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		<title>Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers&#8217; properties</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David S. Fallis, Scott Higham and Kimberly Kindy, Published: February 6 A U.S. senator from Alabama directed more than $100 million in federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building. A congressman from Georgia secured $6.3 million in taxpayer funds to replenish the beach about 900 feet from his island [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress&#8217;s Phony Insider-Trading Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The denizens of Capitol Hill are remarkable investors. A new law meant to curb abuses would only make their shenanigans easier. By JONATHAN MACEY Members of Congress already get better health insurance and retirement benefits than other Americans. They are about to get better insider trading laws as well. Several academic studies show that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama denounces Senate vote to block Cordray at consumer watchdog agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reference: Issues concerning past Obama Nominees By David Nakamura and Ylan Q. Mui, Published: December 8 An agitated President Obama accused congressional Republicans on Thursday of not standing up for ordinary Americans after the Senate derailed his nominee to head a new federal consumer protection agency. At a brief news conference, the president charged that his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supercommittee announces failure in effort to tame debt</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11541/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, Published: November 21 A special congressional committee created to try to curb the national debt abandoned its work and conceded failure Monday, the latest setback in a long effort by Washington to overcome ideological differences and stem the rising tide of red ink. In a joint statement issued hours before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Rep. Ribble moves out of District &#8211; A Democrat Move.  Not illegal but defiantly WRONG</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:57:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least Kagen stood by his District.  You lost my Vote for re-election! SHERWOOD — U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble confirmed reports Tuesday that he recently moved out of the 8th Congressional District and returned to his family&#8217;s three-bedroom home on Lake Winnebago in Sherwood, a house he left more than a year ago to challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In letter to Senate, Obama promises that New START treaty won&#8217;t limit missile defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mary Beth Sheridan Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, December 19, 2010; 12:12 AM President Obama issued a letter to the Senate on Sunday pledging to fully develop a U.S. missile defense system in Europe, as part of a final offensive to relieve concerns about the nuclear arms pact with Russia as it moves toward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate spending bill contains thousands of earmarks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FY 2011 Omnibus Appropriations Act Full Text By Philip Rucker and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, December 15, 2010; 12:00 AM Weeks after swearing off earmarks, many senators stand to gain tens of millions of dollars for pet projects in a massive spending bill that could be their last chance at the money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Reid&#8217;s Holiday Jam: What the Senate wants to pass while you&#8217;re not paying attention.</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11352/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the famous formulation often attributed to George Washington, the U.S. Senate is the saucer designed to cool the drink before it becomes law. In Majority Leader Harry Reid&#8217;s rush to beat the looming expiration of the 111th Congress, the Senate has become the express lane to jam through changes in military rules, a giant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reid threatens to keep Congress into next year: New spending bill totals $575.13 million per page</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Forget about going quietly into the night. Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a broad agenda for an end-of-session sprint that, in other years, could be a whole year&#8217;s worth of activity — ranging from an arms-reduction treaty with Russia to a major immigration bill to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Democrats seek to delay Tax Cut until next year in fight for more spending money.</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11288/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Democrats seek changes to Obama&#8217;s tax-cut deal By Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, December 10, 2010; 12:58 AM The House Democratic Caucus voted Thursday to try to block the tax-cut deal that President Obama struck with Republicans, a move that does not kill the legislation but shows that its [...]]]></description>
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