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		<title>LISTEN: Federal Dependency Climbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ernest Istook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before President Lyndon B. Johnson began the Great Society programs in the '60's, about one in every nine Americans depended on federal assistance to get by. Today, instead of one in nine, it's one in five.]]></description>
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		<title>Dependency On The Government Climbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ernest Istook</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before President Lyndon B. Johnson began the Great Society programs in the '60's, about one in every nine Americans depended on federal assistance to get by. Today, instead of one in nine, it's one in five.]]></description>
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		<title>Are We a Rapidly “Undeveloping” Superpower?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thom Hartmann</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama and House Republicans are proposing vastly different budget plans. So, which road should our nation take?]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Santorum Leads In Michigan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Duckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new American Research Group poll shows Rick Santorum holding a six-point lead over Mitt Romney in Michigan. Santorum charts at 33 percent among likely Republican voters while Romney comes in at 27 percent. Newt Gingrich comes in third with 21 percent and Ron Paul trails with 12 percent. Following...]]></description>
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		<title>Navy Names Vessel In Honor Of Gabrielle Giffords</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Martinez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the same day President Obama signed the last bill sponsored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced a new littoral ship is being named in her honor. &#8220;I am pleased to honor Gabrielle Giffords and the people of Arizona with the naming of this ship,&#8221;...]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Welcomes $25 Billion Settlement For Homeowners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Martinez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama welcomed a landmark $25 billion deal struck Thursday between nearly every state and five of the country's biggest banks as a result of abusive foreclosure practices.]]></description>
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		<title>Slaughter Warily Endorses House STOCK Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lily Benitez De Luna Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) told reporters Wednesday that she will endorse the House version of the STOCK Act, despite concerns that her Republican colleagues had diluted it. &#8220;The thing we greatly feared has come upon us. [The STOCK Act] has been weakened,” Slaughter said, pointing...]]></description>
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		<title>Hoyer Says Congress Has A &#8220;Vacuous Agenda&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lily Benitez De Luna Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) noted Tuesday  that time is ticking for Congress to make a final decision on the extension of the payroll tax cut, but key issues have yet to be resolved. &#8220;This week is another example of what I refer to as...]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Court Rules Prop 8 Unconstitutional</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benny Martinez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that a California constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The three-judge panel voted 2-1, upholding retired U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker&#8217;s ruling that the law, better known as Proposition 8, unconstitutional. Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, wrote...]]></description>
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		<title>Reminder: Congressman Gingrich Promised Constituents Pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Duckham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the final GOP debate in Florida, Mitt Romney accused Newt Gingrich of pitching his now infamous moon base as a way to pander to the Sunshine state&#8217;s voters, many of whom rely on the aerospace industry to make ends-meet. It wasn’t the first time Gingrich stood accused of exchanging...]]></description>
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