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<title><![CDATA[Carl Hulse - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15447.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Carl Hulse]]></description><category domain="15447">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Why Trust Is in Short Supply on Capitol Hill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/us/infrastructure-deal-trust-congress.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Suspicion and skepticism among lawmakers complicates deal-making.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Work to Defy History in GA Runoffs That Have Favored GOP]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-work-to-defy-history-in-georgia-runoffs-that-have-favored-gop/ar-BB1b0AQl?li=BBnb7Kz</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A first-term senator in Georgia narrowly bested his opponent, outrunning his party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s standard-bearer only to face voters again a few weeks later under a quirky system that briefly made the state the center of the political universe after a hard-fought presidential...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Diagnosis Imperils Barrett Confirmation Timeline]]></title>
							<link>https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2020/10/03/trumps-diagnosis-imperils-quick-supreme-court-confirmation-timeline</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Top Republicans insisted they would move ahead at an uncommonly swift pace to hold hearings on Barrett'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nomination by Oct. 12, send her nomination to the full Senate by Oct. 22 and confirm her as soon as Oct. 26, eight days before Election Day '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' even if it meant breaking...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Court Mitch McConnell Built]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/sunday/supreme-court-mitch-mcconnell-john-roberts.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Has it become hopelessly partisan?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Echoes of Anita Hill, But in a Different Era for Women]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/us/politics/anita-hill-clarence-thomas-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While not a perfect parallel, the case has quickly polarized Judge Kavanaugh'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s confirmation process, once again drawing in all three branches of government for a showdown over sex, truth and politics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Red-State Dems Face Agonizing Vote on Supreme Court Pick]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/us/politics/democrats-supreme-court-nominee.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=todayspaper&amp;region=rank&amp;module=package&amp;version=highlights&amp;contentPlacement=1&amp;</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead of the midterm elections, or stick with the party and possibly sacrifice their own seats '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and any chance at a Democratic majority in 2019.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Strengthen House Takeover Prospects in Primary Voting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/us/politics/california-new-jersey-primaries-house.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party skirted disaster in California and lined up likely gains in New Jersey, but Republicans saw some bright signs as well.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Al Franken's Improbable Political Rise and Sudden Fall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/us/politics/al-franken-resignation-political-career.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Mr. Franken came to the Senate as an instant star, but he was brought down by accusations of inappropriate behavior and a Democratic need to clean house.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Near a Big Win--Will It Lift Them Politically?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/senate-republican-victory-tax-cut-politics.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Senate passage of a trillion-dollar tax cut will be a much-needed Republican victory, but it remains to be seen whether it lifts them out of their political ditch.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi: We Lost the Election, But We've Won Every Fight Since]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-new-washington.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Representative Nancy Pelosi says she has remained in Congress partly to ensure that a woman remains at the negotiating table, and she feels she has used that position well.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell Says Dem Glee on Debt Limit Deal Was Premature]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-debt-limit-deal-trump-schumer.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Let'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s put it this way,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Mr. McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and majority leader, said Monday in an interview for The New York Times podcast '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The New Washington.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The deal is not quite as good as my counterpart thought it was.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/politics/hurricane-harvey-shifts-political-winds-in-washington.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' debt limit. Instead, both Mr. Trump and his putative allies in Congress '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' many of them professed fiscal hawks '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' are promising an outpouring of federal aid to begin a recovery and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Border Wall Spending Threat, Trump Fences Himself In]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/us/politics/trump-wall-government-shutdown-congress.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The president has threatened a government shutdown if Congress doesn't approve funding for a border wall, but Democrats view his ultimatum as a gift.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Twitter Fury at McConnell Risks Alienating a Key Ally]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/us/politics/mcconnell-trump-health-care-senate.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By preventing President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy, Senator Mitch McConnell secured Donald J. Trump the signature accomplishment of his young presidency: the confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Soften Partisan Divides to Assess Tragedy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/14/us/politics/washington-congress-baseball-shooting.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Representative Chuck Fleischmann stood just outside the House chamber in the Capitol on Wednesday morning recounting his harrowing survival of a shooting rampage aimed at a group of lawmakers practicing for an annual charity baseball game. He was still wearing his cleats and red jersey...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Bank on GOP 'Staring Death in the Face' After Repeal]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/us/politics/house-democrats-health-repeal-republicans.html?ref=politics</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' No one knows better than House Democrats how a contentious health care vote can exact a steep political price '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' losing control of the House in the first midterm election of an untested new president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tenure for example.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why the Bipartisan Budget Deal Should Make Trump Worry]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/congress-budget-deal-democrats-republicans.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The compromise prevented the White House from delivering on the president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s priorities and may serve as a blueprint for circumventing him in the future.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gorsuch, Like Previous Supreme Court Nominees, Keeps Views Hidden]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/us/politics/gorsuch-like-previous-supreme-court-nominees-keeps-views-hidden.html?_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' As he met with Neil M. Gorsuch in the Capitol last week, Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois posed to the Supreme Court nominee what he considered a fairly basic question on the relationship between the executive and judicial branches.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[24 Years Later, Joe Biden's Words Haunt Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/23/us/politics/24-years-later-joe-bidens-words-haunt-democrats.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When you are as voluble as Joseph R. Biden Jr. is, you are bound to say more than a few words that come back to haunt you. And some choice ones returned with a vengeance on Monday as the fight over the open Supreme Court seat began in the Senate.As Democrats prepared to lay into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[NY-3: Steve Israel, Top House Democrat, Won't Seek Re-election]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/us/politics/steve-israel-house-democrat-new-york.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Next Speaker Will Face Same Conservative Unrest]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/next-speaker-will-face-the-same-difficulties-with-conservatives.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Speaker John A. Boehner'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s stunning decision on Friday to step down, the question now becomes: Who can lead this unruly bunch?Despite criticism of Mr. Boehner for being a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'squish'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' or a Republican-in-name-only, he was actually a strong conservative with the two-decade...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[From Senator Portman, a Personal Statement on Ruling]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/live/supreme-court-rulings/from-rob-portman-a-personal-statement-on-ruling</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Seek Issues to Lure Midterm Votes]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/us/politics/democrats-seek-issue-to-buoy-turnout-in-midterms.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Tuesday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s primaries reinforcing the strength of the Republican establishment, House Democrats are reassessing their electoral strategy based on a major internal research project that shows their candidates stand a better chance when they portray Republicans as uncaring toward...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McConnell: We Will &quot;Crush&quot; Conservative Challenges]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/us/politics/leading-republicans-move-to-stamp-out-challenges-from-right.html?ref=todayspaper</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' As conservative activist groups stirred up trouble for establishment Republican Senate candidates in 2010 and 2012, party leaders in Washington first tried to ignore the insurgents, then tried to reason with them, and ultimately left it to primary voters to settle the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ads Attacking Health Law Stagger Outspent Dems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/politics/ads-attacking-on-health-law-stagger-outspent-democrats.html?hp&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('—').';' Democrats are increasingly anxious about an onslaught of television ads hitting vulnerable Senate and House candidates for their support of the new health law, since many lack the resources to fight back in the early stages of the midterm campaign.Since September, Americans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lesson Is Seen in Repeal of 1989 Law on Medicare]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/18/us/politics/lesson-is-seen-in-failure-of-1989-law-on-medicare.html?hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Angry Americans voice outrage at being asked to pay more for health coverage. Lawmakers and the White House say the public just doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t appreciate the benefits of the new health law. Opponents clamor for repeal before the program fully kicks in.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Reid's Transformation on Immigration]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/06/us/politics/shifting-stance-to-back-immigration-overhaul-reid-reaps-benefits.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'If you break our laws by entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with U.S. citizenship and guarantee full access to all public and social services this society provides, and that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a lot of services,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Mr. Reid said in a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CO-6: Race Turns Fierce After Republican's Anti-Obama Remark]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/us/politics/in-colorado-mike-coffman-and-joe-miklosi-vie-for-congress.html?ref=politics</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AURORA, Colo. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In his former, overwhelmingly Republican district, Representative Mike Coffman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s remark that President Obama was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'just not an American'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' might not have caused much of a stir. His aides note that registered independents in that deep-red territory were...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hint of Deal as Congress Wrangles]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/us/politics/31fiscal.html?hp</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' New budget talks between top Congressional Republicans and President Obama made progress Saturday, suddenly stirring some optimism that a last-minute deal could be reached to avert a potential federal default that threatened significant economic and political...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Budget Talks Near Collapse]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/us/politics/24fiscal.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Carl Hulse</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Congressional Republicans on Thursday abandoned budget talks aimed at clearing the way for a federal debt limit increase, leaving the outcome in doubt as they vowed not to give in to a Democratic push for new tax revenues as part of any compromise.The breakdown was set off by the...]]></description>
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