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		<title><![CDATA[Trying To Keep A Good Program Up -- Raptors and Helicopters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the ending of any major acquisition program if it either in production or development is difficult.  Companies lose a great deal of future money, people lose their jobs, the services feel like they lose capabilities no other system can provide and politicians look weak...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:56:39 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[California is facing a massive $41.6 billion deficit, as state legislators have failed to successfully pass a budget. But as Bill Whitaker reports, the Golden State is not the only state hurting.]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South Coast Diet   Orange County is now the epicenter of agitation against asinine federal spending. Two local players, Rep. John Campbell and The Lincoln Club of Orange County, are pushing Congress to go reverse-Atkins and start a pork-free diet. Campbell has staked his future to a principled...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Afghan MP shot dead, 10 Taliban killed laying landmine]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[KANDAHAR, Afghanistan AFP &#8212; Unidentified gunmen shot dead a member of parliament in troubled southern Afghanistan while 10 Taliban were killed laying a landmine, Afghan officials told AFP Saturday.  Legislator Habibullah Jan was shot dead by unknown gunmen while driving in his troubled home district of Zharai in Kandahar...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Friends in High Places: Congressional Influence on the Bureaucracy in Chile]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Chile presents a paradox for legislative studies. In most comparative research on the political power of presidents and assemblies in Latin America, the Chilean presidency is considered one of the most powerful in the region. The country's congress is seen, accordingly, as weak and lacking influence over public policy....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2008 IREM and CCIM Institute Capitol Hill visit day a success]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IREM and CCIM Institute Members joined together to lobby their legislators on April 16. A combined total of more than 275 commercial real estate professionals, including 250 IREM Members, participated in the 11th annual event. Members representing 40 states and Washington, D.C., voiced the industry's concerns on energy, natural disaster...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Utah&#39;s budget looks red and black -- with a partisan tint]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state of Utah could be ending its fiscal year in two weeks with a $70 million surplus -- or $100 million in the red.   We'll get back to you in August on the exact number.   That's what legislative leaders were quietly told this week. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Harder to hide lobbyists&#39; largesse]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HARRISBURG - One of Pennsylvania's top lobbying firms treated Delaware County Rep. Ron Raymond to its luxury suite to watch minor-league hockey: $1,230. An international packaging conglomerate provided $2,000 in golf balls for outings thrown by Philadelphia Reps. John Perzel and George Kenney. Rep. Camille "Bud" George of Clearfield County...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to solve oil crisis? Elect more &#39;green&#39; legislators]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Common Ground feature "A whole lot of gas" made many good points about the United States' dependence on oil. The commentary also triggered memories for me. During the middle and late '70s, the Department of Energy funded many alternate energy research projects (The Forum, Thursday).    ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Critical Medical Records Workforce Shortage Brings Transcription Associations to Capitol Hill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Findings from a multi-disciplinary research team from Bentley College in Massachusetts show a dwindling available medical transcription workforce in the booming healthcare documentation market. This looming workforce crisis has brought members from the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity AHDI and the Medical Transcription Industry Association MTIA to speak...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Coal debate far from over]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20080512/ai_n25426643]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By John Hanna   THE ASSOCIATED PRESS   Pigs became a favorite metaphor as legislators debated proposals clearing the way for expansion of two coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas and restricting the power of the regulator who has blocked it.   For critics, the coal-fired generators...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daniel Rubin: A.C. deals a strong message]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Atlantic City's unanimous vote to ban smoking on the gambling floors of all 11 of its casinos, the chant arose from 80 clapping, hugging, crying casino workers,  thank you, thank you, thank you . What are the odds last week's hurrah was heard in Harrisburg? We may know tomorrow,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weighty challenges on agenda]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20080428/ai_n25374091]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By James Carlson   THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL   Legislators return Wednesday to a slew of unresolved issues. Choose your hot-button topic, and it is on the menu: abortion, budget spending and immigration.   Oh, and a little-known bill on a power plant in western Kansas.   In...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weighty challenges on agenda]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20080428/ai_n25374101]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By James Carlson   THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL   Legislators return Wednesday to a slew of unresolved issues. Choose your hot-button topic, and it is on the menu: abortion, budget spending and immigration.   Oh, and a little-known bill on a power plant in western Kansas.   In...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hurricane rebuilding and growth issues concern South Mississippi&#39;s legislators]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5277/is_20080428/ai_n25444051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[South Mississippi legislators see the just-ended 2008 legislative session as a mixed bag of issues addressed and those not addressed as the area's hurricane recovery continues. Those concerns continue to be the high cost of insurance, lack of affordable housing and the rebuilding of infrastructure. They, along with all other...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sierra Club isn&#39;t lone opponent of coal plants]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080427/ai_n25373347]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 16, the Deseret News ran a very misleading article regarding the Sierra Club's role in the ongoing statewide battle over whether to build more coal-fired power plants. The article implied that the Sierra Club took total credit for delaying the construction of the Intermountain Power Unit No.3 and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan Names Legislators of the Year]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200804/ai_n25160875]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Hemophilia Foundation of Michigan HFM has named its Michigan 2007 Legislators of the Year. The annual awards, which recognize excellence in legislative policy making affecting the bleeding disorders community, were announced at HFM's annual consumer conference, SpringFest, at the Bavarian Inn in Frankenmuth on April 15, 2008. Recipients of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Capitol protest rules reviewed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utah political leaders are trying to figure out how "free" speech should be in the Capitol, especially during legislative sessions.   Attorney Brian Barnard, representing two animal rights activists, got a Utah federal judge to issue a temporary restraining order the final days of the 2008 Legislature after the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regular session ends with lots left to do]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Carlson   THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL   Supporters of a $3.5 billion coal-fired power plant expansion in southwest Kansas will have to carry their fight into the veto session April 30 after the Legislature adjourned Friday night with no resolution to the year's most contentious issue.  ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regular session ends with lots left to do]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By James Carlson   THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL   Supporters of a $3.5 billion coal-fired power plant expansion in southwest Kansas will have to carry their fight into the veto session April 30 after the Legislature adjourned Friday night with no resolution to the year's most contentious issue.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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