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    <title> Republicans Grip Up For Another Debt Showdown </title>
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    <published>2012-05-15T19:48:00Z</published>
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		        WASHINGTON -- Despite the risk of economic and political fallout, Senate Republicans Tuesday said they&#039;re standing with House Speaker John Boehner (R-...
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    <title> Congress Agrees On Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Extension</title>
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    <published>2012-02-15T11:27:00Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-16T00:58:33Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators reached a final deal to extend the popular payroll tax cut for the rest of the year, with Republicans agreeing...
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    <title> Congress Agrees On Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Extension</title>
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    <published>2012-02-15T15:52:03Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-15T23:16:53Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators reached a final deal to extend the popular payroll tax cut for the rest of the year, with Republicans agreeing...
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    <title> GOP Senators Promise To Join Suit Against Obama Recess Appointments</title>
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    <published>2012-02-03T17:10:43Z</published>
    <updated>2012-02-03T18:59:16Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- A group of 39 Republican senators signed on to a letter Friday promising to join lawsuits against President Obama&#039;s recent recess appoin...
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    <title> Lawmakers Stand Up To SOPA And PIPA On Twitter</title>
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    <published>2012-01-18T11:51:37Z</published>
    <updated>2012-01-18T12:43:15Z</updated>
    
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		        As over 7,000 websites go dark Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP acts, a controversial pair of bills that could effectively s...
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    <title> Senate Rejects Bipartisan Balanced Budget Amendments</title>
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    <published>2011-12-14T11:56:22Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-14T12:19:49Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday rejected two efforts to insert a Balanced Budget Amendment into the U.S. Constitution.&lt;br /&gt;
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    <title> McCain: GOP Getting &#039;Picked Apart&#039;</title>
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    <published>2011-12-06T14:22:37Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-06T16:22:40Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- Democrats are winning the message war over the payroll tax cut, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) declared Tuesday, conceding the GOP was getti...
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    <title> Senate Republican Leaders Unsure If They&#039;ll Miss Barney Frank</title>
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    <published>2011-11-29T19:55:44Z</published>
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		        WASHINGTON -- Lots of people on Capitol Hill are going to miss Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who announced Monday that he is retiring after 31 years in...
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    <title> White House Ready To Make GOP Pay For $1,000 Failure</title>
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    <published>2011-11-10T17:47:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-11-10T18:46:04Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- Top officials in the Obama administration on Thursday outlined a major end-of-the-year push to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut,...
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    <title> &#039;Tax The Poor&#039; Becomes Conservative Rallying Cry</title>
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    <published>2011-10-30T14:16:00Z</published>
    <updated>2011-10-30T14:16:54Z</updated>
    
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		        WASHINGTON -- The nation&#039;s ongoing economic downturn has sparked an odd response from a growing number of conservative and Republican leaders: a desir...
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		        WASHINGTON -- House Republicans plan to hold hearings, perhaps within the next three weeks, to fight back against a new Obama administration deportati...
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		        Upon the revelation of this second completely inappropriate Air Force training presentation, the Air Force has now decided to review all of its ethics training materials. That should make Senator Cornyn&#039;s head explode.
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    <published>2011-06-09T15:23:00Z</published>
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		        WASHINGTON -- As Republican calls for the resignation of Democratic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner mount, the party is being forced to confront its own ...
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		        WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are open to pairing the DREAM Act, a bill that would allow some undocumented young people to gain legal status, with to...
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		        WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans shouldn&#039;t lift a finger to raise the nation&#039;s debt limit, argued Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday. The Texas Republican, w...
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