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							<title><![CDATA[GOP's Megabill Would Light the Fuse on Debt Time Bomb]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/06/05/gops_megabill_would_light_the_fuse_on_debt_time_bomb.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Bates</author>
							<description><![CDATA[At a Rotary Club gathering in Watertown, South Dakota, last year, Senator John Thune didn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t hold back. The national debt, he warned, was a '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'ticking time bomb.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
He blamed both Republicans and Democrats for failing to defuse it. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'You are never going to get Members of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Dems Can Crush GOP on Economy &amp; Win Midterms]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-bates-how-democrats-can-crush-republicans-economy-win-midterms</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Bates</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The commitment by Trump to bring prices down was what Americans cared about most in 2024. Republican politicians knew they could never honor it, short of triggering a recession.]]></description>
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