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	<title>The Problem with Reconciliation Bills - In the Senate All Bets Are Off</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND In a desperate rush to pass their government takeover of healthcare before President Obama departs for Asia on...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/18/the-problem-with-reconciliation-bills</link>
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	<title>Highlights of CBO's Preliminary Analysis of the Reconciliation Act of 2010</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[This information is based on CBO's preliminary analysis of the Senate-passed health care takeover (H.R. 3590) along with the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/18/highlights-of-cbos-preliminary-analysis</link>
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	<title>Shady Deals and Backroom Bargains in the Senate Takeover of Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[These negotiations will be on C-Span, and so the public will be part of the conversation and we'll see...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/18/shady-deals-and-backroom-bargains</link>
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	<title>Subprime Health Reform: Will The Funding Bubble Burst?</title>
	<pubdate>March 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[[Rising federal debt] leaves us very vulnerable to a global rise in interest rates that might be substantially beyond...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/18/subprime-health-reform-will-the</link>
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	<title>Goodbye, Marjorie:  A History Lesson for Democrats Who Vote to Pass the Government Takeover of Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>March 17, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[I knew at the time that changing my vote at the 11th hour may have been tantamount to political...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/17/goodbye-marjorie-a</link>
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	<title>The Cost of Democrats&#8217; Failed Housing Policies Continues to Grow</title>
	<pubdate>March 12, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[But if people had any idea of the damage he's [Rep. Barney Frank] done [by promoting the &amp;lsquo;affordable housing...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/12/the-cost-of-democrats</link>
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	<title>Democrats&#8217; Three Point Plan to Destroy America&#8217;s Standard of Living&#8212;Tax, Spend and Regulate</title>
	<pubdate>March 02, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/03/02/democrats-three-point-plan</link>
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	<title>What Every Member Needs to Know About the  Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act</title>
	<pubdate>February 22, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[SUMMARY On February 23, 2010, the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/02/22/what-every-member-needs-to</link>
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	<title>Latest White House Health Care Proposal:  The Same Big Government Takeover</title>
	<pubdate>February 22, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[On February 22, 2010, the President released a summary of his latest health care proposal in advance of the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/02/22/latest-white-house-health-care</link>
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	<title>The Democrat Political Cover Commission</title>
	<pubdate>February 18, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[On February 18, 2010, the President signed an executive order (EO) to establish the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/02/18/the-democrat-political-cover-commission</link>
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	<title>President Obama&#8217;s Back-to-the Future Nuclear Plan</title>
	<pubdate>February 03, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[But to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives.&amp;nbsp; And...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/02/03/president-obama-s-back-to</link>
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	<title>Democrats and the Debt Limit</title>
	<pubdate>February 03, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[But understand-understand if we don't take meaningful steps to rein in our debt, it could damage our markets, increase the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/02/03/democrats-and-the-debt-limit</link>
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	<title>The President's FY 2011 Budget:  Record Debt, Deficits and Taxes</title>
	<pubdate>February 02, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the White House released its budget for FY 2011.&amp;nbsp; The budget spends $3.83 trillion in FY 2011 and...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/02/02/the-presidents-fy-2011-budget</link>
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	<title>Updated: the Return of the Jimmy Carter Tax Credit </title>
	<pubdate>January 29, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Background In 1977, the Carter Administration signed the New Jobs Tax Credit (NJTC), one of four programs of the 1977...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/29/updated-the-return-of-the</link>
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	<title>The Geithner Rule: Friends Don't Let Friends Lose Homes in the Hamptons</title>
	<pubdate>January 28, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.&amp;nbsp;...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/28/the-geithner-rule-friends-dont</link>
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	<title>Obama&#8217;s Discretionary Spending Freeze Proposal</title>
	<pubdate>January 27, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&amp;nbsp; Under intense pressure to address reckless spending, record deficits, and exploding debt, the Administration will reportedly announce a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/27/obama-s-discretionary-spending-freeze</link>
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	<title>The Return of the Jimmy Carter Tax Credit</title>
	<pubdate>January 27, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&amp;nbsp; With unemployment at 10 percent and the Obama Administration reeling from the public distaste for its fiscally irresponsible...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/27/the-return-of-the-jimmy</link>
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	<title>The Democrats&#8217; Latest Job Killing Proposal&#8212;The Volcker Rule</title>
	<pubdate>January 27, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND: On January 21, 2010, President Obama announced the Volcker Rule.&amp;nbsp; The details of the so-called Volcker Rule have...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/27/the-democrats-latest-job</link>
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	<title>A Review of the President's State of the Union Address</title>
	<pubdate>January 27, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[- Obama on Democrat Health Care Plan:&amp;nbsp; I want everyone to take another look at the [health care] plan...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/27/a-review-of-the-presidents</link>
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	<title>The Democrat Economic Agenda: Lowering the Standard of Living for the Next Generation</title>
	<pubdate>January 26, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[[Obama] is being failed by his economic team...We may have to sacrifice just two more jobs [Tim Geithner and...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/26/the-democrat-economic-agenda-lowering</link>
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	<title>Obama&#8217;s Historic Spending and Deficits</title>
	<pubdate>January 26, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Facing political fallout from this Administration's reckless spending spree, President Obama will reportedly use the State of the Union...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/26/obama-s-historic-spending-and</link>
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	<title>The Right Way&#8212;and the Wrong Way&#8212;to Reform Insurance Markets</title>
	<pubdate>January 25, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Background:  In light of Sen.-elect Scott Brown's special election win last week, some Democrats have begun...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/25/the-right-way-and-the</link>
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	<title>Geithner&#8217;s Gift to America&#8212;Unlimited Liabilities for Taxpayers and $42 Million in Wall Street-Style Compensation for 12 Government Employees</title>
	<pubdate>January 21, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The economic miracle that has been the United States was not produced by socialized enterprises...It was produced by private...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/21/geithner-s-gift-to-america</link>
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	<title>U.S. Response Efforts to Haiti Earthquake</title>
	<pubdate>January 15, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti.&amp;nbsp; There is major damage to Port-au-Prince,...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/15/u-s-response-efforts</link>
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	<title>Democrat Tax on the Financial Services Industry - Another Attempt to Increase the Unemployment Rate</title>
	<pubdate>January 14, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Asking liberals where wages and prices come from is like asking six-year-olds where babies come from.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thomas Sowell&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; BACKGROUND:On...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/14/democrat-tax-on-the-financial</link>
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	<title>Obama Administration Weakens National Security in 2009</title>
	<pubdate>January 11, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Administration Weakens Security in 2009 Vows to Close Guantanamo:&amp;nbsp; In his first days in office, President Obama recklessly ordered the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/11/obama-administration-weakens-national-security</link>
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	<title>POLICY BRIEF: Issues to Be Resolved Between Pelosi and Reid Health Care Bills</title>
	<pubdate>January 08, 2010</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The New Year has seen Democrats once again retreat behind closed doors to finalize a single version of their...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/10/01/08/policy-brief-issues-to-be</link>
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	<title>Not a Moderate Compromise: Senate Bill is STILL a Government Takeover of Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>December 21, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&amp;nbsp; While Democrats' latest back-room deal is being reported as a moderate compromise due to minor concessions being made...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/21/not-a-moderate-compromise-senate</link>
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	<title>Senate Democrat Health &quot;Reform&quot; Legislation: Short Summary of the Government Takeover of Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>December 21, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY &amp;nbsp; On November 18, 2009, Senator Harry Reid and the Senate Democrat leadership introduced the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/21/senate-democrat-health-reform</link>
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	<title>Will Senate Democrats Allow An Unelected Board to Ration Americans' Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>December 17, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/17/will-senate-democrats-allow-an</link>
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	<title>Democrats' Fiscal Responsibility Sham</title>
	<pubdate>December 16, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[I will not sign [health care legislation] if it adds one dime to the deficit-now or in the future.&amp;nbsp;...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/16/democrats-fiscal-responsibility-sham</link>
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	<title>Even Without the Medicare Buy-in, Senate Bill Is Still A Government Takeover of Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>December 15, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[While Democrats' latest back-room deal is being reported as a moderate compromise now that press reports indicate the Medicare...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/15/even-without-the-medicare-buy</link>
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	<title>Guantanamo Bay North: Thomson, Illinois</title>
	<pubdate>December 15, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&amp;ldquo;I remain opposed to transferring Guantanamo detainees to Illinois, or anywhere in the U.S., while awaiting more detailed information...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/15/guantanamo-bay-north-thomson</link>
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	<title>Tallying the Pelosi Bill's Effects on Job Destruction</title>
	<pubdate>December 14, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[President Obama's recent jobs summit, and Speaker Pelosi's renewed focus on yet another jobs bill full of additional government...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/14/tallying-the-pelosi-bills-effects</link>
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	<title>Senate Democrats' Moderate Compromise: Single-Payer Health Care</title>
	<pubdate>December 10, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The irony of this late-breaking Medicare proposal is that it could be a bigger step toward a single-payer system...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/10/senate-democrats-moderate-compromise-single</link>
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	<title>No-Cost Stimulus?  Approve the U.S.&#8212;Colombia Trade Agreement</title>
	<pubdate>December 10, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[For over two years, Democrats have stalled action on approving the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.&amp;nbsp; Although free trade creates...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/10/no-cost-stimulus</link>
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	<title>Geithner/Frank Tarp II Plan&#8211;Making Bailouts Permanent</title>
	<pubdate>December 09, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[&amp;ldquo;Like a lot of my Democratic colleagues, I was too slow to appreciate the recklessness of Fannie Mae and...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/09/geithner-frank-tarp-ii-plan</link>
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	<title>Democrat Health &quot;Reform&quot; Picks Winners and Losers</title>
	<pubdate>December 09, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[While Democrats allege that their government takeover of health care will create a fairer and more equal society, provisions...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/09/democrat-health-reform</link>
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	<title>What Do the American People Need? Jobs</title>
	<pubdate>December 08, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[President Obama's jobs summit, coupled with Friday's release of November jobs numbers, once again raise serious questions about the...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/08/what-do-the-american-people</link>
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	<title>Unemployment Data by the Numbers</title>
	<pubdate>December 04, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[10%:&amp;nbsp; Unemployment rate for the month of November. 17.2%:&amp;nbsp; Rate of underemployment, accounting for the unemployed and those who...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/04/unemployment-data-by-the-numbers</link>
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	<title>Democrats&#8217; Jobs Summit Farce</title>
	<pubdate>December 03, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Statistics mean little for those who have lost a job, taken a pay cut, or watched their loved ones...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/03/democrats-jobs-summit-farce</link>
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	<title>Afghanistan - A War of Necessity</title>
	<pubdate>December 01, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND On December 1, 2009, President Obama is expected to announce his strategy for the war in Afghanistan during a...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/01/afghanistan--a-war</link>
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	<title>Now Democrats Focus on Jobs?</title>
	<pubdate>December 01, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Since passage of the Democrats' trillion dollar stimulus, more than 2.8 million jobs have been lost and unemployment stands at...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/01/now-democrats-focus-on-jobs</link>
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	<title>Government-Run Health Care: Hazardous to Patients' Health</title>
	<pubdate>December 01, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[These delays in the patient presenting with symptoms and cancer being diagnosed at a late stage inevitably costs lives.&amp;nbsp;...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/12/01/government-run-health-care-hazardous</link>
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	<title>CBO Confirms the Result of Democrats' Health &quot;Reform:&quot; Higher Premiums</title>
	<pubdate>November 30, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[Obama's plan will save a typical family up to $2,500 on premiums...- Obama campaign handout, Questions and Answers on...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/30/cbo-confirms-the-result-of</link>
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	<title>Democrats Financial Reforms Show Contempt for Capitalism and Continue to Destroy Jobs</title>
	<pubdate>November 23, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[BACKGROUND: During a time of high unemployment-a twenty-six year high of 10.2 percent, Democrats refuse to enact job creating...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/23/democrats-financial-reforms-show-contempt</link>
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	<title>Democrats&#8217; OTC Derivatives Proposal - Kills Jobs, Empowers Government, and Creates Another System of Failure</title>
	<pubdate>November 19, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[The best minds are not in government. If they were, business would steal them away.  -President Ronald Reagan...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/19/democrats-otc-derivatives-proposal</link>
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	<title>Will $210 Billion in New Deficit Spending Kill American Jobs?</title>
	<pubdate>November 19, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[It is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/19/will-210-billion-in</link>
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	<title>Democrat Dithering on the U.S.&#8212;Korea FTA</title>
	<pubdate>November 19, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[On November 18, 2009, President Obama arrived in South Korea, the final stop on his Asia trip.&amp;nbsp; Although free...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/19/democrat-dithering-on-the-u</link>
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	<title>Democrat Debt Limit Hypocrisy</title>
	<pubdate>November 19, 2009</pubdate>
	<description><![CDATA[It is important though to recognize if we keep on adding to the debt, even in the midst of this...]]></description>
	<link>http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/19/democrat-debt-limit-hypocrisy</link>
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