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		<title>79 House Democrats Vote To Keep Afghanistan War Going On Even Longer</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/18/79-house-democrats-vote-pro-war/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/18/79-house-democrats-vote-pro-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 23:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allyson Schwartz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbara lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ben chandler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ted deutch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, only a slim majority of House Democrats, 53%, voted for the amendment to end the war in Afghanistan.  42% joined the House Republicans to keep the Afghanistan war going on even longer.]]></description>
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		<title>Silly Season And Serious Season In The U.S. House</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/16/silly-season-and-serious-season-in-the-u-s-house/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/16/silly-season-and-serious-season-in-the-u-s-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the more silly bills introduced in Congress yesterday was H. Con. Res. 124, a resolution declaring outrage that President Barack Obama has failed to get on board with those who believe that government-funded travel to outer space destinations is part of a preordained destiny that must not be resisted.]]></description>
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		<title>The Anti-Gay Democrats Of the House of Representatives</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/11/the-anti-gay-democrats-of-the-house-of-representatives/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/11/the-anti-gay-democrats-of-the-house-of-representatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 10:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are still many people in Congress who are dedicated to standing against equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans.  Among the anti-gay politicians voting for this week's bill of anti-gay bigotry were 16 congressional Democrats, named in this article.]]></description>
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		<title>Jo Bonner Sacrifices Jobs To Red China</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/10/jo-bonner-sacrifices-jobs-to-red-china/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/10/jo-bonner-sacrifices-jobs-to-red-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rights to Reactive Red 264 are owned by Unilever, a multinational corporation with roots in the USA. Unilever could easily start making the dye Reactive Red 264 right here in the USA, creating jobs by doing so, but Representative Bonner is selling out American workers, saying that Chinese workers are the only people who can properly make the color red.]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Dold, Why Do We Need To Import Placebos?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/08/bob-dold-why-do-we-need-to-import-placebos/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/08/bob-dold-why-do-we-need-to-import-placebos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Astellas, AKA Asuterasu Seiyaku Kabushiki-gaisha, doesn't want to play by the rules we have here in America.  The Japanese pharmaceuticals company doesn't want to help create jobs in the USA.  Instead, it expects to be able to make some payments to a U.S. Congressman, who will introduce legislation to help them evade American manufacturing.  Bob Dold is willing to play along with this game.]]></description>
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		<title>Howard Berman Busts American Jobs With Foreign Shopping Bag Bill</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/29/howard-berman-bag/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/29/howard-berman-bag/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ReUSAble bags sells American-made reusable shopping bags for just 50 cents each. With made in the USA reusable shopping bags available at low prices like this, there's no reason, economic or environmental, for the import duties on foreign-made shopping bags to remain specially lowered.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Is Judy Biggert Trying To Give Special Advantages To Chemical Importers?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/26/why-is-judy-biggert-trying-to-give-special-advantages-to-chemical-importers/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/26/why-is-judy-biggert-trying-to-give-special-advantages-to-chemical-importers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why isn't Judy Biggert encouraging American industry with American jobs in plants creating this chemical product right here in the USA?  Why is Biggert helping corporations avoid creating these jobs?]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230; but a plaque about 19th Century Christian Services in the Capitol Building? On the Case!</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/03/10/but-a-plaque-about-19th-century-christian-services-in-the-capitol-building-on-the-case/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/03/10/but-a-plaque-about-19th-century-christian-services-in-the-capitol-building-on-the-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got two wars still going on. We&#8217;ve got a drumbeat to start another war. We&#8217;ve got increasing income inequality. There are people who are losing their homes. Our government is cooperating with governments that obtain child soldiers. Oil companies are getting gigantic tax cuts while they pollute our environment and stick taxpayers with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vast Majority of U.S. House Votes to Criminalize Protest (H.R. 347)</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/03/03/vast-majority-of-u-s-house-votes-to-criminalize-protest-h-r-347/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/03/03/vast-majority-of-u-s-house-votes-to-criminalize-protest-h-r-347/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1st Amendment to the Constitution declares that the people of the United States have a right to assemble, speak and petition the government for redress of grievance that cannot be abridged. But with the passage of H.R. 347, the Congress has gone ahead and abridged that right anyway. H.R. 347 (bizarrely named the &#8220;Federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>21 Democrats Help Tar Oil XL Pipeline And Wildlife Refuge Drilling</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/16/21xldemocrats/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/16/21xldemocrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oil drilling in a wildlife refuge, crude oil across our greatest aquifer, and greater risk of a new offshore oil spill disaster.  21 House Democrats joined the GOP to vote for this anti-environmental legislation.  Their names are listed here.]]></description>
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