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         <title><![CDATA[Police Investigate Threat Against Specter]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Capitol Police are investigating a telephone threat against Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), according to the Associated Press.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sunday Morning Highlights: Iraq, Jobs and Health Care]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Vice President Joseph Biden maintained that U.S. troops will leave Iraq in 2011 during a wide-ranging television interview Sunday. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[There's Plenty to Do on the Fourth]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Don't worry about those rumors of a draconian police crackdown on fireworks this Fourth of July. It happens every year. The rumor-mongering, that is. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Makes Appeal for Agenda in July Fourth Message]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In his weekly address to the nation Saturday, President Barack Obama used the Fourth of July holiday to highlight the "unyielding spirit" of Americans in an effort to push for passage of his legislative agenda.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Palin's Resignation Plan Leaves Mysteries in Its Wake]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Alaska's GOP Gov. Sarah Palin left Republicans and Democrats alike scratching their heads on Friday after the former vice presidential nominee announced she would resign with two years left in her term.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger Sets Dates for Tauscher Seat Special]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Friday set the dates for the special election to replace former Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D), who just took a top job at the State Department.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Franken to Be Sworn In Tuesday]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen.-elect Al Franken (D-Minn.) will be sworn in Tuesday, bringing the chamber to full capacity at 100 sitting Senators. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Palin to Resign Governorship]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential running mate in 2008, announced Friday that she will not run for re-election in 2010 and that she will resign as governor in a few weeks.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tiahrt Channels FDR in Spending Fight]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[By all accounts, Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, who for eight terms has represented a solidly red district that voted overwhelmingly for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential election. Yet Tiahrt recently has found an unlikely ally in his quest to highlight what he sees as runaway federal spending: Franklin D. Roosevelt.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Liberals Likely to Call for Another Stimulus]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A leading House liberal says he is likely to call for another stimulus package after today's dismal unemployment news.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Waxman Being Discharged From Hospital]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is being discharged from the hospital after a two-day stay prompted by a fainting spell in his Los Angeles office.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Gay Rights Groups Pressure Pelosi on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Groups seeking to overturn the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military have turned their focus to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), urging her in a letter timed with Independence Day to make repeal a priority.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Blunt Turns to Familiar Face to Fill Deputy Chief of Staff Opening]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Senate hopeful Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) announced Thursday that he has rehired a veteran of his press shop, naming Burson Taylor Snyder as deputy chief of staff in his House office.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Senators Urge Obama to Focus on Iran at Russian Summit]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of Senators on Thursday called on President Barack Obama to make Iran a priority issue during next week's summit with Russian President Demetri Medvedev in Moscow.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Murphy to Announce Tour Urging 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) is kicking off his role as the lead sponsor of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal legislation by helping to launch a national tour urging an end to the military policy that bans gays from openly serving.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Card Check' Compromise Still Elusive, but Fight Continues to Heat Up]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Long-stalled legislation to loosen labor-organizing rules likely won't be introduced next week, as a group of Democratic Senators continues tinkering with a proposal they hope can pass Congressional muster.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Pushes Two Top Priorities at Innovation Event]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The White House on Thursday managed to put together an event that allowed President Barack Obama to tout both of his top priorities, using remarks on innovation to trumpet the ideas behind his health care reform and climate change policies.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kennedy Not Expected to Return to Work Next Week ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who is battling brain cancer, is not expected to return to the Senate next week, spokesman Anthony Coley said Thursday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HOH's One-Minute Recess: Happy 233rd, America]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Although the thought of heading back to the Capitol during a three-day weekend might be a little unappealing for some staffers, there really is nothing quite like celebrating the Fourth of July with  half a million of your fellow Americans on the West Lawn. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP Blasts Stimulus Success as Unemployment Rate Rises]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Republicans on Thursday ripped Democrats over their economic recovery plans as the national unemployment rate climbed to 9.5 percent in June, the highest in 26 years.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HELP Bill to Include Government Insurance Option, Cost $611 Billion]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) announced Thursday morning that the health care bill being drafted by the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee would cost approximately $611 billion over 10 years and would include a robust government-run insurance option.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Waxman 'Feeling Better' After Fainting Spell]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is reportedly feeling better after a fainting spell in his Los Angeles office on Tuesday that prompted him to check into the hospital.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sununu Decides Against 2010 Senate Bid]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Sen. John Sununu (R) will not run to succeed retiring Sen. Judd Gregg (R) in New Hampshire in 2010, according to the Associated Press. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[More Documents Delivered on Sotomayor; GOP Still Not Satisfied]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A Puerto Rican civil rights organization with ties to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday turned over a new round of documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee on her affiliation with the group.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Presses Health Reform Case at Va. 'Town Hall']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama outlined his plans for reforming health care during a town hall meeting at Northern Virginia Community College on Wednesday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP House Trio Urges Bachmann to Reverse Boycott of Census]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Three House Republicans on the subcommittee overseeing the 2010 Census are asking Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to reverse her decision to boycott the national population count, fearing others will follow her lead.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA['Reconciliation' to Pass Health Bill Won't Work]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Liberal health reform advocates have talked about ramming a reform plan — including a Medicare-like public insurance option — through the Senate with only 51 Democratic votes. But a leading Senate player says it won't work.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HOH's One-Minute Recess: So Long, Norm!]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[HOH isn't sure whether the newest addition to official Washington, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), will prove to be a colorful, quotable character a la his comedy-writing days (fingers crossed!) or the dry politician he's been on the campaign trail.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Waxman Hospitalized in Los Angeles]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday after reporting that he was not feeling well, according to the Associated Press.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Maloney, Sestak Set to Challenge Democratic Establishment]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Two House Democrats moved even closer to challenging incumbent Senators in primaries next year, according to local media reports Wednesday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/36399-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Poe's Campaign Fined $25,000 by FEC]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The campaign committee of Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) recently agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to the Federal Election Commission for failing to properly report receipts, disbursements and cash-on-hand figures during the 2004 cycle, according to an enforcement agreement released Thursday.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[FEC Fines Lawyer $155,000]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission has fined a Pennsylvania lawyer $155,000 for illegally funneling campaign contributions to former Democratic leader Dick Gephardt's (Mo.) presidential campaign in 2004. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Shuster Is Latest Pennsylvania Republican to Back Toomey]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has racked up another endorsement from one of his former House colleagues for his 2010 bid for Senate.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[NRCC Targets 13 House Democrats on Climate Vote]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The National Republican Congressional Committee announced Wednesday that it is targeting 13 House Democrats this recess with weeklong radio ads and automated calls for their votes on last week's energy bill.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/36395-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Poll: Majority Supports Government-Run Health Option]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday gauging registered voters' views of health care reform underscores the political complexity of the issue, with the results offering ammunition to both the supporters and opponents of President Barack Obama's No. 1 legislative priority.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Costs of the Cap-and-Trade Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[On June 25, the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate stabilization act, which would institute a cap-and-trade system to restrict Americans' carbon emissions. While proponents of the bill have sought to argue that the costs of such a system would be negligible, nothing could be further from the truth. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[CUNA Is Willing to Talk on Proposed Consumer Protection Agency]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite widespread calls from the financial services community for President Barack Obama to back down on his plan to include a separate Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the Credit Union National Association says it is willing to negotiate with the administration.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Franken's Victory Gets Democrats to 60, Sort of]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Democrat Al Franken bested former Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in their long-disputed 2008 race, the five justices handed Senate Democrats the 60-vote majority they never dreamed they'd have, but party insiders warn that the ruling is both a blessing and curse.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Union Now Plans to Target Grassley on Health Care Tax]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Laborers' International Union of North America on Tuesday announced plans to target Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) with a cable television spot in Des Moines even as it cut short ad buys in Montana and North Dakota at the request of Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Coleman Concedes; Franken to Be Seated]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) conceded the protracted 2008 Senate race to Democrat Al Franken Tuesday afternoon at a press conference in Minnesota, acknowledging today's state Supreme Court's decision that ruled Franken the winner and saying he "will abide by its results."]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ethics Rules Allow Smith to Collect on Locker Rentals]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As a Member of Congress, Dr. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) can't get paid for providing medical services to patients. But Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) can get paid for renting storage lockers to customers who need a place to stash stuff.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/news/36388-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Club for Growth Polling in Florida Senate Race]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As they continue to mull endorsing former state Speaker Marco Rubio in Florida's Republican Senate primary, the Club for Growth released a new poll Tuesday that showed Gov. Charlie Crist (R) as the clear frontrunner in this early stage of the race.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Health Reform Should Tackle the Rising Threat of Hospital Infections]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In a prime-time town hall meeting last week, President Barack Obama again made the case for reform of skewed market incentives that have led to skyrocketing medical costs.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Byrd Released From Hospital]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) has been released from the hospital Tuesday after a six-and-a-half-week stay, according to a statement released by his office.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[White House Steers Clear of Comment on Health Bill Details]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The White House on Tuesday sought to avoid direct comment on health care legislation shaping up in the Senate, hoping a policy of public non-interference will help staffers complete their work on legislation in the Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committees.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Minnesota Court Unanimously Declares Franken Winner]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday declared Democrat Al Franken the winner of the state's disputed 2008 Senate race, bringing to a close the latest chapter in the eight-month-long litigious recount battle between him and incumbent Republican Norm Coleman.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Self-Funder Enters Race to Replace McHugh in N.Y.]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Hoping that money talks, Matthew Doheny (R), an investment banker who wants to run in the yet-to-be-scheduled special election to replace Rep. John McHugh (R-N.Y.), opened a campaign account this week and dropped $500,000 of his own money into it.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[HOH's One-Minute Recess: Moran's Got It in the Bag]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[If Rep. Jim Moran ever wants to leave Congress, he'll at least have some valuable work experience to put on his résumé: The Virginia Democrat is serving as a "celebrity bagger" at a Safeway store in Alexandria, Va., this afternoon.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[After Pressure, LIUNA Set to Pull TV Spots]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[After pressure from Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus' (D-Mont.) senior committee staff, the Laborers' International Union of North America has done an about-face and will pull its television ad buy targeting Baucus and Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) starting Wednesday.]]></description>
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