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							<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Can Use Campaign Funds for Home Security]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/07/13/_lawmakers_can_use_campaign_funds_for_home_security_134470.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Members of the House of Representatives will now be able to use campaign funds to add security updates to their homes, the Federal Election Commission ruled at a meeting Thursday.
The request for permission came amid heightened security concerns in the aftermath of the June shooting of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Independent Lawmakers Make Case for Political Centrism]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Imagine a U.S. Senate with five or six independent members, which would deny both major political parties an outright majority and give said coalition a large amount of power. Although seemingly impossible, especially in an era of unprecedented polarization, some suggest that this...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[GOP Health Plan Puts Sens. Flake, Heller in Hot Seat]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/30/gop_health_plan_puts_sens_flake_heller_in_hot_seat.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For the already-contentious 2018 re-election campaigns of Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Dean Heller, the GOP&rsquo;s health care plan looks to create additional uncertainty.
Facing a failed vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shelved the original plan on Tuesday to the relief...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Experts: Construction Industry Has Work But Needs Labor]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/15/experts_construction_industry_has_work_but_needs_labor_134202.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Commercial construction is in high demand with widespread confidence in the industry&rsquo;s potential for growth, according to a new economic indicator. Preparing the nearly 5.4 million Americans seeking to enter this field, however, is proving to be a key problem for employers and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trumps' Push for Paid Parental Leave Stalls]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/06/08/trumps_push_for_paid_parental_leave_stalls_134135.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Paid family leave for new parents, proposed by the president in his 2018 budget and championed by his daughter Ivanka Trump, appears to have stalled as Congress drags its feet and other events swamp the commander-in-chief&rsquo;s policy agenda.
&ldquo;The United States is the only...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Midwestern Energy Boom Seen as Key to Trump's Win]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/25/midwestern_energy_boom_seen_as_key_to_trumps_win_134007.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Still looking to make sense of the 2016 presidential election? You might want to examine the Utica shale formation, which lies beneath key Midwestern and Northeastern states, for hints.
That was one of the underlying messages of a Cleveland event Thursday presented by RealClearPolitics...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Red-State Dems May Reach Across Aisle Ahead of 2018]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/05/11/red-state_dems_may_reach_across_aisle_ahead_of_2018_133861.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Ford Carson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a handful of Senate Democrats facing tough races in 2018, conservative pressures from voters back home could encourage more centrist stances ahead of next year&rsquo;s midterm elections. 
Aggressive bipartisanship, in other words, may be the best hope for red-state Sens. Claire...]]></description>
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