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	<title><![CDATA[Dem Freshmen Dig In for Battle Against Party Leadership]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-sirota/dem-freshmen-dig-in-for-b_b_65148.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="0" src="http://aycu16.webshots.com/image/16255/2001014419175893517_fs.jpg" align="right">Illinois freshman Rep. Phil Hare (D) has thrown down the gauntlet today, authoring a <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0907/5912.html">scathing op-ed in the Politico</a> indicting his party's leadership for joining with President Bush and corporate lobbyists to push a series of NAFTA-style trade deals with Peru, Panama, Colombia and South Korea (known as <a href="http://www.workingassetsblog.com/2007/05/timeline_the_secret_bushdemocr_1.html">The Secret Trade Deal of 2007</a> for being forged behind closed doors and concealed from the public for months). Hare points out that his party...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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