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         <title><![CDATA[Democrats Confident as Marathon Saturday Session Begins ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The epic battle for health care reform gets its first big test on the Senate floor tonight, with Democratic leaders feeling confident, though not yet assured, of getting the 60 votes necessary to beat back a GOP-led filibuster.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Reports on Asia Trip as GOP Hits Health Bill Effort]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama used his Saturday radio address to defend his just-completed trip to Asia, arguing the visit will help "open a new era of American engagement" that will boost domestic efforts to right the economy. But Sen. Mike Crapo (Idaho), in the GOP response, continued the Republican assault on Democratic health care reform plans, charging that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) legislation "will result in higher premiums and higher health care costs for Americans — period."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Democrats Leaving No GOP Health Care Critique Unchallenged]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With the Senate preparing to vote Saturday on whether to consider a $848 billion health care overhaul bill, national Democrats on Friday launched a rapid response system aimed at blunting each GOP criticism of the bill.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Despite Ailing Mother, Baucus Will Return for Saturday Vote]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) will be in attendance during the Saturday night vote on a health care reform bill that he helped write, his office said.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[White House Strongly Backs Reid's Health Reform Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The White House formally endorsed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) version of health care reform late Friday, calling it a "historic step forward."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP Leaders Press Obama on Afghanistan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Republican leaders reiterated their concern on Friday that the Obama administration has endangered troops in Afghanistan by engaging in an extended review of the situation in the troubled region before sending additional forces. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Levin Says Panel May Have to Punt on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) said Friday that his panel may not call a hearing to review the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy this year, as originally intended. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Hoffman to Decide About N.Y. Challenge This Weekend]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Doug Hoffman will likely make a decision "over the weekend" about whether he will challenge the results of the special election in New York's 23rd district, the Conservative Party candidate's spokesman said.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[DCCC Outraises NRCC in October, Has $10 Million More in Cash]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraised the National Republican Congressional Committee in the month of October, according to disclosures from both parties.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40824-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senate Phones Disrupted by Deluge of Calls]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A deluge of phone calls is causing problems with the Senate's voice mail system, prompting officials to ask staffers to regularly delete their messages.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40823-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Harris Poll Shows Kratovil Down Double Digits]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The campaign of state Sen. Andy Harris (R) on Friday circulated an internal poll that showed Rep. Frank Kratovil (D) down by double digits in a hypothetical rematch of their 2008 race in Maryland's Eastern Shore-based 1st district.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40822-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP Senators Warn Democratic Centrists Against Voting to Begin Debate]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans kicked off an offensive heading into Saturday's health care reform vote on Friday, warning vulnerable Democrats against voting to begin debate on the measure and challenging the bill's price tag.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40821-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nelson Will Vote to Begin Debate on Health Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) ended weeks of speculation by announcing Friday that he will vote to start debate on the Senate's health care reform measure when the roll is called Saturday evening.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obey Seeks War Tax; Pelosi Signals Dwindling Support for Buildup]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With new polls showing increased opposition to the war in Afghanistan and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) casting doubts on her Caucus being up for another round of troop deployments, leading House Democrats are now calling for a war tax to make all Americans share the cost burden.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Restaurants to Open for Senate on Saturday]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senators and staffers stuck on Capitol Hill on Saturday won't go hungry: Officials announced Friday that they are keeping two restaurants open.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Byrd Celebrates 92nd Birthday After Setting Record]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) celebrated his 92nd birthday Friday, two days after setting the record as the longest-serving Member of Congress.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HOH's One-Minute Recess: No Rep. Edward Cullen Here]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA["New Moon" madness is everywhere. But don't be tempted to liken Congress to the undead — at least that's what one Member is insisting. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ethics Admonishes Burris Over Senate Appointment]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Senate Ethics Committee publicly admonished Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) on Friday for discrediting himself and the Senate in the way he sought appointment to the seat of now-President Barack Obama.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[NRCC Burns Cash in October for Special Election]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The National Republican Congressional Committee spent more than it raised in the month of October, according to fundraising numbers due to be reported to the Federal Election Commission on Friday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[CRS Report Shows Most Bills Subject to Cloture Pass]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A new study of Senate voting patterns shows the chamber has approved more than 97 percent of all bills subject to a cloture motion to begin debate — a finding that could undercut Democratic efforts to paint a key health care vote on Saturday as procedural.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40812-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Doug Hampton: Money From Ensigns Was 'Severance']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Doug Hampton, the former top aide to Sen. John Ensign whose wife had an affair with the Nevada Republican, is alleging the nearly $100,000 that the lawmaker's parents paid him from their personal accounts after he discovered the affair was "severance" and not a gift as Ensign has claimed.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[FEC Adopts New Travel Rules on Jets]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission approved new rules on Thursday that limit how Congressional campaigns use private and corporate jets.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Plastic Surgeons Pressure Senate to Nip New Tax]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Senate Democratic plan to pay for part of health care reform by slapping a tax on elective cosmetic surgery drew jeers Thursday from doctors who specialize in such procedures as breast implants and nose jobs.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[DeFazio Woos Colleagues to Support Obama Economic Team Ouster]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Rep. Peter DeFazio, one of the most outspoken Democratic critics of the White House economic team, said he plans to press the 27-member Congressional Populist Caucus to back his call for their ouster. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[State Senator to Challenge Boswell]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Iowa state Sen. Brad Zaun (R) is joining the race against Rep. Leonard Boswell (D) in the Des Moines-area 3rd district.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40807-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Coakley, Capuano to Report Nearly $2 Million in Fundraising]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) raised about $2 million more for her special election Senate bid over the past month and a half, nearly doubling her total receipts to $4.1 million, the campaign announced Thursday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Will Giuliani Challenge Gillibrand?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Political operatives from New York to Washington, D.C., are buzzing about whether former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) is getting ready to launch a campaign against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) next year.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reid Tees Up Vote; GOP Drops Bill-Reading Plan]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday afternoon set the procedural wheels in motion for a crucial vote on a major health care reform bill Saturday night at 8 p.m. and scored a coup by apparently persuading Republicans to abandon their plans to have the entire 2,074-page bill read aloud on the Senate floor.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40804-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[DOJ Drops Investigation of Former Gregg Aide]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has dropped its investigation of a former top aide to Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) who came under scrutiny during the wide-ranging influence peddling probe centered on ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his associates.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nelson Joins Lieberman in Threatening to Filibuster Health Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) officially joined Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) as the second member of the Democratic Conference to threaten a filibuster of the Senate's health care reform bill.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[CBO: House Bill Cuts Deficit More Than Senate Version]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Score one for the House, perhaps. The Congressional Budget Office revised its estimate of the House health care bill Thursday, saying it would shrink the deficit by $139 billion in the first decade, $30 billion more than earlier estimates and $9 billion more than the Senate bill unveiled Wednesday by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Durbin: 'Place Your Bets' on 8 p.m. Health Care Vote]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Thursday that Senators should expect to take their first vote on a major health care reform effort Saturday night around 8.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40800-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[AHIP Opposes Senate Health Care Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In a move that came as little surprise, the health insurance industry's lead lobbying group has come out against the Senate's health care reform plan.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40799-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[FEC Fines Law Firm for Edwards Donations]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A Michigan law firm has been fined $131,000 for illegally reimbursing employee campaign contributions to then-Sen. John Edwards' (D-N.C.) 2004 presidential campaign. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40798-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Democratic Caucus Rolls Out Revamped Web Site]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The House Democratic Caucus unveiled a revamped Web site Thursday with a new focus on showcasing individual Members and legislation.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senate Confirms Hamilton to 7th Circuit Court]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Democrats on Thursday voted 59-39 to install David Hamilton to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nelson: Abortion Can Be Dealt With on the Floor]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) hinted again Thursday that he's leaning toward voting to allow Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to bring his health care bill to the floor, rejecting an argument from fellow Nebraska senator Mike Johanns (R) that such a vote was a vote for abortion rights.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40795-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reid Confident but Won't Yet Predict 60 Votes ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) confidently predicted Thursday that the Senate would eventually pass a health care reform measure, even as he refused to say whether he has the 60 votes necessary to bring the measure up for debate.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Pelosi Prefers Senate Abortion Language ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rarely misses a chance to defend her chamber's prerogative, but on one sticking point in the health care debate — abortion — she is casting her lot with the Senate. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Abortion Spotlight Shines on Ben Nelson]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Abortion language included into the Senate health care bill by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) quickly came under attack from abortion-rights foes, who are trying to ratchet up the pressure on moderate Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) to block consideration of the bill.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Huckabee Pens Money Appeal for Rice in S.C.]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Arkansas governor and potential 2012 presidential contender Mike Huckabee (R) is trying to stir up some fundraising enthusiasm for South Carolina state Rep. Rex Rice (R), who is running in a crowded open-seat contest that is noteworthy for its dearth of campaign donations.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kerry's Daughter Arrested for DUI]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry's (D-Mass.) daughter was arrested Thursday morning in Los Angeles for driving under the influence.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/40790-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP Leaders Say Most — Not All — Will Oppose 'Doc Fix']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Republican leaders emerged from a closed-door conference meeting on Thursday confident that most of their members would vote against the $210 billion "doc fix" bill — but stopped short of declaring there would be unanimous GOP opposition. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HOH's One-Minute Recess: Markey Is Chairman of the Board]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Is Rep. Ed Markey looking for a new line of work?]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lugar's Wife Arrested for DUI]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Charlene Lugar, wife of Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), was arrested Wednesday night for drunken driving after a traffic accident in McLean, Va.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Official CBO Score Released: Senate Health Bill $848 Billion]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Budget Office confirmed late Wednesday night that the Senate health care reform bill would cost about $848 billion over ten years, but upped the amount of deficit savings Democratic aides had predicted from $127 billion to $130 billion over ten years.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Republicans Complain About 'Preliminary' Cost of Senate Health Care Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans roundly criticized Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) health care reform bill as a backroom deal that will raise insurance premiums and increase taxes on Americans, even as they complained they have yet to read the 2,074-page bill. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[NRCC Airs Ads Against Pomeroy, Snyder and Spratt]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting three veteran Democrats who voted for the House version of the health care reform bill in a weeklong round of television ads that will begin airing Thursday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Names McCue, Perino to Broadcast Board]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama was nominating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) former chief of staff, Susan McCue, and former Bush White House Press Secretary Dana Perino to the Broadcasting Board of Governors.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senate Reform Race Begins]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) finally ended weeks of mystery about his health care reform bill on Wednesday night, setting the stage for a historic debate that could begin this week if he can get an initial OK from all 60 members of the Democratic Conference. ]]></description>
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