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		<title>Newtown witnesses testify powerfully at assault-weapons ban hearing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2013/02/27/newtown-witnesses-testify-powerfully-at-assault-weapons-ban-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing coverage of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Feinstein’s proposed assault-weapons ban: The crowd at the hearing, boisterous at other times, was utterly hushed as Newtown’s Neil Heslin, father of 6-year-old Newtown victim Jesse Heslin, testified, the father’s grief pouring across the room like a tsunami wave. Most of the Republican members of the<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/newtown-witnesses-testify-powerfully-at-assault-weapons-ban-hearing/4938/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cornyn, Cruz measured in their wording attacking weapons ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued coverage of the Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Feinstein’s proposed assault weapons ban: Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, who have been conservative outliers on many issues in the opening days of this Congress, certainly voiced their opposition to an assault-weapons ban, but they showed the political acumen to be much more measured<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/cornyn-cruz-measured-in-their-wording-attacking-weapons-ban/4928/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Assault-weapons hearing opens with solemn reference to Newtown victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s hearing on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 opened solemnly, before a packed  hearing room, many of the observers gun-violence victims and law-enforcement personnel from gun-tragedy locations. Feinstein, flanked by a photo of the 26 Newtown victims, opened with a pointed reference to Newtown and the<a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/politicssource/assault-weapons-hearing-opens-with-solemn-reference-to-newtown-victims/4925/">  Read More</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama urges action on Sandy; Boehner to meet with Northeast Republicans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama Wednesday urged the House to take up the Sandy relief bill immediately. “When tragedy strikes, Americans come together to support those in need. I urge (House Republicans) to do the same.” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie sounded a similar note, saying, “When American citizens are in need we come to their aid. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outrage over House GOP walking away from Sandy relief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wave after wave of outrage rolled through the House of Representatives, first Tuesday night then Wednesday morning, like the waves crashing against the ruined beaches of Long Island Sound. The House GOP leadership’s decision not to bring the Senate-passed Sandy supplemental relief aid bill to the floor Tuesday night stunned and angered Northeast legislators on both sides of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simpson, Bowles warn time’s running out to make budget deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a two-thirds chance that no budget agreement will happen during Congress’ lame-duck session, plunging the nation off the “fiscal cliff,” Erskine Bowles warned Wednesday.]]></description>
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		<title>Ten hard lessons from Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/07/ten-hard-lessons-from-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. America is diverse. Deal with it. The sight of Bill O’Reilly whining about the white establishment being in the minority was as telling as it was disgustingly racist. Twenty years ago we would have won, he said.  That misses the point. What America did last night was full-throated affirmation of diversity of all kinds. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands report voting problems</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/thousands-report-voting-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Presidential Election 2012]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Long lines weren’t the only problems voters are facing across the country Tuesday. Particularly in battleground states, reports of voting problems were flooding into vote-protection groups. The Election Protection Coalition, comprised of more than 100 local organizations dedicated to protecting the right to vote, reported more than 70,000 complaint calls by 5 p.m. Eastern time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Key races for control of Congress</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/key-races-for-control-of-congress/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/06/key-races-for-control-of-congress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tracking the results in races that could determine whether Democrats keep control of the Senate, and whether Republicans hold their majority in the House.]]></description>
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		<title>5 hits and 5 misses on the campaign trail, Oct. 29-Nov. 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/politics/2012/11/02/5-hits-and-5-misses-on-the-campaign-trail-oct-29-nov-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david.mccumber@hearstdc.com (David McCumber, Washington Bureau Chief)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hits: 1. Bipartisanship in a crisis. What a concept. Rush Limbaugh derided it as “man love,” but what we actually saw with Barack Obama and Chris Christie in  New Jersey was the way things are supposed to work. Politics and party should be subordinated to the work at hand when the country faces a crisis. [...]]]></description>
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