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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>Holder faces House Republicans over health-care law, ‘Fast and Furious’</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11547/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jerry Markon, Published: December 8 Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. clashed with congressional Republicans on Thursday, defending the Justice Department in the face of criticism of its “Fast and Furious” gun-trafficking sting and its refusal to turn over documents on the health-care law adopted last year. Under exhaustive questioning from the House Judiciary Committee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dead federal retirees are paid $120 million annually, report says</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11504/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ed O’Keefe: September 22 The federal government pays out millions of dollars to dead people each year — including deceased retired federal workers, according to a new report. In the past five years, the Office of Personnel Management has made more than $601 million in benefits payments to deceased federal annuitants, according to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Rep. Ribble moves out of District &#8211; A Democrat Move.  Not illegal but defiantly WRONG</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11500/</link>
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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>Lame Duck Session: Dems passing any bill they can before they loose their power</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11458/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:07:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lame-duck session with unexpected victories By Perry Bacon Jr. Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 22, 2010; 4:34 PM When the lame-duck session of Congress started more than a month ago, President Obama looked defeated and deflated, publicly acknowledging the &#8220;shellacking&#8221; his party had taken in the November midterm elections. Now, a six-week session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Net Neutrality Coup funded by a who&#8217;s who of left-liberal foundations.</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11449/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Net Neutrality Rules By John Fund The Federal Communications Commission&#8217;s new &#8220;net neutrality&#8221; rules, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote yesterday, represent a huge win for a slick lobbying campaign run by liberal activist groups and foundations. The losers are likely to be consumers who will see innovation and investment chilled by regulations that treat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate spending bill contains thousands of earmarks</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11357/</link>
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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>Emptying the pork barrel would hit some states especially hard</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11311/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Pamela M. Prah &#8211; Stateline.org Sunday, December 12, 2010; 6:26 PM Some states seem to have earmarks written all over them. Say the word and most people think of Alaska&#8217;s &#8220;Bridge to Nowhere.&#8221; West Virginia is well-known for having drawn billions in earmarked projects through the efforts of the &#8220;king of pork,&#8221; the late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Unions vs. Taxpayers</title>
		<link>http://PositiveReform.com/11304/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The moral case for unions—protecting working families from exploitation—does not apply to public employment. By Tim Pawlenty When Americans think of organized labor, they might think of images like I saw growing up in a blue-collar meatpacking town: hard hats, work boots, tough conditions and gritty jobs. While I didn&#8217;t work in the slaughterhouses, I [...]]]></description>
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