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         <title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving Filibuster]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_59/rjmatson/40758-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Health Reform Must Focus on Quality of Care]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[America needs a new health care system that provides more choices, lower costs, better care and more coverage — but we must change the way we pay for it. We must focus on the value of care versus the volume of care if we want to control costs and encourage doctors to provide the best care at a price we can afford. I am pleased that the Affordable Health Care for America Act took steps to do just that.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_59/guest/40751-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Republican Option]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_58/rjmatson/40711-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Flow Chart Smarts]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from Mike Mikula.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_57/mikula/40654-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Death's Door]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_57/rjmatson/40653-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Congress Pushes Back as Supreme Court Oversteps]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Since the 1980s, when the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist began steering the Supreme Court toward the right, some of its sharpest swerves have sheared off chunks of Congress' power. This fall, a growing cadre of Congressional leaders have caught on to the court's bellicosity, increasingly audible since Bush nominees John Roberts and Samuel Alito replaced the mellower Rehnquist and more centrist Sandra Day O'Connor. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_57/guest/40637-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Afghan's Cube]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_56/rjmatson/40595-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bipartisanship Is Needed on Bank Industry Reform]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With the panic over a potential economic collapse having subsided, financial services regulatory reform efforts are under way in Congress. The crisis revealed that our financial services marketplace is an antiquated, dangerous place in urgent need of reform.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_56/guest/40580-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Categories for DoubleClick Ads]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[This document contains a list of all the story categories that are available for use with DoubleClick ads.  The categories can also be used on ACM pages.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/Admin/documentation/31254-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Psychological Flops]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from Mike Mikula.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_55/mikula/40470-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[GOP Must Be Ready When the Spotlight Returns]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[There has been much commentary about the results of the latest Wall Street Journal survey, which revealed that the Republican Party has not been able to gain traction even as President Barack Obama's numbers continue to fall. Indeed, the survey showed that the party is now slightly less popular than it was on Election Day last year. This is not really as surprising as it sounds, and it fits with well-worn historical patterns of how parties rebuild after devastating defeats.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_55/guest/40467-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Eye of the Needle]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_55/rjmatson/40466-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Cheaper Model]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_54/rjmatson/40379-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Online Gambling Ban Has Failed, Should Be Ended]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Even more than most Americans, I've benefited from the freedom and growth of the Internet. Before being elected to Congress, I started several Internet-based companies, held several Internet-related patents, and created hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in shareholder value. Based on my extensive experience, it only makes sense that it is time to scrap the ineffective attempt to ban Internet gambling in the U.S. and, instead, replace it with a regulated environment where adult consumers can elect to place a wager online with assurances that they are protected from fraud and abuse. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_54/guest/40373-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Learning the Right Lessons From Tuesday's Results]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Everyone and his brother has opinions about what happened on Tuesday, but not all assessments are equally correct, just as not all of the descriptions of the contests, while they were in progress, were equally on the mark.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_54/rothenberg/40369-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Up, Up and Away]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_53/rjmatson/40274-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[In Potential Fight, Obama Helps Only So Much]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Returning to our look at a leadership fight between Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), where would President Barack Obama fit in?]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_53/guest/40266-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[After Hoffman, Rubio Is Likely Conservatives' Next Challenge]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The defeat of Conservative Party nominee Doug Hoffman in New York's 23rd district isn't likely to change conservatives' plans to turn their attention quickly to Florida's GOP Senate primary.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_53/rothenberg/40265-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Vote for Stimulus]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_52/rjmatson/40223-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Ethics Squabble]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The good news, arising from a leak last week, is that both the House ethics committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics are doing their jobs investigating possible wrongdoing. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_52/editorial/40205-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Moderation Is for Moderates]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from Mike Mikula.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_51/mikula/40177-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Open House Ethics Committee]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_51/rjmatson/40171-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Durbin Vs. Schumer: DSCC Gig Bred Loyalty]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is defeated in November 2010, we will likely see a battle to succeed him between Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and former Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee head and current Democratic Conference Vice Chairman Charles Schumer (N.Y.). While it is tough to forecast the political landscape of the future, a Durbin-Schumer pairing would be a fascinating clash between two powerful leaders. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_51/guest/40160-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Reform for the Ages]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_50/rjmatson/40131-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Israel and Gaza Deserve Better Than H.Res. 867]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Before House Members vote on H.Res. 867, regarding the U.N. Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict, there are a few questions worth asking.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_50/guest/40118-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Lesson on How Not to Win Re-Election in Florida's 8th District]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[After almost 30 years doing this, I shouldn't be surprised by anything Members of Congress do. But even I was taken aback when Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) referred to an adviser to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as a "K Street whore."]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_50/rothenberg/40109-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Great Pumpkin Option]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_49/rjmatson/40043-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Congress Should Find 'Third Way' on Legal Reform]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[There's an important task that Congressional moderates can perform on health care reform besides fighting the public insurance option and containing costs: find a middle ground on medical malpractice.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_49/kondracke/40026-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[One Down, Two to Go: The Outlook for the 2009 Elections]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[We are still a few days away from Election Day, but party strategists, operatives and local activists are already blaming their own nominees for their defeats.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_49/rothenberg/40025-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Beware of the Collapse of the 'Open Presidency']]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A  presidency engaged in excessive secrecy. The list of grievances includes: threatening to withhold testimony from Congress, preventing judicial review of executive actions in combating terrorism, denying access to White House visitor logs, making policy without legislative involvement and then attacking the media critics who question the president's actions. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_49/guest/40008-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Emergency!!]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_48/rjmatson/39970-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Financial Fracas]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[A curious turnabout occurred last week when House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) criticized the House ethics committee and the complexity of financial disclosure forms — and then retracted what he said the same day.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_48/editorial/39963-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[To Escape Economic Purgatory, Feds Must Spend More Money]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[When I first heard about the plan to give every senior on Social Security $250 because there will be no cost-of-living adjustment, I laughed until it hurt. It hurt a lot.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_48/ornstein/39962-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stealth Health]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from Mike Mikula.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_47/mikula/39924-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[The Waterloo of Troy]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_47/rjmatson/39923-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Wars and Health Care Reform Should Both Be Paid For]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Washington Post ran a budget-related editorial on Saturday ("A critical question") that attempted to explain why it insists that health care reform not increase the deficit even though it doesn't believe that spending for activities in Iraq and Afghanistan have to be offset. The Post's arguments weren't just unconvincing, they also don't make any sense. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_47/collender/39911-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[A New System of Justice to Improve National Security ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Winston Churchill once quipped that Americans always do the right thing after exhausting all other options. When it comes to our policies on detaining enemy belligerents, we have met Churchill's low expectations with an arbitrary system that has damaged our national security and harmed the United States' credibility abroad. Now is the time for Congress to make the necessary changes to bring our detention policies in line with America's historic commitment to the rule of law, justice and human rights.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_47/guest/39908-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[People Back Home]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_46/rjmatson/39872-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[It's Time to Correct a Creative Injustice]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In the long-running feud between singers and radio broadcasters, we believe it is time to correct a historic inequity on behalf of the artists who make the music come alive. We are not against broadcasters, but we believe that performers have a right to benefit from their own labor, and that no radio station should be able to take their recordings without fair compensation. This is, fundamentally, a property-rights issue.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_46/guest/39849-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[A Road Well-Traveled in Drive to Hold Power: Destroy the Opposition]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[I had to chuckle when I read reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is preparing to run a decidedly negative campaign this year, with an unnamed adviser saying Reid would "vaporize" his opponent. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_46/rothenberg/39848-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Untied Pelosi Spending]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_45/rjmatson/39791-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Will the Buckeye State Swing Back to the GOP in 2010?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Get out your map and draw a big fat bull's-eye on Ohio. The state looks to be a test of whether the GOP can bounce back strongly after two terrible election cycles, and that makes it a possible bellwether of what's going on nationally. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_45/rothenberg/39766-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Democrats Failing to End Bush-Era Abuses of Power]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, the Washington Post touted the Obama administration's "increasing confiden[ce] that it has struck a balance between protecting civil liberties, honoring international law and safeguarding the country." The USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee last week provides ample evidence that the civil liberties side of the scale is getting short shrift. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_45/guest/39765-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Party Polarization Menaces Efforts To Control Debt]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Suddenly, it's occurred to liberals as well as wonky budget hawks that the nation's fiscal future is "unsustainable," but the chances of action — short of a crisis — are near zero.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_45/kondracke/39764-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fall Debate]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_44/rjmatson/39723-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Behind Closed Doors]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Part of what killed former President Bill Clinton's push for health care reform in the 1990s was the perception that the bill was crafted wholly behind closed doors. Members of Congress from both parties felt as if they were shut out of the process — and rightly so. With little investment in the success of the bill, most Members did not feel the need to overly extend themselves to ensure its passage. Sure enough, it sank like a stone.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_44/editorial/39704-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Snowe Falls, but More Obstacles Remain for Health Care Legislation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The health care reform debate is rapidly moving to some critical moments and critical choices in both the House and the Senate; the dynamics now raise fascinating questions about the process, the parties, the institutions and the norms inside Congress.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_44/ornstein/39698-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Fox in the Zen House]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from Mike Mikula.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_43/mikula/39677-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Me First Responder ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_43/rjmatson/39658-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[2009 Deficit Is a Triumph of Fiscal Policy ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Despite the headlines and the page-one, right-hand column, above-the-fold stories in the New York Times and Washington Post on Saturday, I'm not at all upset about the 2009 federal budget deficit. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_43/collender/39645-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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