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<title><![CDATA[Erica Werner - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/20050.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Erica Werner]]></description><category domain="20050">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs $2 Trillion Economic Rescue Package]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Friday signed a massive $2 trillion emergency spending bill into law, promising to deliver a tidal wave of cash to individual Americans, businesses and health care facilities all reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Female Lawmakers Allege Harassment by Colleagues in House]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/03/female_lawmakers_allege_harassment_by_colleagues_in_house_135444.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' For years, Republican Rep. Mary Bono endured the increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House. But when the congressman approached her on the House floor and told her he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d been thinking about her in the shower, she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d had...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Senators Blister Trump, Reveal Party at War With Itself]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/25/republican_senators_blister_trump_reveal_party_at_war_with_itself_135351.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A pair of senators from President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s own Republican Party blistered him with criticism Tuesday in a dramatic day of denunciation that laid bare a GOP at war with itself. Jeff Flake of Arizona declared he would not be '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'complicit'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' with...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Plans Lunch With Republican Senators as Focus Turns to Taxes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/24/trump_plans_lunch_with_republican_senators_as_focus_turns_to_taxes_135346.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump is planning lunch with GOP senators after sparring with several of them, as congressional Republicans turn to overhauling the tax code.
It will be Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first appearance as president at Senate Republicans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' regular Tuesday policy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House, NRA, Congress Agree on Regulating Bump Stocks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/10/05/white_house_nra_congress_agree_on_regulating_bump_stocks_135194.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The National Rifle Association announced its support Thursday for regulating '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'bump stocks,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' devices that can effectively convert semi-automatic rifles into fully automated weapons and that were apparently used in the Las Vegas massacre to lethal effect....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Senator Defends Health Bill Against Kimmel Attacks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/20/republican_senator_defends_health_bill_against_kimmel_attacks_135058.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Bill Cassidy defended his health care bill Wednesday after late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel accused the Louisiana Republican of lying to him about it, heightening the tension around the last-ditch GOP effort to make good on years of promises to repeal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Happened at Dinner? Trump, Dems Don't See Eye to Eye]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/09/14/what_happened_at_dinner_trump_dems_dont_see_eye_to_eye_135000.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday denied an assertion by the Democratic leaders in Congress that they had an agreement to preserve protections for young immigrants living illegally in America and to bolster U.S.-Mexico border security, but without his coveted wall for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Care Bill Collapse Leaves Divided Republicans at Crossroads]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/18/health_care_bill_collapse_leaves_divided_republicans_at_crossroads_134497.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The implosion of the Senate Republican health care bill leaves a divided GOP with its flagship legislative priority in tatters. Now, a wounded President Donald Trump and congressional leaders face dicey decisions about addressing their perhaps unattainable...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Health Bill a Test of McConnell's Leadership Skills]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/24/health_bill_a_test_of_mcconnells_leadership_skills_134282.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pass or fail, there will be one man singularly responsible for the fate of health care legislation in the Senate: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The shrewd Kentuckian has made himself practically the sole arbiter of the bill and will be largely responsible for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Congress Seeks Normalcy, Heads Back to Work After Shooting]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/15/congress_seeks_normalcy_heads_back_to_work_after_shooting_134198.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- The business of the House was resuming a day after a rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers practicing for a charity baseball game, critically wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and hitting aides and Capitol police. The...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Republicans Brace for Potential 2018 Midterm Losses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/13/house_republicans_brace_for_potential_2018_midterm_losses_134185.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- House GOP leaders warned their rank-and-file members Tuesday of the potential for heavy midterm losses next year that could cost Republicans their majority, and they urged renewed attention and focus to a positive agenda and message.
The warning was aimed at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Shrugs Off Comey Revelations, Sticks With Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/09/gop_shrugs_off_comey_revelations_sticks_with_trump_134160.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI chief he fired called the president a liar, but the response from many Republicans was a collective shrug. The GOP still needs Donald Trump if it has any hope of accomplishing its legislative agenda and winning elections, and it's going to take more than James...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi: Trump 'Very Vulnerable' Amid Russia Probe]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/20/pelosi_trump_very_vulnerable_amid_russia_probe_133950.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has made himself "very vulnerable personally" amid investigations of his campaign ties with Russia, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday.
She pointed to Trump's reported request to now-fired FBI Director James Comey to lay off an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Tweetstorm, Trump Takes Aim at Democrats on Spending Bill]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/04/27/in_tweetstorm_trump_takes_aims_at_democrats_on_spending_bill_133732.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday unleashed a tweetstorm of criticism of Democrats involved in tense negotiations on a spending bill to keep the government open, accusing them of trying to close national parks and jeopardize the safety of U.S. troops over demands to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Supreme Court Pick Parries Democrats' Attacks on Last Day]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/03/22/supreme_court_pick_parries_democrats_attacks_on_last_day_133412.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- On a glide path toward confirmation, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch parried fresh attacks from Democrats Wednesday on abortion and special education, insisting that "when you put on the robe, you open your mind" as he faced a final day before the Senate Judiciary...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Healthcare, Supreme Court on Agenda as Congress Returns]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/27/healthcare_supreme_court_on_agenda_as_congress_returns_133197.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump's presidency.
First, the president will have his say, in his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Under Intense Pressure From Base to Oppose Trump]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/02/08/democrats_under_intense_pressure_from_base_to_oppose_trump_133020.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats are under intense pressure from the liberal base to oppose President Donald Trump at every turn, a dynamic that will color nearly every debate on Capitol Hill this year and complicate prospects for action on all issues.
It's sure to be a topic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Keeps Senate Control as Democrats Fall Short]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/11/09/gop_keeps_senate_control_as_democrats_fall_short_132299.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans held onto their slim Senate majority, a stinging blow to Democrats in a night full of them. Democrats had been nearly certain of retaking control but saw their hopes fizzle as endangered GOP incumbents won in Missouri, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and even...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[WI: Senate Cmte. Makes Late Investment in Race]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/apnewsbreak-gop-committee-spend-money-wisconsin-43272747</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Thursday it is making a last-minute investment in the Wisconsin Senate race, which is tightening up unexpectedly in the final days of the campaign. The committee will spend close to $1 million in several media markets, including...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate Control May Be at Stake in GOP-Friendly Missouri]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/10/24/senate_control_may_be_at_stake_in_gop-friendly_missouri_132141.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The clamor for change fueling Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful GOP senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a handful of competitive races around the country, the outcome in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans See Turnaround in Indiana Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/09/20/republicans_see_turnaround_in_indiana_senate_race_131838.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Evan Bayh was the Democrats' prize Senate recruit this election cycle, a popular former senator and governor with a huge war chest and sky-high name ID in his home state. Top Democrats heralded his surprise entrance into the race in July with hopes that Republicans...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Fear Their Senate Takeover Chances Dimming]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/09/14/democrats_fear_their_senate_takeover_chances_dimming_131782.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are sounding increasingly concerned about their chances of retaking control of the Senate, as Republicans demonstrate a commanding fundraising advantage and Hillary Clinton's lead narrows in key battleground races.
Although most Democrats still express...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Campaign, Party Officials Insist Trump Is Back on Track]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/08/22/campaign_party_officials_insist_trump_is_back_on_track_131572.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- GOP officials insist presidential nominee Donald Trump is finally hitting his stride and will catch up with Democrat Hillary Clinton by around Labor Day.
Clinton campaign officials dismissed the idea of a changed Trump as nonsense.
"Donald Trump has been disciplined...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain Seeks Sixth Term on Uncertain Terrain]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/06/06/mccain_seeks_sixth_term_on_uncertain_terrain_130782.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX (AP) -- At age 79, running what may be his last campaign, Sen. John McCain finds himself on treacherous terrain.
A household name in Arizona and still beloved by many, the Republican is also confronting hostile and unpredictable forces this election year: The swirling voter anger...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats, Sanders on the Brink as Campaign Nears End]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/20/democrats_sanders_on_the_brink_as_campaign_nears_end_130627.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The awkward embrace between Bernie Sanders and the Democratic Party may be nearing a breaking point.
Leading Democrats are growing increasingly vocal in their concerns about the White House hopeful's continued candidacy, and if he and his legions of enthusiastic...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Scorns Republican Opponents as Well as Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/07/trump_scorns_republican_opponents_as_well_as_democrats_130510.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton is a "nasty, mean enabler" and calls liberal Sen. Elizabeth Warren a "goofus," lashing out at leading Democrats while hardly sparing Republicans bigwigs repulsed by his chokehold on their party's presidential nomination.
At rallies...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Speaker Paul Ryan Slams 'Ugliness' in Politics]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/03/23/speaker_paul_ryan_slams_ugliness_in_politics_130074.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday decried ugliness and divisiveness in American politics, delivering a veiled but passionate rebuke to GOP front-runner Donald Trump and the nasty tone of the presidential race.
"When passions flair, ugliness is sometimes inevitable....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vote to Repeal Obamacare Marks Testy Start to 2016]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/01/04/vote_to_repeal_obamacare_marks_testy_start_to_2016_129197.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Legislation repealing President Barack Obama's health care law comes to the forefront when the House reconvenes this week, marking a sharply partisan start to a congressional year in which legislating may take a back seat to politics.
The bill undoing the president's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Syrian Refugees Become Issue in Illinois Senate Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/12/01/syrian_refugees_become_issue_in_illinois_senate_race_128897.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Republican senator in a tough re-election race is attacking his top Democratic rival for supporting more Syrian refugees in the U.S., marking the issue's first appearance in Senate campaign advertising.
In the ad released Tuesday, GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama, Boehner Said to be Near Budget Deal]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/10/26/obama_boehner_said_to_be_near_budget_deal_128561.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Werner</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker John Boehner is pressing ahead with one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement with President Barack Obama before handing Congress' top job over to Paul Ryan this week, congressional officials said...]]></description>
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