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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Orrin hatch</title>
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		<title>A life of service to country to be recalled as mourners gather for Kennedy funeral Mass</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glen Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Edward M. Kennedy is getting a final tribute fitting his huge profile on the American political scene, his life celebrated at a funeral Mass by President Barack Obama, three former presidents and dozens of current and former congressmen.

No fewer than seven priests, 11 pallbearers and 29 honorary pallbearers were presiding over the Roman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, assuming Kennedy&#8217;s frequent role, eulogizing the late senator at Saturday funeral Mass</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, oft-summoned to remember departed members of his famous political family, was himself the subject of a eulogy President Barack Obama was delivering at a funeral expected to draw mourners from across the political spectrum and stations of life.

The Massachusetts Democrat, who died Tuesday at age 77 from brain cancer, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VP Biden calls Kennedy &#8216;historic, heroic figure&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Lavoie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Vice President Joe Biden says Sen. Edward Kennedy was a historic and heroic figure, and that the Kennedy era lives on through the generations that have followed him.

Biden says Kennedy took on the role of &#8220;older brother&#8221; to him when he first came to the Senate 36 years ago. He credited the late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public goodbye complete, bipartisan coalition of friends, family gathers to celebrate Kennedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Lavoie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — In death as in life, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday brought together political rivals — this time to celebrate his ferocious sense of humor and unwavering dedication to family and country.

A who&#8217;s who of politics gathered at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston for the more than three-hour tribute featuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A torch goes out: Edward Kennedy, Senate legend and last in a storied line of brothers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glen Johnson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HYANNIS PORT, Mass. — The greatest heights eluded Ted Kennedy over a lifetime of achievement and pain. No presidency. No universal health care, chief among his causes.

Instead, Kennedy built his Washington monument stone by stone, his imprint distinct on the Senate&#8217;s most important works over nearly half a century. He toiled across the Potomac River [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Informant in NJ public corruption probe legally gave nearly $190K to political campaigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Defalco</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TRENTON, N.J. — Before he helped the government snare dozens of New Jersey public officials by offering bribes, the FBI&#8217;s informant in a corruption case was a prolific on-the-books campaign donor, giving roughly $190,000 to high-level candidates over an eight-year span.

None of the 30 or so politicians who received legal campaign donations from Solomon Dwek [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Western senators take baton in advancing Obama&#8217;s health care overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If there is a chance for health care overhaul it most likely exists in the politically charged space between a marathon runner from Montana and a former amateur boxer from Nevada, two Senate Democrats who occasionally sound like Republicans.

For better or worse, the burden to design a plan that provides health insurance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch opposes Sotomayor nomination, cites her judicial philosophy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 00:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch says he will vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

The Republican sits on the Judiciary Committee and says he disagrees with Sotomayor&#8217;s judicial philosophy.
In a statement issued Friday, Hatch, a lawyer by trade, wrote that Sotomayor&#8217;s statements and record are at odds with the principles about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor denies racial bias in &#8216;wise Latina&#8217; remark under questioning at confirmation hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor firmly denied racial bias Tuesday at her Senate confirmation hearing and said an oft-criticized remark about her Hispanic heritage affecting judicial decisions was a rhetorical device gone awry.

An attempted play on words &#8220;fell flat&#8221; in a speech in 2001, Sotomayor told Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., referring to remarks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at some of the question and answer exchanges in Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s confirmation hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at some exchanges during the fourth day of the Senate Judiciary Committee&#8217;s hearings on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor:

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas: &#8220;You&#8217;ve also said that the Supreme Court decisions that a lot of us believe made law actually were an interpretation of the law. So I&#8217;m — I would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators agree to 12-year exclusivity period for high-tech drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senators agreed Monday to give high-tech biologic drugs 12 years of market protection before generic versions can compete.

The vote in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee was a victory for the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries but a defeat for the Obama administration and AARP.
The Obama administration had pushed for a seven-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Senator Graham predicts Sotomayor Supreme Court confirmation &#8216;barring meltdown&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a Hispanic pioneer well qualified for the Supreme Court on Monday, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama&#8217;s views as well at the start of confirmation hearings.

Despite Republican misgivings, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Sotomayor, &#8220;Unless you have a complete meltdown, you&#8217;re going to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some comments from the Sotomayor confirmation hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some excerpts from comments during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

&#8220;I would trust that all members of this committee here today will reject the efforts of partisans and outside pressure groups that sought to create a caricature of Judge Sotomayor while belittling her record and achievements, her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Republicans, outnumbered and politically wary, lack cohesive opposition to Sotomayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A week before her Senate hearings, Republicans are floundering in their efforts to trip up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, unable to find an effective message about why she&#8217;s not fit to serve.

Blame the tricky politics of opposing the woman who would be the first Hispanic justice, especially for a party struggling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private watchdog group seeks Ethics Committee investigation into senator&#8217;s affair with aide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Freking</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A watchdog group says it will file a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking lawmakers to investigate the circumstances surrounding an affair that Sen. John Ensign had with a campaign aide.

Ensign, R-Nev., acknowledged last week that he was involved in a sexual relationship from December 2007 through August 2008. The aide was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Influential senators in health care overhaul have industry ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sharon Theimer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Influential senators working to overhaul the nation&#8217;s health care system have investments and family ties with some of the biggest names in the industry. The wife of Sen. Chris Dodd, the lawmaker in charge of writing the Senate&#8217;s bill, sits on the boards of four health care companies.

Members of both parties have industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators say Obama should consider wider experience than federal bench in naming next justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 09:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglass K. Daniel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s search to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter should extend beyond the current roster of federal judges, senators from both political parties said Sunday.

&#8220;I would like to see more people from outside the judicial monastery, somebody who has had some real-life experience, not just as a judge,&#8221; said Vermont [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress to examine fairness, financing of college football&#8217;s Bowl Championship Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Members of Congress are interested in learning more about the Bowl Championship Series and whether it is a fair way of choosing a college football champion.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee&#8217;s commerce, trade and consumer protection subcommittee is holding a hearing Friday to delve into how revenue generated by the series is distributed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MWC commissioner proposes playoff to BCS; BCS coordinator not worried about antitrust threat</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PASADENA, Calif. — Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson made his league&#8217;s case for sweeping changes to the Bowl Championship Series, including a move to an eight-team playoff, in a 90-minute presentation to other conference leaders Tuesday at the BCS meetings.

Also, the BCS coordinator John Swofford dismissed the looming antitrust lawsuit from the Utah Attorney [...]]]></description>
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