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+ <rss version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>congress - Google News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;num=50&amp;q=congress</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2011 Google</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:45:54 GMT+00:00</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:45:54 GMT+00:00</lastBuildDate><image><title>congress - Google News</title><url>http://www.gstatic.com/news/img/logo/en_us/news.gif</url><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;num=50&amp;q=congress</link></image><item><title>White House and Congress Clear Trade Deal Hurdle - New York Times</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHI_M9wfIOeJmJPqSpGMuT6l_Fbfw&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/business/29trade.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/business/29trade.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:01:37 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHVrwgKCq7odcO-2-ocITySLZFTdA&amp;amp;url=http://www.digitalburg.com/artman2/publish/Top_Story_92/Breakthrough_on_trade_could_clear_way_for_vote.shtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/RCHeGF0bKHTv1M/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;digitalBURG.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHI_M9wfIOeJmJPqSpGMuT6l_Fbfw&amp;amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/business/29trade.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;White House and &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Clear Trade Deal Hurdle&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;But the deal does not assure that &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; will pass the pacts, which are crucial ingredients in the Obama administration&amp;#39;s recipe for reinvigorating economic growth. 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Woolsey to Retire - Wall Street Journal (blog)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFliLqhbtIUyxbg8-sR9rUYJ9_yRw&amp;url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/28/rep-woolsey-to-retire/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/28/rep-woolsey-to-retire/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:58:52 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGYC5hBGoAL_nnOSXHIUx54t_HhIg&amp;amp;url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/170809/20110628/california-democrative-representative-resigning-woolsey.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/Wwvnlwp9ccjHqM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;International Business Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFliLqhbtIUyxbg8-sR9rUYJ9_yRw&amp;amp;url=http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/06/28/rep-woolsey-to-retire/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rep. Woolsey to Retire&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Wall Street Journal (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Lynn Woolsey, a leader of the House&amp;#39;s vocal but less-than-powerful contingent of Democratic liberals, has announced she&amp;#39;s retiring from &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; in 2012. 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cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEweLByXH07YMO_D2AGBB707ksmNQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43562851/ns/politics&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/YgVymZXup7AiQM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;msnbc.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEgEuGYKH0HjoizRD1FJHc9k4EZtA&amp;amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304447804576414193387907836.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senate Panel Approves Libya Resolution&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Wall Street Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;WASHINGTON—Tension between President Barack Obama and war skeptics on Capitol Hill spilled into the open Tuesday, as senators from both parties rejected the administration&amp;#39;s contention that it doesn&amp;#39;t need &lt;b&gt;Congress&amp;#39;s&lt;/b&gt; 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Think again. - Christian Science Monitor</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEOOmYGWqA5YKMPFbrstcUwv4QcIw&amp;url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0628/Think-Congress-has-a-month-to-avert-Debt-Default-Day-Think-again</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0628/Think-Congress-has-a-month-to-avert-Debt-Default-Day-Think-again</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:08:41 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNECpFRy0DcukXpMpmPs41xFpir2Pw&amp;amp;url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700147876/Pa-Senate-passes-2715B-plan-after-sharp-debate.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/6exj7WZbsFFciM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Deseret News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEOOmYGWqA5YKMPFbrstcUwv4QcIw&amp;amp;url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0628/Think-Congress-has-a-month-to-avert-Debt-Default-Day-Think-again&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Think &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; has a month to avert Debt Default Day? Think again.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Christian Science Monitor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;2, when the US will no longer be able to borrow to pay its bills unless &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; raises the national debt ceiling? That&amp;#39;s not a lot of time left for Republicans and Democrats to come to terms. 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Healthcare Industry Could Lose as &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Averts Debt &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;JD Supra (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGrvIyPTN--lEa6gku1_IKDoptxiw&amp;amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ideology-house-senate-physically-sync/story?id%3D13942733&quot;&gt;Ideology Aside, House and Senate Physically Out of Sync&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dmjK9co0q6MRCLMCs8U4vA1Yd6PRM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 279 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Mayors invoke terrorism for gun control argument - CBS News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTzKNlPnoqp24SQOK5Y_DyhcZ7mg&amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20075133-503544.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20075133-503544.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:45:44 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; 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height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFTzKNlPnoqp24SQOK5Y_DyhcZ7mg&amp;amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20075133-503544.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mayors invoke terrorism for gun control argument&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;CBS News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;A coalition of US mayors launched a television ad Tuesday entreating &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; to shore up loopholes in US gun control laws, which they argue allow &amp;quot;terrorists and other criminals to easily buy firearms and explosives.&amp;quot; Founded by New York City Mayor &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGPxYrm32X9gTzsC6Oq6yJaOK5Z2g&amp;amp;url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57946.html&quot;&gt;Antigun group cites al Qaeda threat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; 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alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFVs_kEHUgyBoPTGUcyJASHJaHIVQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18369100&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;#39;93 San Francisco office tower shooting remembered&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;San Jose Mercury News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;SAN FRANCISCO—City officials are urging &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; 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fails to raise the US debt limit and the country defaults would rapidly descend into chaos, according to an independent study released Tuesday. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHSEo6d91DWVWqyJ9MOCBDlKIQd8A&amp;amp;url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/06/failure-to-raise-debt-limit-could-limit-social-security/1&quot;&gt;Failure to raise debt limit could limit Social Security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;USA Today&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGoO84kVZf4WofJrjxq32qKUEYchA&amp;amp;url=http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/analysts-failure-to-raise-debt-ceiling-means-44-spending-cut-10-drop-in-gdp-recession/&quot;&gt;Analysts: Failure To Raise Debt Ceiling Means 44% Spending Cut, 10% Drop In &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Outside the Beltway&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dp06gIYmlPj-wdMefSi8zZtLwHC6M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 15 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Napolitano: Solution to immigrant crisis is reform, not deportations - The Hill</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEATc2EtRToE1ZaUxbtn5aFKg0McQ&amp;url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/168911-napolitano-solution-to-immigrant-crisis-is-reform-not-deportations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/168911-napolitano-solution-to-immigrant-crisis-is-reform-not-deportations</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:23:44 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNExA-ASrAxv1wddMnS9aGcGOSjrWw&amp;amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dream-act-20110629,0,4530089.story?track%3Drss&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/G80JdZvn9zp-5M/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEATc2EtRToE1ZaUxbtn5aFKg0McQ&amp;amp;url=http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/168911-napolitano-solution-to-immigrant-crisis-is-reform-not-deportations&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Napolitano: Solution to immigrant crisis is reform, not deportations&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;The Hill&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The Obama administration on Tuesday made its most forceful push yet this &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; to reform the country&amp;#39;s immigration laws. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Defense &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGOQcZ4V_NDs5rcIy7_dyqdfi-DnA&amp;amp;url=http://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2011/06/pfaw-urges-congress-to-give-students-another-chance-the-dream&quot;&gt;PFAW Urges &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; to Give Students Another Chance at the DREAM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;People For the American Way (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHL1wqJRB83jr9zO-jlPsUDMQgR7Q&amp;amp;url=http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2011/06/arizona-students-travel-to-washington-give-congress-message-in-support-of-dream-act/&quot;&gt;Arizona students travel to Washington give &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; message in support of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Cronkite News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHmK6IUsFtPW6_3wxSep85mYEKW8Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/6228077-418/sen.-durbin-goes-to-bat-for-children-of-illegal-immigrants&quot;&gt;Sen. Durbin goes to bat for children of illegal immigrants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Chicago Sun-Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEDgGWBR3og4_W63PZs5uVhXg33-g&amp;amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Democrats-Push-For-DREAM-Act-Path-to-US-Citizenship-For-Young-Immigrants-124672234.html&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Voice of America&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEFjXXdwhRNbwR-s-pU1sGr62dgyQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/28/napolitano-dhs-not-looking-to-deport-dream-act-students/&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Fox News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEoI4L8pIkQ52sAy1TYb_QubXMwhg&amp;amp;url=http://media-newswire.com/release_1154028.html&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Media Newswire (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dClPLPJc7u13tiMxQLpeRCt0w_vWM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 166 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Former Virginia congressman, state Supreme Court justice Richard Poff dies - Washington Post</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFYX8z8cR3tfb0fjTANBgcBppsgJw&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-virginia-congressman-state-supreme-court-justice-richard-poff-dies/2011/06/28/AGaezhpH_story.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-virginia-congressman-state-supreme-court-justice-richard-poff-dies/2011/06/28/AGaezhpH_story.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:29:11 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFYX8z8cR3tfb0fjTANBgcBppsgJw&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-virginia-congressman-state-supreme-court-justice-richard-poff-dies/2011/06/28/AGaezhpH_story.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Former Virginia congressman, state Supreme Court justice Richard Poff dies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Washington Post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Poff, a Republican, was elected to &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; in 1952 at age 29 and served until 1972, when he retired to become a Virginia Supreme Court justice. The Radford native attended Roanoke College and received his law degree from the University of Virginia. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGlrLkkZlOQZFdjEy_DEfWv-cEDxw&amp;amp;url=http://www.wdbj7.com/news/wdbj7-richard-poff-former-congressman-and-va-supreme-court-justice-dies-20110628,0,1763975.story&quot;&gt;Richard Poff, former Congressman and Va. Supreme Court Justice, dies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WDBJ7.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d-3t-f1X6XamN1M8Z7cc8Ebr21DGM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 26 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>PAC: DMK, Cong differ on draft 2G report - Indian Express</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrcwTCP1zGRe23htX98MY1bVJydQ&amp;url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/PAC--DMK--Cong-differ-on-draft-2G-report/810180/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/PAC--DMK--Cong-differ-on-draft-2G-report/810180/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:05:16 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG5G6NjPJrCHoCTCkx7uKmV5iuSzQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2142012.ece&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/J0JTRKwVcCeotM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;The Hindu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGrcwTCP1zGRe23htX98MY1bVJydQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/PAC--DMK--Cong-differ-on-draft-2G-report/810180/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;PAC: DMK, Cong differ on draft 2G report&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Indian Express&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Members belonging to the DMK and BSP distanced themselves from the &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; as PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi took up the 2G spectrum scam probe issue at the panel meeting on Tuesday. “Since members have expressed divergent opinions, I have told the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEM6imEb6UQgvIOM9hCCkPOLk0XqQ&amp;amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Joshi-keeps-PAC-report-alive-with-SP-and-BSP-help/articleshow/9032622.cms&quot;&gt;Joshi keeps PAC report alive with SP and BSP help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Times of India&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGLCCpeBVIetUyuz5YNSBy42beAhQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110629/jsp/nation/story_14174117.jsp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; foils Joshi bid to adopt report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Calcutta Telegraph&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFRgcuqjWyr8Wa-Y2NpdnaYTe50ow&amp;amp;url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/congress-allies-thwart-pac-chairman-murli-manohar-joshis-attempt-to-table-2g-scam-draft-report/articleshow/9032620.cms&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; &amp;amp; allies thwart PAC Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi&amp;#39;s attempt to table &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Economic Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEk-5eMlHZK6p0nup7Po1UvIQeW-w&amp;amp;url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/349258/UPA-allies-in-PAC-leave-it-in-the-lurch.html&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Pioneer&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF6cldNAEtw3svSIvp1u2ffdLYNsg&amp;amp;url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110629/main3.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Chandigarh Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGL5nzKqglDkEYlPyEN3k0Yk2ICNQ&amp;amp;url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pac-members-stop-joshi-from-tabling-2g-report/163393-37-64.html&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;IBNLive.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=daB-AWlGQRtz_iMzCrxAYWAxI98pM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 122 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>The US Congress: Where It Pays to Deceive - Huffington Post (blog)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEvHP6l8BjdIVptPJBn-jhEbOasAA&amp;url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/the-us-congress-where-it-_b_885825.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/the-us-congress-where-it-_b_885825.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:35:00 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE2ENISmtF4DOJB3Zet1cWZ6u7S6g&amp;amp;url=http://www.businessinsider.com/pc-mag-fastest-mobile-networks-2011-6&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/sKSkRvyR4OkIGM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Business Insider&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEvHP6l8BjdIVptPJBn-jhEbOasAA&amp;amp;url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/the-us-congress-where-it-_b_885825.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The US &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;: Where It Pays to Deceive&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Huffington Post (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;These members of &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; should be working for us. But sadly, that&amp;#39;s not the way Washington works in the new era of corporate politics. After the Citizens United decision, the cost of running for &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; has spiraled upward giving cash-rich &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFUJrDQU-Iq2MckGRXi8jTsjyaZ6g&amp;amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-28/sprint-s-hesse-launches-nukes-in-18-state-push-to-stop-at-t-acquisition.html&quot;&gt;Sprint&amp;#39;s Hesse Launches &amp;#39;Nukes&amp;#39; in 18-State Push to Stop AT&amp;amp;T Acquisition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dJqGcimBpqBBy0MYZ-_4qcl62-StM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 166 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Obama administration says trade deals, TAA will pass Congress - The Hill (blog)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGba9sYE1meWJG7g15iVnE5EXeV2g&amp;url=http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/168929-obama-administration-says-trade-deals-taa-will-pass-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/168929-obama-administration-says-trade-deals-taa-will-pass-congress</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:18:22 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGba9sYE1meWJG7g15iVnE5EXeV2g&amp;amp;url=http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/168929-obama-administration-says-trade-deals-taa-will-pass-congress&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Obama administration says trade deals, TAA will pass &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;The Hill (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Regardless of the opposition, senior White House officials said they expect &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; to pass three pending trade agreements along with the TAA extension during a conference call on Tuesday night. Officials said they would wait to see what happens &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEmTLW2LzGXKgqH2lXpFEmrY8gxYA&amp;amp;url=http://www.truthabouttrade.org/news/latest-news/18043&quot;&gt;TAA Talks Advance As Principals Engage, Vehicle And Funding Unclear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Truth about Trade &amp; Technology&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dpMYuNYlE9OH31M-P7XZDlWTV1bEM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 7 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Fed&apos;s Fisher: Congress must grow up, cut deficit - MarketWatch</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEUN3WFaHzpwpopfrRGkrShYVd-hA&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-fisher-congress-must-grow-up-cut-deficit-2011-06-28</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-fisher-congress-must-grow-up-cut-deficit-2011-06-28</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:32:50 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEUN3WFaHzpwpopfrRGkrShYVd-hA&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/feds-fisher-congress-must-grow-up-cut-deficit-2011-06-28&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fed&amp;#39;s Fisher: &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; must grow up, cut deficit&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;MarketWatch&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Republicans and Democrats alike had a hand in creating the bulging US budget deficit and &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; should &amp;quot;grow up&amp;quot; and make the tough decisions to rein it in, said Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Fed, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFafXj0O5lQfwQk0JzhUGcmpYAPng&amp;amp;url=http://www.statesman.com/business/dallas-fed-chief-u-s-economy-could-see-1568236.html&quot;&gt;Dallas Fed chief: US economy could see 4 percent growth rest of this year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Austin American-Statesman&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dCcJgQR1AhjryeMtroFGCnyacnzGM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 14 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Clients Need to Act Fast to Benefit From Congress&apos; Sweet Estate Planning Deal - Financial-Planning.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGWuvLSDHpyWekcCXv7Chl7GgPPHQ&amp;url=http://www.financial-planning.com/news/roth-ira-congress-grandchildren-tax-benefits-2674007-1.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.financial-planning.com/news/roth-ira-congress-grandchildren-tax-benefits-2674007-1.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:37:11 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGWuvLSDHpyWekcCXv7Chl7GgPPHQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.financial-planning.com/news/roth-ira-congress-grandchildren-tax-benefits-2674007-1.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clients Need to Act Fast to Benefit From &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&amp;#39; Sweet Estate Planning Deal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Financial-Planning.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Last year, &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; allowed anyone to convert a 401(k) or IRA account to a Roth IRA, lifting the restriction that barred the conversion to those earning $100000 a year or less. &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; also allowed taxpayers to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNESndZR24C6Ds4AdR29wExqEvxkjQ&amp;amp;url=http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2011/06/28/the-stealth-tax-reduction-for-the-wealthy/&quot;&gt;The Stealth Tax Reduction for the Wealthy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Wall Street Journal (blog)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d0mw6tpRSrarRoMA-0DqcIYtKt2dM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 6 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Investors May Lose as Congress Saves Money on Adviser Oversight - Bloomberg</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-SKIM7e9lq8mxWgFriZaQOPLkuA&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-28/investors-may-lose-as-congress-saves-money-on-adviser-oversight.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-28/investors-may-lose-as-congress-saves-money-on-adviser-oversight.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:49:45 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE-SKIM7e9lq8mxWgFriZaQOPLkuA&amp;amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-28/investors-may-lose-as-congress-saves-money-on-adviser-oversight.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Investors May Lose as &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Saves Money on Adviser Oversight&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; may hand oversight of almost 12000 investment advisers to Wall Street&amp;#39;s self-funded regulator as a cost-saving measure. The price could be paid by investors. 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cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFRLVS8eKraYouq8wrUAURulgbgjg&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mipomersen-data-presented-at-european-atherosclerosis-society-congress-2011-06-28?reflink%3DMW_news_stmp&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mipomersen Data Presented at European Atherosclerosis Society &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Additional detail from these studies was presented at the European Society of Cardiology&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; 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align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHn8Oadb1FQ9tuqlp5mwOgNpMMtVQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.oudaily.com/news/2011/jun/28/editorial/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/kxs6PQw8sfgUYM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Oklahoma Daily&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGxixpALiOtTnD6n2r46B1GB3uFBw&amp;amp;url=http://plymouthdailynews.com/barney-frank-wants-decriminalize-marijuana-14025&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Barney Frank wants to decriminalize marijuana&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Plymouth Daily News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;House lawmakers introduced legislation in &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; today to end the federal criminalization of the personal use of marijuana. The LA Times reports the bill&amp;#39;s authors, Reps. Ron Paul and Barney Frank, believe marijuana laws should be set at the state, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNECwUoeafTO4xScceMYVXiK2d4YSQ&amp;amp;url=http://obrag.org/?p%3D40442%26cpage%3D1&quot;&gt;Barney Frank Introduces Bill to End Federal Marijuana Prohibition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;OB Rag&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGH-OKHyq5Ivyisilf9hLO6NxhRvw&amp;amp;url=http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/168779-let-the-states-decide-their-own-marijuana-policies&quot;&gt;Let the states decide their own marijuana policies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Hill (blog)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHL1WNtfH8cJJPXqZa3Is6rPj3-9w&amp;amp;url=http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2011/jun/28/alert_marijuana_legalization_bil&quot;&gt;ALERT: Marijuana Legalization Bill in &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Drug War Chronicle&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFsBz0gL3QXg-OkO1APoOYepJMZtw&amp;amp;url=http://cannabis.hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/06/28/norml%25E2%2580%2599s-message-to-capitol-hill-%25E2%2580%2598let-the-states-decide-their-own-marijuana-policies%25E2%2580%2599/&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Hawaii News Daily&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dXjvuJlNzUUOyrMQc_LPuF2q3TAcM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 22 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Don&apos;t let your babies grow up to be congressmen - Washington Examiner</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEmR-EdCQjx7Yceu3GhXrJkVI9XrA&amp;url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/06/dont-let-your-babies-grow-be-congressmen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/06/dont-let-your-babies-grow-be-congressmen</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:07:23 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE5yHRi1htkif_pYGcsX1oh-UfYBA&amp;amp;url=http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/ethics_group_says_richardson_made_staffers_cross_l.php&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/Cvprg4KvwbQi4M/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;TPMMuckraker&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEmR-EdCQjx7Yceu3GhXrJkVI9XrA&amp;amp;url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/06/dont-let-your-babies-grow-be-congressmen&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Don&amp;#39;t let your babies grow up to be congressmen&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Washington Examiner&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;It&amp;#39;s quite an accomplishment to be referred to as &amp;quot;the most ethically challenged member of &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;quot; even with qualifiers. But Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., might well deserve it. She was given that epithet by the left-leaning Citizens for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGtwJJSNyEUEZYPOMXL-_axZLphBA&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/crew-asks-fbi-to-investigate-rep-richardson/2011/06/28/AGRuJhpH_blog.html&quot;&gt;CREW asks FBI to investigate Rep. Richardson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post (blog)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG8Sh1HPTlKA6KBQ1LDmhaY7Vin5Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18372450&quot;&gt;Political watchdog group calls for ethics probe of Rep. Laura Richardson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Contra Costa Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHyM2mh4YXVIA5orHV9fS1fZKXcIg&amp;amp;url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110628006502/en/CREW-Requests-FBI-Investigation-Rep.-Laura-Richardson&quot;&gt;CREW Requests FBI Investigation into Rep. Laura Richardson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Business Wire (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dsYLbimc2d-p6VMSIrJX5ku4qv60M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 20 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Do corporate interests rule Washington? - CBS News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4a1HiTuvqRye2hOYE702DakIfNA&amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/28/eveningnews/main20075218.shtml</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/28/eveningnews/main20075218.shtml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:56:08 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH4a1HiTuvqRye2hOYE702DakIfNA&amp;amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/28/eveningnews/main20075218.shtml&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Do corporate interests rule Washington?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;CBS News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;When we asked who members of &lt;b&gt;congress&lt;/b&gt; are most interested in serving, 80 percent said special interest groups. CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes reports that there is at least some truth to most people&amp;#39;s fears about that. Before leaving town for ten &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dcQFs6x55WZNagM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Docs&apos; junk feud - New York Post</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHAQzryEzGejPiRvKvi94bBDJ76Hw&amp;url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/docs_junk_feud_FtGopegYYbsc7FwlY1jtjK</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/docs_junk_feud_FtGopegYYbsc7FwlY1jtjK</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:04:28 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; 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and the Federal Trade Commission have to get tough with the food industry,&amp;quot; said Dr. Victor Strasburger, who wrote the new policy statement from the 65000-member American Academy of Pediatrics. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dOt_j2eMKox-ZkM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Digvijaya meets PM: &apos;Corruption trail reaching Maya door&apos; - Indian Express</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6XZjqgpcF-fCyCWV_mcqCrnS5gA&amp;url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Digvijaya-meets-PM---Corruption-trail-reaching-Maya-door-/810179/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Digvijaya-meets-PM---Corruption-trail-reaching-Maya-door-/810179/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:05:14 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; 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delegation led by Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to apprise him of the situation in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of the murder of a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and a deputy CMO. “This corruption trail is &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGXhs7f3NjA-i_VzD7NN061EZz5rQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Digvijaya-takes-up-to-PM-says-will-expose-Mayawati-govt/Article1-714975.aspx&quot;&gt;Digvijaya takes up to PM, says will expose Mayawati govt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Hindustan Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHuQU4XtT50gi-99AGiGLUdidRchg&amp;amp;url=http://www.dailyindia.com/show/447998.php&quot;&gt;Mayawati Govt. is neck deep in corruption: Digvijay Singh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;DailyIndia.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGYB4nvRd25tDiTXhI_Y5kWzpw9qQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/newsDetails280611l.php&quot;&gt;Digvijay, Bahuguna meet PM over UP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;indiablooms&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFKCqQulh-YC0ho5nDVPMza-4lZ2Q&amp;amp;url=http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/06/27/congress-leader-calls-mayawati-government-undemocratic/&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Wall Street Journal (blog)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHihKgL_7x_lis-hctewteRqL5c6g&amp;amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Defying-prohibitory-orders-Cong-workers-march-in-Lucknow/articleshow/9010236.cms&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Times of India&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEtkn0av-KCGgQpq34ImNMi5uf8xQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/348825/Mayawati-Government-is-nervous-Congress.html&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Pioneer&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dIjhp9J8c09oHiM4ayeqpgBSFiv3M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 209 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>AMA: Congress Told That Off-Highway Riding Is An Economic Engine - SPEEDtv.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGQNDQ56EpG14dAG_-L7-CmyBlOZQ&amp;url=http://motorcycling.speedtv.com/article/ama-congress-told-that-off-highway-riding-is-an-economic-engine/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://motorcycling.speedtv.com/article/ama-congress-told-that-off-highway-riding-is-an-economic-engine/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:53:49 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGQNDQ56EpG14dAG_-L7-CmyBlOZQ&amp;amp;url=http://motorcycling.speedtv.com/article/ama-congress-told-that-off-highway-riding-is-an-economic-engine/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;AMA: &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Told That Off-Highway Riding Is An Economic Engine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;SPEEDtv.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The federal agencies have determined the 43 million acres aren&amp;#39;t suitable for Wilderness designation, yet because of various laws and rules they must continue to strictly manage the land until &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; &amp;quot;releases&amp;quot; it for other possible uses, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dCOgd1uiOquxX3M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Congress looks to tackle abusive e-waste exporting - Ars Technica</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGn1Onod7KUppdtiNWir9JSSclY7A&amp;url=http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/congress-looks-to-tackle-abusive-e-waste-exporting.ars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/congress-looks-to-tackle-abusive-e-waste-exporting.ars</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:17:21 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEWtvASzj_OmQlE8FwNYx4ijwJ0gA&amp;amp;url=http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func%3Dviewstory%26storyid%3D102276&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/v-9FuPmGoXGiIM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;State Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGn1Onod7KUppdtiNWir9JSSclY7A&amp;amp;url=http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/congress-looks-to-tackle-abusive-e-waste-exporting.ars&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; looks to tackle abusive e-waste exporting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Ars Technica&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;By Ryan Paul | Published June 28, 2011 8:12 AM Computer equipment and consumer electronics products often contain harmful substances that are damaging to human health and the environment. A growing number of states have passed laws that mandate e-waste &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH2cliBdMQVh6Kkf4FJW-J0zgi_6Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.examiner.com/green-living-in-national/congress-tackles-the-dangers-of-your-old-electronics&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Tackles The Dangers Of Your Old Electronics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Examiner.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHtBYlL_7FF04K5v-X6_PHpkKJb3A&amp;amp;url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/231072/congress_weighs_rules_on_ewaste.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Weighs Rules on E-Waste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;PCWorld&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dSeI6Tfi7hQsOnMooGeO-RPPV7lKM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 52 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Edina, Richfield Residents Take Climate Change Proposal to Congress - Patch.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvv_ph4VWwW3RHzYRd-1AT0wRrGw&amp;url=http://edina.patch.com/articles/edina-richfield-residents-take-climate-change-proposal-to-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://edina.patch.com/articles/edina-richfield-residents-take-climate-change-proposal-to-congress</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:01:17 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFvv_ph4VWwW3RHzYRd-1AT0wRrGw&amp;amp;url=http://edina.patch.com/articles/edina-richfield-residents-take-climate-change-proposal-to-congress&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Edina, Richfield Residents Take Climate Change Proposal to &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Patch.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Locals traveled to Washington, DC to ask &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; to help phase out the use of fossil fuels. By Caitlin Burgess | Email the author | 2:30pm From Left to Right: Paul Thompson, Edina; Kay Nelson, Richfield; John Howard III, Edina. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dKzqrHT5LKLOWXM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>How China is ruled: National People&apos;s Congress - BBC News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNyeZAnOoVOrjPqMyT3dPRRq4_7A&amp;url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13908155</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13908155</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:13:08 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGNyeZAnOoVOrjPqMyT3dPRRq4_7A&amp;amp;url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13908155&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/iIjoqjAsaOc4aM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGNyeZAnOoVOrjPqMyT3dPRRq4_7A&amp;amp;url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13908155&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;How China is ruled: National People&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;BBC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Under China&amp;#39;s 1982 constitution, the most powerful organ of state is meant to be the National People&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; (NPC), China&amp;#39;s parliament. In truth, it is little more than a rubber stamp for party decisions. The &lt;b&gt;congress&lt;/b&gt; is made up of nearly 3000 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE4mq6TWetusM9qgP3EzUu1dt_Emg&amp;amp;url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-06/27/c_13951872.htm&quot;&gt;China&amp;#39;s legislature reads draft laws on income-tax&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Xinhua&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGeVr_lZG33kIH8EFVKthDeeRSwzw&amp;amp;url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2011-06/27/content_12785607.htm&quot;&gt;NPC to mull securities funds proposal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;China Daily&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d6S_uVZWk1dxHgMgqib6aCLABa5XM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 26 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Skype approved for use in Congress, Microsoft eavesdropping patent gains ... - ExtremeTech</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHq5PAF-1IVK7en5Yt3_Ny4pUj4_g&amp;url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/88348-skype-ok-congress</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/88348-skype-ok-congress</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:52:28 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHq5PAF-1IVK7en5Yt3_Ny4pUj4_g&amp;amp;url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/88348-skype-ok-congress&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/HPGw8bst07nEFM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;ExtremeTech&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHq5PAF-1IVK7en5Yt3_Ny4pUj4_g&amp;amp;url=http://www.extremetech.com/computing/88348-skype-ok-congress&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Skype approved for use in &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;, Microsoft eavesdropping patent gains &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;ExtremeTech&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;That could be especially important following an announcement on the official Skype blog this morning: Skype has been approved for use in the Halls of &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;. Skype&amp;#39;s integration staff has been working closely with the Congressional network team to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dPtPc-O1BpWWqjM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Congresswoman to Congress: The &apos;Just Do Your Job Act&apos; - Fox Business</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6GmdN1pV-KF1EKq6KsuI1apYFKQ&amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/06/28/congresswoman-to-congress-just-do-your-job-act?test%3DMM</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/06/28/congresswoman-to-congress-just-do-your-job-act?test=MM</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:49:59 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH6GmdN1pV-KF1EKq6KsuI1apYFKQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2011/06/28/congresswoman-to-congress-just-do-your-job-act?test%3DMM&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congresswoman to &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;: The &amp;#39;Just Do Your Job Act&amp;#39;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Fox Business&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Rep. Anne Marie Buerkle (R-NY), who hails from outside Syracuse in upstate New York, has been mightily frustrated with the US Senate&amp;#39;s lackadaisical approach to passing a budget for the US government. The House of Representatives &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEndJtPK0i84wpVkwQSt9cqpMBzvw&amp;amp;url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/28/tea-party-freshman-targets-congressional-bosses-for-budget-cuts/&quot;&gt;Tea Party Freshman: Cut Funding for Congressional Leaders Who Shirk Budget Duties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Fox News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dhrUaBizm-eNJNMD0DgzgJ95XQIBM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 2 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>American Airlines 1Q lobbying bill topped $1M - BusinessWeek</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEOulRmW6cqGmFt3HpketY_0WV_-A&amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9O4GL080.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9O4GL080.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:42:00 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEOulRmW6cqGmFt3HpketY_0WV_-A&amp;amp;url=http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9O4GL080.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;American Airlines 1Q lobbying bill topped $1M&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;BusinessWeek&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;American Airlines spent $1.03 million to lobby &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; and executive branch agencies in the first quarter on baggage fees, pilot rest and other issues. The airline lobbied &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; and the Obama administration on airport security issues, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dvxCLXKw0QJzYZM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Now, Chiranjeevi wants to become &apos;real life&apos; CM - Times of India</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHsC5a5VpuyJgky6BTwo5AZYztSwA&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Now-Chiranjeevi-wants-to-become-real-life-CM/articleshow/9033738.cms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Now-Chiranjeevi-wants-to-become-real-life-CM/articleshow/9033738.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:20:48 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHsC5a5VpuyJgky6BTwo5AZYztSwA&amp;amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Now-Chiranjeevi-wants-to-become-real-life-CM/articleshow/9033738.cms&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now, Chiranjeevi wants to become &amp;#39;real life&amp;#39; CM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Times of India&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;HYDERABAD: Triggering immense speculation of a possible assurance from the &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; high command, Prajarajyam Party president Chiranjeevi asserted on Tuesday that the people of Andhra Pradesh were in favour of him becoming the chief minister. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGnWBSGFgINPv4cpNUO_bFQgJZBHw&amp;amp;url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/no-more-films-want-to-be-cm-chiranjeevi/810102/&quot;&gt;No more films, want to be CM: Chiranjeevi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Indian Express&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFfsmTX0C7CPkDBGKQnnepk8KViSw&amp;amp;url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_chiranjeevi-quits-acting-may-be-inducted-into-union-cabinet_1560217&quot;&gt;Chiranjeevi quits acting, may be inducted into union cabinet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily News &amp; Analysis&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dsy3kX36nRfNspMP3j5lXKMQDn02M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 12 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Congress repaving project nearly done - Austin News</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGI45dyxOG3v2emj3KZvcHVQoFS9g&amp;url=http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/congress-repaving-project-nearly-done</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/congress-repaving-project-nearly-done</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:39:16 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGI45dyxOG3v2emj3KZvcHVQoFS9g&amp;amp;url=http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/congress-repaving-project-nearly-done&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; repaving project nearly done&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Austin News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;AUSTIN (KXAN) - The paving on South &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Avenue is scheduled to be completed early next week, and the city will soon stripe the edges of the street to mark the new back-in parking spaces. The restriping is expected to start Tuesday and last a &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH1WTLqs5N6o8VkbtLTRI6mvEDBlg&amp;amp;url=http://www.kutnews.org/post/back-angle-parking-spaces-south-congress&quot;&gt;Back-in Angle Parking Spaces for South &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;KUT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dGfctYjBEdEBwEMbi1ay6TT1NREYM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 4 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Congress honchos meet for today&apos;s blockbuster - Times of India</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3mjEcxC1nLPGwDWoRvxk1Ei0ikg&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Congress-honchos-meet-for-todays-blockbuster/articleshow/9033984.cms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Congress-honchos-meet-for-todays-blockbuster/articleshow/9033984.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:00:57 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF3mjEcxC1nLPGwDWoRvxk1Ei0ikg&amp;amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Congress-honchos-meet-for-todays-blockbuster/articleshow/9033984.cms&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; honchos meet for today&amp;#39;s blockbuster&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Times of India&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;JAIPUR: The turnout at the rally called by the state &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; in Jaipur on Wednesday would indicate the new PCC chief Chandrabhan&amp;#39;s organisational skills, besides putting to test the ruling party&amp;#39;s acceptance among the masses after its two-and-a-half &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d293T0QB0BGYMnM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>South Africa: nationalisation debate heating up - Financial Times (blog)</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHWD2MoNyRLQKolBHTyi9l70IDtxw&amp;url=http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/06/28/south-africa-nationalisation-debate-heating-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/06/28/south-africa-nationalisation-debate-heating-up/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:22:25 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNG1H71wogrk6er67KVQU2oVTntyiQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/zuma-sounds-the-alarm-1.1089478&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/J_8f8Nuw2Pg7xM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Independent Online&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHWD2MoNyRLQKolBHTyi9l70IDtxw&amp;amp;url=http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/06/28/south-africa-nationalisation-debate-heating-up/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;South Africa: nationalisation debate heating up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Financial Times (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The debate over nationalisation of South Africa&amp;#39;s mines has taken on new impetus over the past 10 days in the wake of the re-election of Julius Malema, the influential leader of the ruling African National &lt;b&gt;Congress&amp;#39;s&lt;/b&gt; Youth League. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFRS3CvCAdr8T-eczJo_sYemUDpJg&amp;amp;url=http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id%3D146962&quot;&gt;Gloves to come off at Cosatu review session&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Business Day&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGMueXqzUJPHKCCADntMHvuzFatow&amp;amp;url=http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/Story.aspx?Id%3D69014&quot;&gt;Vavi attacks Zuma over ANCYL discipline problems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGYUo_0AUPxWzzHaohd7kuiUyyMnw&amp;amp;url=http://www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx?mid%3D186%26blog_id%3D%2520831&quot;&gt;Analysis: Youth league is declaring an all out ideological war&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; 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align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGgHXgaQL_AIvOJn3bB2s1WKStTXA&amp;amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/27/congressional.bonuses/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/PjfuUb_c2bm2gM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;CNN International&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGgHXgaQL_AIvOJn3bB2s1WKStTXA&amp;amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/06/27/congressional.bonuses/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; pays $6.1 million in bonuses as it debates spending cuts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;CNN International&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The bonuses came from an annual budget each member of &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; is given for staff, office space, travel and supplies. That allowance averages $1.5 million per year per office and is one of the few areas where each lawmaker has complete authority. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGVdZQq8xm5Nvuhxm-V3f27M0wfqQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.newser.com/story/121976/congress-dished-out-61m-in-staff-bonuses.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Dished Out $6.1M in Staff Bonuses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Newser&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGDNt-HXDXQhaiv3x371TR11r193Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/congress-gave-61m-bonuses-to-public-service-staff-deserving-or-outrageous/question-1920883/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; Gave $6.1M Bonuses to Public Service Staff: Deserving or Outrageous?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;SodaHead News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dTbiZ_GdmlVQm9MczLVtZ59C-wzlM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 60 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Voices: What&apos;s in a name? - Penfield Post</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfYaSfuVP23LmqP_ngLEJEWwEXtg&amp;url=http://www.penfieldpost.com/highlight/x1425880568/Voices-What-s-in-a-name</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.penfieldpost.com/highlight/x1425880568/Voices-What-s-in-a-name</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:23:10 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGfYaSfuVP23LmqP_ngLEJEWwEXtg&amp;amp;url=http://www.penfieldpost.com/highlight/x1425880568/Voices-What-s-in-a-name&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voices: What&amp;#39;s in a name?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Penfield Post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s so newsworthy about a jackass leaving &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;? The media frenzy over such a common event is truly remarkable. The latest jackass, the hotdog from Brooklyn, will now have to find some other way to attract the undeserved attention &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=doyl0oo43Z0s-dM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Melson to testify on Fast &amp; Furious as part of deal in Senate - Hot Air</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEti4fp23NnqOSGhj1AeXsfRe6zAg&amp;url=http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/28/melson-to-testify-on-fast-furious-as-part-of-deal-in-senate/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/28/melson-to-testify-on-fast-furious-as-part-of-deal-in-senate/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:56:33 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEG9al4KSFO0JekdLpBM6DopNIIyQ&amp;amp;url=http://nation.foxnews.com/botched-gun-operation/2011/06/28/obama-administration-fires-atf-whistleblower&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/LkVR7408TQ-_GM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Fox News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEti4fp23NnqOSGhj1AeXsfRe6zAg&amp;amp;url=http://hotair.com/archives/2011/06/28/melson-to-testify-on-fast-furious-as-part-of-deal-in-senate/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Melson to testify on Fast &amp;amp; Furious as part of deal in Senate&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Hot Air&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;According to the Daily Beast last night, a deal brokered between Senators Pat Leahy and Charles Grassley will bring ATF chief Kenneth Melson, other witnesses, and a large set of documents to &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; as it probes the ATF and the Department of Justice&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHMfgcuICU7LiPI4U6dL6fq98_QqA&amp;amp;url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/27/atf-head-kenneth-melson-to-testify-before-congress-on-operation-fast-and-furious.html&quot;&gt;Armed for a Fight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Beast&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH-rbLsYvBoDWkN3HusNH8R5KHhpg&amp;amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-guns-20110627,0,4739377.story&quot;&gt;ATF and &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; under the gun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHGF-Xpvjls-qpoZkKEnJV38rzmFg&amp;amp;url=http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/06/28/atf-head-melson-to-testify-on-gunwalker/&quot;&gt;ATF head Melson to testify on Gunwalker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Pajamas Media&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHvlUrtnyIxNDvayoaJUJ1VkEsGcw&amp;amp;url=http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2011/06/whistleblower-retaliation-atf-fires-warning-shot-.html&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Project on Government Oversight (blog)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=doU1_WjDQyO8mqMhOZDqr_2nuPm2M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 42 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Future of federal solar programs in doubt - USA Today</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbRCg07EwYM6770n_6vmlRgjtp_w&amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2011-06-28-solar-energy-congress_n.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2011-06-28-solar-energy-congress_n.htm</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:45:06 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEbRCg07EwYM6770n_6vmlRgjtp_w&amp;amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2011-06-28-solar-energy-congress_n.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/7C0O747Rkhn-iM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;USA Today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEbRCg07EwYM6770n_6vmlRgjtp_w&amp;amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2011-06-28-solar-energy-congress_n.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Future of federal solar programs in doubt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;USA Today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;WASHINGTON — The solar power industry is facing a double threat from a &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; that may turn off the flow of federal subsidies and take a pass on mandating renewable-energy standards that would increase demand. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=dZb3m4o13l0KZ6M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Job-training programs come under scrutiny in Congress - MiamiHerald.com</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzWCCpRIqywiy0S-35jkt99iMM4Q&amp;url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/27/2287901/job-training-programs-come-under.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/27/2287901/job-training-programs-come-under.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:45:08 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHzWCCpRIqywiy0S-35jkt99iMM4Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/27/2287901/job-training-programs-come-under.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Job-training programs come under scrutiny in &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;MiamiHerald.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Despite their popularity with many members of &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; and their constituents, however, job-training programs have come under increased scrutiny this year on Capitol Hill, and the attention is about to intensify. Earlier this year, Republicans in the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d17IOmQZSfIWjfM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>TRS to move privilege motion against Lagadapati - Times of India</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNE44UzqB_pM9s-HAiWR9zts4jAjtA&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TRS-to-move-privilege-motion-against-Lagadapati/articleshow/9031913.cms</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TRS-to-move-privilege-motion-against-Lagadapati/articleshow/9031913.cms</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:30:15 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGP4FzQ0fOl2t-qz69qfpfyJGwOQg&amp;amp;url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/south/trs-cautions-ap-government-over-police-recruitment-143&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/-hGJwQ5Gyk63WM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Deccan Chronicle&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE44UzqB_pM9s-HAiWR9zts4jAjtA&amp;amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TRS-to-move-privilege-motion-against-Lagadapati/articleshow/9031913.cms&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;TRS to move privilege motion against Lagadapati&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Times of India&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;HYDERABAD: Taking serious objection to the comments by &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; MP Lagadapati Rajagopal on the unanimous resolution passed by the state Assembly, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MLAs on Tuesday decided to move a privilege motion against the MP. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFXOIMFevDyNSgtyTUofA4CTdMNjw&amp;amp;url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/congress-leaders-to-go-on-fast-1.829576&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; 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cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHGNDp3wc6gc5hlCc-cUjcWITg3YA&amp;amp;url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/currentaffairs/lokpalpanelwindsupinfailureannatofastfromaug16_559113.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/gio9qhRr0XR6HM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Moneycontrol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGtj3Tp9Tg67ftMcup-epVi4TFz2w&amp;amp;url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/anna-hazare-to-meet-soniathursday_560975.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Anna Hazare to meet Sonia on Thursday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Moneycontrol.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Published on Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 20:57 | Source : PTI As part of his outreach to political parties on Lokpal Bill, Anna Hazare today said he would meet &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; President Sonia Gandhi in Delhi on Thursday. Hazare said he would be meeting all party &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGt4pYVBl_NfWoyD3GprB2MfoFr2A&amp;amp;url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/besides-congress-hazare-ready-to-take-on-oppn-over-lokpal/809928/&quot;&gt;Besides &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;, Hazare ready to take on Oppn over Lokpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Indian Express&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEYA3dG4-sDIUCcemcCvFmVOyovLw&amp;amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Hazare-to-meet-leaders-for-support-on-Lokpal/articleshow/9031320.cms&quot;&gt;Hazare to meet leaders for support on Lokpal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Times of India&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNECJfOsDsXdNW0il2bhdsvjEe5Xqw&amp;amp;url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/PM-on-operation-reach-out-may-address-nation/Article1-714472.aspx&quot;&gt;PM on &amp;#39;operation reach out&amp;#39;, may address nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Hindustan Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEsO5IfaOMKFfwZLsuTn-teokEL5g&amp;amp;url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/cwc-asks-pm-speak-nation-180&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Deccan Chronicle&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEkNNKZMf5nPJjqNro8X0lHcvwiZw&amp;amp;url=http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name%3DContent%26pa%3Dshowpage%26pid%3D404%26page%3D16&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Organiser&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d_e1oSqWvrYSdDMcmnA1kCMX3OtwM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 136 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>On budget and debt talks, a lack of presidential leadership from Obama - Washington Post</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZRtVd_RRBVQoIl2aHiEDifw80vA&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/on-budget-and-debt-talks-a-lack-of-presidential-leadership-from-obama/2011/06/28/AGezAVpH_story.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/on-budget-and-debt-talks-a-lack-of-presidential-leadership-from-obama/2011/06/28/AGezAVpH_story.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:24:35 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGZRtVd_RRBVQoIl2aHiEDifw80vA&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-leadership/on-budget-and-debt-talks-a-lack-of-presidential-leadership-from-obama/2011/06/28/AGezAVpH_story.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;On budget and debt talks, a lack of presidential leadership from Obama&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Washington Post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;We must distinguish, of course, between the institutional opportunity for leadership from the White House and from the &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;. Any president is the final and sole spokesman for the entire administration. What he says becomes its position. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=df_o0-GDYTr5l5M&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>Charles W. Whalen Jr., six-term Ohio GOP congressman, dies at 90 - Washington Post</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEDUiZat6J_vI91PHjKNFhDmDy9Kw&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charles-w-whalen-jr-6-term-ohio-gop-congressman-dies-at-90/2011/06/28/AGxrbqpH_story.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charles-w-whalen-jr-6-term-ohio-gop-congressman-dies-at-90/2011/06/28/AGxrbqpH_story.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:23:52 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEDUiZat6J_vI91PHjKNFhDmDy9Kw&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charles-w-whalen-jr-6-term-ohio-gop-congressman-dies-at-90/2011/06/28/AGxrbqpH_story.html&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Charles W. Whalen Jr., six-term Ohio GOP congressman, dies at 90&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Washington Post&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;Charles W. Whalen Jr., an Ohio Republican who criticized military spending and US involvement in the Vietnam War during his six terms in &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt;, died June 27 of renal failure at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;num=50&amp;amp;ncl=d4HxJ40tgHdv_pM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description></item> <item><title>A Congressional Bailout for a Pharma Firm? - Mother Jones</title><link>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtY8mqfkhfvB-hUJg329RcRVoGaw&amp;url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/congress-bailout-medco-wilmerhale</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/congress-bailout-medco-wilmerhale</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:45:08 GMT+00:00</pubDate><description>&lt;table border=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;2&quot; cellspacing=&quot;7&quot; style=&quot;vertical-align:top;&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEtY8mqfkhfvB-hUJg329RcRVoGaw&amp;amp;url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/congress-bailout-medco-wilmerhale&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/y_63wsD9kCYsZM/6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;80&quot; height=&quot;80&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-2&quot;&gt;Mother Jones&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-top:0.8em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;lh&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEtY8mqfkhfvB-hUJg329RcRVoGaw&amp;amp;url=http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/congress-bailout-medco-wilmerhale&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Congressional Bailout for a Pharma Firm?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Mother Jones&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The fate of the global economy hangs in the balance as &lt;b&gt;Congress&lt;/b&gt; continues to haggle over tax cuts, revenue increases, and raising the debt ceiling. 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FY 2011 QUARTER 2 - T19", "recipient_city_code": "01000", "duns_no": "806781340", "recipient_county_name": "Albany", "cfda_program_title": "Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid)", "recip_cat_type": "g", "sai_number": "SAI UNAVAILABLE", "obligation_action_date": "2011-01-01", "fyq": "201101211", "progsrc_agen_code": "75", "federal_award_mod": "0", "principal_place_state_code": "NY", "recipient_name": "NY ST DEPT OF HEALTH", "receip_addr2": "", "receip_addr3": "", "receip_addr1": "GNARESP CORNING TWR RM 1395", "recipient_cd": "NY21", "recipient_city_name": "ALBANY", "federal_award_id": "NY20112", "fed_funding_amount": 6907531000, "recipient_state_code": "NY", "unique_transaction_id": "9cf4728d045d93efdebf720476b8109d", "agency_name": "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES", "principal_place_zip": "0", "fyq_correction": "", "action_type": "A", "correction_late_ind": "", "asst_cat_type": "g"}]
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+ HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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+ Server: nginx/0.7.67
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+ Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:02:23 GMT
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+ Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
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+ Connection: keep-alive
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+
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+ [{"registrant_name": "Brookfield Atlantic", "filing_type": "p", "client_category": "C5130", "client_name": "Brookfield Atlantic", "agencies": [{"agency_name": "Central Intelligence Agency", "agency_ext_id": "044 "}, {"agency_name": "Def Advanced Research Projects Agency", "agency_ext_id": "116 "}, {"agency_name": "Defense Business Transformation Agency", "agency_ext_id": "248 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Defense", "agency_ext_id": "025 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Navy", "agency_ext_id": "031 "}, {"agency_name": "Economic Development Administration", "agency_ext_id": "108 "}, {"agency_name": "Executive Office of the President", "agency_ext_id": "011 "}, {"agency_name": "National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency", "agency_ext_id": "126 "}, {"agency_name": "National Security Agency", "agency_ext_id": "127 "}, {"agency_name": "National Security Council", "agency_ext_id": "016 "}, {"agency_name": "Office of Director of Natl Intelligence", "agency_ext_id": "214 "}, {"agency_name": "US House of Representatives", "agency_ext_id": "002 "}, {"agency_name": "US Marine Corps", "agency_ext_id": "210 "}, {"agency_name": "US Senate", "agency_ext_id": "001 "}, {"agency_name": "White House", "agency_ext_id": "012 "}], "client_ext_id": null, "transaction_type": "q4", "client_parent_name": "Brookfield Atlantic", "amount": "550000.00", "transaction_id": "19E29BE9-B5AC-4058-92C6-07DA9F64537C", "lobbyists": [{"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": null, "lobbyist_name": "Dunn, Jennifer B", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000403020"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": null, "lobbyist_name": "Montgomery, Wayne", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000349490"}], "year": 2011, "transaction_type_desc": "FOURTH QUARTER REPORT", "registrant_is_firm": false, "issues": [{"specific_issue": "Lobbied the US Department of Defense to take over major US defense projects (R&D) that can not be completed with U.S. Public funds due to deficit reduction as well the firm lobbied the NSA & CIA to sell stakes and interest in major satellite programs.", "general_issue": "Defense", "general_issue_code": "DEF"}]},{"registrant_name": "Quantico North NFP Ltd", "filing_type": "p", "client_category": "g5270", "client_name": "Quantico North NFP Ltd", "agencies": [{"agency_name": "Dept of State", "agency_ext_id": "039 "}, {"agency_name": "National Security Agency", "agency_ext_id": "127 "}, {"agency_name": "National Security Council", "agency_ext_id": "016 "}, {"agency_name": "Overseas Private Investment Corporation", "agency_ext_id": "203 "}, {"agency_name": "US House of Representatives", "agency_ext_id": "002 "}, {"agency_name": "US Senate", "agency_ext_id": "001 "}], "client_ext_id": null, "transaction_type": "q4", "client_parent_name": "Quantico North NFP Ltd", "amount": "350000.00", "transaction_id": "FF564278-5E5C-430C-92C7-8E0175299951", "lobbyists": [{"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": null, "lobbyist_name": "Montgomery, Wayne", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000349490"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": null, "lobbyist_name": "North, Lucas", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000448080"}], "year": 2011, "transaction_type_desc": "FOURTH QUARTER REPORT", "registrant_is_firm": false, "issues": [{"specific_issue": "Intelligence & Surveillance , Nuclear Energy , Defense", "general_issue": "Foreign Relations", "general_issue_code": "FOR"}]},{"registrant_name": "Frontier Communications", "filing_type": "p", "client_category": "C4100", "client_name": "Frontier Communications", "agencies": [{"agency_name": "Federal Communications Commission", "agency_ext_id": "053 "}, {"agency_name": "US House of Representatives", "agency_ext_id": "002 "}, {"agency_name": "US Senate", "agency_ext_id": "001 "}], "client_ext_id": null, "transaction_type": "q4", "client_parent_name": "Frontier Communications", "amount": "175000.00", "transaction_id": "22D92EAB-1ABD-4D86-BEF1-32E4DB543F63", "lobbyists": [{"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": null, "lobbyist_name": "Schneider, Jennifer", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000448510"}], "year": 2011, "transaction_type_desc": "FOURTH QUARTER REPORT", "registrant_is_firm": false, "issues": [{"specific_issue": "House and Senate: H.R. 1409 - Employee Free Choice Act of 2009; 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Grassley, Sen. Finance Comm.", "lobbyist_name": "Javens, Chris L", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000021000"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Staff Director, Ways & Means Over Sub", "lobbyist_name": "McKenney, William", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000318210"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Tax Legislative Counsel - US Treasury", "lobbyist_name": "Mikrut, Joseph", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000186820"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy", "lobbyist_name": "Talisman, Jonathan", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000204320"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Staff Director, Senate Republican Policy Committee", "lobbyist_name": "Willcox, Lawrence G", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000236600"}], "year": 2011, "transaction_type_desc": "FIRST QUARTER TERMINATION", "registrant_is_firm": true, "issues": [{"specific_issue": "Legislative and regulatory services related to the tax treatment of refined coal including: H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009; S. 2826, the Clean Renewable Energy Advancement Tax Extension Jobs Act of 2009; S. 3793, the Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act; H.R. 5893, the Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010; H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010; H.R. 6467, the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010; and S. 3793, the Job Creation and Tax Cuts Act.", "general_issue": "Taxes", "general_issue_code": "TAX"}]},{"registrant_name": "YMCA of the USA", "filing_type": "p", "client_category": "x4000", "client_name": "YMCA of the USA", "agencies": [{"agency_name": "Centers for Disease Control & Prevention", "agency_ext_id": "134 "}, {"agency_name": "Consumer Product Safety Commission", "agency_ext_id": "046 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Education", "agency_ext_id": "032 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Health & Human Services", "agency_ext_id": "034 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Interior", "agency_ext_id": "036 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Justice", "agency_ext_id": "037 "}, {"agency_name": "Dept of Labor", "agency_ext_id": "038 "}, {"agency_name": "Executive Office of the President", "agency_ext_id": "011 "}, {"agency_name": "Faith-Based & Community Inititiatives", "agency_ext_id": "202 "}, {"agency_name": "Federal Bureau of Investigation", "agency_ext_id": "150 "}, {"agency_name": "Forest Service", "agency_ext_id": "212 "}, {"agency_name": "Internal Revenue Service", "agency_ext_id": "188 "}, {"agency_name": "National Park Service", "agency_ext_id": "143 "}, {"agency_name": "US House of Representatives", "agency_ext_id": "002 "}, {"agency_name": "US Senate", "agency_ext_id": "001 "}], "client_ext_id": null, "transaction_type": "q4", "client_parent_name": "YMCA of the USA", "amount": "100000.00", "transaction_id": "AB859B94-F1A8-4614-B510-AC735496B4F1", "lobbyists": [{"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Fmr. L.D. Rep. Sanders (D-VT)", "lobbyist_name": "Adamson, Katie", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000040250"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Fmr. Dep. Chief of Staff. Sen. Moynihan (D-NY)", "lobbyist_name": "Bland, Richard", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y00000112190"}, {"member_of_congress": false, "candidate_ext_id": null, "government_position": "Fmr. Chief of Staff, Wife of VP Gore, Tipper Gore", "lobbyist_name": "Haynes, Audrey", "lobbyist_ext_id": "Y0000040744@"}], "year": 2011, "transaction_type_desc": "FOURTH QUARTER REPORT", "registrant_is_firm": false, "issues": [{"specific_issue": "- Extension of the IRA Rollover Charitable Tax Incentive \n-- other provisions relating to nonprofit organizations and tax incentives for charitable giving", "general_issue": "Taxes", "general_issue_code": "TAX"}, {"specific_issue": "Prevention and wellness provisions/regulations in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- like prevention fund, task force and strategy; as well as Employer Mandate and small Employer Tax Credit", "general_issue": "Health Issues", "general_issue_code": "HCR"}, {"specific_issue": "Interpretation of federal regulations on public pools through the Virginia Graeme Baker Act of 2007, as interpreted and regulated through the Consumer Product Safety Commission.\nInterpretation and guidance on CPSC ban of \"drop-side\" cribs.", "general_issue": "Health Issues", "general_issue_code": "HCR"}, {"specific_issue": "-Efforts to promote YMCA solutions to childhood obesity\n-Efforts to promote YMCA solutions to child care needs and after school needs in US.", "general_issue": "Health Issues", "general_issue_code": "HCR"}, {"specific_issue": "-- Support for the Child Protection Improvements Act of 2009, (The Background Checks Bill) to improve and provide funding for federal background checks for youth serving organizations", "general_issue": "Health Issues", "general_issue_code": "HCR"}, {"specific_issue": "- New Partnerships with the US Forest Service (a subdivision of the USDA) and the US Park Service (a subdivision of the Dept. of Interior) to increase overall public health through physical activity and access to public lands\n- Premitting requirements for YMCA Camps: to have access to Forest Service and Park Service lands through favorable regulations towards nonprofit camps like the YMCA that promote stewardship of the land and give financial assistance", "general_issue": "Health Issues", "general_issue_code": "HCR"}, {"specific_issue": "-Support for legislation that promoted increased physical activity for children, before, during and after school\n-Support for legislation that promotes increased physical activity, better nutrition and healthy living for all adults.\n-Elementary and Seconday Education Act (ESEA) aka No Child Left Behind Legislation Reauthorization (NCLB)- with a focus on promoting health and wellbeing through nutrition and physical activity for children", "general_issue": "Education", "general_issue_code": "EDU"}, {"specific_issue": "FY'11 Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations - provisions related to afterschool, child care, disease prevention and health promotion\nFY'11 Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations - provisions related to juvenile delinquincy prevention and gang prevention programs", "general_issue": "Fed Budget & Appropriations", "general_issue_code": "BUD"}]}]
data/spec/follow_the_money_spec.rb ADDED
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+ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper')
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+
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+ # Provides "String.singularize"
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+ # which is used by resource_for_collection, in resource.rb
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+ require 'active_support/inflector'
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+
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+ module GovKit::FollowTheMoney
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+ describe GovKit::FollowTheMoney do
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+
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+ before(:all) do
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+ base_uri = GovKit::FollowTheMoneyResource.base_uri.gsub(/\./, '\.')
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+
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+ urls = [
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+ ['/base_level\.industries\.list\.php\?.*page=0', 'business-page0.response'],
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+ ['/base_level\.industries\.list\.php\?.*page=1', 'business-page1.response'],
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+ ['/candidates\.contributions\.php\?imsp_candidate_id=111933', 'contribution.response'],
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+ ['/candidates\.contributions\.php\?imsp_candidate_id=0', 'unauthorized.response'],
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+ ]
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+
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+ urls.each do |u|
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+ FakeWeb.register_uri(:get, %r|#{base_uri}#{u[0]}|, :response => File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'follow_the_money', u[1]))
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+ # puts "registered #{base_uri}#{u[0]}"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should have the base uri set properly" do
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+ [Business, Contribution].each do |klass|
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+ klass.base_uri.should == "http://api.followthemoney.org"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should raise NotAuthorized if the api key is not valid" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @contribution = Contribution.find(0)
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+ end.should raise_error(GovKit::NotAuthorized)
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+
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+ @contribution.should be_nil
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Business do
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+ it "should get a list of industries" do
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+ @businesses = Business.list
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+ @businesses.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @businesses.each do |b|
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+ b.should be_an_instance_of(Business)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Contribution do
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+ it "should get a list of campaign contributions for a given person" do
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+ @contributions = Contribution.find(111933)
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+ @contributions.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @contributions.each do |c|
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+ c.should be_an_instance_of(Contribution)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper')
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+
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+ module GovKit::OpenCongress
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+ describe GovKit::OpenCongress do
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+ before(:all) do
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+ @oc_objs = [Bill, Person]
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+ base_uri = "http://www.opencongress.org/api/"
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+
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+ # An array of uris and filenames
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+ # Use FakeWeb to intercept net requests;
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+ # if a requested uri matches one of the following,
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+ # then return the contents of the corresponding file
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+ # as the result.
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+ urls = [
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+ [ "people?format=json&district=1&state=FL", "fl01.response" ],
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+ [ "people?format=json&district=0&state=ZZ", "empty.response" ],
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+ [ "most_blogged_representatives_this_week?format=json", "person.response" ],
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+ [ "bills?format=json&number=0", "empty.response" ],
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+ [ "bills?format=json&number=501", "501.response" ],
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+ [ "most_blogged_bills_this_week?format=json", "bill.response" ]
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+ ]
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+
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+ urls.each do |u|
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+ FakeWeb.register_uri(:get, "#{base_uri}#{u[0]}", :response => File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'open_congress', u[1]))
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should construct a url properly" do
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+ @oc_objs.each do |klass|
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+ klass.construct_url(klass.to_s.split("::").last, {}).should == "http://www.opencongress.org/api/#{klass.to_s.split("::").last}?format=json"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should reformat a hash to a GET request" do
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+ @oc_objs.each do |klass|
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+ klass.hash2get(:key => "key", :format => "json").should == "&key=key&format=json"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Person do
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+ context "#find" do
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+ it "should find a specific person" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @person = Person.find(:district => 1, :state => "FL").first
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @person.should be_an_instance_of(Person)
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+ @person.firstname.should == "Jeff"
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+ @person.lastname.should == "Miller"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return an empty array when no person fits the criteria" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @person = Person.find(:district => 0, :state => "ZZ")
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @person.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @person.empty?.should be_true
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "#most blogged representatives this week" do
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+ it "should find reps" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @person = Person.most_blogged_representatives_this_week.first
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @person.should be_an_instance_of(Person)
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+ @person.firstname.should == "Jeff"
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+ @person.lastname.should == "Miller"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Bill do
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+ context "#find" do
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+ it "should find a specific bill" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @bill = Bill.find(:number => 501).first
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @bill.should be_an_instance_of(Bill)
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+ @bill.number.should == 501
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+ @bill.bill_type.should == "h"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return an empty array when no bill fits the criteria" do
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+ @bill = Bill.find(:number => 0)
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+
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+ @bill.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @bill.empty?.should be_true
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "#most blogged bills this week" do
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+ it "should find specific bills" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @bill = Bill.most_blogged_bills_this_week.first
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @bill.should be_an_instance_of(Bill)
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+ @bill.number.should == 2678
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+ @bill.bill_type.should == "h"
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
data/spec/open_states_spec.rb ADDED
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+ require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/spec_helper')
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+
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+ # Provides "String.singularize"
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+ # which is used by resource_for_collection, in resource.rb
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+ require 'active_support/inflector'
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+
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+ # Provides string.last()
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+ # which is used by method_missing in resource.rb
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+ require 'active_support/core_ext/string'
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+
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+ module GovKit::OpenStates
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+ describe GovKit::OpenStates do
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+ before(:all) do
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+ base_uri = GovKit::OpenStatesResource.base_uri.gsub(/\./, '\.')
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+
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+ # An array of uris and filenames
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+ # Use FakeWeb to intercept net requests;
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+ # if a requested uri matches one of the following,
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+ # then return the contents of the corresponding file
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+ # as the result.
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+ urls = [
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+ ['/bills/ca/20092010/AB667/', 'bill.response'],
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+ ['/bills/\?.*q=cooperatives.*', 'bill_query.response'],
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+ ['/bills/\?.*state=tx.*', 'bill_query.response'],
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+ ['/bills/\?.*q=professions.*', 'bill.response'],
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+ ['/bills/latest/\?', 'bill_query.response'],
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+ ['/legislators/2462/\?', 'legislator.response'],
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+ ['/legislators/410/\?', '410.response'],
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+ ['/legislators/401/\?', '401.response'],
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+ ['/legislators/404/\?', '404.response'],
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+ ['/legislators/\?.*state=zz.*', '404.response'],
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+ ['/legislators/\?.*state=ca.*', 'legislator.response'],
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+ ['/committees/MDC000012/', 'committee_find.response'],
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+ ['/committees/\?.*state=md', 'committee_query.response'],
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+ ['/metadata/ca/\?', 'state.response']
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+ ]
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+
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+ # First convert each of the uri strings above into regexp's before
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+ # passing them on to register_uri.
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+ #
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+ # Internally, before checking if a new uri string matches one of the registered uri's,
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+ # FakeWeb normalizes it by parsing it with URI.parse(string), and then
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+ # calling URI.normalize on the resulting URI. This appears to reorder any
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+ # query parameters alphabetically by key.
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+ #
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+ # So the uri
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+ # http://openstates.sunlightlabs.com/api/v1/legislators/?state=zz&output=json&apikey=
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+ # would actually not match a registered uri of
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+ # ['/legislators/\?state=zz', '404.response'],
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+ # or
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+ # ['/legislators/\?state=zz*', '404.response'],
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+ # or even
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+ # ['/legislators/\?state=zz&output=json&apikey=', '404.response'],
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+ #
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+ # But it would match a registered uri of
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+ # ['/legislators/\?apikey=&output=json&state=zz', '404.response'],
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+ # or
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+ # ['/legislators/\?(.*)state=zz(.*)', '404.response'],
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+
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+
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+ urls.each do |u|
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+ FakeWeb.register_uri(:get, %r|#{base_uri}#{u[0]}|, :response => File.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'open_states', u[1]))
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should have the base uri set properly" do
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+ [State, Bill, Legislator].each do |klass|
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+ klass.base_uri.should == "http://openstates.sunlightlabs.com/api/v1"
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should raise NotAuthorized if the api key is not valid" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @legislator = Legislator.find(401)
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+ end.should raise_error(GovKit::NotAuthorized)
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+
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+ @legislator.should be_nil
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+ end
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+
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+ describe State do
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+ context "#find_by_abbreviation" do
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+ before do
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should find a state by abbreviation" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @state = State.find_by_abbreviation('ca')
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @state.should be_an_instance_of(State)
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+ @state.name.should == "California"
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+ @state.sessions.size.should == 8
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Bill do
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+ context "#find" do
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+ it "should find a bill by state abbreviation, session, chamber, bill_id" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @bill = Bill.find('ca', '20092010', 'lower', 'AB667')
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @bill.should be_an_instance_of(Bill)
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+ @bill.title.should include("An act to amend Section 1750.1 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 104830 of")
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "#search" do
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+ it "should find bills by given criteria" do
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+ @bills = Bill.search('cooperatives')
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+
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+ @bills.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @bills.each do |b|
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+ b.should be_an_instance_of(Bill)
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+ end
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+ @bills.collect(&:bill_id).should include("SB 921")
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return a single bill result as an array" do
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+ @bills = Bill.search('professions')
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+
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+ @bills.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @bills.collect(&:bill_id).should include("AB667")
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ context "#latest" do
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+ it "should get the latest bills by given criteria" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @latest = Bill.latest('2010-01-01', :state => 'tx')
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @latest.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @latest.each do |b|
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+ b.should be_an_instance_of(Bill)
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+ end
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+ @latest.collect(&:bill_id).should include("SB 2236")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Legislator do
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+ context "#find" do
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+ it "should find a specific legislator" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @legislator = Legislator.find(2462)
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @legislator.should be_an_instance_of(Legislator)
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+ @legislator.first_name.should == "Dave"
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+ @legislator.last_name.should == "Cox"
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return an empty array if the legislator is not found" do
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+ @legislator = Legislator.find(404)
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+
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+ @legislator.should eql([])
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ context "#search" do
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+ it "should get legislators by given criteria" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @legislators = Legislator.search(:state => 'ca')
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @legislators.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @legislators.each do |l|
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+ l.should be_an_instance_of(Legislator)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ it "should return an empty array if no legislators are found" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @legislators = Legislator.search(:state => 'zz')
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @legislators.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @legislators.length.should eql(0)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ describe Committee do
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+ context "#find" do
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+ it "should find a specific committee" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @committee = Committee.find( 'MDC000012' )
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @committee.should be_an_instance_of(Committee)
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+ @committee['id'].should eql('MDC000012')
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+ end
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+ end
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+ context "#search" do
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+ it "should return an array of committees" do
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+ lambda do
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+ @committees = Committee.search( :state => 'md', :chamber => 'upper' )
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+ end.should_not raise_error
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+
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+ @committees.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
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+ @committees.length.should eql(20)
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+ com = @committees[0]
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+ com.should be_an_instance_of(Committee)
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+ com['id'].should eql('MDC000009')
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end