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							<title><![CDATA[Election Results Are Delayed Again. Get Used to It.]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/06/25/election_results_are_delayed_again_get_used_to_it_143542.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kentucky and New York had primaries Tuesday, but the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' winners of the closest races'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' probably won'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t be known until next week. What'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going on?
Get used to it. Slow vote counts and delayed results are a feature of elections during the pandemic and are likely to continue into...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Republicans Celebrate After Wrapping Up Massive Tax Package]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/20/trump_republicans_celebrate_after_wrapping_up_massive_tax_package_135838.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump cheered a massive overhaul of U.S. tax laws Wednesday, saying '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'we broke every record.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
Flanked by Republican lawmakers, the president took a bow outside the White House shortly after the House finished its last-minute re-vote to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rubio Threat on Child Tax Credit Puts Bump in Republican Tax Path]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/15/rubio_threat_on_child_tax_credit_puts_bump_in_republican_tax_path_135800.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republican Marco Rubio'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s potential defection over a tax credit for low-income parents put a speed bump into GOP leaders'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' drive to push their big tax package through the Senate, but it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s a complication that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s likely to be resolved.
The Florida...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[With Rubio Onboard, Republican Leaders Finalize Huge Tax Package]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/15/with_rubio_onboard_republican_leaders_finalize_huge_tax_package_135811.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans finalized the most sweeping overhaul of the nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s tax laws in three decades Friday, sweetening the child tax credit to placate a reluctant GOP senator as they pushed to muscle the bill through Congress next week and give President Donald Trump...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senate OKs Tax Bill as Trump, Republicans Near Big Legislative Win]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/02/senate_oks_tax_bill_as_trump_republicans_near_big_legislative_win_135674.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump, Republicans Scramble to Win Votes for Tax Plan]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/11/27/trump_republicans_scramble_to_win_votes_on_tax_plan_135625.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans scrambled Monday to make changes to a Republican tax bill in an effort to win over holdout GOP senators and pass a tax package by the end of the year.
In a morning tweet, the president said, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'With just a few...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump Wins Electoral College Vote as Protests Fizzle]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/20/trump_wins_electoral_college_vote_as_protests_fizzle_132608.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- So much for an Electoral College revolt.
Despite weeks of lobbying and a day of protests, President-elect Donald Trump won all but two of the Electoral College votes he claimed on Election Day, ensuring he will become America's 45th president.
There were more protest...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Clinton: Wins Washington State's Presidential Primary]]></title>
							<link>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-wins-gop-presidential-primary-washington-state-39355036</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state Tuesday. Trump's win helps him inch closer to clinching the GOP nomination for president. He is within 41 delegates of the number needed to become the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sanders' Problem: To Win, He Needs Clinton's Superdelegates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/05/08/sanders_problem_to_win_he_needs_clintons_superdelegates_130512.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bernie Sanders has a problem.
Remember those superdelegates, the Democratic Party leaders and elected officials who can vote for the candidate of their choice? The ones Sanders' supporters have been complaining about for months? It turns out, to have a shot at beating...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats See Rubio and Kasich as 2016 Threats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/11/15/democrats_see_rubio_and_kasich_as_2016_threats_128737.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bring on Donald Trump, and Ben Carson, too.
That's what Democratic insiders are saying about the Republican outsiders who sit solidly atop preference polls in the race for the GOP nomination for president.
They are far more worried about GOP candidates who have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[White House Drops Push to Tax College Savings Plans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/01/28/white_house_drops_push_to_scale_back_college_savings_plans_125421.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Tuesday it is dropping a proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings plans amid a backlash from both Republicans and Democrats.
President Barack Obama made the proposal last week as part of his State of the Union address. It was part...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Improper Payments by Federal Government Top $100 Billion]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/07/10/improper_payments_by_federal_government_top_100_billion_123270.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tax credits for families that don't qualify. Medicare payments for treatments that might not be necessary. Unemployment benefits for people who are secretly working. Federal agencies reported making $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Party of the Rich: In Congress, It's the Democrats]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/03/31/party_of_the_rich_in_congress_its_the_democrats_122118.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Republicans are the party of the rich, right? It's a label that has stuck for decades, and you're hearing it again as Democrats complain about GOP opposition to raising the minimum wage and extending unemployment benefits.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 
But in Congress, the wealthiest among...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[IRS Nominee to Face Questions on Health Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/10/irs_nominee_to_face_questions_on_health_law_120906.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's choice to head the Internal Revenue Service goes before a Senate committee Tuesday to face tough questions about the agency's targeting of tea party groups and its ability to administer parts of the president's health law.
Obama nominated John...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Audit: Health Care Subsidies Vulnerable to Fraud]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/04/audit_health_care_subsidies_vulnerable_to_fraud_120851.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government subsidies to help Americans buy insurance under the health care overhaul may be vulnerable to fraud, a Treasury Department watchdog warned on Tuesday in the latest indication that troubles are far from over for President Barack Obama's signature...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Audit: Health Care Subsidies Are Vulnerable to Fraud]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/03/audit_health_care_subsidies_are_vulnerable_to_fraud_120842.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government subsidies to help Americans buy insurance under the health care overhaul may be vulnerable to fraud, a Treasury Department watchdog warned on Tuesday in the latest indication that troubles are far from over for President Barack Obama's signature...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[IRS Official at Heart of Tea Party Scandal Retires]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/23/irs_official_at_heart_of_tea_party_scandal_retires_120051.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Internal Revenue Service says an official at the center of the agency's tea party scandal is retiring.
Lois Lerner headed the IRS division that handles applications for tax-exempt status when she was placed on paid leave in May. While she was in charge, the agency...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[House Votes to Delay Obamacare Subsidies]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/09/12/house_votes_to_delay_obamacare_subsidies_119925.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed a bill Thursday to ban new subsidies to help people buy health insurance until the Obama administration enacts a new verification system to ensure benefits go only to those who are eligible.
Democrats say the bill, which has no chance in the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senator: IRS to Pay $70 Million in Employee Bonuses]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/19/senator_irs_to_pay_70_million_in_employee_bonuses_118883.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[IRS Official Contradicts Claims About Reviews]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/18/irs_official_contradicts_claims_about_reviews_118853.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Internal Revenue Service officials in Washington scrutinized the very first application from a tea party group seeking tax-exempt status - and dozens of others, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action, an IRS official has told...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[IRS Scandals Threaten Funding for Health Care Law]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/06/16/irs_scandals_threaten_funding_for_health_care_law_118830.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama's health care law.
Obama sought a significant budget increase for the IRS for next year, when the agency will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Administration Told of IRS Probe in June 2012]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/18/treasury_officials_told_of_irs_prove_in_june_2012_118463.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Senior IRS Officials Knew Agents Were Targeting Tea Party Groups]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/11/senior_irs_officials_knew_agents_were_targeting_tea_party_groups_118374.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.
The IRS...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Internet Sales Tax Faces Tough Sell in the House]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/05/07/internet_sales_tax_faces_tough_sell_in_the_house_118286.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Traditional retailers and cash-strapped states face a tough sell in the House as they lobby Congress to limit tax-free shopping on the Internet.
The Senate voted 69 to 27 Monday to pass a bill that empowers states to collect sales taxes from Internet purchases. Under...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Despite Deal, Taxes to Rise for Most Americans]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/01/02/despite_deal_taxes_to_rise_for_most_americans_116564.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.
That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Cuts Into Obama's Early Voter Advantage]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/10/08/romney_cuts_into_obamas_early_voter_advantage_115703.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's campaign is working hard to chip away at President Barack Obama's advantage among early voters, and there are signs the effort is paying off in North Carolina and Florida, two competitive states that the Republican nominee can ill afford to lose. Obama is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney Adds to Delegate Lead With Wins in Kentucky, Arkansas]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/05/23/romney_adds_to_delegate_lead_with_wins_in_kentucky_arkansas_114249.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.
With no serious opposition left, the former Massachusetts governor easily won both contests. He won all 42 delegates at...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney, Santorum Split Michigan Delegates]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/03/01/romney_santorum_split_michigan_delegates_113318.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Despite winning the popular vote in Michigan's primary, Mitt Romney will split his home state's convention delegates with second-place finisher Rick Santorum.
They each won 15 of the state's 30 delegates.
Santorum portrayed the delegate tie as a victory, given that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Michigan Delegates Divided Between Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/29/michigan_delegates_divided_between_mitt_romney_rick_santorum_113299.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Despite winning the popular vote in Michigan's primary, Mitt Romney was in a tight race with Rick Santorum to win a majority of the state's delegates to the Republican National Convention.
With 26 of the state's 30 delegates decided, Romney and Santorum each have...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Race on Pace for Summer Delegate Fight]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/29/gop_race_on_pace_for_summer_delegate_fight_113302.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Stephen Ohlemacher</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Mitt Romney got two important wins in the Arizona and Michigan primaries, but he better pick up the pace if he wants to lock up the Republican nomination for president before the party's national convention in late August.
Voters in 11 states have gone to polls and...]]></description>
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