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	<title><![CDATA[Impolite or Not, Congress Twittered While Obama Spoke]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-herzog/impolite-or-not-congress_b_169705.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><b>Despite Colorado Congressman Jared Polis</b> (D-CO) <a href="http://twitter.com/jaredpolis/status/1247365991">opining it would be "impolite"</a> to send Twitter messages from the House floor, about half a dozen members of Congress (from both political parties) thumbed their iPhones and BlackBerries while President Obama spoke about the economy and technology.</p>

<p>How would Polis respond to Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) who tweeted to her constituents, voters, and other global Twitter watchers? The Missouri senator was joined by Congressmen John Culberson (R-TX), Rob Wittman (R-VA), Bob Inglis (R-SC)...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-02-25T12:20:00-05:00</date_published>
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