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			<title><![CDATA[Politics as Usual]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-04 17:08:06</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Barletta wants Boston bombing immigration hearings

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta pounced on news that one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers' friends re-entered the country without a valid visa.

The 11th District Republican, well known for his passionate...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Little to show for 105 days on job at Capitol]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-little-to-show-for-105-days-on-job-at-capitol-20130428,0,5478216.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-28 08:54:04</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The politically divided Washington Legislature winds down its 105-day regular session today without a two-year state budget and with few marquee bills to show for laboring in Olympia. 

The Republican-steered Senate and Democrat-controlled House are miles...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Friday Morning Coffee: The Weekend Warm-Up.]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-12-14 16:24:22</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The politically divided Washington Legislature winds down its 105-day regular session today without a two-year state budget and with few marquee bills to show for laboring in Olympia. 

The Republican-steered Senate and Democrat-controlled House are miles...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-11-29 16:24:27</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The politically divided Washington Legislature winds down its 105-day regular session today without a two-year state budget and with few marquee bills to show for laboring in Olympia. 

The Republican-steered Senate and Democrat-controlled House are miles...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Live-Blog: The last day of the 2011-12 legislative session.]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-10-17 16:22:58</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The politically divided Washington Legislature winds down its 105-day regular session today without a two-year state budget and with few marquee bills to show for laboring in Olympia. 

The Republican-steered Senate and Democrat-controlled House are miles...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Friday Morning Coffee: Corbett cuts would axe "last resort" program for the poor.]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-06-01 16:22:47</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The politically divided Washington Legislature winds down its 105-day regular session today without a two-year state budget and with few marquee bills to show for laboring in Olympia. 

The Republican-steered Senate and Democrat-controlled House are miles...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State House passes $31 billion budget, but plan's future in Senate iffy]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-04-05 20:33:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The state House of Representatives approved, 54-43, the Democrats&rsquo; $31 billion supplemental budget proposal mostly along party lines Thursday. But its future in the Senate remained unclear.

Two House Democrats joined the 41 Republicans in voting...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State lawmaker's plan would allow local governments to raise sales tax]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-22 17:53:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Better revenue forecasts and some unexpected cost savings means the state budget problem isn&rsquo;t as big as was thought just a few weeks ago; the deficit is about $500 million smaller.

As a result, many Democrats think they can fill the $1 billion...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvanians getting food stamps face assets test]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2012-02-01 16:27:26</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Better revenue forecasts and some unexpected cost savings means the state budget problem isn&rsquo;t as big as was thought just a few weeks ago; the deficit is about $500 million smaller.

As a result, many Democrats think they can fill the $1 billion...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State legislators agree on nearly $500 million in budget savings]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-12 20:02:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Leaders of both parties in Olympia agreed Monday to nearly $500 million in state spending reductions -- only about a quarter of what they need to shore up the state&rsquo;s $2 billion budget hole. 

But at least the lawmakers will have something to show...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New bill would require volunteer firefighters to pay licensing fees]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-27 14:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A new bill before the state legislature would require emergency service workers to pay for their own state certifications. The bill, requested as a cost-cutting measure by the state Department of Health, would also apply to unpaid volunteers.

"Passing on...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[State GOP lawmakers see slot machines as budget money-raiser]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2011-12-06 18:03:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Republican lawmakers in Olympia continue to oppose Gov. Christine Gregoire&rsquo;s push to increase the sales tax to help solve the state&rsquo;s budget woes.  But there is some new revenue that they actually will support. 

Republicans now say that...]]></description>
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