approves-dayton-superior-disclosure-statement-confirmation-hearing-set-149429/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Bankruptcy judge approves Dayton Superior disclosure statement; confirmation hearing set</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The Sotomayor catch phrase &#8216;Wise Latina&#8217; takes on a pop culture life of its own</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Wides-munoz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Wise Latina. The catch phrase of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s Senate confirmation hearings has since taken on a life of its own, generating sales of T-shirts, note cards, dog jerseys and even thongs.

Sotomayor uttered her now famous words on several occasions — and her critics on many more. And while the .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-sotomayor-catch-phrase-wise-latina-takes-on-a-pop-culture-life-of-its-own-143001/">The Sotomayor catch phrase &#8216;Wise Latina&#8217; takes on a pop culture life of its own</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Lobbyists hire stand-ins to save place in line at congressional hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann Sanner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Rose and Zine Hosein have stand-up jobs — and get paid $15 an hour for it.

The 60-something couple have the ultimate niche occupation in Washington&#8217;s influence economy, holding places in line for lobbyists outside crowded congressional hearing rooms. They bring folding chairs, coffee and patience to a job regarded by some about as ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-lobbyists-hire-stand-ins-to-save-place-in-line-at-congressional-hearings-142850/">THE INFLUENCE GAME: Lobbyists hire stand-ins to save place in line at congressional hearings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>COLLEGE FOOTBALL &#8216;09: Despite spotlight, efforts to reform BCS face tall order in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Rep. Joe Barton had a plane to catch, but he wanted to give college football officials a warning before leaving the highly publicized hearing.

Peering down from the podium, the Republican said in his Texas twang that unless the officials took action toward a playoff system in two months, Congress would likely move on .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/college-football-09-despite-spotlight-efforts-to-reform-bcs-face-tall-order-in-congress-139769/">COLLEGE FOOTBALL &#8216;09: Despite spotlight, efforts to reform BCS face tall order in Congress</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>End of primary challenge marks smoother sailing for NY Sen. Gillibrand in 2010 election</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Valerie Bauman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. —Kirsten Gillibrand didn&#8217;t have the pedigree of a Kennedy, Clinton or a Cuomo. She was not, her critics said, up to the challenge of winning a tough, New York brawl for the U.S. Senate seat Gov. David Paterson handed her.

But on Friday, the last of the established threats to her candidacy backed away ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/end-of-primary-challenge-marks-smoother-sailing-for-ny-sen-gillibrand-in-2010-election-134546/">End of primary challenge marks smoother sailing for NY Sen. Gillibrand in 2010 election</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmation won, Sotomayor set to take oath Saturday as first Hispanic Supreme Court justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — When Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in Saturday to the Supreme Court, she&#8217;ll be able to claim two firsts: first Hispanic justice and first high court member to have her oath-taking made available to TV cameras.

Sotomayor, who won a groundbreaking Senate confirmation vote Thursday over intense conservative opposition, will be sworn in twice by .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/confirmation-won-sotomayor-set-to-take-oath-saturday-as-first-hispanic-supreme-court-justice-133349/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Confirmation won, Sotomayor set to take oath Saturday as first Hispanic Supreme Court justice</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor confirmed as first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in historic Senate vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation&#8217;s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics and hints of high court fights to come.

The third woman in court history, she&#8217;ll be sworn in Saturday as the 111th justice and the first nominated by ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-confirmed-as-first-hispanic-supreme-court-justice-in-historic-senate-vote-132898/">Sotomayor confirmed as first Hispanic Supreme Court justice in historic Senate vote</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hails confirmation of Sotomayor as Supreme Court justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is lauding the barrier-breaking confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

Said the president: &#8220;With this historic vote, the Senate has affirmed that Justice Sotomayor has the intellect, the temperament, the history, the integrity and the independence of mind to ably serve on our ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-hails-confirmation-of-sotomayor-as-supreme-court-justice-132869/">Obama hails confirmation of Sotomayor as Supreme Court justice</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate breaking ground with historic confirmation of Sotomayor, Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate pressed toward a history-making vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic justice Thursday, elevating the daughter of Puerto Rican parents after a summer-long debate filled with ethnic politics. She would be the first justice nominated by a Democratic president in a decade and a half.

The Democrats&#8217; heavy .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-breaking-ground-with-historic-confirmation-of-sotomayor-supreme-courts-first-hispanic-132820/">Original article &nbsp;: Senate breaking ground with historic confirmation of Sotomayor, Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>History, politics shape debate with Senate poised to confirm first Hispanic justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio said he&#8217;d break with his party to support Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor Thursday, as the Senate pressed toward a history-making vote to confirm her as the first Hispanic justice over the grave objections of most GOP senators.

The Democratic-led Senate is set to vote later Thursday on President .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/history-politics-shape-debate-with-senate-poised-to-confirm-first-hispanic-justice-132309/">Original source &nbsp;: History, politics shape debate with Senate poised to confirm first Hispanic justice</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate agrees to Thursday vote to confirm Sotomayor as Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate has agreed to vote Thursday on confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. The historic vote on President Barack Obama&#8217;s first high court nominee will take place in midafternoon. The Senate will have debated her nomination to replace Justice David Souter for about two days.

Nearly three-quarters of  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-agrees-to-thursday-vote-to-confirm-sotomayor-as-supreme-courts-first-hispanic-132142/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sens. Bond, Gregg add to Sotomayor&#8217;s GOP support as Senate nears historic Supreme Court vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won more GOP support in her drive toward near-certain Senate confirmation Thursday as the first Hispanic justice, even as a growing chorus of Republicans called her unfit for the bench.

Republican Sens. Kit Bond of Missouri and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire broke with their party to announce they&#8217;d ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sens-bond-gregg-add-to-sotomayors-gop-support-as-senate-nears-historic-supreme-court-vote-132072/">Sens. Bond, Gregg add to Sotomayor&#8217;s GOP support as Senate nears historic Supreme Court vote</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate women, Latino leaders anticipate historic confirmation of Sotomayor to Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate&#8217;s Democratic women took to the floor Wednesday to highlight the landmark nature of Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s impending confirmation as the first Hispanic and third female Supreme Court justice, as Latino leaders stressed the vote&#8217;s importance to their community, a growing part of the electorate.

While Republicans lined up to criticize Sotomayor as unfit .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-women-latino-leaders-anticipate-historic-confirmation-of-sotomayor-to-supreme-court-131630/">Senate women, Latino leaders anticipate historic confirmation of Sotomayor to Supreme Court</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate conducts historic debate on Sotomayor, in line to become Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate held a history-making debate Tuesday on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, with Republican opponents asserting she would bring bias to the bench and Democratic supporters saying she was a mainstream moderate.

There was little doubt that President Barack Obama&#8217;s first high court nominee would be confirmed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-conducts-historic-debate-on-sotomayor-in-line-to-become-supreme-courts-first-hispanic-130940/">Original article &nbsp;: Senate conducts historic debate on Sotomayor, in line to become Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate to start historic debate on Sotomayor, in line to become Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate&#8217;s top Republican said Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fails the test of impartiality despite her impressive background while the leading Democrat defended her as a mainstream moderate Tuesday.

Those comments came as the Senate prepared to debate the judge expected to be confirmed as the first Hispanic and third female justice.
Republican Sen. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-to-start-historic-debate-on-sotomayor-in-line-to-become-supreme-courts-first-hispanic-130651/">Source &nbsp;: Senate to start historic debate on Sotomayor, in line to become Supreme Court&#8217;s first Hispanic</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Sen. John McCain to oppose Sotomayor for Supreme Court, cites her &#8216;judicial activism&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John McCain says he&#8217;ll oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor when the Senate votes on her confirmation this week.

The Arizona senator calls Sotomayor a judicial activist who tried to walk back from that record during her confirmation hearings. He says President Barack Obama&#8217;s nominee has used her position as a judge .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gop-sen-john-mccain-to-oppose-sotomayor-for-supreme-court-cites-her-judicial-activism-129380/">GOP Sen. John McCain to oppose Sotomayor for Supreme Court, cites her &#8216;judicial activism&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Influential NRA, initially on sidelines, falls short in late bid for &#8216;no&#8217; votes on Sotomayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association&#8217;s threat to punish senators who vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been met with a shrug by Democrats from conservative-leaning states and some Republicans who are breaking with their party to support her.

The gun rights group is used to getting its way by spooking lawmakers about the ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/influential-nra-initially-on-sidelines-falls-short-in-late-bid-for-no-votes-on-sotomayor-127696/">Influential NRA, initially on sidelines, falls short in late bid for &#8216;no&#8217; votes on Sotomayor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Judiciary Committee approves Sonia Sotomayor to be first Hispanic Supreme Court justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Pushing toward a historic Supreme Court confirmation vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice, over nearly solid Republican opposition.

The panel&#8217;s 13-6 vote for Sotomayor masked deep political divisions within GOP ranks about confirming President Barack Obama&#8217;s first high court nominee. Just one Republican, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-judiciary-committee-approves-sonia-sotomayor-to-be-first-hispanic-supreme-court-justice-123076/" title="Senate Judiciary Committee approves Sonia Sotomayor to be first Hispanic Supreme Court justice">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judiciary panel set to vote on Sotomayor, Senate confirmation appears certain next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor appears headed to quick confirmation as the first Hispanic justice in spite of opposition from a growing chorus of conservative Republican senators who say she would bring liberal bias to the high court.

A Senate Judiciary Committee vote Tuesday was expected to advance Sotomayor, President Barack Obama&#8217;s first Supreme .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judiciary-panel-set-to-vote-on-sotomayor-senate-confirmation-appears-certain-next-week-122553/">Judiciary panel set to vote on Sotomayor, Senate confirmation appears certain next week</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>CFTC chief: agency &#8217;seriously considering&#8217; index trading limits amid concern over wheat prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are &#8220;seriously considering&#8221; restrictions in the wheat futures market being urged by lawmakers concerned over speculation they say has artificially inflated prices, hampering risk management by farmers and grain processors.

A yearlong investigation by the investigative panel of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found that the disconnect between the .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cftc-chief-agency-seriously-considering-index-trading-limits-amid-concern-over-wheat-prices-116486/">CFTC chief: agency &#8217;seriously considering&#8217; index trading limits amid concern over wheat prices</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Sotomayor&#8217;s words in Senate hearings don&#8217;t count once she joins the Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Walter R. Mears</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Once Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed to the Supreme Court, all those hours of predictable questions and cautious replies at her Senate confirmation hearings will be filed and forgotten as she judges the way she sees fit. Nobody can hold her to what she&#8217;s said.

That&#8217;s the usually unspoken reality of confirmation proceedings. .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-sotomayors-words-in-senate-hearings-dont-count-once-she-joins-the-supreme-court-114262/">Analysis: Sotomayor&#8217;s words in Senate hearings don&#8217;t count once she joins the Supreme Court</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor&#8217;s performance at hearings wins her GOP, Democratic supporters as vote looms</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledges of support from Senate Republicans and one prominent GOP opponent, after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings that has placed her firmly on track to become the high court&#8217;s first Latina and the first Democratic-named justice in 15 years.

Three centrist Republicans announced ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayors-performance-at-hearings-wins-her-gop-democratic-supporters-as-vote-looms-112828/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Sotomayor&#8217;s performance at hearings wins her GOP, Democratic supporters as vote looms</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor won her first public pledge of support from a Republican senator Friday, after a smooth performance at her confirmation hearings that has placed her firmly on track to become the high court&#8217;s first Latina and the first Democratic-named justice in 15 years.

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., announced that he ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayors-performance-at-hearings-puts-some-republican-senators-on-the-spot-as-vote-looms-112456/">Sotomayor&#8217;s performance at hearings puts some Republican senators on the spot as vote looms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate subcommittee looks at preferences given to Alaska Native corps in federal contracts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A program that grants preferences to Alaska Native corporations when they compete for billions of dollars in government contracts was scrutinized Thursday by a U.S. Senate panel.

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat who chaired the Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight hearing, said she sought to make sure the federal government is getting ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-subcommittee-looks-at-preferences-given-to-alaska-native-corps-in-federal-contracts-112090/" title="Senate subcommittee looks at preferences given to Alaska Native corps in federal contracts">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona senator complements Sotomayor on perseverance in overheated Judiciary hearing room</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As interrogation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resumed, housekeeping items were front and center.

Republican Sen. John Kyl (KILE) of Arizona told the judge he was sorry about how hot it was in the room the day before, beyond the tough questions she was getting.
Kyl told the 55-year-old native New Yorker he didn&#8217;t ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-senator-complements-sotomayor-on-perseverance-in-overheated-judiciary-hearing-room-111456/">Read : Arizona senator complements Sotomayor on perseverance in overheated Judiciary hearing room</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominees rarely take risky or controversial positions when in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sonia Sotomayor is no exception.

She&#8217;s following a path charted by several nominees before her, including Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, on the questions they&#8217;ve all been asked.
A comparison of what she said ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/how-sotomayors-comments-at-her-confirmation-hearing-compare-with-roberts-alito-110977/">How Sotomayor&#8217;s comments at her confirmation hearing compare with Roberts, Alito</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A guide to head-scratching lingo in Sotomayor&#8217;s Supreme Court confirmation hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Not everyone participating in Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s Supreme Court confirmation hearing is a lawyer, so the terms flying back and forth can get baffling.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is one of those non-lawyers present, and gave a plea Thursday to Sotomayor to explain in &#8220;common, everyday English&#8221; what the oft-repeated phrase &#8220;per curiam&#8221; means.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve had .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-guide-to-head-scratching-lingo-in-sotomayors-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-110366/">A guide to head-scratching lingo in Sotomayor&#8217;s Supreme Court confirmation hearings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota senator asks Sotomayor if she watched All-Star game, cites Twin player&#8217;s winning hit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — In a light moment at confirmation hearings immersed at the time in arcane legal talk, Sonia Sotomayor acknowledged she watched TV Tuesday night — and that it was more likely the All-Star game than a re-run of her testimony.

Sotomayor, a native of New York, was asked by Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar (KLOH&#8217;-buh-shahr) if ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/minnesota-senator-asks-sotomayor-if-she-watched-all-star-game-cites-twin-players-winning-hit-110345/" title="Minnesota senator asks Sotomayor if she watched All-Star game, cites Twin player&#8217;s winning hit">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor says record as judge rebuts claims she is biased; confirmation hearing set to resume</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor is relying on her 17-year record as a federal judge to rebut criticism that she is concealing a liberal agenda that will show up if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Sotomayor, the first Hispanic high court nominee, was set to return Wednesday to a cavernous Senate hearing room for another .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-says-record-as-judge-rebuts-claims-she-is-biased-confirmation-hearing-set-to-resume-109770/">Original article &nbsp;: Sotomayor says record as judge rebuts claims she is biased; confirmation hearing set to resume</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor says record as judge rebuts claims she is biased; confirmation hearings to resume</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor is relying on her 17-year record as a federal judge to rebut criticism that she is concealing a liberal agenda that will show up if she is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

Sotomayor, the first Hispanic high court nominee, was set to return Wednesday to a cavernous Senate hearing room for another ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-says-record-as-judge-rebuts-claims-she-is-biased-confirmation-hearings-to-resume-109761/" title="Sotomayor says record as judge rebuts claims she is biased; confirmation hearings to resume">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor embraces Puerto Rican heritage, avoids hot-button issue: statehood vs. independence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Melia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor wrote as a Princeton undergraduate that she supported independence for Puerto Rico — a radical, fringe position, even today.

Three years later, she argued in the Yale Law Review that the island&#8217;s &#8220;inevitable&#8221; march toward statehood should include exclusive rights to its offshore oil and minerals .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-embraces-puerto-rican-heritage-avoids-hot-button-issue-statehood-vs-independence-109711/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court nominee faces harsh criticism for temperament</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor kept her cool Tuesday, even when she was being portrayed at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing as just the opposite — a hotheaded judge who is sometimes mean to lawyers who appear before her.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., raised the subject, citing anonymous comments in the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary from ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-nominee-faces-harsh-criticism-for-temperament-109529/" title="Supreme Court nominee faces harsh criticism for temperament">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sui what? A guide to head-scratching lingo in Sotomayor&#8217;s Supreme Court confirmation hearings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Calvin Woodward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — What does a Latina judge from the Bronx have in common with a white male lawyer from Alabama?

Latin and legalese.
The ancient language of the law flows easily among practitioners, among them Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions and most of his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee. For almost everyone .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sui-what-a-guide-to-head-scratching-lingo-in-sotomayors-supreme-court-confirmation-hearings-109447/">Sui what? A guide to head-scratching lingo in Sotomayor&#8217;s Supreme Court confirmation hearings</a>.]]></description>
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