<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Iowa</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/nation/states/ia?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><description>Iowa</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[GOP May Be Splintering on Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18547-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18547-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A badly divided Senate Finance Committee yesterday held the first hearing examining President Bush's  efforts to restructure Social Security. While the Democrats remained united in their opposition, there were signs of cracks in the Republicans' support for the president.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman  and Michael A. Fletcher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Accounts Are Not A Certainty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16377-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16377-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  On the eve of the first congressional hearing on the restructuring of Social Security, Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee signaled that they will not insist that personal accounts be part of the legislation and that they will not seek further details from President Bush about his plans for the government-run retirement program.]]></description><author> Dana Milbank</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI to Fire Dissident  Agent]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10381-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10381-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  The FBI has moved to fire a veteran agent who  alleged that the bureau had mishandled domestic investigations of the Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, the Palestinian group designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Establishing Proof]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64052-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It took 15 years to discover the link between oxygen and blindness -- 15 years in which a mysterious disease haunted America's best hospitals.]]></description><author> David Brown</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Panel May Take Lead on Social Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59518-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59518-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[White House aides say President Bush wants the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the issue, to take the lead role in crafting a new Social Security plan.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax (Criticism) Day]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54721-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54721-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[To many Americans, particularly those who have waited until the last minute to file their tax returns, this week is the low point in their in their relationship with their government.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Passes Permanent Estate Tax Repeal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50961-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50961-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The House voted 272 to 162 Wednesday to permanently repeal the estate tax, throwing the issue to the Senate where negotiations have begun on a deep and permanent estate tax cut that can pass this year, even if it falls short of full repeal.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author of Schiavo Memo Steps Forward]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2005Apr6.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) said he was the author of a memo citing the advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Sharper Eye On Nonprofits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28415-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28415-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate Finance Committee yesterday listened to a range of suggestions for dealing with the tax cheating that experts say is widespread among charities and other nonprofits.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw and Marc Kaufman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Abuse Rampant in Nonprofits, IRS Says]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26388-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26388-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Charities and other nonprofits exempted from taxes because they serve a public purpose have become a hotbed of tax evasion and abuse, according to the head of the IRS.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Security Plan Meets Doubt in Iowa]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12913-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12913-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two key GOP lawmakers who joined President Bush in Iowa as he pitched restructuring Social Security said that Bush has failed to sell the American people on his plan.]]></description><author> Jim VandeHei</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[AARP Digs Deep in Social Security Fight]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11076-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11076-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Over this week and last, the nation's largest lobby will have spent more than $5 million on ads attacking Bush's plan  --  nearly three times as much as all the supporters of his proposal put together. That's just for starters.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Underreporting Fuels Tax Shortfall]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11382-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11382-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Americans fail to pay more than $300 billion in taxes they owe each year, with underreporting of income by small businesses and self-employed individuals the largest single component of this "tax gap," the Internal Revenue Service said yesterday.]]></description><author> Albert B. Crenshaw</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicaid Deal Worth $66 Million to Iowa]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64204-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64204-2005Mar24.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Iowa has struck a deal with federal officials that allows the state to retain $66 million in Medicaid funding it would have lost this summer because of a crackdown on an accounting gimmick.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frist Disputes Doctors' Diagnosis of Schiavo]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48119-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48119-2005Mar18.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Senate majority leader says doctors erred in evaluating woman's condition, based on videotapes from her family.]]></description><author> Charles Babington</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Rejects GOP Budget Cuts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44042-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44042-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate last night dealt a slap to President Bush and the Republican leadership, approving a 2006 budget that would gut much of the GOP's deficit-reduction efforts by restoring requested cuts to Medicaid, education, community development and other programs.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-in-Nation Status of Iowa, N.H. May Be Up for Grabs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28041-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28041-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The long run of the two states at the front of the nomination process may be in jeopardy.]]></description><author> Dan Balz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Lawmakers Present Tax-Cutting Budgets]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20348-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20348-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[House and Senate Republicans unveiled budget plans for the fiscal year that include billions of dollars in spending cuts and room for as much as $106 billion in tax reductions over the next five years.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Graham Critical of GOP Social Security Strategy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18251-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18251-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that Republicans "made a strategic mistake" by initially focusing on a proposal to create  individual investment accounts.]]></description><author> Mike Allen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Constituents Caught In Battle Over Subsidies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15353-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15353-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_nation/states/ia</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:00:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Bush administration proposal that would cut billions in subsidies to big cotton growers has set off a battle in Republican congressional ranks that pits budget cutters and against traditional agricultural interests.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan</author></item></channel></rss>