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   <title><![CDATA[Obama Signs Homebuyer, Jobless Aid Bill]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama signed into law a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Unemployment, Homebuyer Bills Passed]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The bill, which also extends unemployment benefits and expands a tax break for money-losing businesses, now goes to President Barack Obama, who plans to sign it Friday]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Health Care Vote May Be Delayed]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A House leader says Democrats haven't yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill and may push the vote set for Saturday back one day or more]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton After Mideast Trip: Diplomacy Success?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[She is the star of the Obama Cabinet and an international celebrity -- and after nine months of staying out of the limelight, Hillary Clinton has arrived on the global stage. An intimate portrait of the diplomat and her world]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Dem Leader: House Will Pass Health Bill]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The second-ranking House Democrat predicted that historic health care legislation will be passed Saturday as the AARP signed on to the bill]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Republican Revival: Moderates on Rise After Election]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Conservatives get the most attention as the GOP revives. But moderates in the Republican Party are rising too]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Christie, GOP Wins Separate Dems from Obama Popularity]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The GOP gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia may not have been a referendum on Obama, but they did show that the President's popularity cannot so easily be transferred]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[After Maine Gay-Marriage Defeat, Activists Look Ahead]]></title>
   <link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1934432,00.html?xid=rss-politics</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Maine's vote against gay marriage, much like all of the states before it, including California's Prop 8 a year ago, will do little to slow the fight over it]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[House Dems in Final Push on Health Care]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The House is steaming toward a historic vote on President Barack Obama's remake of the U.S. health care system, with Democratic leaders increasingly confident and the powerful seniors' lobby AARP about to get on board]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Reid Signals Delay in Passing Health Bill This Year]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Senate majority leader Harry Reid says he "won't be bound by timelines" on health care reform despite pressure to complete a bill this year]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bloomberg Wins Third Term as NYC Mayor]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has narrowly won a third term as New York mayor in a race that was startlingly close]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[2-Min. Bio: Virginia Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell]]></title>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[House GOP Pens 230-Page Health Bill Draft]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[After months spent criticizing Democrats' health overhaul plans, House Republicans have produced a draft proposal of their own. It's much shorter and focuses on bringing down costs rather than extending coverage]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Health Reform: Can Schumer Push a Public Option Through?]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A week after the Senate Finance Committee rejected two versions of a public plan -- including one authored by Chuck Schumer -- the New York Democrat was still "very optimistic" about the chances of one ending up in the final legislation]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Can Openly Gay Politician Charles Pugh Save Detroit?]]></title>
   <link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1933838,00.html?xid=rss-politics</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Charles Pugh has a great personal story and lots of charm, but some wonder whether the former TV news reporter has enough substance to match his style]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA['Audacity to Win': Excerpt by Plouffe on Obama Campaign]]></title>
   <link>http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1932963,00.html?xid=rss-politics</link>
   <description><![CDATA[In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Mike Huckabee on 'A Simple Christmas' Book Tour, Politics]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Former Arkansas governor and 2008 presidential contender Mike Huckabee is stumping again, this time for his new book, A Simple Christmas]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Why Taxes Are Necessary to Pay for Heatlh Care Reform]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[To pay for health-care reform, both parties need to get serious about a topic neither one mentions: taxes]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Treasury Chief Geithner Leads Financial-Reform Charge]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[In meetings with top bankers, key Capitol Hill players and others, the Treasury Secretary is upping the intensity to push through reform]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[House Republicans Look to Reverse 'Party of No' Label]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[To overcome criticism that the Republican Party doesn't stand for anything, Eric Cantor has a plan]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Republican Bob McDonnell Wins Va. Gov Race]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Republican Bob McDonnell tapped Virginia's independent voters Tuesday to win a landslide election for governor just a year after the state bucked tradition and voted for Barack Obama]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Election Races to Watch: New Jersey, Virginia, New York]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Welcome to America's 2009 off-off year elections, in which partisans and analysts hope to turn the usual dictum on its head: today, they'll try to convince you, all politics is national]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Maine Voters Reject Gay-Marriage Law]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Maine voters repealed a state law Tuesday that would have allowed same-sex couples to wed, dealing the gay rights movement a heartbreaking defeat in New England, the corner of the country most supportive of gay marriage]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Virginia: Bob McDonnell Campaign a GOP Model for Success]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[For all the talk of Republican chaos and infighting in this off-year election, the GOP in Virginia seems to have found the formula for unifying its party and delivering a winning message]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Bill Would Ban Laptops in Airline Cockpits]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers want to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Handful of U.S. Elections Shed Light on Politics]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A handful of elections in a few states will give hints about this country's state of mind, provide lessons for both Republicans and Democrats, and shed light on answers to a few important questions a year before pivotal 2010 midterm contests]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Cheney Unsure of 72 Answers in FBI Probe]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[On 72 occasions, according to the 28-page FBI summary, Cheney told the agency in 2004 he could not be certain in his answers to questions about matters large and small in the Valerie Plame controversy]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[GOP Civil War in Campaign for New York's 23rd District]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[The race in New York's 23rd District is no longer about local issues. It's about a Republican Party with little power in the Beltway searching for a way out of the wilderness]]></description>
   <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[A Brief History of Filibusters]]></title>
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