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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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[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[Senate, Consider Deforestation as Part of Climate Bill]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It is imperative that the United States find effective and economically viable solutions to the climate crisis. Our elected officials and business leaders ask how we can afford the global transition to a low-carbon economy. Around the globe, developing nations ask how they can afford to reduce their emissions without sacrificing their hopes for a better life. There is no single answer, but there is one unexpected solution that offers hope on both fronts. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_43/guest/39639-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[No Huddle Defense]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_42/rjmatson/39614-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Landscape Shift Means More Trouble for House Democrats]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Already prepared to deal with challenging midterm turnout dynamics that favor the GOP, national Democratic strategists now find themselves looking at higher unemployment numbers, potentially divisive foreign policy decisions and a president who lacks the luster that he had immediately after his inauguration. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_42/rothenberg/39588-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Keep Our Families Together — Reform Immigration Laws]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[With anti-immigration sentiment holding the health care debate hostage, we cannot afford to delay comprehensive immigration reform any longer. The time is now, lest immigration be maligned further. A nation born of immigrants, whether Hispanic, Asian, African, gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, we are forgetting the forbearance shown our forefathers and forgoing the opportunity to pursue a more fiscally prudent immigration policy. That is, unless we keep families together.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_42/guest/39576-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Desert Island Vacation]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_41/rjmatson/39540-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Raising Money Early and Often Is a Necessity]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[At the risk of sounding as if I arrived here by covered wagon, I have to say that the pace of fundraising in this election cycle is unlike anything I have seen in my years in Washington, D.C. I have been here 30 years and have been raising money for 28 of those years. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_41/guest/39508-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Jersey Numbers: Is the Gubernatorial Race a Tossup?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Anyone in his right mind would now have to rate next month's gubernatorial election in New Jersey as a tossup. After all, virtually every poll shows the race within the margin of error, and some recent surveys show Gov. Jon Corzine (D) leading GOP challenger Chris Christie.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_41/rothenberg/39507-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama Should Weigh In Now on Health Debate]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Having let Congress have its way in writing health care reform legislation up to now, President Barack Obama needs to weigh in heavily if he wants to sign a bill by Christmas.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_41/kondracke/39506-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Let It Snowe]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_40/rjmatson/39475-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Health Reform Fight Will Raise Questions About Our Tax System]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[First, a shout-out to Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who chronicled his extraordinary "district work period" adventure in the Washington Post on Monday. I don't know many people who could survive a week alone on a desert island — much less write about it so compellingly.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_40/ornstein/39449-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Act on Rangel]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[It's been more than a year since the House ethics committee began investigating Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel's (D-N.Y.) many alleged financial misdeeds. It's time that the committee act either to punish him or clear him.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_40/editorial/39444-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Nobel Nobama]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_39/rjmatson/39419-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[New York 23: Another Train Wreck for House Republicans?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[While Republican prospects for the 2010 Congressional elections are improving and the GOP is likely to win at least one, and quite possibly both, of this year's gubernatorial elections, the special election to fill an open seat in New York's 23rd district is trending the other way.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_39/rothenberg/39406-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Sotomayor Will Show True Colors Early in Term]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Supreme Court justices in the past have often compared the first week of a new term to the start of a new school year, with old friends talking about the summer and new friends getting acquainted. Of course, this new term starts with a "new kid" on the block, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Many people are speculating whether she will be a BFF for the liberals or, like Justice Anthony Kennedy, an uncertain friend to both sides.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_39/guest/39385-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Time to Give Credit Where Due as Deficit Picture Brightens a Bit]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Congressional Budget Office was much in the news Wednesday when its cost estimate showed that the health care bill being considered by the Senate Finance Committee would reduce rather than increase the deficit. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_39/collender/39384-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rangel Gavel]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_38/rjmatson/39328-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Obama May Stick to Current Afghan Strategy — a Loser]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[More and more, it looks as if President Barack Obama is going to adopt a "split the difference" policy on Afghanistan that will basically continue current strategy — and likely lead to catastrophe.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_38/kondracke/39307-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Delaware Senate Race Is Turned Upside Down by Castle's Entry]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Count me as at least moderately surprised that Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) announced on Tuesday that he will run for the remaining four years of now-Vice President Joseph Biden's Senate term.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_38/rothenberg/39306-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Don't Play Chicken With America's Public Health]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[I have not enjoyed standing against some of my Senate and House colleagues, the Chinese government and a vast array of companies and producer organizations on the issue of "Chinese chicken." But as a Member of Congress and chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration, I have insisted the public health and safety of American families be the top consideration, not simply trade. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_38/guest/39305-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Scandals]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[As columnist Michael Kinsley famously observed years ago, "a scandal isn't what's illegal — it's what's legal." And two cases in point have surfaced recently that deserve anti-scandal action.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_37/editorial/39281-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mission?]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_37/rjmatson/39278-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[House Leaders Have a Fiduciary Duty to Protect the Institution]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Let us start with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), who took to the House floor last week to say that the Republican health care reform plan is to have people "die quickly." It was an over-the-top, outrageous comment that has no place in civil discourse.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_37/ornstein/39263-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[It Could Be Worse in 2010]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from R.J. Matson.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_36/rjmatson/39240-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[House of Cads]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The latest cartoon from Mike Mikula.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_36/mikula/39238-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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