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	<title>Brady: Health Vote Has Far-reaching Consequences</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Kevin Brady (TX) published an op/ed today in the Houston Chronicle. See an excerpt here: Those of us...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/brady-health-vote-has-far</link>
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	<title>Democrats' Plan Will NOT Protect Military Health Plans</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From House Republican Policy: *9.2 million military personnel, families and retirees don't deserve a back room deal?&nbsp;  "Although...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/democrats-plan-will-not-protect</link>
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	<title>Leader Boehner Delivers the Weekly Address Here!</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Leader John Boehner delivered this week's Weekly Republican Address: "Republicans can't beat this bill, but the American...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/leader-boehner-delivers-the-weekly</link>
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	<title>Boehner: Dems&#8217; Decision to Abandon the &#8220;Slaughter Solution&#8221; Is A Victory for the American People</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) released the following statement following reports that Democratic Leaders are abandoning their scheme...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/boehner-dems-decision-to</link>
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	<title>Pence Applauds Rejection of &#8220;Deem and Pass&#8221; Procedure</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, called the decision to hold an up or down vote...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/pence-applauds-rejection-of</link>
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	<title>VIDEO: GOP Leadership Press Conference Today</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Check out today's GOP press conference here below. You can find photos of the event here.   &nbsp;]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/video-gop-leadership-press-conference</link>
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	<title>IMPORTANT: Health Care Takeover By the Numbers</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Republican Conference has compiled a list of important numbers relevant to Democrats&rsquo; Senate bill combined with the proposed...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/important-health-care-takeover-by</link>
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	<title>11 Alarming Tax Issues in the Health Care Bill</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the GOP Committee on Ways and Means: 1. &nbsp;Creates a special deal for union members. &nbsp;Starting in 2018,...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/11-alarming-tax-issues-in</link>
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	<title>Boehner: Will Dems Vote With Their Constituents Or With Speaker Pelosi?</title>
	<pubdate>March 20, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Appearing on Fox News' Hannity, House Republican Leader John Boehner...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/20/boehner-will-dems-vote-with</link>
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	<title>CBO's Sunny Forecast Carries Big Uncertainties</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post: The latest estimate of what health-care reform would mean for the government's finances was such...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/cbos-sunny-forecast-carries-big</link>
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	<title>Rep. Paul Broun, M.D. Sets the Record Straight</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the office of Rep. Paul Broun, M.D. (GA): Normal.dotm   0   0   1...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/rep-paul-broun</link>
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	<title>Boehner on FOX: Dems&#8217; Health Care Bill &#8220;Has Only Gotten Worse&#8221;</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the office of House Republican Leader John Boehner: Appearing on Fox News&rsquo; Fox &amp; Friends and On the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/boehner-on-fox-dems</link>
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	<title>CBO Says If You Like It, You May Not Be Able to Keep It!</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the Senate Republican Communications Center:Budget Office Says Health Bill Breaks President's Promise  PRESIDENT OBAMA: "So If You...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/cbo-says-if-you-like</link>
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	<title>Politico: Democrats Plan Doc Fix After Reform</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Politico reports: Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/politico-democrats-plan-doc-fix</link>
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	<title>Pence on MSNBC: &quot;Democrats Don't Have the Votes&quot;</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence:]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/pence-on-msnbc-democrats</link>
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	<title>Policy: Another Backroom Deal for Health Care Takeover?</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Have the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats dipped to a new level to secure votes for their government takeover...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/policy-another-backroom-deal-for</link>
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	<title>RedState: How A Yes Vote Means Losing in November</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[RedState has a blog post urging Ohio Democrats not to vote for the health care bill -- for their...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/redstate-how-a-yes-vote</link>
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	<title>Rep. Paul Ryan Talks Health Care on FOX Today (VIDEO)</title>
	<pubdate>March 19, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Watch it here:]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/19/rep-paul-ryan-talks</link>
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	<title>&quot;America, We Can Win This Thing&quot;</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today on the floor of...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/america-we-can</link>
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	<title>Video: GOP Bicameral Press Conference on Health Care Today</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Leader John Boehner and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell speak following their Bicameral Republican Conference Meeting on...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/video-gop-bicameral-press-conference</link>
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	<title>Conference Call: Will Speaker Pelosi Wait for the &#8220;Final Number&#8221; From the CBO?</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From GOP Policy:  One week ago, Speaker Pelosi said the House Rules Committee could not move on the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/conference-call-will-speaker-pelosi</link>
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	<title>New: Conrad Predicts Senate Changes to Reconciliation Bill</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Roll Call Reports: Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said Thursday that it is unlikely the Senate will be...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/new-conrad-predicts-senate-changes</link>
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	<title>Subprime Health Reform: Will the Funding Bubble Burst?</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
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	<title>GOP Ways and Means Report: Democrats&#8217; Health Care Bill Contains Massive Expansion of IRS&#8217;s Power</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the GOP Ways and Means Committee: Today, Ways and Means Republicans released a new report detailing how the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/gop-ways-and-means-report</link>
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	<title>Pence Squares Off With Rep. Schwartz About Health Care Reform on CNBC's &quot;Squawk Box</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Watch Rep. Mike Pence here:]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/pence-squares-off-with-rep</link>
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	<title>Confusion in the Democrats' Health Care Bill</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The conservative blog, The US Report (not to be confused with U.S. Report), published a recent piece covering some...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/18/confusion-in-the-democrats-health</link>
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	<title>McKeon: Health Care: Democrats Can't Fool the American People</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Buck McKeon (CA) published a post today on the the prominent California blog, The Flash Report. Check it...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/mckeon-health-care-democrats</link>
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	<title>America Speaks: Opposition to Dems&#8217; Job-killing Gov&#8217;t Takeover of Health Care Grows Even Louder</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Attacks on the Democrats&rsquo; job-killing government takeover of health care continue to pour in from all sides &ndash; newspapers,...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/america-speaks-opposition-to-dems</link>
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	<title>(VIDEO) Pence: The American People Don't Want A Government Takeover of Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Conference Chairman MIke Pence appeared today on MSNBC to discuss the current state of the health care...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/video-pence-the</link>
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	<title>Health Care Countdown:The Republican View</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Weekly Standard's Matthew Continetti covered a blogger conference call today with Reps. Kevin McCarthy (CA) and Parker Griffith...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/health-care-countdown-the-republican</link>
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	<title>Pence Urges Congress to Reject the &#8220;Slaughter House Rule&#8221;</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today in support of an...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/pence-urges-congress-to-reject</link>
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	<title>Of Note: Hispanic Voters Align With Conservative Fiscal and National Security Policies</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From Resurgent Republic Polling Analysis:Despite being more favorable to Democrats than Republicans, Hispanic voters are open to persuasion this November...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/of-note-hispanic-voters-align</link>
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	<title>Boustany: Garnering Your Tax Return for Health Insurance?</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Charles Boustany, M.D. (LA) wrote a guest post today for Hoosier Access. Read it here: As April 15...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/17/boustany-garnering-your-tax-return</link>
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	<title>Pence Calls on Pelosi to Reveal Special Deals in Health Care Bill</title>
	<pubdate>March 16, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, issued the following statement today in response to a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/16/pence-calls-on-pelosi-to</link>
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	<title>&quot;Hannity&quot;: Pence Discusses the Proposed Government Takeover of Health Care (VIDEO)</title>
	<pubdate>March 16, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Watch it here:]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/16/hannity-pence-discusses</link>
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	<title>Jordan: What Part of 'No' Don't They Get?</title>
	<pubdate>March 16, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jim Jordan (OH) made a video blog for NRO's the Corner. Watch it here:]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/16/jordan-what-part-of-no</link>
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	<title>Democrats in Chaos Over Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>March 16, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Democrat Whip James Clyburn (SC) appeared today on Fox News to discuss the state of the health care bill....]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/16/democrats-in-chaos-over-health</link>
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	<title>Paul Ryan: What Real Health Reform Should Look Like</title>
	<pubdate>March 15, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Read an excerpt of Congressman Ryan's op/ed in today's Washington Post: Despite claims of transparency and calls for a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/15/paul-ryan-what-real-health</link>
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	<title>Facebook the GOP: Become A Fan!</title>
	<pubdate>March 15, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Republicans are winning the battle online. Recent elections and strides in online media prove it. House Republicans beat Democrats...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/15/facebook-the-gop-become-a</link>
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	<title>Roskam on the Corner: Is America&#8217;s Bond Rating as Safe as Geithner Thinks It Is?</title>
	<pubdate>March 15, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Peter Roskam (IL) published a post on NRO's "The Corner" blog: It is rich with irony that an...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/15/roskam-on-the-corner-is</link>
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	<title>The Ugly Health Care Endgame</title>
	<pubdate>March 15, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[From the Senate Communications Center:  Last Minute Scramble Includes Drug Lobbyists Writing Final Language, Campaign Cash &ldquo;Rewards&rdquo; For...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/15/the-ugly-health-care-endgame</link>
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	<title>Video Re-Release: Let Your Voice Be Heard</title>
	<pubdate>March 12, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Democrat health care bill is in critical condition. We know this from the daily tally of Democrats who...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/12/video-re-release-let-your</link>
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	<title>Rep. Frank Lucas: &quot;A Disconnected Congress&quot;</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Frank Lucas (OK) recently wrote a guest blog post for the Oklahoma blog, The McCarville Report Online. Please...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/rep-frank-lucas</link>
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	<title>House GOP Adopts Unilateral Ban on All Earmarks</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after House Republicans adopted a unilateral moratorium on all...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/house-gop-adopts-unilateral-ban</link>
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	<title>Pence Praises Unilateral Ban on Earmarks By House Republicans</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[U.S. Congressman Mike Pence, Chairman of the House Republican Conference, delivered the following remarks today after the House Republican...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/pence-praises-unilateral-ban-on</link>
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	<title>House Republicans Unilaterally Ban All Earmarks</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[This morning, the House Republican Conference adopted a unilateral ban on earmarks. "We are offering the American people a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/house-republicans-unilaterally-ban-all</link>
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	<title>Houe Republicans Extend Major Props to Earmark Resolution</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[After the House Republican Conference passed a unilateral ban on earmarks today, members of the Conference vocalized their support....]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/houe-republicans-extend-major-props</link>
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	<title>Pence Stands Up for Troops Fighting for Freedom in Afghanistan</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Watch it here:]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/pence-stands-up-for-troops</link>
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	<title>Pence Discusses Earmark Moratorium on MSNBC (video)</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
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	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/pence-discusses-earmark-moratorium-on</link>
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	<title>Pajamas: Rep. Scott Garrett's Reconciliation Primer</title>
	<pubdate>March 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ) wrote a health care primer for Pajamas. Read an excerpt here: The president argues that...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/blog/10/03/11/pajamas-rep-scott-garretts</link>
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