<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>That&#039;s My Congress</title>
	<atom:link href="http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://thatsmycongress.com</link>
	<description>A politically independent journal of the campaigns and legislation of the United States Congress.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:59:20 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[House legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allen west]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american exceptionalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbara lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill posey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob filner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dennis kucinich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destiny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frank wolf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[janice hahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jared polis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Chaffetz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesse Jackson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Conyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Culberson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Yoder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamar Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Waters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mo brooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outer space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pete olson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Stark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter DeFazio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randy Hultgren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raul Grijalva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rob bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rush holt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sam farr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sandy adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven LaTourette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Palazzo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Poe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Price]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=6000</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/16/silly-season-and-serious-season-in-the-u-s-house/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Michael Grimm Taking Money In Private Cigar Club Tonight</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/15/michael-grimm-taking-money-in-private-cigar-club-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/15/michael-grimm-taking-money-in-private-cigar-club-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CXIII Rex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Grimm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5996</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[like everyone outside the Washington D.C. elite, we were not sent an invitation to Grimm's private cigar club meeting.  We will note that Congressman Grimm is explicitly asking for $1,000 from industry-affiliated political action committees in exchange for his company tonight.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/15/michael-grimm-taking-money-in-private-cigar-club-tonight/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Terrorists and Heart Disease: Who in Congress Focuses on the Real Harm?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/14/terrorists-and-heart-disease-who-in-congress-focuses-on-the-real-harm/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/14/terrorists-and-heart-disease-who-in-congress-focuses-on-the-real-harm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congressional Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barbara boxer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[byron dorgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congressional record]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dan burton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[danny davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erik paulsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hype]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jared polis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john mccain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kelly ayotte]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lamar Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lois Capps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Louie Gohmert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patty murray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rand paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richard durbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistical abstract]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunlight foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ted Poe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terrorists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Coburn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom harkin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top ten]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not about harm. It&#8217;s about hype. According to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, every year heart disease kills two hundred times more Americans than terrorist attacks killed in the peak year of 2001. In other years, heart disease deaths are hundreds of thousands of times more numerous than terrorism deaths. Yet year [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/14/terrorists-and-heart-disease-who-in-congress-focuses-on-the-real-harm/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[House legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ben chandler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigotry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collin Peterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Boren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dan lipinski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defense of marriage act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glbt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heath Shuler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Cuellar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Costello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jim matheson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Barrow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[larry kissell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lgbt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mark critz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike McIntyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Ross]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Rahall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanford Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Holden]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5986</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/11/the-anti-gay-democrats-of-the-house-of-representatives/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dye]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jo Bonner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reactive Red 264]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unilever]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5980</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/10/jo-bonner-sacrifices-jobs-to-red-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astellas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bob dold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseid Therapeutics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[placebo]]></category>

		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/08/bob-dold-why-do-we-need-to-import-placebos/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Democrats Are Shocked That Boehner Opposes Same Sex Marriage&#8230; Um, Like Obama&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/07/democrats-are-shocked-that-boehner-opposes-same-sex-marriage-um-like-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/07/democrats-are-shocked-that-boehner-opposes-same-sex-marriage-um-like-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 23:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barack obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brandon english]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dccc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glbt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lgbt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How can Brandon English deplore John Boehner for his opposition to same-sex marriage, when Barack Obama shares that position?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/05/07/democrats-are-shocked-that-boehner-opposes-same-sex-marriage-um-like-obama/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Domestic Niobium Production Stunted By Suspended Import Fees</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/30/domestic-niobium-production-stunted-by-low-import/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/30/domestic-niobium-production-stunted-by-low-import/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Rockefeller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nebraska]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niobium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Duties on imported niobium could provide just the sort of economic pressure needed for quick development of niobium mines in Nebraska, bringing jobs to the American heartland.  In spite of this, Senator John Rockefeller has introduced two pieces of legislation that extend the suspension of import duties on a form of niobium.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/30/domestic-niobium-production-stunted-by-low-import/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping bags]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5963</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/29/howard-berman-bag/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>If Power Is In Prayer And Not Congress, Why Does Congress Get All The Payoffs?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/27/if-power-is-in-prayer-and-not-congress-why-does-congress-get-all-the-payoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/27/if-power-is-in-prayer-and-not-congress-why-does-congress-get-all-the-payoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaign finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike McIntyre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national day of prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political action committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[separation of church and state]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thatsmycongress.com/?p=5957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If he really thinks that the true source of power is prayer, and not Congress, why does Mike McIntyre keep on running for re-election to Congress, instead of just staying home and praying full time?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/04/27/if-power-is-in-prayer-and-not-congress-why-does-congress-get-all-the-payoffs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

