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		<title>Mike Crapo and Susan Collins Join Senate Movement Against Freedom of Speech</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks, two Senators have joined a team of legislators looking to quash free speech. Just any old bill to ban the burning of the American flag would be promptly struck down as unconstitutional if passed because the First Amendment to the United States Constitution declares that freedom of speech shall not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Democrats Vote For Big Oil Giveaway</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three Democratic senators who voted against ending government subsidies to oil companies have taken a great deal of money from oil companies.  Coincidence?]]></description>
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		<title>Who Crossed The Line On Elena Kagan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The confirmation to seat Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court of the United States finally came this week. It was not a party line vote. Four Republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of Kagan:]]></description>
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		<title>Oily Health Care Lobbyist Hosts Murray and Ben Nelson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just the three lobbyists who hosted Patty Murray's fundraiser, the lobbying firm Avenue Solutions gave $15,000 to Senator Murray's re-election campaign.  Furthermore, the breakfast was actually held at Avenue Solution's offices, creating an additional in-kind contribution.]]></description>
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		<title>Which Senators Oppose Climate Action By The EPA?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[39 members of the United States Senate chose to stand with Lisa Murkowski, in opposition to responsible efforts to slow climate change.  These senators, chose to align themselves with the short-term corporate profits on the very day when NASA's Goddard Institute reported that the last decade has been the warmest on record.]]></description>
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		<title>Ben Nelson&#8217;s Season For Duty Free Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple of weeks, a huge number of exemptions from duties have been proposed, sometimes for things that the ordinary person can identify, such as ski poles and snow globes.  Often, however, the requested exemptions are for extremely obscure chemicals and materials.]]></description>
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		<title>The Cass Sunstein Briar Patch</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Democratic senators supported Sunstein even though progressives have expressed concern about Sunstein's sort of approach to regulation for years.]]></description>
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		<title>Senators Who Betrayed The Constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are the United States Senators who voted for this betrayal of the Constitution.  20 of these 69 senators are Democrats.  Without the Democrats helping out, the Republicans couldn't have gotten the FISA Amendments Act passed.  Which ones are the Republicans, and which ones are the Democrats?  You figure it out.  I can't tell the difference.]]></description>
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		<title>Four Senate Democrats Support Bush Plan For Massive Electronic Spying Against You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following four Democratic senators joined George W. Bush and the Senate Republicans to support the push for uncontrollable electronic spying against you by the government: Mary Landrieu, Mark Pryor, Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln.  These four Democrats deserve to be turned out of office in shame by activists of their own party.  They all have a disgraceful history of voting for right wing Republican interests, and against Democratic values over and over again.]]></description>
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