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<title><![CDATA[Please update your app]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:51:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[West Wing Briefing: Obama starts to engage on his reelection effort]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour and Newt Gingrich aren't the only people who are doing everything to prepare for 2012 presidential runs without actually declaring they're candidates. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Haley Barbour may try to rewrite the script for 2012 presidential race]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour may try to rewrite the script for 2012 Republican presidential race. Despite his liabilities, he could be a formidable candidate. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pawlenty readies 2012 presidential campaign]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:29:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, forms a presidential exploratory committee. Little known nationally, he hopes to unite his party and show appeal to independents.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341547962" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341547962" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[McCaskill admits to $287,000 in unpaid taxes on personal plane]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Claire McCaskill admitted Monday that she had failed to pay about $287,000 in property taxes on a plane she and her husband partly own. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court says no to campaign finance review, yes to death row inmate appeal]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:55:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court on Monday turned down the Republican National Committee's latest attempt to knock out longstanding campaign finance restrictions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pompeo draws liberal groups' ire]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:25:04 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Contributions from Koch Industries and its employees put freshman Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) in the middle of a broad partisan battle. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Eggen]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:03:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Contributions from Koch Industries and its employees put freshman Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) in the middle of a broad partisan battle over the role of corporate money in U.S. politics.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341550621" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341550621" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Slim majority back gay marriage, Post-ABC poll says]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:34:03 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in Washington Post-ABC polling, a slim majority of respondents say same-sex marriage should be legal. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandhya Somashekhar and Peyton Craighill]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama signs short-term spending measure that includes some easy cuts]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ President Obama signed a new stopgap budget bill on Friday morning, keeping the federal government open until April 8. The measure passed the Senate on Thursday afternoon, and the House earlier in the week. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David A. Fahrenthold and Felicia Sonmez]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Potential GOP candidates face 'birther' question]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How will the slate of GOP presidential candidates handle the birthers? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nia-Malika Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Republican outsiders' rise in South Carolina could rewrite presidential playbook]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ South Carolina has always been where insurgent GOP presidential candidates go to die. But the state's recent anti-establishment fervor may have changed all that.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341553004" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341553004" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[President Trump? Billionaire considering 2012 run]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 13:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK - Donald Trump boots contestants off his TV show with a famous two-word catch phrase: "You're fired." He may want the chance to say the same to President Barack Obama. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin's health-care fight illustrates challenges as states change leadership]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:48:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After President Obama signed the nation's health-care overhaul into law, Wisconsin made more headway than virtually anywhere else in the country at preparing to carry the statute out. Then a Republican governor came to power and changed all that. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's shift toward military action in Libya]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ After two weeks of playing down the prospect of military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration is on the brink of inserting itself into a third war in a Muslim nation. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Japan's deepening crisis presents the nuclear power industry with its gravest test in years but President Obama remains one of the industry's strongest defenders, a stance that puts him at odds with his political base.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341554785" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341554785" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Wallsten and Jia Lynn Yang]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Slim majority back gay marriage, Post-ABC poll says]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:27:03 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ For the first time in Washington Post-ABC polling, a slim majority of respondents say same-sex marriage should be legal. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandhya Somashekhar and Peyton Craighill]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama administration seeks more U.N. authority to intervene in Libya]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:48:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Obama administration pressed Thursday for greater United Nations authority to confront Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi's forces by land, air and sea, while insisting that Arab governments play a central role in any possible military action. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Wilson, Colum Lynch and Karen DeYoung]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Candidates emerge to replace Mueller at FBI]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:41:03 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In a letter sent Monday to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the FBI Agents Association recommended a longtime FBI agent and supervisor who is now security chief for Verizon Communications. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Candidates emerge to replace Mueller at FBI]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:30:03 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ In a letter sent Monday to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the FBI Agents Association recommended a longtime FBI agent and supervisor who is now security chief for Verizon Communications.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341557288" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341557288" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Markon]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Lobbyists flock to Capitol Hill jobs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A surge of lobbyists has left K Street this year to fill jobs as staffers on Capitol Hill, focusing attention on rules governing what paid advocates can do after moving into the legislative world. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[R. Jeffrey Smith and Dan Eggen]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Ohio Governor Kasich tries to sell his budget cuts to a skeptical public]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:05:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R.) is enthusiastically telling his state about the good that would come from spending reductions. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Gardner]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[GOP outsiders' rise in South Carolina could rewrite presidential playbook]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ South Carolina has always been where insurgent GOP presidential candidates go to die. But the state's recent anti-establishment fervor may have changed all that. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nia-Malika Henderson]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[West Wing Briefing: Obama starts to engage on his reelection effort]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:17:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Mitt Romney , Haley Barbour and Newt Gingrich aren't the only people who are doing everything to prepare for 2012 presidential runs without actually declaring they're candidates.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341559641" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341559641" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Perry Bacon Jr.]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. nuclear advocates try to limit political impact of Japan reactor crisis]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:09:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nuclear power advocates are waging an intense lobbying campaign on Capitol Hill this week in an attempt to limit the political fallout from the reactor crisis in Japan, which threatens to undermine already shaky plans for expanded nuclear capacity in the United States. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Eggen]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Ohio Governor Kasich tries to sell his budget cuts to a skeptical public]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:39:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R.) is enthusiastically telling his state about the good that would come from spending reductions. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Gardner]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[EPA proposes 'first ever' emissions standards for power plants]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Environmental Protection Agency released a plan to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxins from coal-burning power plants. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Darryl Fears]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[House Republicans try to steer focus back to jobs]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:56:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ House Republicans host hour-long forum on job creation.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341601611" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341601611" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Sonmez]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Energy secretary: Obama still committed to nuclear plants]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:55:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Energy Secretary Steven Chu told a House committee Wednesday morning that President Obama has not altered his support for the construction of new nuclear plants in the U.S. Chu also outlined his department's response to the Japanese nuclear crisis. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David A. Fahrenthold]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say Afghan war isn't worth fighting]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:51:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the war in Afghanistan is no longer worth fighting, the highest proportion yet opposed to the conflict, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Wilson and Jon Cohen]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll finds growing public worry about Social Security]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:59:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ More say Social Security needs major overhaul, but little agreement on how, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Cohen and Peyton M. Craighill]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[U.S. takes conservative approach in response to nuclear crisis in Japan]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:37:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ As many countries evacuate their citizens from Japan and begin reassessing their nuclear programs, the U.S. takes a more conservative stance - urging only that its citizens stay 50 miles away from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant.<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341604645" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341604645" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Wallsten and Dan Eggen]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:20:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ More say Social Security needs major overhaul, but little agreement on how, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Cohen and Peyton M. Craighill]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans, new Post-ABC poll finds]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:29:05 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Sarah Palin's ratings within the GOP are slumping, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll - a potentially troubling sign for the former Alaska governor as she weighs whether to enter the 2012 presidential race. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Cillizza and Jon Cohen]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[House approves funding bill keeping government open until April 8]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:29:01 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ The Senate is expected to pass the measure, which funds the government through April 8. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Kane and Felicia Sonmez]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[House Speaker Boehner promotes funding for D.C. school choice program]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:05:03 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Little-known program could get an additional $2.3 million - thanks largely to  John A. Boehner .<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341607301" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341607301" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tricare target of Pentagon cuts as health care projected to reach $65B]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:31:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Among government workers, one group enjoys lifetime health benefits virtually unmatched in the United States: military retirees. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:25:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Members receive much heftier retirement packages than most private-sector employees and state workers do. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senate Republicans vow to block non-budget bills]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Ten Senate Republicans will object to any bill that does not significantly cut spending or reform the budget. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Pershing]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Congress members struggle to define message on Mideast, North Africa]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:40:00 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How difficult are the decisions the president must make about the turmoil in the Mideast?<br clear="all"/><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341609996" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=132341609996" border="0" vspace="5"></a> ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David A. Fahrenthold]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[2chambers: House approves three-week government funding measure, sending it on to Senate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:38:02 EDT</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ A stopgap bill that would keep the federal government funded through April 8 whle cutting $6 billion was approved by the House on Tuesday. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Felicia Sonmez]]></dc:creator>
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