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	<title><![CDATA[President Obama Plays Unfairly]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 06, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/02/06/president-obama-plays-unfairly</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[This Week's Trifacta:  February 6]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 06, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Jobs&nbsp; Percentage of Working Americans Hits 30-Year Low: &nbsp;The labor force participation rate, which measures the percentage of able Americans...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/02/06/this-weeks-trifacta-february</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Medicare on Main Street -  Access:  "Worrisome" Trend Says MedPAC's Chair]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 06, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[A 2011 MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission) sponsored telephone survey of Medicare beneficiaries reported in MedPAC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Assessing Payment Adequacy:&nbsp;...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/02/06/medicare-on-main-street</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[January Unemployment by the Numbers]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 03, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 243,000 jobs were added in the month of January.&nbsp; While the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/02/03/january-unemployment-by-the-numbers</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement on Latest Unemployment Report]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 03, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) issued the following statement today regarding the latest unemployment report...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/02/03/hensarling-statement-on-latest-unemployment</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[House Democrat on Obama's Failed Policies: 'I'm tired']]></title>
	<pubdate>February 02, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Chairman Hensarling (R-TX): &ldquo;The president&rsquo;s policies have failed. It&rsquo;s time to enact the House Republican Plan for America&rsquo;s Job...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/02/02/house-democrat-on-obamas-failed</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Floor Statement on Pro-Growth Budgeting Act]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 02, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today in...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/02/02/hensarling-floor-statement-on-pro</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement on House Repeal of the CLASS Act]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 01, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) delivered the following remarks on the House floor today in...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/02/01/hensarling-statement-on-house-repeal</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement on President Obama's Latest Housing Plan]]></title>
	<pubdate>February 01, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman and Financial Services Committee Vice Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) issued the following statement...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/02/01/hensarling-statement-on-president-obamas</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Regulation Nation]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 31, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &ldquo;We're also getting rid of absurd and unnecessary paperwork requirements that waste time and money. We're looking at...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/31/regulation-nation</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[This Week's Trifacta - January 30]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 30, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Jobs&nbsp; The Truth About Manufacturing Jobs Under Obama:&nbsp; During the State of the Union Speech, President Obama touted his record...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/30/this-weeks-trifacta</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[That's Not Fair!]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 26, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/26/thats-not-fair</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[ICYMI:  Hensarling on CNN's Starting Point]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 25, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling appeared on CNN&rsquo;s Starting Point today to discuss the president&rsquo;s State of...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/25/icymi-hensarling-on-cnns</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Power Lines: January 25, 2012]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 25, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Power Lines: President&rsquo;s State of the Union  January 25, 2012 This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/25/power-lines-january-25</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[In Response to the President's State of the Union Address]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 24, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[For your convenience, the House Republican Conference has compiled an analysis of President Obama&rsquo;s major claims and policy initiatives...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/24/in-response-to-the-presidents</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[1/24/12 Republican Leadership Press Conference]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 24, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Republican Leadership Press Conference January 24, 2012 Participants: Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) Majority...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/24/1-24-12-republican-leadership</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Facts About the State of the Union]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 24, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &ldquo;If I don't have this done in three years, then there&rsquo;s gonna be a one-term proposition.&rdquo; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/24/the-facts-about-the-state</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Responds to State of the Union]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 24, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Hensarling: &ldquo;President Obama&rsquo;s ideas have already been turned into reality, and reality is showing that they not only failed&mdash;they are...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/24/hensarling-responds-to-state-of</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[This Week's Trifacta - Janaury 23]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 23, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Jobs&nbsp; 1 in 2 People are Poor or Low-Income:&nbsp; While President Obama is busy touting a summer internship programs at...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/23/this-weeks-trifacta</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement at the 39th Annual March for Life]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 23, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) delivered the following remarks to thousands of pro-life activists...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/23/hensarling-statement-at-the-39th</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[What Could You Do in 1,000 Days?]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 20, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[January 24, 2012, will mark the 1,000th day since Democrats in the Senate last bothered to do their job...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/20/what-could-you-do-in</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Power Lines: January 19, 2012]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 19, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;But I realize that for every success story, there are other stories, of men and women who wake up...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/19/power-lines-january-19</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[1,000 Days and Counting Since the Senate Passed a Budget]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 19, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[January 24, 2012, will mark the 1,000 day since Democrats in the Senate last bothered to do their job...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/19/1-000-days-and-counting</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Unhappy Anniversary for Americans Looking for Work]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 19, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &ldquo;If I don't have this done in three years, then there&rsquo;s gonna be a one-term proposition.&rdquo; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash;President...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/19/unhappy-anniversary-for-americans-looking</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[1/18/12 Republican Leadership Press Conference]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 18, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Republican Leadership Press Conference January 18, 2012 &nbsp; Participants: Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/18/1-18-12-republican-leadership</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Republican Leadership Press Conference on President's Decision to Block Keystone Energy Project and Destroy Jobs]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 18, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Republican Leadership Press Conference &nbsp;January 18, 2012 Participants: &nbsp;Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Congressman Tim Griffin (R-AR) Majority Leader...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/18/republican-leadership-press-conference-on</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[This Week's Trifacta:  January 17]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 17, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Jobs&nbsp; Unemployment Above 8 Percent for 35 Months:&nbsp; Unemployment (8.5 percent in December) has now been above 8 percent for...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/17/this-weeks-trifacta-january</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement Honoring the Legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 16, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON --House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) today issued the following statement honoring the life and legacy of...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/16/hensarling-statement-honoring-the-legacy</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Medicare on Main Street:  Only Fundamental Reform Will Secure Future Access]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 13, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[In Forbes this week, Sally Pipes of the Pacific Research Institute asks and answers a key question about Medicare&rsquo;s...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/13/medicare-on-main-street</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Applauds Supreme Court Ruling in Favor of Religious Liberty]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 12, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) issued the following statement today commending the unanimous decision by...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/12/hensarling-applauds-supreme-court-ruling</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Economic Freedom Receding]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 12, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;[President Obama]'s brought change and he's begun to turn things around.&rdquo; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &mdash;Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), Democrat National Committee Chairwoman,...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/12/economic-freedom-receding</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Food Stamp Presidency]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 11, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Under President Obama, the number of Americans relying on federal food assistance has reached an all-time high. According to...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/11/food-stamp-presidency</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Power Lines: January 11, 2012]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 11, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Power Lines: Canada Taking Their Resources to Asia  January 11, 2012 &nbsp; &ldquo;[W]hen a lot of folks are...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/11/power-lines-january-11</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[This Week's Trifacta - January 9]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 09, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Jobs Unemployment Would Be 10.9% If So Many Hadn&rsquo;t Stopped Trying To Find A Job:&nbsp; Unemployment would be substantially higher...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/09/this-weeks-trifacta</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement on First Anniversary of Tucson Shooting]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 08, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) issued the following statement today to honor the victims of...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/08/hensarling-statement-on-first-anniversary</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[December Unemployment by the Numbers]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 06, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[After almost three years of the Obama Administration&rsquo;s destructive policies&mdash;including record spending, runway debt, excessive regulations, and the constant...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/06/december-unemployment-by-the-numbers</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Statement on Latest Unemployment Report]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 06, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) issued the following statement today regarding the latest unemployment report...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/06/hensarling-statement-on-latest-unemployment</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Shovel Ready Jobs Turn Into Shovel Ready Internships]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 05, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;A Lack of Economic Leadership As a result of the failed economic and fiscal policies of the Obama Administration, the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/12/01/05/shovel-ready-jobs-turn-into</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Power Lines: January 4, 2012]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 04, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Power Lines: Keystone Clock is Ticking As POTUS Delays Action on Job-Creating Energy Pipeline  January 4, 2012 IN...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/04/power-lines-january-4</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Hensarling Condemns President's Unprecedented 'Recess Appointment' of CFPB Director]]></title>
	<pubdate>January 04, 2012</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &ndash; House Republican Conference Chairman and Financial Services Committee Vice Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) issued the following statement...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/12/01/04/hensarling-condemns-presidents-unprecedented-recess</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[ICYMI: Hensarling on CNN's American Morning]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 20, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[On the status of negotiations-&nbsp; &ldquo;Unfortunately, since the president has been elected, unemployment has either been at, near,...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/11/12/20/icymi-hensarling-on-cnns-american</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[ICYMI: Chairman Hensarling Floor Remarks]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 20, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON- House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives today in...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/11/12/20/icymi-chairman-hensarling-floor-remarks</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Regulation Nation]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 20, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &ldquo;Our economy is not a zero-sum game. Regulations do have costs; often, as a country, we have to...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/11/12/20/regulation-nation</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[This Week's Trifacta—December 19, 2011]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 19, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Jobs Two-Month Payroll Tax Extension Would Cause &ldquo;Substantial Problems&rdquo; for U.S. Employers: Independent analysis released today shows that a two-month...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/11/12/19/this-weeks-trifacta-december-19</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Medicare on Main Street:  More Bad Poll Numbers for the President]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 16, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[A new December NBC/Wall Street Journal survey of adults reveals that the President&rsquo;s government takeover of healthcare law remains...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/11/12/16/medicare-on-main-street</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Power Lines: July 28, 2011]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 15, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[IN THE NEWS While the Obama administration continues to take energy options off the table, House Republicans are working...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/11/12/15/power-lines-july-28</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Keystone XL Pipeline Q&A]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 14, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; What is the Keystone Pipeline?  The Keystone Pipeline is an oil pipeline that runs from supply fields...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/11/12/14/keystone-xl-pipeline-q-a</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[ICYMI: Hensarling on CNBC's The Kudlow Report]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 14, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;&hellip;the president just has this ideological passion for raising taxes.&rdquo; House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) appeared on...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/11/12/14/icymi-hensarling-on-cnbcs-the</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[ICYMI: Arkansas company begins laying off workers due to delay in the Keystone XL pipeline]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 13, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[FOX 16 KLRT News LITTLE ROCK, AR -- Layoffs and a brief company shutdown is what employees face at...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/press-release/11/12/13/icymi-arkansas-company-begins-laying</link>
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	<title><![CDATA[Regulation Nation]]></title>
	<pubdate>December 13, 2011</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &ldquo;Our economy is not a zero-sum game. Regulations do have costs; often, as a country, we have to...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/11/12/13/regulation-nation</link>
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