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		<title>Eric Massa (D-NY): Rahm Emanuel is &#8217;son of devil&#8217;s spawn&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Rahm &#8216;would sell his own mother&#8217; &#8217;son of the Devil&#8217;s spawn&#8217;

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is taking some harsh parting shots at the White House on his way out of office.
Massa, who is stepping down amid allegations of sexual harrassment, said that Emanuel is a ruthless tactician who would &#8220;sell his mother&#8221; for a vote.
&#8220;Rahm Emanuel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Male Sexual Harassment? Eric Massa (D-NY) to resign from Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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New York Rep. Eric Massa will resign his House seat on Monday at 5 p.m., he said in a statement Friday, a move that comes just days after he announced his plans to retire at the end of the year.
&#8220;A member of my staff believed I had made statements that made him feel &#8216;uncomfortable,&#8217; &#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to Say Democrats Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Reform Fix, If Not Given Up or Down Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks tomorrow President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue to get a health care reform bill passed but will suggest that if it is necessary, Democrats will use the controversial &#8220;reconciliation&#8221; rules requiring only 51 Senate votes to pass the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning holds up spending bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, a 78-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher, is playing hardball on Capitol Hill, single-handedly holding up a $10 billion spending bill because it would add to the deficit.
The move has forced some 2,000 federal employees into unpaid furloughs, put jobless benefits in jeopardy for millions and halted more than 40 highway projects.
Because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paterson Drops Out of Governor Race</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Gov. David A. Paterson announced Friday afternoon that he was ending his election campaign and will not run in November.
Mr. Paterson, whose administration is caught up in a whirlwind of allegations about its intervention in a domestic violence episode involving a top aide, ended his campaign less than a week after it officially began. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10% of voters say Congress is doing a good job</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Voter unhappiness with Congress has reached the highest level ever recorded by Rasmussen Reports as 71% now say the legislature is doing a poor job.
That’s up ten points from the previous high of 61% reached a month ago.
Only 10% of voters say Congress is doing a good or excellent job.
Nearly half of Democratic voters (48%) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former VP Dick Cheney hospitalized with chest pains</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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News brief: Former VP Dick Cheney hospitalized with chest pains
Source: BreakingNews @ Twitter.com
Second source: FOX News


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		<title>ACORN &#8216;dissolved as a national structure&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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The embattled liberal group ACORN is in the process of dissolving its national structure, with state and local-chapters splitting off from the underfunded, controversial national group, an official close to the group confirmed.
&#8220;ACORN has dissolved as a national structure of state organizations,&#8221; said a senior official close to the group, who declined to be identified [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama tops Bush at ducking reporters</title>
		<link>http://www.journal-post.com/2010/02/22/3765/obama-tops-bush-at-ducking-reporters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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No formal press conference in 215 days
Obama, who pledged to establish the most open and transparent administration in history, on Monday surpasses his predecessor&#8217;s record for avoiding a full-fledged question-and-answer session with White House reporters in a formal press conference.
President George W. Bush&#8217;s longest stretch between prime-time, nationally televised press conferences was 214 days, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC</title>
		<link>http://www.journal-post.com/2010/02/20/3725/ron-paul-wins-presidential-straw-poll-at-cpac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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