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		<title>The Iran Sanctions Partisan Politics Game (Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bipartisanship often spells the difference between failure and success. And last week, with the partisan politics of Senate Republicans who blocked H.R. 7112, the “Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2008,” the GOP spelled out “whopping failure.” This legislation would have imposed strong economic pressure in the form of expanded sanctions on commercial dealings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/the-iran-sanctions-partisan-politics-game-rep-debbie-wasserman-schultz/</link>
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		<title>Rep. Bachmann Put her Political Reputation Before the Needs of Main St. (Dem. Can. El Tinklenberg)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What the financial markets needed from Congress last Monday was a sense of confidence and leadership, to see that somebody was in charge and moving to find a solution. What they got was uncertainty and chaos. The outcome of Monday’s ‘no’ vote was a market freefall, which came as a result of Congress’ failure to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/rep-bachmann-put-her-political-reputation-before-the-needs-of-main-st-dem-can-el-tinklenberg/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m One Candidate Who Stands Firm in My Commitment to Public Safety (Rep. Paul Hodes)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is a great day for my campaign.  I am pleased to announce that I have earned the support of the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire.  The 2,000 professional firefighters and paramedics represented by PFFNH are true New Hampshire heroes.  They put their lives on the line every single day in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/im-one-candidate-who-stands-firm-in-my-commitment-to-public-safety-rep-paul-hodes/</link>
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		<title>State AGs Show us the Way out of Foreclosure Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more than a year, the foreclosure crisis has raged across the country and claimed millions of families, whole neighborhoods, and now the global credit market as its victims.  Congress has mostly shown indifference to this crisis, refusing to consider the most logical measures to stanch the record flow of foreclosures even while forking over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/state-ags-show-us-the-way-out-of-foreclosure-crisis/</link>
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		<title>Tracking States’ Fast-Paced Activity on Immigration Legislation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Against the backdrop of Washington’s inaction on immigration policy changes, states increasingly have been taking matters into their own hands and legislating across a wide range of areas relating to immigrants and immigration.
That fact is pretty well known. But what’s been less examined is that even as public attention has focused chiefly on legislation that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/tracking-states%e2%80%99-fast-paced-activity-on-immigration-legislation/</link>
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		<title>Americans Want Answers About the War on Terror</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Less than a month until voting, halfway through the debates, and we still await specific answers from the presidential candidates about global security.  Military families, Iraq and Afghanistan vets, the American Legion, and other national security leaders are calling on Tom Brokaw and the candidates to make sure fundamental questions about the war on terror [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/americans-want-answers-about-the-war-on-terror/</link>
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		<title>A Regrettable but Necessary Bill (Rep. Joe Sestak)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I voted yes both times because we needed decisive action to ensure my constituents do not face the non-availability of affordable car, education, and small business loans, and a stock market crash where life savings, pensions, and 401K’s lose great value. Not acting has already harmed our economy, risking a deep, protracted recession; if small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/a-regrettable-but-necessary-bill-rep-joe-sestak/</link>
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		<title>Thousands Rate Ifill Debate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this election cycle, the media are part of the story. Whether journalists are lobbing softball questions to the candidates or parroting ridiculous “gotcha” lines, the public increasingly has to scrutinize the media almost as much as our future leaders.
Last night, 2,500 people tuned in to the vice presidential debate with a watchful eye on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/thousands-rate-ifill-debate/</link>
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		<title>Cut Out-of-Control Government Spending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By now almost everyone knows about the housing loan giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, but another wasteful government-sponsored enterprise is Farmer Mac, or the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Co.  Farmer Mac buys mortgages on farmland.  Its loan portfolio is ‘only’ $162 billion, compared to $5 trillion for Fannie and Freddie.  But while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/cut-out-of-control-government-spending/</link>
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		<title>Securing Mental Health Parity (Sen. Pete Domenici)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Congress passed landmark mental health parity legislation.  For 113 million people in group health plans, their mental health coverage must now be provided on par with the coverage they receive for other illnesses and medical conditions.
The bill is the product of over three years and thousands of hours of work on the part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.thehill.com/2008/10/07/securing-mental-health-parity-sen-pete-domenici/</link>
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