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         <title><![CDATA[Modernizing a Police Force]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, it took 13 seconds for a 41-year-old paranoid schizophrenic to break through the Capitol's security barrier and shoot an officer dead. He then killed a Capitol Police detective and wounded two others.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26998-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Tragic Legacy Leaves Its Mark]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite the whirlwind of events in the past decade, in which Jack Gibson has grown from a 15-year-old with a learner's permit to a grown man with a career and a mortgage, the anniversary of his father's death every year is marked with the same sounds that stir up the same memories.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26995-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Costello Seeks Ethics Advice]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.) said Wednesday he will ask the House ethics committee whether he may continue to seek earmarks for a community college in his district after his wife was named president of the school last week.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26993-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rangel Asks For Probe Into Charity Solicitation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) filed the first of two formal complaints against himself with the House ethics committee on Wednesday, an unusual move aimed at tamping down allegations the lawmaker has misused his public office. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26988-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Big Ag Creates Alliance]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Four of the biggest names in U.S. agriculture will roll out today a  multimillion-dollar effort to urge Congress to grow the amount spent on international aid for crop and food programs.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26996-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[NFIB-Visa Pairing Draws Fire]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The debate over the National Federation of Independent Business' reluctance to join other small-business groups in their fight against credit card companies reached a fevered pitch this week after Visa ran an ad in Capitol Hill newspapers depicting the association's close relationship with the credit card company.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26994-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Heard on the Hill: Lance Says McCain, Obama Can't Hang]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong, the uber-athlete who launched a thousand yellow bracelets, was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to debut a national cancer-combating campaign at the National Press Club. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/hoh/26997-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bush Undercuts GOP on Housing]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration's capitulation on the unprecedented housing bailout package Wednesday left House Republican leaders and conservatives at a loss.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26982-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senate Must-Do List Is Shrinking]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats still have a long list of priorities to slog through before they leave at the end of next week for the August recess, but the partisan stalemate over energy prices might prevent them from doing much.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26990-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Morning Business: Party Pooper]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Democrats got a fresh reminder Wednesday that lavish, corporate-sponsored parties at their convention in Denver next month will be more than just a good time. They could also be an ethical minefield.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/morning/26991-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Makes Gains Among Workers Hurt By Bush Economics]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A new book designed to show Republicans how to win the working-class vote actually makes a strong case that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will carry it.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/kondracke/26965-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Can Obama Close the Deal? McCain May Yet Have a Say]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The next 15 weeks in the 2008 presidential race will be primarily about whether American voters are comfortable with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in the Oval Office. But that doesn't let presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) off the hook completely. His message and positioning will help determine whether he will remain a credible alternative to Obama.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/rothenberg/26947-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Remembering Friend, Protector John Gibson]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[My daughter jokes that he was tougher on her than I was. But in the case of Capitol Police Detective John Gibson, his influence on my family was not born of the years we were together, the thousands of hours, hundreds of meals and dozens of holidays we celebrated together. It was the man.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/guest/26952-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Matson's World: Paulson Pan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/rjmatson/26977-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[An Early Ballot Test]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[For some Washington state candidates, Aug. 19 is more than a primary election.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/politics/26974-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Schumer Says 60 Seats Now Possible]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.) expressed optimism Wednesday that the Democrats could wake up on Nov. 5 with a filibuster-proof, 60-seat Senate majority, but he says it isn't a certainty.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/politics/26975-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shop Talk: Live Strong]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney hasn't let a little thing like losing the Republican presidential primary keep him out of politics.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/shoptalk/26978-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Missouri: Baker Had Small Lead in Two-Month-Old Poll]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[State Rep. Judy Baker (D) held a minuscule lead going into the final stretch of a crowded Show Me State Democratic primary, according to a poll conducted by her campaign nearly two months ago and released to Roll Call on Wednesday.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26979-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ohio: Indy in 15th District Gets Right to Life Nod]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A third-party candidate has received the Ohio Right to Life Political Action Committee endorsement in what is expected to be the most competitive Congressional race in the Buckeye State. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26980-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Mexico: Pearce and Udall Agree to Debates]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Apparently Reps. Steve Pearce (R) and Tom Udall (D) are skipping the traditional debate over whether to debate. Udall, the clear frontrunner in the race, has proposed to Pearce three debates to be televised statewide, and the Republican has agreed.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26981-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Louisiana: One Fewer Democrat in Race Against Jefferson]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Orleans Parish School Board member James Fahrenholtz (D) has been removed from the 2nd Congressional district Democratic primary ballot, the Louisiana secretary of state's office told WWL-TV late Tuesday.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26983-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New York: Straniere Squired Around Washington]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former state Assemblyman Robert Straniere, the leading Republican candidate in the race to replace departing Rep. Vito Fossella (R), was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday meeting with officials at the National Republican Congressional Committee and GOP Members of the Empire State House delegation.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26984-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Maryland: GOP Poll — Gilchrest Seat Not in Play Yet]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A new poll taken for the Republican nominee in the race to replace Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R) suggests that Democrats have some work to do if they want to make the election as competitive as they think it will be.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26985-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Hampshire: Sununu Closes Big Gap in Granite State Survey ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. John Sununu (R) has significantly narrowed the once double-digit gap between him and former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D), according to the most recent public poll results in the state.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26986-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Minnesota: New Coleman Spot Hits Franken Hard]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Norm Coleman (R) officially went negative on the airwaves against comedian Al Franken (D) in his fifth television advertisement of the cycle, attacking the Democrat for his satire that some have considered demeaning to women. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26987-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Illinois: Durbin Challenger Mounts PR Offensive]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[You can't manufacture a competitive race with a poll and a press release.It would be generous to call GOP nominee Steve Sauerberg a long shot against Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D). But you wouldn't know it by the rhetoric coming from the Republican's campaign.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/atr/26989-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dull as Dirt? Hardly. Soil Exhibit Rocks]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Everyone's getting down and dirty at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/ath/26964-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Dangers Lurk for Walkers]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Plans for pedestrian safety improvements in the District were in the works long before this month, but the recent death of a pedestrian struck in front of Union Station highlighted the need for changes, according to city officials.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/ath/26962-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hill Talk: Norton Seeks Better Lighting on Mall]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) toured the National Mall earlier this week as a part of her ongoing effort to improve lighting and safety in the 309-acre park.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/hilltalk/26963-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Photo From the Attic: Practice Makes Perfect]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Rep. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) warms up for an early-1990s Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game practice. Now the governor of his home state, Richardson was a regular on the Democratic squad and was inducted into the Roll Call Congressional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/attic/26961-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Road Worriers]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Debate on the highway bill usually centers on how much money should be doled out for road and infrastructure projects sought by Members. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26953-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[FAA Legislation to Take Off Next Year  ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Ambitious efforts to overhaul the nation's air traffic control system and alleviate congestion in the skies will confront the next Congress and hinge on how lawmakers pay for those changes. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26954-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Transport Attracting Lobbyists ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Transportation issues have never lacked lobbyists. From aviation to freight rail to AAA, the industry has an abundance of voices making its case on Capitol Hill.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26955-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Oberstar Is Man of the Hour in Infrastructure Debate ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed in Minneapolis last August, killing 13 people, it represented a clarion call for home-state Democratic Rep. James Oberstar.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26957-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Proposes Funding for Rail, Aviation and Highways ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) is proposing to take money being spent in Iraq and redirect it to improving transportation across the country.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_12/news/26958-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[McCain Earned Reputation for Opposition to Earmarks]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has made a name for himself in at least one area of transportation policymaking during his years in Congress: as an outspoken opponent of pet-project earmarks. ]]></description>
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