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		<title>Congressional Republicans Defend Millionaires From Proposed Wealth Tax Increase</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/09/19/congressional-republicans-defend-millionaires-from-proposed-wealth-tax-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There may be a great deal of talk in the coming weeks about a millionaire's tax, but there will be no action.  Republicans won't budge, no matter how low Obama sets the limit on contributions from wealthy Americans.]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Progressive Caucus Proposes Strong Liberal Jobs Bill</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/09/13/congressional-progressive-caucus-proposes-strong-liberal-jobs-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/09/13/congressional-progressive-caucus-proposes-strong-liberal-jobs-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama plan would <a href="http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/2011/09/08/obama-offers-to-cut-medicare-and-slash-social-security-funding-at-start-of-negotiations/">cut the amount of money going to Social Security and slash Medicare benefits</a>.  The Rebuild the American Dream Framework from the Congressional Progressive Caucus, however, would create jobs without sacrificing Medicare or Social Security.]]></description>
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		<title>Time To Contact Congress About Libya War</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/06/22/time-to-contact-congress-about-libya-war/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/06/22/time-to-contact-congress-about-libya-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not you believe that American participation in the war in Libya is a good idea, now is a good time to call your U.S. senators and U.S. Representative through the congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121, and tell them what you'd like them to do.  Votes on the war authorization legislation could happen in both houses of Congress as soon as tomorrow.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Aligned With Republicans On Budget Deal</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/04/15/obama-aligned-with-republicans-on-budget-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/04/15/obama-aligned-with-republicans-on-budget-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, Barack Obama will sign a 2011 budget that pleases the majority of congressional Republicans, and angers the majority of congressional Democrats.  Expect the same to happen with the 2012 budget that will come up for a vote in half a year from now.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Sells Out Environment In Budget Deal With Boehner</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/04/13/obama-sells-out-environment-in-budget-deal-with-boehner/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2011/04/13/obama-sells-out-environment-in-budget-deal-with-boehner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anti-environment riders in the budget deal agreed to by Obama are not substantially about deficit reduction, because the programs and positions they create are related to only a very small expense.  Republicans oppose them because of their contribution to environmental protections, not because of spending issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Tom Harkin Exposes Effort To Dismantle Social Security</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/14/tom-harkin-exposes-effort-to-dismantle-social-security/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/14/tom-harkin-exposes-effort-to-dismantle-social-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Harkin gave a speech that shatters the myth of Obama's clever inclusion of the reduction in payments to keep Social Security solvent. ]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Cuts Brought Zero Net Jobs</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/13/tax-cuts-brought-zero-net-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/13/tax-cuts-brought-zero-net-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most poignant moments of his eight and a half hour speech came when Bernie Sanders explained what the consequences of the tax cuts' failure to produce jobs has meant for Americans.  It hasn't just meant fewer jobs.  It's meant decreased real income even for those Americans who are lucky enough to have work.]]></description>
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		<title>Bernie Sanders For President in 2012?</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/12/bernie-sanders-for-president-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/12/bernie-sanders-for-president-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders has the kind of mojo that Obama had in 2008 - a sincere, genuine, grassroots movement.  Obama has lost that mojo, and Sanders is in a unique place to pick it up and run with it.]]></description>
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		<title>Carol Shea-Porter Joins Protest Against Obama GOP Tax Plan</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/11/carol-shea-porter-joins-protest-against-obama-gop-tax-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/11/carol-shea-porter-joins-protest-against-obama-gop-tax-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carol Shea-Porter gave a series of rousing speeches in which she blasted the Obama-Republican plan.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Sacrifices Schools, Garamendi Says, For Billionaire Tax Cuts</title>
		<link>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/09/obama-sacrifices-schools-garamendi-says-for-billionaire-tax-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://thatsmycongress.com/index.php/2010/12/09/obama-sacrifices-schools-garamendi-says-for-billionaire-tax-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Congress Watcher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama is sacrificing a million teachers and schools across the USA so that millionaires and billionaires can get a tax cut.]]></description>
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