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<channel><title><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com - The Regulators -- The Washington Post's Cindy Skrzycki on Federal Regulation of U.S. Business (washingtonpost.com)]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/03/24/LI2005032400267.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><description><![CDATA[In The Regulators, Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki writes about the federal regulatory process and how it affect the U.S. business community.]]></description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com?nav=rss</link><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif </url></image>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Purging Ancient Decrees From the Books Isn't Easy ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102606.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090102606.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's been almost a half-century since U.S. Justice Department antitrust regulators and True Temper, one of the world's largest makers of golf club shafts, settled a case in which the company agreed not to fix prices and carve up sales territories. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Purging]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ancient]]></category><category><![CDATA[Decrees]]></category><category><![CDATA[From]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Books]]></category><category><![CDATA[Isn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Easy]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Justice]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dennis Carlton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gina Talamona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jason Jenne]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memphis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peter Sullivan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Phillip Zane]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Bork]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen Behrndt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coalition for Collision Repair Excellence]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gilbert Global Equity Partners]]></category><category><![CDATA[Louisville Slugger Bats]]></category><category><![CDATA[Missouri Freight Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Protective Association of America]]></category><category><![CDATA[True Temper Sports Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wilson Athletic Goods Manufacturing AG]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sprinklers Now a Must for Nursing Homes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502366.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/25/AR2008082502366.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After decades of partial solutions to fire threats in nursing homes, regulators are finally requiring sprinkler systems for the 2,466 facilities that still don't have them fully installed. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sprinklers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Must]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nursing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Homes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Hamilton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lyn Bentley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nashville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hartford (Connecticut)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Janet Wells]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toledo]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Health Care Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manor Care Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Fire Protection Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Carlyle Group LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Government Accountability Office]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Shifting to a Greener Attitude on Tire Ratings ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081802277.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/18/AR2008081802277.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Americans try to squeeze every last mile out of a gallon of gasoline, one regulatory option hasn't been given much of a road test: telling consumers the fuel efficiency of their tires. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Shifting]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greener]]></category><category><![CDATA[Attitude]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tire]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ratings]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Michelin Group]]></category><category><![CDATA[Luke Tonachel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Daniel Zielinksi]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Wischhusen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Academy of Sciences]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Natural Resources Defense Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rubber Manufacturers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Tomato Growers Seeing Red ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080402119.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080402119.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ While throwing a few rotten tomatoes at U.S. regulators might help ease growers' pain, those involved in the latest salmonella epidemic would prefer cash for their trouble.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223116168" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223116168" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Tomato]]></category><category><![CDATA[Growers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seeing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Red]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Marler]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Taylor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Mahoney]]></category><category><![CDATA[The George Washington University]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Fresh Produce Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bart Stupak]]></category><category><![CDATA[David W.K. Acheson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Eastes]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Guenther]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dole Food Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marler Clark LLP PS]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Natural Selection Foods LLC]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Mexico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Swarming to Arrest Honey Importers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802697.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072802697.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ How's this for the plot of a suspense thriller to take to the beach? Contraband worth millions is shipped through Russia to disguise its origin. Federal agents, tipped by an informant, move in for an arrest. A German executive is apprehended as she is leaving the country. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Swarming]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arrest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Importers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alfred L. Wolff]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stefanie Giesselbach]]></category><category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Magnus von Buddenbrock]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ned Marshak]]></category><category><![CDATA[Anita Benech]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hamburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Marcus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kelley Drye]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Coursey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randall Samborn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Adee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bridgestone Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honey Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. International Trade Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. National Honey Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Dakota]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Reworking the Rest Formula for Safer Skies ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/07/AR2008070702451.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ One of Charles Lindbergh's challenges in flying the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 was keeping his eyes open for 33.5 hours. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Reworking]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rest]]></category><category><![CDATA[Formula]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Skies]]></category><category><![CDATA[Peggy Gilligan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Aviation Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Lindbergh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steven Hursh]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. National Transportation Safety Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don Wykoff]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Sumwalt]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlantic Ocean]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hank Krakowski]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mumbai]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patrick Forrey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[FAA Air Traffic Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[Institutes for Behavior Resources]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mesa Air Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Air Traffic Controllers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Defense]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[US Airways Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Would a Wine Really Taste as Fine by Any Other Name? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063001894.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/30/AR2008063001894.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ To a group of Napa County, Calif., winegrowers, adding "Tulocay" as a geographic designation to their products' labels had a lot more cachet as a marketing device than the more geographically correct "Coombsville." So they were unhappy when Treasury Department regulators wouldn't let them burnish their bottles with the new moniker. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Would]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Really]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taste]]></category><category><![CDATA[as]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fine]]></category><category><![CDATA[by]]></category><category><![CDATA[Any]]></category><category><![CDATA[Other]]></category><category><![CDATA[Name?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Napa]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amador County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kristen Techel]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Farella]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Napa County]]></category><category><![CDATA[Carmichael]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nathan Coombs]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Terry Hall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyler Colman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Napa Valley]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Stricter Roof Crush Rule Hits a Roadblock ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602461.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602461.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After 35 years, a new federal standard to strengthen vehicle roofs to protect occupants in rollover crashes is supposed to be published July 1.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223117420" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223117420" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Stricter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roof]]></category><category><![CDATA[Crush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hits]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roadblock]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Gillan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adrian Lund]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Pryor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Stanton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Strassburger]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Coburn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Association of International Automobile Manufacturers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bridgestone Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ford Explorer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Insurance Institute for Highway Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kia Motors Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ FAA Says No More 'Polished Frost' on Private Jet Wings ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902738.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902738.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ U.S. air safety regulators have decided, after almost 50 years, that it's no longer safe for private and cargo aircraft to fly with "polished frost" on their wings. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[FAA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Says]]></category><category><![CDATA[No]]></category><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA['Polished]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frost']]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Private]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Aviation Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Allen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. National Transportation Safety Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alexandria]]></category><category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bruce Landsberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chris Dancy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Bower]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[James M. Burin]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flight Safety Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Bush Wants Sun to Set on Midnight Regulations ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202893.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202893.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration promises that as it leaves office in January, federal agencies won't make the usual last-minute rush to paper Washington with new regulations. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wants]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sun]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Set]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Midnight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joshua Bolten]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Bass]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan Dudley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Veronique de Rugy]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bolton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Kovacs]]></category><category><![CDATA[AFL-CIO]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cato Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Mason University]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grocery Manufacturers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mercatus Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Office of Management and Budget]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Corn Prices Rise, Pitting Chickens Against Ethanol ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051202710.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Taking corn from the mouths of chickens to put into the gas tanks of U.S. cars and trucks is causing feathers to fly in Washington. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Corn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rise,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pitting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chickens]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ethanol]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Perry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyson Foods Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kay Bailey Hutchison]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bob Dinneen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chuck Grassley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[M. Jodi Rell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Bond (Executive)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard L. Lobb]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert J. Meyers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Faber]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springdale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Johnson (Politician)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grocery Manufacturers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Chicken Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Renewable Fuels Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Remodelers to Face 'White-Glove' Test on Lead ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502444.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502444.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Remodeling contractors will have to pass a "white-glove" test under a new U.S. rule to prove their work doesn't stir up dangerous dust and debris from lead paint.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223120242" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223120242" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Remodelers]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA['White-Glove']]></category><category><![CDATA[Test]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lead]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matt Watkins]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Gulliford]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Columbia (Maryland)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rebecca Morley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of Home Builders]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Center for Healthy Housing]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It Rains, It Pours ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102782.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/21/AR2008042102782.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As if U.S. airlines don't have enough to worry about, with rising fuel prices, mergers and bankruptcies, a safety-inspection crackdown and countless disgruntled customers. Now along comes a federal requirement to upgrade the drinking water on planes. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rains,]]></category><category><![CDATA[It]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pours]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Air Transport Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nancy Young]]></category><category><![CDATA[Roger Cohen]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Regional Airline Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Benjamin Grumbles]]></category><category><![CDATA[Caroline Boren]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marilee McInnis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Naylor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tim Wagner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alaska Air Group Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Association of Flight Attendants-CWA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Broadcasters Scramble to Change the Channel on FCC's Community Mandates ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402726.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402726.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As U.S. broadcasters gather in Las Vegas this week for an annual meeting, a hot topic is a plan to make them do more to serve communities, from creating citizen advisory panels to sharing radio playlists with the government. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Broadcasters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scramble]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Channel]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[FCC's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Community]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mandates]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dennis Wharton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Adelstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumers Union of U.S. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gene Kimmelman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Powell]]></category><category><![CDATA[S. Derek Turner]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Farm Bureau Federation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of Broadcasters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ It's Not a Backroom Deal If the Call Is Made in the Oval Office ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR2008040702576.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR2008040702576.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It isn't often in Washington that a paper trail on a controversial regulatory decision leads back to the White House quite so publicly. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Backroom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[If]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Call]]></category><category><![CDATA[Is]]></category><category><![CDATA[Made]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oval]]></category><category><![CDATA[Office]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan E. Dudley]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stephen L. Johnson]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Henry Waxman]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Donald R. Arbuckle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank O'Donnell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Marcus Peacock]]></category><category><![CDATA[OMB Office of Information]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Transportation]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Office of Management and Budget]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Grocers Sour on Proposed Packaging Rule for Grapes ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102580.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/31/AR2008033102580.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Just how many "shattered berries" -- or loose grapes -- should be allowed in the bag you pick up at the grocery store?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223121421" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223121421" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Grocers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sour]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proposed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Packaging]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Grapes]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Kroger Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brendon Cull]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fresno]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agricultural Marketing Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barry Bedwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cincinnati]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dan Gerawan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jay Rosenstein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Leanne Skelton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Patrick Davis]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scranton (Pennsylvania)]]></category><category><![CDATA[California Grape & Tree Fruit League]]></category><category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Sugar Plant Blast Puts Heat on OSHA's Rulemaking ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702643.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702643.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Sometimes a safety issue literally blows up in the face of U.S. regulators. That was the case last month when an explosion and fire at an Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., likely caused by the ignition of sugar dust, killed 13 workers and seriously burned 10 others. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Sugar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Plant]]></category><category><![CDATA[Blast]]></category><category><![CDATA[Puts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heat]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[OSHA's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rulemaking]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Imperial Sugar Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elaine Chao]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Sheptor]]></category><category><![CDATA[Georgia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[David James]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Edwards (Politician)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lynn Woolsey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Port Wentworth]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sugar Land]]></category><category><![CDATA[William Wright]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Top 10 Rules the SBA Doesn't Like ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002722.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/10/AR2008031002722.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Clarifying what "oil" is, updating mine standards for handling explosives, allowing more recycling of electroplating sludge. While these topics aren't exactly grist for David Letterman, you will find them in a "Top 10" list -- the rule changes U.S. small-business owners most want during the Bush administration's last year in office. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Top]]></category><category><![CDATA[10]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rules]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[SBA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Doesn't]]></category><category><![CDATA[Like]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Sullivan]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ray Burgess]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sally Katzen]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fern Abrams]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gary Mason]]></category><category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matthew Madia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Shull]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan Dudley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tacoma (Washington)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thea Lee]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wichita]]></category><category><![CDATA[AFL-CIO]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coatings Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Aviation Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Office of Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Public Citizen Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Office of Management and Budget]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Small Business Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Internet Gaming Rules Face Long Odds ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302932.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/03/AR2008030302932.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ It's not easy making rules for a U.S. law intended to deter illegal Internet gambling by choking off the flow of funds to offshore sites. That's because no one seems to agree on what the law covers. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gaming]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rules]]></category><category><![CDATA[Face]]></category><category><![CDATA[Long]]></category><category><![CDATA[Odds]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Fahrenkopf Jr.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Antigua and Barbuda]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Trade Organization]]></category><category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nevada]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Mexico]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[PartyGaming Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[PartyPoker.com]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alfonse D'Amato]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Frist]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jennifer Zuccarelli]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Sununu]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph F. Kelly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pete Domenici]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan Schneider]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vancouver]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Bankers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Gaming Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gibraltar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Interactive Gaming Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Poker Players Alliance]]></category><category><![CDATA[State University of New York College at Buffalo]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Leave Rules May Tighten ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/18/AR2008021802313.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/18/AR2008021802313.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Employers would get more authority to check on the reasons workers give for excused absences, under proposed changes to the U.S. family and medical leave regulations, a rule-tightening sure to trigger a political firestorm.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223124852" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223124852" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Leave]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rules]]></category><category><![CDATA[May]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tighten]]></category><category><![CDATA[Victoria Lipnic]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Honda Motor Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christopher Dodd]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dallas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debra Ness]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[Torrance]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honda Motor Co. Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Great Debate Over the Price Of a Pair of Honduran Socks ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402754.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/04/AR2008020402754.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The humble cotton sock has become the center of an international trade dispute. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Great]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Price]]></category><category><![CDATA[Of]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pair]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honduran]]></category><category><![CDATA[Socks]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fort Payne]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Honduras]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ron Sorini]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category><category><![CDATA[NC Sock Co.]]></category><category><![CDATA[James Schollaert]]></category><category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gildan Activewear Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sidley Austin LLP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brenda Jacobs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dennis Martin]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Ruppe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hickory (North Carolina)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Shugart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kelly Hosiery]]></category><category><![CDATA[Montreal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mount Airy (North Carolina)]]></category><category><![CDATA[North America]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Aderholt]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sheboygan]]></category><category><![CDATA[V.I. Prewett]]></category><category><![CDATA[W.Y. Shugart]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wigwam Mills]]></category><category><![CDATA[William H. Jordan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barbados]]></category><category><![CDATA[China]]></category><category><![CDATA[DR-CAFTA]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Commerce]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Trucker Training Proposal Pulls in Late ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/28/AR2008012802586.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/28/AR2008012802586.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Bush administration wants new truck drivers for the first time to complete a behind-the-wheel and classroom course before they are licensed to roll on interstate highways. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Trucker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Training]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proposal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pulls]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Late]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gerald Donaldson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Don Osterberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Todd Spencer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wisconsin]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Schneider National Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Osiecki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Green Bay]]></category><category><![CDATA[John H. Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Trucking Associations]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Court of Appeals]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Transportation]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Alcohol Labeling Proposal Sets Off a Brawl ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012101895.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012101895.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ After more than 30 years of deliberation, federal regulators have proposed requiring the alcoholic-beverage industry to put nutrition and alcohol-content labels on their containers, setting off the equivalent of a barroom brawl among makers of beer, wine and liquor. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category><category><![CDATA[Labeling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Proposal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sets]]></category><category><![CDATA[Off]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brawl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Science in the Public Interest]]></category><category><![CDATA[South Dakota]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Diageo plc]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Seagram Co. Ltd.]]></category><category><![CDATA[C. Everett Koop]]></category><category><![CDATA[Capitol Hill]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Hacker]]></category><category><![CDATA[George McGovern]]></category><category><![CDATA[Guy Smith]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Becker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beer Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Nuclear Safety Rule Ignites Strong Reactions ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402576.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/14/AR2008011402576.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Federal regulators' narrow approach to solving one of the United States' biggest post-Sept. 11 fears -- a terrorist flying a plane into a nuclear power plant -- is under attack for adding to public safety concerns.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223126763" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223126763" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Nuclear]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ignites]]></category><category><![CDATA[Strong]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reactions]]></category><category><![CDATA[Westinghouse Electric Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Adrian Heymer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edwin Lyman]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Vanderheyden]]></category><category><![CDATA[World Trade Center]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nuclear Energy Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Entergy Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Baltimore]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ed Cummins]]></category><category><![CDATA[Gregory Jaczko]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jim Riccio]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Burnell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Three Mile Island]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenpeace International]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union of Concerned Scientists]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ At Year-End, an Agency Finds Harmony ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122401964.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/24/AR2007122401964.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Singing Regulators probably won't get their own network television reality show. Still, about a dozen staff members at the Federal Communications Commission have developed a growing audience for their annual telecom-themed Christmas carols. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[At]]></category><category><![CDATA[Year-End,]]></category><category><![CDATA[an]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harmony]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ 1,700 Pages of Rules, Fewer Dead Trees ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR2007121701928.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/17/AR2007121701928.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ For U.S. rule-watchers who live in the digital world, the new searchable online version of the Bush administration's semi-annual regulatory agenda is an early holiday gift. For those who like to scoff at 1,500-page lists of documents, it's cause for Scrooge-like complaints. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[1,700]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pages]]></category><category><![CDATA[of]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rules,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fewer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dead]]></category><category><![CDATA[Trees]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ In a Pickle Over Self-Regulation for Produce Growers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121001635.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/10/AR2007121001635.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Large handlers of leafy green vegetables, still recovering from last year's E. coli bacteria-induced recalls of packaged spinach, want U.S. permission to self-regulate the safety of your tossed salad. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[In]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pickle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Self-Regulation]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[Produce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Growers]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tom Nassif]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Western Growers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elisa Odabashian]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judith Redmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Consumers Union of U.S. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dole Food Co. Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ocean Mist Farms Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Castroville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Irvine]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Pezzini]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Durando]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Herndon]]></category><category><![CDATA[Westlake Village]]></category><category><![CDATA[Yonkers]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Hazardous or Not, Vinyl Shares Lead's Taint ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120301844.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/03/AR2007120301844.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Just as consumers have crossed off their holiday shopping lists toys tainted with lead paint, another child-safety issue may become a season spoiler.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223128740" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223128740" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Hazardous]]></category><category><![CDATA[or]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not,]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vinyl]]></category><category><![CDATA[Shares]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lead's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Taint]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Environmental Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Greenpeace International]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart Stores Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Apple iPhone]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nike Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Albany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amsterdam]]></category><category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beaverton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Darlene Hooley]]></category><category><![CDATA[Falls Church]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frederick Locker]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kristin Huguet]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Schade]]></category><category><![CDATA[Oakland]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rick Hind]]></category><category><![CDATA[Susan Giesen]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Chemistry Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[European Union]]></category><category><![CDATA[Toy Industry Association Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[New Brunswick]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Renewed Battle Over Heavy Lifting ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/19/AR2007111901618.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/19/AR2007111901618.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Construction companies, which won an exemption from a Clinton administration rule intended to protect workers from heavy lifting and other repetitive-motion injuries, are trying to kill off a new voluntary industry standard. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Renewed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Battle]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA[Heavy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lifting]]></category><category><![CDATA[Scott Schneider]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arlington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Des Plaines]]></category><category><![CDATA[Frank Burg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Laura Welch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Kennedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[North America]]></category><category><![CDATA[Silver Spring]]></category><category><![CDATA[Stacy Leistner]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[American National Standards Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Society of Safety Engineers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Construction Research and Training]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Associated General Contractors of America]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ More Change for the Penny? ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201663.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201663.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ In Washington, a city known for multibillion-dollar budget deficits, some members of Congress and the Bush administration are near a meltdown over a much more modest figure: the old copper penny. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[More]]></category><category><![CDATA[Change]]></category><category><![CDATA[for]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Penny?]]></category><category><![CDATA[Walter Luhrman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Zack Space]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ohio]]></category><category><![CDATA[Beth Deisher]]></category><category><![CDATA[The United States Mint]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Coinstar Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Brink's Company]]></category><category><![CDATA[Barney Frank]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bellevue]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jackson Metals]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerry Costello]]></category><category><![CDATA[Matt Thornton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael White]]></category><category><![CDATA[Olin Brass]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richmond]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spencer Bachus]]></category><category><![CDATA[Steve Adamske]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Federal Reserve]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House Committee on Financial Services]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Crying Foul in Debate Over 'Natural' Chicken ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501577.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/05/AR2007110501577.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Pumped up saltwater chickens are on the regulatory menu in Washington as advocates for "natural" food demand labels that reflect what the product actually contains. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Crying]]></category><category><![CDATA[Foul]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Debate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Over]]></category><category><![CDATA['Natural']]></category><category><![CDATA[Chicken]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pilgrim's Pride Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyson Foods Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hormel Foods Corporation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Amanda Eamich]]></category><category><![CDATA[Dennis Cardoza]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ray Atkinson]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sanderson Farms Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Austin (Texas)]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Hogberg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lampkin Butts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Livingston]]></category><category><![CDATA[Michael Helgeson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pittsburg]]></category><category><![CDATA[St. Cloud]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Heart Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food Safety and Inspection Service]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Chicken Council]]></category><category><![CDATA[Truthful Labeling Coalition]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House Committee on Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Author's Book on Cancer Fuels Flames Again ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/29/AR2007102901951.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/29/AR2007102901951.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Devra Davis spent part of her growing-up years in a Pennsylvania steel town that became famous for a lethal industrial fog that settled over the community and killed 20 people over five days in 1948.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223132266" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223132266" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Author's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Book]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fuels]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flames]]></category><category><![CDATA[Again]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bruce Ames]]></category><category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Whelan]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Francesca Grifo]]></category><category><![CDATA[American Council on Science and Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Center for Environmental Oncology]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Academy of Sciences]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Cancer Institute]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]></category><category><![CDATA[Union of Concerned Scientists]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of California System]]></category><category><![CDATA[University of Pittsburgh]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Notorious Spirit Finds Its Way Back to Bars ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501470.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501470.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Absinthe, an intense alcoholic spirit favored by such artists as Degas, Van Gogh and Hemingway, is making a comeback in the United States after being banned by the government for almost 100 years. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Notorious]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category><category><![CDATA[Finds]]></category><category><![CDATA[Its]]></category><category><![CDATA[Way]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bars]]></category><category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Lehrman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Edgar Degas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jared Gurfein]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vincent van Gogh]]></category><category><![CDATA[California]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Corona Del Mar]]></category><category><![CDATA[Emile Zola]]></category><category><![CDATA[Manhasset]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Office of Diversion Control]]></category><category><![CDATA[Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[Switzerland]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Agriculture]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Wormwood Society]]></category><category><![CDATA[New York]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Popcorn Concerns Put Work Safety Back on Agenda ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100801441.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100801441.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ There seems to be more than a kernel of truth in findings that a chemical in the buttery flavoring that coats microwave popcorn can cause serious lung disease. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Popcorn]]></category><category><![CDATA[Concerns]]></category><category><![CDATA[Put]]></category><category><![CDATA[Work]]></category><category><![CDATA[Safety]]></category><category><![CDATA[Back]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[Agenda]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Missouri]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jonathan Snare]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kenneth McClain]]></category><category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[ConAgra Foods Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Michaels]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category><category><![CDATA[Humphrey Farrington]]></category><category><![CDATA[Indianapolis]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Hallagan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Omaha]]></category><category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]></category><category><![CDATA[Extract Manufacturers Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]]></category><category><![CDATA[Popcorn Board]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Democratic Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Business Challenges Immigration Rule ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100101653.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100101653.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Business groups are hoping that a U.S. court will block an immigration rule that could affect millions of employers and workers, arguing that the government didn't consider the new regulation's impact on small business. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[Challenges]]></category><category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rule]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]]></category><category><![CDATA[David Frulla]]></category><category><![CDATA[Social Security Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bloomberg LP]]></category><category><![CDATA[Tyson Foods Inc.]]></category><category><![CDATA[Atlanta]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ijamsville]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jeff Flake]]></category><category><![CDATA[Karen Harned]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mark Lassiter]]></category><category><![CDATA[Randel Johnson]]></category><category><![CDATA[Robert Dolibois]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco]]></category><category><![CDATA[Springdale]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Sullivan]]></category><category><![CDATA[W.E. Welch]]></category><category><![CDATA[Washington, DC]]></category><category><![CDATA[AFL-CIO]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Federation of Independent Business]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Roofing Contractors Association]]></category><category><![CDATA[San Francisco Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. House Small Business Committee]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Recyclers Used to Burning Rubber Are Now Idling ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091701879.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/17/AR2007091701879.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A new industry that recycles old tires into fuel, saving companies millions of dollars and reducing a billion-tire national stockpile, is in limbo after a U.S. appeals court tossed out some federal clean-air rules.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223134957" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223134957" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Recyclers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Used]]></category><category><![CDATA[to]]></category><category><![CDATA[Burning]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rubber]]></category><category><![CDATA[Are]]></category><category><![CDATA[Now]]></category><category><![CDATA[Idling]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Trial Lawyers on the Offensive in Fight Against Preemptive Rules ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/10/AR2007091002326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/10/AR2007091002326.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Official Washington loves the word "stealth." It connotes intrigue and secrecy, making the term well understood in a capital where spies and invisible fighter jets aren't the only ones sneaking around. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Trial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Lawyers]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Offensive]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fight]]></category><category><![CDATA[Against]]></category><category><![CDATA[Preemptive]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rules]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ A Renewed Bid For Mini-Unions ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300878.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/03/AR2007090300878.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Labor unions are asking the Bush administration for an unlikely Labor Day present -- to make it easier for them to organize workers. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[A]]></category><category><![CDATA[Renewed]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bid]]></category><category><![CDATA[For]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mini-Unions]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Washington's Surprisingly Flexible Rulemakers ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082701582.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/27/AR2007082701582.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A common perception of regulators in Washington is that they are rule-crazy, intent on churning out directives that restrict industry while loath to examine the costs and effects. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Washington's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Surprisingly]]></category><category><![CDATA[Flexible]]></category><category><![CDATA[Rulemakers]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Ford Sees the Light, and It's Not a Generic Import ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082001555.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/20/AR2007082001555.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Is the headlight of a Ford F-150 pickup truck a unique design protected by patent or an easily replaceable generic part? The answer to that question will determine winners in the $16 billion-a-year U.S. market for vehicle replacement parts.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223136059" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/opinion/columns;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=36223136059" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cindy Skrzycki]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Ford]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sees]]></category><category><![CDATA[the]]></category><category><![CDATA[Light,]]></category><category><![CDATA[and]]></category><category><![CDATA[It's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Not]]></category><category><![CDATA[a]]></category><category><![CDATA[Generic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Import]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
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