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		<title><![CDATA[Frank, political matterGOP questions large mailings by Sen. Hensley]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20080817/ai_n28065439]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Tim Carpenter   THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL   LAWRENCE -- More than 18,000 registered voters in Sen. Marci Francisco's district were targets of taxpayer-financed postcards dominated by her photograph and contact information.   The 5-by-8 cards featuring the Lawrence Democrat were part of an unprecedented mass mailing program...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mr. Grau goes to Washington]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hardship of a man from Soldier is at the forefront of the Congressional debate over high gas prices.   Sen. Pat Roberts took to the Senate floor Tuesday asking  Congress to have a fair and open discussion on solutions to increase the supply of domestic energy in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Letter: Mailbag - Well done 'The Newsome Two' TREVOR WOOLLEY]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHAT a pleasant surprise to read in Friday's Examiner about the activities of councillors Cooper and Stewart-Turner. They are actually representing the feelings of their constituents instead of sitting on the fence!  Councillors in Linthwaite, when presented with similar concerns from their constituents about planned redevelopment, prefer to "take...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama dawns as democrats' hope to win White House]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_20_113/ai_n27496763]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In the heavyweight fight for the Democratic nomination, it s looking more and more like a TKO for Barack Obama, who has accomplished what few thought he could--he's pieced together a grassroots apparatus for change that has all but defeated Hillary Clinton and her powerful political machine.  With only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ron Paul's constituents vote for him, but not for president. Why?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When voters opt for candidate A over candidates B, C, or D, does that mean that they reject the messages of candidates B, C, or D? Not necessarily. Consider the March 4 primary results in the 14th District of Texas, where Congressman Ron Paul came in third in the presidential...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Total recall]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5281/is_20080325/ai_n25347680]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Metro Councilman Mickey Skyring says he's not running for re-election. Assuming he stands by that statement, his term will end in December. But that's not soon enough for Alex St. Amant. "He can do more damage while he's still there," St. Amant says. "The shorter time [in office], the better."...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Buttars should think hard about political future]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a difficult column to write.   It deals with personal issues, like someone knowing when it is time to go.   This past week, Utah Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, said a terrible thing on the floor of the Senate during a debate on school districts....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[As they see it.(quotations from several politicians and civilians)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6363/is_200801/ai_n25510834]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["We cannot continue to spend the exact amount of time with our  most disadvantaged kids as we do with our most advantaged kids and hope  that those kids are somehow going to catch up or get to grade  level."    --Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hello congressman]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hard to believe it's been almost one year since we here at MessageMassage[TM] helped you and your colleagues get elected to Congress. Yes, 2006 was a historic year for Democrats, and as your political consultants, we'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy anniversary!  Obviously,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thoughts on running a business: Tony Atwater]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[TONY ATWATER PRESIDENT, INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA When Tony Atwater was advancing through the ranks several years ago, his father-in-law shared this wisdom: "There's nothing new - just the undiscovered." Today, Atwater has transformed that adage into ambition as president of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In addition to managing a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Utah's part-time legislators want to hire helpers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20071018/ai_n21065941]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The 104-member, part-time Utah Legislature is moving toward hiring staffers to help each lawmaker with his or her legislative duties.   Along the way, state taxpayers may well be asked to spend $300,000 a year or more to provide legislators with what is being termed "constituent services."  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[THECONSERVATIVEDEMOCRAT REP. DAN BOREN]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070709/ai_n19354778]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Washington was buzzing over a heated meeting between President Bush and 11 moderate Republicans who told the president their support for the war was slipping fast. That same day, Rep. Dan Boren and a group of fellow moderate-to-conservative Democrats made the trip to the White House to hear...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial | Pa. Mass Transit Proposal]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200706/ai_n19334648]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Republican state senators who represent Philadelphia&#0039;s suburbs will be doing their constituents a great disservice if they don&#0039;t agree to a deal on the table to strengthen SEPTA and Pennsylvania&#0039;s other mass-transit systems.Supporting the deal may not be an easy vote for these legislators, including Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Organizational Response To Environmental Demands: Opening The Black Box]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=314651]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper combines new and old institutionalism to explain enduring differences in organizational strategies. We propose that differences in the influence of corporate departments lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different management practices. Specifically, we argue that external constituents who interact with particularly influential corporate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Determine the Efficiency of Air-Pollution Control Devices]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5350/is_200705/ai_n21288853]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For batch processes, use a surrogate feed stream to simulate the inlet conditions necessary for stack testing to demonstrate compliance.   The Miscellaneous Organic NESHAP National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, or MON rule (1), requires companies to demonstrate the control efficiency of air-pollution control devices used to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmtpi/is_200704/ai_n19005662]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Increase flight paths The battle over the Federal Aviation Administration&#0039;s plan to reduce flight delays at Philadelphia International Airport ("FAA reworks noise-cutting plan," April 7) makes it clear that neither Rep. Joe Sestak (D., Pa.) nor Andrew J. Reilly, chairman of the Delaware County Council, really knows on which side...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[McNerney holds court on corner]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20070304/ai_n18721271]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MANTECA -- For many, it was the first time they had ever met a member of the U.S. Congress.    U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, hopes it won't be the last.    As part of an ongoing "Congress at Your Corner" program, the freshman congressman was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Firmly Rooted]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5315/is_200703/ai_n21283388]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Grassroots efforts form the foundation for ACA's government affairs successes.   With the 110th session of Congress underway, ACA International is focusing on the priority issues it will address in Washington, D.C., over the next two years. Given the range of these issues and the changes in Congress, ACA...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Campaign Contributions Improve Policy Analysis in Congressional Committees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200702/ai_n21893108]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Bahram Rajaee of the American Political Science Association, +1-202-483-2512, brajaee@apsanet.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Do hard money contributions by interest groups to members of Congress contribute to better quality policy deliberations and outcomes in congressional committees? A new study conducted by political scientist Kevin M. Esterling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legislature Tries to Keep Pace With Technology]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5949/is_200702/ai_n24046568]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The actual process may not be any different, but technological additives have enhanced the 60 days of the regular legislative session for constituents, legislators and their staff members.When the Web site for the West Virginia Legislature first launched in 1998, it only included members' contact information.The Web site currently serves...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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