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		<title>Nationwide Protests Against Arbitrary Imprisonment Powers of The NDAA</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/04/nationwide-protests-against-arbitrary-imprisonment-powers-of-the-ndaa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of protests against the NDAA's provisions of arbitrary imprisonment of people within the borders of the USA, citizen and non-citizen, took place yesterday, February 3, 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Liberties Dominate Public Attention Toward Congress in January 2012</title>
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		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/29/civil-liberties-dominate-public-attention-toward-congress-in-january-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some quarters of Washington DC, people have grown fond of saying that all Americans care about is the economy. But take a look at the five congressional bills looked up most often by Americans during the week of January 22, 2012: H.R. 3261 Stop Online Piracy Act: Popularly known as SOPA, this bill would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Congress Deny The Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Again?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/09/25/will-congress-deny-the-gandhi-king-scholarly-exchange-initiative-again/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/09/25/will-congress-deny-the-gandhi-king-scholarly-exchange-initiative-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn't the first time that the idea of the Gandhi-King exchange has been proposed in Congress.  Similar legislation was introduced in 2009 - when Democrats controlled both houses of Congress, but the bill was not accepted and promoted by Democratic Party leadership.
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		<title>Ellison and 194,000 Other Progressives Warn Obama</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/07/13/ellison-and-194000-other-progressives-warn-obama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keith Ellison and 194,454 progressive Americans are warning Barack Obama that he won't have their support if he sacrifices Social Security and Medicare in the current round of bargaining over the deficit.]]></description>
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		<title>Protests Against Republican Cuts Erupt Across America</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/03/15/protests-against-republican-cuts-erupt-across-america/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/03/15/protests-against-republican-cuts-erupt-across-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 01:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Progressive protests opposing Republicans' imbalanced fiscal policy are larger than Tea Party protests were in 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Judy Chu Opposes Roving Wiretaps On Americans</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/02/25/judy-chu-opposes-roving-wiretaps-on-americans/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/02/25/judy-chu-opposes-roving-wiretaps-on-americans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judy Chu speaks out against roving wiretaps, and on March 12, protesters will meet outside the U.S. Capitol to demand repeal of the Patriot Act.  For more info, see the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/patriotactprotest">Patriot Act Protest page on Facebook</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kaptur Seeks Constitutional Restoration Of Campaign Finance Regulation</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/14/kaptur-seeks-constitutional-restoration-of-campaign-finance-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/14/kaptur-seeks-constitutional-restoration-of-campaign-finance-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcy Kaptur and Move to Amend push for constitutional amendments to undo the <i>Citizens United</i> Supreme Court decision which allowed practically unrestricted campaign finance.]]></description>
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		<title>Let Congress Drink Tap Water</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/11/let-congress-drink-tap-water/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/11/let-congress-drink-tap-water/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that the current leadership of Congress has pledged to cut government spending, why doesn't it start with itself, and eliminate government subsidies for bottled water on Capitol Hill, when the building has perfectly good plumbing?]]></description>
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		<title>War Unraveled</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/04/war-unraveled/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/01/04/war-unraveled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite promises to the contrary, it now seems clear that the war in Afghanistan will continue for three more years at a minimum, with some in Congress proposing a permanent military occupation of Afghan soil. Two years ago, as Americans prepared for the inauguration of Barack Obama as President, with a strongly Democratic House and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Group Asks For Six Thousand Members Of Congress</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/28/six-thousand/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/28/six-thousand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An organization is seeking to change this arrangement, and create a new system in which House seats are allocated for every fifty thousand Americans.  To do so would require creating more than two hundred thousand seats in the House of Representatives.  ]]></description>
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