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<title><![CDATA[Sen. Mitch McConnell - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15207.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Sen. Mitch McConnell]]></description><category domain="15207">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Price of American Retreat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/price-american-retreat-trump-mitch-mcconnell</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Why Washington must reject isolationism and embrace primacy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Neither Party Can Count on SCOTUS As an Ally]]></title>
							<link>https://web.archive.org/web/20230710201756/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/10/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-ideology/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The escalating attacks from Democrats betray a fundamental misunderstanding of the court's structure and purpose.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Filibuster Is KY's Veto of Radical Dem Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2021/03/22/mitch-mcconnell-says-filibuster-is-kentuckys-veto/4770922001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The filibuster, which requires 60 votes to advance most legislation, exists to block bad ideas from becoming law and encourage bipartisan solutions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Lawless Left &amp; the Grievance-Industrial Complex]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2020/07/22/the-lawless-lefts-attack-on-americas-bedrock-beliefs/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's speech on the Senate floor Wednesday. Since the spring, our nation has engaged in important conversations about racial justice in policing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Withdrawing From Syria Is a Grave Mistake]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinions-mitch-mcconnell-withdrawing-from-syria-is-a-grave-mistake/ar-AAIZyoI</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria is a grave strategic mistake. It will leave the American people and homeland less safe, embolden our enemies, and weaken important alliances. Sadly, the recently announced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' pullout'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' risks repeating the Obama administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s reckless withdrawal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Filibuster Plays a Crucial Role in Our Republic]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-the-filibuster-plays-a-crucial-role-in-our-constitutional-order/ar-AAGaxxK</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dem Socialist Schemes Won't Become Law on My Watch]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Reading this paper'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s editorial last Sunday, I was pleased to find the liberal writers actually got something right.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mueller Cleared Trump - Now Get Over It]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2019/05/07/mitch-mcconnell-mueller-cleared-trump-now-get-over-it/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This investigation went on for two years. It's finally over. Many Americans were waiting to see how their elected officials would respond.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Time to Stop the Democrats' Obstruction]]></title>
							<link>https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/04/01/mitch-mcconnell-obstruction-democrats-226341</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Enough with the partisan delays. The president's nominees deserve consideration.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Is Thriving Under Republican Leadership]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/28/bringing-american-politics-back-from-the-brink/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When facts fail, the far left ratchets up the fear]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Socialists Don't Want Any Borders]]></title>
							<link>https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/solutions/2018/07/19/mitch-mcconnell-without-borders-there-can-no-security-ice-immigration/799261002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The far-left has started a campaign to heckle government officials throughout the country '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' something I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve recently experienced first-hand.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Scare Tactics Won't Stop Kavanaugh's Confirmation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/nation-now/2018/07/13/mitch-mcconnell-leftist-tactics-wont-stop-kavanaughs-confirmation/782400002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The far-left talks as though evaluating judges means ordering off a menu of predetermined policy outcomes.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, GOP Have Much to Brag About in Address]]></title>
							<link>https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/01/29/trump-state-union-speech-republican-mcconnell/1076284001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When President Trump delivers his State of the Union address, he will have outstanding news to share. After a decade of sluggish growth and stagnant paychecks, our country is back on the right track. Optimism is sweeping across the country, and the economy is finally gaining momentum.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tax Reform: What's in It for You]]></title>
							<link>https://www.wsj.com/articles/tax-reform-whats-in-it-for-you-1512237146?shareToken=ste537ae88bce54bafa8ebf40fd06a226c&amp;reflink=article_email_share</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s bill will help small businesses and families while promoting energy independence.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Reap What They Have Sown]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/sen-mitch-mcconnell-democrats-reap-what-they-have-sown/2017/04/07/5696eb76-1bd4-11e7-bcc2-7d1a0973e7b2_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems, Ditch Apocalyptic Rhetoric on Gorsuch]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-democrats-ditch-the-apocalyptic-rhetoric-on-judge-gorsuch/2017/02/01/2f2abdac-e88e-11e6-b82f-687d6e6a3e7c_story.html?utm_term=.97c864f5fac9</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president made an outstanding choice with his nomination Tuesday of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s passing was a significant loss for the court and for our country. Gorsuch'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s impressive background and long record of service, however, give...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obamacare Failed Americans. It's Time for Relief]]></title>
							<link>http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/01/09/senate-majority-leader-mcconnell-obamacare-failed-americans-now-its-time-for-relief.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By nearly any measure, ObamaCare has failed: It didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t lower costs, it didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t increase choice, middle-class families continue to lose health plans they were promised they could keep, and Americans continue to call for ObamaCare'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s repeal. They spoke loudly again this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How the Senate Is Supposed to Work]]></title>
							<link>https://www.google.com/search?q=How+the+Senate+Is+Supposed+to+Work&amp;oq=How+the+Senate+Is+Supposed+to+Work&amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60.95j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[People often ask me what President Obama is like. I always tell them the same thing. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s pleasant enough, but he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s also like the kid in class who exerts a lot of energy trying to make sure everybody thinks he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the smartest guy in the room. He is also a very liberal guy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Stimulus, Middle Class Still Struggles]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/02/16/despite-stimulus-middle-class-still-struggles/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Five years ago Monday, President Barack Obama signed the signature economic proposal of his presidency, saying that the passage of the $787 billion economic stimulus package heralded the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the beginning of the end'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' of the Great Recession.The president told a Denver audience that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Culture of Intimidation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitch-mcconnell-the-irs-scandal-and-obamas-culture-of-intimidation/2013/05/22/9c4b7de6-c2f8-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Revelations about the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups have raised important questions about the Obama administration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s commitment to the First Amendment. Yet there is ample evidence to suggest that the culture of intimidation in which these tactics were...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[ObamaCare Fails to Keep Promises]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/03/31/mitch-mcconnell-on-obamacares-failed-promises/2028635/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The non-partisan Society of Actuaries last week said that because of Obamacare, insurers could pay an average of 32% more for medical claims. Those costs will be passed onto those who buy insurance on the individual market in the form of dramatically higher premiums.The new report is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;The Tax Issue Is Finished&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/01/06/sen_mitch_mcconnell_the_tax_issue_is_finished_over_completed.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[STEPHANOPOULOS: And the question is, how will you follow through on your strategy? And, you know, there are -- a lot of your allies are worried about the -- about that prospect. The Wall Street Journal editorial page said the political result will be far worse if Republicans start this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Road to Repealing ObamaCare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/02/the_road_to_repealing_obamacare.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s hairsplitting decision to uphold Obamacare, Republicans in Congress have redoubled our efforts to get this monstrosity off the books. If the court won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t do it, we must.
The rationale for such a vote is obvious. When Obamacare first passed, no...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Bureaucrats on Steroids&quot; Hinder Job Growth]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/06/19/mcconnell_obamas_over-regulation_like_bureaucrats_on_steroids.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Latest Politics, News &amp; Election VideosTweet${title}Sen. Mitch McConnell gives his summary of the stimulus: "borrowing all that money and basically spending it on government employees."McConnell says he has received complaints from business owners about over-regulation. McConnell...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[D.C. Has Lost Public's Trust on Spending]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/The-people-have-spoken---And-I-am-listening-108222804.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I  have seen a lot of elections in my life, but I have never seen an  election like the one we had earlier this month. The 2010 midterm  election was a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'change'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' election the likes of which I have never seen,  and the change that people want, above all, is right here in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dodd Bill Institutionalizes Wall Street Bailouts]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/04/13/gop_leader_no_more_bailouts.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell: "The American people have been telling us for nearly two years that any solution must do one thing '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' it must put an end to taxpayer funded bailouts for Wall Street banks. This bill not only allows for taxpayer-funded bailouts of Wall Street...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Health Care Reform Got Off Track]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/10/column-every-republican-in-congress-supports-reform-.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A weekly series explores the issues of faith that are shaping our world.In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conservative columnist Cal Thomas provide a better model.An at-a-glance look at online conversations selected for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Close Guantanamo]]></title>
							<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031302907.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Should Veto Omnibus Spending Bill]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Leader McConnell Says Package Won't Work]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/02/leader_mcconnell_wont_work.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Sen. Mitch McConnell</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Floor of the U.S. Senate"The question of whether or not the economy needs help is really not in debate.  I don't think there's a single member of the Senate that believes that no action is the appropriate course for us to take."But one of the good things about reading history is you...]]></description>
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