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			<title><![CDATA[Social nets wrap: Bush, Whitman, Brown and others celebrate Independence Day weekend]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2010-07-03 16:36:36</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gulf oil spill: Former Interior chiefs defend their records on offshore drilling]]></title>
			
			

			
			
			
			<pubDate>2010-07-20 16:33:34</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gulf oil spill: Former Interior chiefs defend their records on offshore drilling]]></title>]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Foley's Red Lights]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2006-10-03 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[THE SCANDAL SURROUNDING disgraced Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) is following the familiar Washington pattern, with one side (Democrats, in this case) alleging a coverup and the other (Republicans) railing about a setup. Even the affair itself has a familiar...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senator Says God won't Save Us from Climate Change Doom]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-09 10:24:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Michael McAuliff writes for the Huffington Post about Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's rebuttal to those who contend God would never allow mankind to destroy the planet:  

Although Whitehouse did not name names, some of his Senate colleagues could be counted as...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chief Judge Callis' name floated as possible congressional candidate]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[It may be only 100 days or so into U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis' first term as a congressman, but there is already at least one name being floated to challenge him in 2014: Madison County Chief Judge Ann Callis. 

Callis is seriously pondering a run in the 13th...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congress won't consider more base closures until 2015, but until then, Scott could be target for cost cutting]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-28 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you worry about Scott Air Force Base's future, then the Pentagon's most recent budget bill contains good news: The next round of Base Realignment and Closure, the process that Congress uses to decide which military bases to close, won't begin until...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[BRIEF: Wednesday is deadline for Congressional Prayer Breakfast tickets]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-23 09:44:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Former Cardinals pitcher Andy Benes is set to serve as the keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Congressional Prayer Breakfast, set for 7:15 a.m. Monday at the Gateway Center in Collinsville. 

The deadline for buying the tickets is Wednesday. Prices are...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Albert Hunt: Senate friendship born of tragedy beats partisanship]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-23 11:52:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[These days, most dispatches from Washington focus on petty partisanship, posturing, impasses and a political culture that rewards confrontation. 

Here's a respite: a story of kindness, comity, generosity reaching across the political divide. 

It's about...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Politics as Usual]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-20 17:26:40</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Bethlehem mayor hopeful highlights gay rights

Calling it the "modern civil rights struggle facing our nation," Bethlehem mayoral hopeful J. William Reynolds promised Thursday to use his office to advocate for equality for people of the gay, lesbian,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Metro-east congressional delegation rakes nearly $800,000 for 2014 re-election campaigns]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for less than four months, but already he's raised $403,555 for his 2014 re-election campaign, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings. 

Davis, who...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A faint echo of 9/11]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-17 11:28:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The morning after the Boston Marathon bombings, Ben Cardin, the first speaker on the Senate floor after leaders opened the day's session, marked the national crisis with some heartfelt thoughts on &hellip; school libraries. 

"Across the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sen. Casey to raise money at Beyonce concert]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-15 10:41:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you liked it then you shoulda put a - check made payable to the Bob Casey campaign - on it? 

The Pennsylvania Democratic U.S. senator, who just won his re-election in 2012, is looking to refill his coffers this summer at a fundraiser held at the...]]></description>
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