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		<title>Health care bill clears House by narrow margin; legislation now moves to the Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House passes health care bill on close vote
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Landmark health care reform bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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House narrowly passes landmark health care bill
WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.
The 220-215 vote cleared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health care bill clears House in close vote; Senate debate next</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>In Monday case, Supreme Court weighs whether life in prison for juveniles is cruel and unusual</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.
The cases being heard Monday involve two Florida convicts. Joe Sullivan was sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA chief warns industry, part of drive to restore agency&#8217;s image after Bush-era product woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Perrone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A pledge Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration&#8217;s new chief to crack down on companies that break the law reflects her effort to restore the agency&#8217;s image after high-profile safety problems during the Bush administration.

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told an audience of food and drug company lawyers they should expect to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate roll vote: Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s confirmation as a Supreme Court associate justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 68-31 roll call Thursday by which the Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be a Supreme Court associate justice.

A &#8220;yes&#8221; vote is a vote to confirm the nomination.
Voting yes were 57 Democrats, 9 Republicans and 2 independents.
Voting no were 0 Democrats and 31 Republicans.


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Sessions (R), No; Shelby (R), No.


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Begich (D), Yes; Murkowski [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reid calls protests &#8216;destructive&#8217; as negotiators hunker down to seek bipartisan deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate&#8217;s most powerful Democrat on Thursday scolded health care protesters dogging his party&#8217;s lawmakers at local meetings, arguing that some critics on the political right have run out of ideas — and ditched their civic manners. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada accused the protesters of trying to &#8220;sabotage&#8221; the democratic process.

A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor watches Senate&#8217;s confirmation vote among colleagues at US courthouse in NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Sonia Sotomayor bathed in applause from friends and colleagues at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan Thursday as the Senate voted to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.

The 55-year-old New Yorker watched the vote unfold on large-screen televisions in a conference room on the 8th floor overflowing with other judges and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automakers scramble to replace dealer stocks depleted by sales from clunker program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Under normal circumstances, it would take Ford Motor Co. about a month to replace a Focus sold at one of Richard Bazzy&#8217;s two Pittsburgh-area dealerships.

Today, with customers across the country clamoring to trade in old gas guzzlers under the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; program, Bazzy says Ford can&#8217;t tell him when it [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama praises his choice for ambassador to Japan for &#8220;superb judgment&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says his nominee for ambassador to Japan will be able to communicate directly with him on U.S.-Japanese issues.

Obama said Thursday he placed great thought into choosing lawyer and campaign fundraiser John Roos to oversee what Obama called a crucial diplomatic relationship.
Obama&#8217;s endorsement could ease concerns in Japan that arose from [...]]]></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>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vacation looming, Senate readies more money for &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Acting with unusual haste, the Senate readied a $2 billion fill-up Thursday night for &#8220;cash for clunkers,&#8221; the economy-boosting program that caught the fancy of car buyers and instantly increased sales for an auto industry long mired in recession.

The House approved the replenishment last week for the 10-day-old program, which gives consumers up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate confirms Sotomayor, first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, in historic vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-confirms-sotomayor-first-hispanic-supreme-court-justice-in-historic-vote-132836/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.

The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama&#8217;s first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve.
Democrats praised the 55-year-old Sotomayor as a mainstream moderate. But most Republicans voted against her, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Health insurance lobby uses money, allies to fight government coverage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-health-insurance-lobby-uses-money-allies-to-fight-government-coverage-132798/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Fram</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Cast as a profit-hoarding villain by Democratic foes, the insurance industry still has a fighting chance to fend off the part of health care overhaul it most despises — creation of a government-run plan to compete with private insurers.

Industry lobbyists are using influential allies, a thick wallet and a strategy of avoiding blatant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Cash for clunkers&#8217; car rebates to survive this weekend; House votes $2 billion rescue</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Attention car buyers: There&#8217;s still time to get in on the &#8220;cash for clunkers&#8221; rebate rush.

The House hastened to refuel the program on Friday, voting to pour in $2 billion to prop up the trade-in deals that have all but overwhelmed suddenly booming car dealers and exhausted the $1 billion the government had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO finds flaws in study moving research lab from offshore to America&#8217;s heartland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Gamboa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The government&#8217;s study of the risks of moving foot-and-mouth disease research from an island off New York to Kansas failed to adequately track the potential spread of the virus and its economic impact if accidentally released, congressional investigators said in a draft report.

The Government Accountability Office said the Homeland Security Department did not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic senator says GOP needed for health care overhaul many Republicans oppose</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 01:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats alone cannot pass President Barack Obama&#8217;s ambitious overhaul of how Americans receive health care, a top lawmaker acknowledged on Sunday. Republicans said they will continue their opposition to a plan they say is simply a government takeover of private decisions.

Both sides said they want to improve the system and provide care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Gov. Palin exits national stage as she entered it: facing questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin gained fame — and to some infamy — since she embarked on a vice-presidential bid less than a year ago.

Her surprising departure from Alaska&#8217;s top office is gaining her something else: questions over her motives and next big move.
She leaves office Sunday with her political future clouded by ethics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget-balancing paradox: States spending big to hold special sessions aimed at saving money</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/budget-balancing-paradox-states-spending-big-to-hold-special-sessions-aimed-at-saving-money-119931/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Bluestein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — States are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars apiece on special legislative sessions whose chief purpose, ironically, is to trim more funding from their eroding budgets.

Analysts expect the number of special sessions, a rarity in many states, to soar as governors are left with little choice but to herd lawmakers back to statehouses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate measure would allow carrying of concealed weapons across state borders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A measure taken up by the Senate Monday would give people the right to carry concealed weapons across state lines as long as they obey the concealed gun laws of the state they are visiting.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., said his proposal would reduce crime by providing reciprocity to carry concealed firearms. &#8220;My legislation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator looks for answers from Sotomayor on treatment of terror suspects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee appears to be trying to determine how Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor might rule in cases involving U.S. treatment of terror suspects.

In response to questioning from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Sotomayor said she believes the nation is at war and that there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former GOP senator, presidential candidate Bob Dole hospitalized for heart check, leg surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Gamboa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Former GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole remained hospitalized Friday following leg surgery performed after he initially sought medical treatment for heart problems.

The former Senate majority leader has been at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington since last week when he experienced a &#8220;sharply&#8221; elevated heart rate in the middle of the night, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comedian-turned-politician Franken sworn in as Democratic senators from Minnesota</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/comedian-turned-politician-franken-sworn-in-as-democratic-senators-from-minnesota-102004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry C. Jackson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.

The Minnesota Democrat&#8217;s swearing-in marked the end of an eight-month political and legal struggle and drew thunderous applause and a standing ovation in the Senate chamber. His presence gives Democrats 60 votes, enough to thwart possible Republican filibusters.
Vice President Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big polluting nations head to Italy, hope to break deadlock in climate talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Max</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[AMSTERDAM — Developing countries with big polluting industries are joining the world&#8217;s wealthiest nations at the G-8 summit this week, trying to unblock troubled climate negotiations just five months before a deadline on limiting global carbon emissions.

The presidents and prime ministers gathering in Italy are expected to consider committing to a firm goal of halving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official says nuclear weapons agreement expected from summit in Moscow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven R. Hurst</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with each declaring his determination to further cut nuclear arsenals and repair a badly damaged relationship.

Both sides appear to want to use progress on arms control as a pathway to possible agreement on trickier issues, including Iran and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate to hold hearing on college football&#8217;s Bowl Championship Series</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding the Bowl Championship Series. It&#8217;s the second time this year that Congress is shining a light on the polarizing system college football uses to crown its national champion.

The hearing will be held next Tuesday in the Judiciary Committee&#8217;s subcommittee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay Pride Parade marks 40th anniversary of NYC Stonewall uprisings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Matthews</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Decades after a riot at a Greenwich Village bar sparked a movement for equal rights, gay New Yorkers celebrated their gains at Sunday&#8217;s gay pride parade and lamented the state has not legalized same-sex marriage.

The annual march down Fifth Avenue commemorated the Stonewall rebellion of 40 years ago, when patrons at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GAO: Federal Railroad Administration lacks plan to oversee high-speed rail projects</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Hefling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. agency in charge of $8 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail projects doesn&#8217;t have an adequate plan to oversee the projects, and the system of super-fast trains ultimately will cost much more than even the $8 billion, a government watchdog official told Congress on Tuesday.

The Federal Railroad Administration does not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney General Holder says immigration agents will get new powers to fight drug cartels</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eileen Sullivan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — More federal agents will be able to investigate drug cases under a new agreement between government agencies battling Mexican cartels, Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Wednesday.

Under a new deal aimed at settling a long-running turf dispute with the Drug Enforcement Administration, more agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement would get authority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislation to provide $106 billion for wars, other causes, heads for close House vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders searched for votes Tuesday as the House took up a $106 billion bill to fund wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Complicating the outcome is the inclusion of money for poor countries, aid to Pakistan, pandemic flu preparation and government rebates to people who trade in gas-guzzling cars.
The Pentagon has said that without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libya&#8217;s Gadhafi attacks US in speech, urges world to look at reasons behind terrorism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi urged the world Thursday to understand what motivates terrorists, and likened the 1986 U.S. strikes on Libya to Osama bin Laden&#8217;s terror attacks.

Gadhafi, who was long accused of sponsoring terrorism, struck a provocative tone as he addressed Italian lawmakers on the second day of a trip to Italy, Libya&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans, 2 dissident Democrats flip control of NY&#8217;s Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Gormley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans and two dissident Democrats took control of New York&#8217;s Senate on Monday after the two New York City renegades voted with the GOP to throw the fledgling Democratic majority out of power.

The decision by senators Pedro Espada Jr. of the Bronx and Hiram Monserrate of Queens to join the coalition gave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor breaks ankle at New York City airport en route to Washington for Senate meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor hobbled through a packed day of meetings on Capitol Hill Monday after breaking her ankle in an early morning airport stumble, then boarding a flight from New York to Washington to visit senators who will vote on her confirmation.

The federal appeals court judge, who has been keeping a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House choice to oversee nation&#8217;s forest programs withdraws from consideration for job</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-choice-to-oversee-nations-forest-programs-withdraws-from-consideration-for-job-74024/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s pick to oversee the nation&#8217;s forests has withdrawn his nomination.

Homer Lee Wilkes was nominated on May 5 as undersecretary of agriculture, a position that would have put him in charge of the U.S. Forest Service and the National Resource Conservation Service. The White House never sent his nomination to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redemption from scandal? Critics say Illinois ethics reform all bluster, little substance</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/redemption-from-scandal-critics-say-illinois-ethics-reform-all-bluster-little-substance-70575/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/redemption-from-scandal-critics-say-illinois-ethics-reform-all-bluster-little-substance-70575/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Oconnor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois politicians running for office next year can say something virtually unheard of in the state&#8217;s long, shady history: We put limits on the size of campaign contributions.

But they won&#8217;t actually have to abide by the limits until after the 2010 elections. And when the limits do kick in, they&#8217;ll contain plenty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divided over budget, California legislature finds common ground on farm animal welfare issues</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/divided-over-budget-california-legislature-finds-common-ground-on-farm-animal-welfare-issues-68530/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/divided-over-budget-california-legislature-finds-common-ground-on-farm-animal-welfare-issues-68530/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie Cone</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FRESNO, Calif. — California voters&#8217; landslide support last November of an initiative on the treatment of farm animals appears to have helped a state legislature bitterly divided over the budget find common ground.

So far this year, bills have sailed from one chamber to the other that would ban docking the tails of milk cows, stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To combat terrorism, US seeks to expand &#8217;strategic partnership&#8217; with India</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/to-combat-terrorism-us-seeks-to-expand-strategic-partnership-with-india-63125/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/to-combat-terrorism-us-seeks-to-expand-strategic-partnership-with-india-63125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - As the US pushes Pakistan to shift its focus from India to dismantling Al Qaeda safe havens in its territory, top Obama administration officials have outlined plans to expand an &#8216;increasingly important strategic partnership&#8217; with India.



With a growing convergence of interests ranging from combating terrorism to getting the global economy back on track, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans plan to sink Obama pick to Interior, the first nomination to fail on Senate floor</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/republicans-plan-to-sink-obama-pick-to-interior-the-first-nomination-to-fail-on-senate-floor-61029/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/republicans-plan-to-sink-obama-pick-to-interior-the-first-nomination-to-fail-on-senate-floor-61029/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.taragana.com/n/republicans-plan-to-sink-obama-pick-to-interior-the-first-nomination-to-fail-on-senate-floor-61029/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Republicans indicated Tuesday that they will try to block President Barack Obama&#8217;s pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department because of a flap over oil leases in Utah.

If they succeed as expected, it would be the first nomination by the new president to fail on the Senate floor. Senate Majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Haitian senators allege fraud in election, call for results to be thrown out</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-haitian-senators-allege-fraud-in-election-call-for-results-to-be-thrown-out-56315/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/some-haitian-senators-allege-fraud-in-election-call-for-results-to-be-thrown-out-56315/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 06:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan M. Katz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Some of Haiti&#8217;s most powerful lawmakers are calling for last month&#8217;s parliamentary elections to be thrown out because of allegations of voter fraud and political manipulation.

Sen. Youri Latortue, the powerful head of the chamber&#8217;s justice and security committee, and at least three other senators said this week that they would try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate passes resolution making new Democrat Specter the most junior on committees</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-passes-resolution-making-new-democrat-specter-the-most-junior-on-committees-54288/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-passes-resolution-making-new-democrat-specter-the-most-junior-on-committees-54288/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly Hefling</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter&#8217;s switch to the Democratic Party has cost him his seniority on Senate committees.

The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday night that made him the most junior Democrat on the committees on which he serves.
A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., says the seniority issue will be revisited after the 2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate bill strips references to India for conditional aid to Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-bill-strips-references-to-india-for-conditional-aid-to-pakistan-52416/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-bill-strips-references-to-india-for-conditional-aid-to-pakistan-52416/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 13:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arun Kumar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Two influential US senators have introduced a bill to triple American aid to Pakistan to $1.5 billion annually for five years, with some exacting conditions but stripped of references to India to make it more palatable to Islamabad.



Introduced Monday on the eve of President Asif Ali Zardari&#8217;s visit to Washington, the &#8216;Enhanced Partnership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comparison of House and Senate legislation on credit cards</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/comparison-of-house-and-senate-legislation-on-credit-cards-46337/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/comparison-of-house-and-senate-legislation-on-credit-cards-46337/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 01:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A comparison of House and Senate legislative proposals with pending Federal Reserve regulations.

HOUSE BILL
Takes effect a year after enactment, except for requirement of notice before interest rates are increased, which goes into effect in 90 days. The bill:
— Prohibits double-cycle billing and &#8220;retroactive&#8221; interest rate hikes on previous balances.
— Requires that customers receive 45 days [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes $3.4 trillion budget plan that endorses Obama&#8217;s agenda, health care overhaul</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-passes-34-trillion-budget-plan-that-endorses-obamas-agenda-health-care-overhaul-44265/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-passes-34-trillion-budget-plan-that-endorses-obamas-agenda-health-care-overhaul-44265/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress capped President Barack Obama&#8217;s 100th day in office by advancing a $3.4 trillion federal budget for next year — a third of it borrowed — that prevents Republicans from blocking his proposed trillion-dollar expansion of government-provided health care over the next decade.

The 233-193 House vote to adopt the nonbinding budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parkinson new Kan. gov after Sebelius confirmed as US health and human services secretary</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/parkinson-new-kan-gov-after-sebelius-confirmed-as-us-health-and-human-services-secretary-42997/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/parkinson-new-kan-gov-after-sebelius-confirmed-as-us-health-and-human-services-secretary-42997/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. — Kathleen Sebelius has resigned as Kansas governor after winning confirmation as U.S. health and human services secretary.

The Democrat&#8217;s resignation late Tuesday afternoon automatically elevated Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson to governor. Parkinson is a former Kansas Republican Party chairman who switched parties in 2006 to be Sebelius&#8217; running mate.
Sebelius spokeswoman Seth Bundy says [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats want special counsel to conduct torture probe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-want-special-counsel-to-conduct-torture-probe-42874/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/democrats-want-special-counsel-to-conduct-torture-probe-42874/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats turned up the pressure on the Obama administration Tuesday to start a criminal investigation by a special counsel into harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects.

It would be a conflict of interest for President Barack Obama&#8217;s Justice Department to investigate lawyers from the Bush administration, even though they no longer work for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, US Congress, briefly &#8216;relocated&#8217; in alarm</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-us-congress-briefly-relocated-in-alarm-38139/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-us-congress-briefly-relocated-in-alarm-38139/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - During a dramatic few moments in the US capital, US President Barack Obama and the US Congress were forced to relocate to safety when a small plane violated the tight airspace regulations around Washington Friday.



The White House went into lockdown, and both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were &#8216;briefly relocated out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former GOP Sen. Warner urges Congress to deal with climate change as national security issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-gop-sen-warner-urges-congress-to-deal-with-climate-change-as-national-security-issue-37429/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-gop-sen-warner-urges-congress-to-deal-with-climate-change-as-national-security-issue-37429/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Former Republican Sen. John Warner of Virginia says dealing with climate change is a national security issue that must be addressed.

But Warner told a House panel there will be &#8220;a rough road ahead&#8221; if greenhouse gases are to be reduced. He cautioned against moving too quickly when technology to curtail heat-trapping emissions may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diplomat says more time needed to repair Venezuela-US relations, appoint new ambassadors</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/diplomat-says-more-time-needed-to-repair-venezuela-us-relations-appoint-new-ambassadors-32469/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — The top official at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela said Tuesday that ambassadors won&#8217;t be returning to Washington and Caracas anytime soon, but he was optimistic that diplomatic relations will improve.

Charge d&#8217;Affaires John Caulfield said testy relations between the countries will not change in &#8220;a moment or a day,&#8221; despite President Hugo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US intelligence chiefs say Iran can&#8217;t build nukes yet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-intelligence-chiefs-say-iran-cant-build-nukes-yet-16879/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-intelligence-chiefs-say-iran-cant-build-nukes-yet-16879/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Disputing a claim by an Israeli official that Iran is capable of making a nuclear bomb, two top US intelligence officials have said that Teheran does not yet have the highly enriched uranium it needs to make a nuclear warhead.

Meanwhile, a key Security Council committee has reported that Iran had violated the UN [...]]]></description>
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