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	<title><![CDATA[Keeping the Spotlight on Lobbying Outrages and Economic Hard Times]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/keeping-the-spotlight-on_b_228923.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I'm pleased to announce the launch today of two new HuffPost features designed to keep the spotlight on two vital stories: the overwhelming role that lobbying is playing right now in undermining reform (of Wall Street, energy, and now health care), and on the full extent of the economic hardship caused by the ongoing downturn.</p>

<p>Let's start with lobbying. Along with many others, I've written extensively about how lobbying consistently waters down, guts, or out-and-out kills attempts to serve the public...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-10-06T14:48:00-04:00</date_published>
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