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	<title><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Republicans Cost the State $7 Billion]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/arnold-schwarzenegger-and_b_223658.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The California State Senate adjourned at midnight unable to pass three stopgap bills that would have saved the state $7 billion. In an attempt to appease Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger the Democratic leaders of the state legislature hastily drew up the three complicated bills to try to stave off fiscal collapse and the necessity to begin issuing IOUs. All of them failed. The Republicans exploited the two-thirds rule once again and all three of the bills went down in 25 to...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-01T13:41:00-04:00</date_published>
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