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		<title>Spencer Bachus: Using the Levers of Power to Hurt Poor People, Pulling those Levers to Help Himself</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/10/spencer-bachus-using-the-levers-of-power-to-hurt-poor-people-pulling-the-levers-to-help-himself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012: Republican Representative Spencer Bachus declines to support H.R. 336>a, a bill to cap credit card interest rates. 2011: Rep. Spencer Bachus votes to knock away the requirement that federal contracts pay Americans workers at least the prevailing wage for their work, supporting pay cuts for federal contract workers instead. 2011: Rep. Spencer Bachus votes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Honda Celebrates Ruling Against Prop 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.  Supporters of the discriminatory law still have the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court, however.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Cecil Bothwell Gains Momentum With Heath Shuler Bowing Out</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/05/cecil-bothwell-gains-momentum-with-heath-shuler-bowing-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cecil Bothwell, who is campaigning to succeed Heath Shuler as the representative of North Carolina's 11th congressional district, has applied for an endorsement by the Progressive Democrats of America.  One of the most significant items in Bothwell's agenda, as identified in his application to the PDA, is the reduction of wasteful spending through the military.]]></description>
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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>Capitol Hill Conference Promises Open Legislative Data.  Will it Deliver?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/03/capitol-hill-conference-promises-open-legislative-data-will-it-deliver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the morning of February 2, 2012 the Committee on House Administration of the 112th Congress held what it calls a Legislative Data and Transparency Conference. This is an all-day, in-person conference on Capitol Hill at which beltway lobbyists and nonprofits were undoubtedly in attendance, but one of the challenges of making congressional data truly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Stark To Address Reason Rally</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/02/peter-stark-to-address-reason-rally/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/02/02/peter-stark-to-address-reason-rally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year, secular Americans are holding an event that provides a counterpoint to the National Day of Prayer.  On March 24 on the National Mall, the largest ever gathering of secular Americans will take place.  They're calling it the <a href="http://reasonrally.org/">Reason Rally</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Will Environmental Issues Tip Florida Democratic Race To Patrick Murphy?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/31/will-environmental-issues-tip-florida-democratic-race-to-patrick-murphy/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/31/will-environmental-issues-tip-florida-democratic-race-to-patrick-murphy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[allen west]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conclusion to the Democratic primary in the 22nd congressional district will be primarily a test of the organizational muscle summoned by Lois Frankel and Patrick Murphy.  However, the election should also serve as an indication of the degree to which environmental issues can persuade voters in Florida.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Can&#8217;t Congress Keep Flexible In Its Budget Negotiations?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/30/why-cant-congress-keep-flexible-in-its-budget-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/30/why-cant-congress-keep-flexible-in-its-budget-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The proposal No Labels makes would also reduce the amount of time representatives can listen to voters about budget priorities.  That's fine with the corporate sponsors of No Labels, of course.  Their corporations have paid lobbyists who attend special Washington D.C. insider parties in order to get what they want.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Liberties Dominate Public Attention Toward Congress in January 2012</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/29/civil-liberties-dominate-public-attention-toward-congress-in-january-2012/</link>
		<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>
		<dc:creator>Congressional Aid</dc:creator>
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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>Johnny Isakson Embraces Big Government For Baseball</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/27/johnny-isakson-embraces-big-government-for-baseball/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2012/01/27/johnny-isakson-embraces-big-government-for-baseball/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only time Senator Isakson opposes big government action is when the government is actually trying to improve the lives of large numbers of Americans, rather than delivering trinkets of prestige to the wealthy owners of sports teams.]]></description>
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