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							<title><![CDATA[Narcissism Fuels Congressional Dysfunction]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey Bloodworth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There was a time when even the segregationists had honor. In December 1963, Carl Albert needed one vote to end the fifth-longest congressional session in history. Unfortunately, the House Majority Leader needed that vote on an exceptionally controversial foreign aid bill.
At 2 a.m. on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Secret Sauce of American Politics]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Jeffrey Bloodworth</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Americans are sour. Check any poll, and the results are identical. Seven out of 10 Americans think the nation is on the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wrong track,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' and trust in institutions is at an all-time low. Approval ratings for major party leaders, Trump and Biden, are stuck somewhere between those...]]></description>
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