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<title><![CDATA[Alan Fram - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23114.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></description><category domain="23114">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems, GOP Set Inflation, COVID Mandates as Election Themes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/02/21/dems_gop_set_inflation_covid_mandates_as_election_themes_147220.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they are riding to the rescue of families struggling with'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' rising costs'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' and the 2-year-old coronavirus pandemic.
Not surprisingly, the parties differ over how to do that. And in comments and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Hails House Passage of Covid Relief Bill, Now to Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/03/01/biden_hails_house_passage_of_covid_relief_bill_now_to_senate_145323.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now moves to a tense Senate.
'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We have no time to waste,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Biden said at the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Rallies Solidly Against Democrats' Virus Relief Package]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/02/25/gop_rallies_solidly_against_democrats_virus_relief_package_145302.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans rallied solidly against'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' as lawmakers awaited a decision by'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the Senate'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s parliamentarian'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Impeaches Trump for a Second Time--Accused of Inciting Capitol Riot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/13/house_impeaches_trump_for_a_second_time--accused_of_inciting_capitol_riot_145031.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'incitement of insurrection'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
With the Capitol...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Narrowly Reelected Speaker, Faces Difficult Two Years]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/01/04/pelosi_narrowly_reelected_speaker_faces_difficult_two_years_144958.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Nancy Pelosi was narrowly reelected Sunday as speaker, giving her the reins of Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' slender House majority as she and President-elect Joe Biden set a challenging course of producing legislation to tackle the pandemic, revive the economy and address other...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Likely Speaker Again, But Might Require High-Wire Act After Dem Losses]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/12/31/pelosi_likely_speaker_again_but_might_require_high-wire_act_after_dem_losses_144947.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s little doubt that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Nancy Pelosi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' will be reelected House speaker when the new Congress convenes Sunday. It could take a high-wire act for her to get there, largely thanks to the pandemic.
The only woman in history to serve as speaker, the California...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Moves Toward Leading Divided House Dems 2 More Years]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/11/18/pelosi_moves_toward_leading_divided_house_dems_2_more_years_144683.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' House Democrats seem certain to nominate Nancy Pelosi for two more years as speaker, but she'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ll be leading a smaller majority divided along ideological lines as it tries shepherding'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' President-elect Joe Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' agenda toward enactment.
Pelosi,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden&rsquo;s Low-Key Campaign Style Worries Some Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/25/bidens_low-key_campaign_style_worries_some_democrats_144303.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline. But as the worst pandemic in a century bears down on the United States, Joe Biden is taking a lower key approach.
Since his Aug. 11 selection of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Law and Order vs. Health Care as Dems, GOP Vie for Suburbs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/09/21/law_and_order_vs_health_care_as_dems_gop_vie_for_suburbs_144259.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' In Republican hands for 28 years but now up for grabs, a suburban Missouri congressional district hugging St. Louis has become a lab for what each party considers one of its most lethal political weapons.
TV ads by GOP Rep. Ann Wagner show protesters stomping a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Stalled Economy Is Raising Democrats' Hopes of Taking Senate]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/29/stalled_economy_is_raising_democrats_hopes_of_taking_senate_143068.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Steve Bullock was the lame-duck governor of solidly red Montana, fresh off a failed Democratic presidential bid, when he announced he'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d challenge Republican Sen. Steve Daines for his seat.
Days after declaring his candidacy last month, Montana'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs $484 Billion Emergency Relief Package]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/24/trump_set_to_sign_484_billion_emergency_relief_package__143037.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump signed a $484 billion'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' bill'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Friday to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' coronavirus'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' pandemic that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' devastated broad swaths'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' of the economy.
The bill is the latest effort by...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Economic Rescue Talks, Dems Push Vote-by-Mail Provisions]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/10/in_economic_rescue_talks_dems_push_vote-by-mail_provisions_142916.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Democrats want to bolster mail-in voting and take other steps to make balloting easier this November in the next round of congressional efforts to revive the economy and battle the coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
Pelosi'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s still-evolving...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pelosi Sees Infrastructure Package Similar to Trump $2 Trillion Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/02/pelosi_sees_infrastructure_package_similar_to_trump_2_trillion_plan_142840.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' House Democrats want to enact a massive infrastructure package upgrading the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s broadband, road and water systems, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday, in the next installment of Congress'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' effort to help the country weather the destructive blows...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Economic Rescue After Swift Congressional Votes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/28/trump_signs_22_trillion_economic_rescue_after_swift_congressional_votes_142800.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sessions Is Headed to Alabama Senate Runoff Against Tuberville]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/05/sessions_is_headed_to_alabama_senate_runoff_against_tuberville__142574.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump used a scolding tweet Wednesday to undermine his former attorney general'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s attempt for a political comeback, hours after Jeff Sessions was forced into a Republican primary runoff for his old Senate seat in Alabama.
Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s online...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fight by 2 Republicans for Georgia Senate Seat Unnerves Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/28/fight_by_2_republicans_for_georgia_senate_seat_unnerves_republicans_142520.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A Republican congressman'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s decision to challenge'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' freshly appointed Sen. Kelly Loeffler'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is pitting two visions of the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s future against each other. So far, it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s divided voters and been anything but polite.
Loeffler, 49, is a wealthy...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Some Congressional Dems Worry Sanders Nomination Would Hurt Ticket]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/02/13/some_congressional_dems_worry_sanders_nomination_would_hurt_ticket_142390.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[DENVER (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Sen. Bernie Sanders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' robust start in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' the race for the presidential nomination'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' is triggering alarm among congressional Democrats, with many warning that a ticket headed by the self-declared socialist could be devastating to the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s chances of winning...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republican Rep. Peter King Retiring, Giving Dems New 2020 Target]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/11/12/republican_rep_peter_king_retiring_giving_dems_new_2020_target_141715.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Rep. Peter King, a moderate Republican who has represented a Long Island congressional district for nearly 30 years, announced Monday he won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seek reelection, enhancing Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' chances to grab yet another suburban House seat as they defend their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jeff Sessions Exploring Possible Ala. Senate Run]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/10/30/jeff_sessions_exploring_possible_ala_senate_run_141619.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is exploring the possibility of a run for his old Senate seat in Alabama, according to three Republicans with knowledge of the situation.
They say Sessions has made telephone calls discussing a potential bid to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Hold On to North Carolina's 9th District in Redo Election]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/11/republicans_hold_on_to_north_carolinas_9th_district_in_redo_election_141228.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Conservative Republican Dan Bishop won a special election for an open House seat in North Carolina, averting a demoralizing Democratic capture of a district the GOP has held for nearly six decades. But his narrow victory didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t erase questions about whether...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Carolina Special Election Tests Trump, 2020 Republican Prospects]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/10/north_carolina_special_election_tests_trump_2020_republican_prospects_141213.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[HAVELOCK, N.C. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Trying to prove his political clout by pushing a Republican to victory'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' in a special election'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' , President Donald Trump used a North Carolina rally to paint a bleak picture of a nation he claimed would be overrun with crime, poverty and immigrants if...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Holds NC House Seat but Shows Frailty in Suburbs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/10/gop_holds_nc_house_seat_but_shows_frailty_in_suburbs_141224.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Conservative Republican Dan Bishop won a special election for an open House seat in North Carolina, averting a demoralizing Democratic capture of a district the GOP has held for nearly six decades. But his narrow victory didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t erase questions about whether...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[North Carolina Rally to Be a Test for Trump's Clout, Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/09/north_carolina_rally_to_be_a_test_for_trumps_clout_republicans_141201.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s rally in North Carolina will serve as a measure of his clout in trying to elect a Republican to the House in a'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' closely watched special election'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s seen as a tossup race.
It will be his first campaign rally since a tough...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2 More House Republicans Retiring Ahead of 2020 Elections]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/05/2_more_house_republicans_retiring_ahead_of_2020_elections_141179.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The day started with one Republican congressman from Texas announcing he would retire and ended with another, a long-serving former committee chairman from Wisconsin, saying he too was ready to bow out, signaling the House GOP mood as the party tries to find its...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Republicans Take On Twitter After McConnell Account Locked]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/09/gop_freezes_twitter_spending_after_mcconnell_account_locked_140980.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The Republican Party, the Trump campaign and other GOP organizations said Thursday that they are freezing their spending on Twitter to protest the platform'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s treatment of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Twitter temporarily locked McConnell'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Latest GOP Retirement Highlights Party&rsquo;s Growing Peril in TX]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/06/latest_gop_retirement_highlights_partys_growing_peril_in_tx_140953.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Monday'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s announcement that yet another Republican congressman is retiring highlights the GOP'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s growing struggle to win the House majority next year and the shifting political leanings of Texas, the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s second-largest state.
Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vexed with Minority Status and Rancor, GOP Lawmakers Retire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/08/02/vexed_with_minority_status_and_rancor_gop_lawmakers_retire_140924.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The House'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s only black Republican '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'Rep. Will Hurd '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' on Thursday became the latest GOP lawmaker to say he won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t seek re-election next year, jolting the party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s efforts to appeal to minority voters and wounding its already uphill chances of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Top Aides Leave Dem Campaign Arm After Uproar Over Black and Latino Diversity]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/31/top_aides_leave_dem_campaign_arm_after_uproar_over_black_and_latino_diversity_140898.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' A mass departure of top aides shook the House Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' campaign arm Tuesday, an exodus that followed complaints from Hispanic and black lawmakers that the organization'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s staff lacked diversity and that came amid'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' a war of words'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' between the party and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Freshmen House Democrats Raise More Money Than Republican Opponents]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/29/freshmen_house_democrats_raise_more_money_than_republican_opponents_140878.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Republican pathway'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for recapturing House control in next year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election charges straight through the districts of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, especially freshmen. Judging from early but formidable cash advantages those lawmakers have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Freshmen House Democrats Raise More Money Than GOP Opponents]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/28/freshmen_house_democrats_raise_more_money_than_gop_opponents_140882.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Alan Fram</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' The'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Republican pathway'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' for recapturing House control in next year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s election charges straight through the districts of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, especially freshmen. Judging from early but formidable cash advantages those lawmakers have...]]></description>
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