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    <title>Georgia News for Washington Bureau</title>
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          <title>White House Reverses Course on Veterans Health</title>
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                    Rep. Nye plays leading role in adding Congressional pressure
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          <title>Members of Congress want a White House office on rural issues</title>
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                    Members of the Congressional Rural Caucus want the White House to establish an office on rural issues.
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          <title>Obama Talks Gitmo Detainees, Tobacco, Budget Politics</title>
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                    Obama backs FDA tobacco regulation, pledges communities will face no increased risk of violence if their prisons should host detainess now held in Guantanamo Bay, and defends the lack of southerners in his Cabinet.
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          <title>Getting what&#8217;s coming to you</title>
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                    As $787 billion in economic stimulus money flows from Washington, you may benefit from additional spending on new roads and community programs. But, what&#8217;s in it for you, personally? 
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          <pubDate>2009-03-06T17:20:43-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Bill Aimed at Preserving American Revolution, War of 1812 Sites</title>
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                    Passed by the House on Wednesday, the bill is patterned after a Civil War battlefield protection program that provides grants to state and local governments and non-profit organizations through the National Park Service to acquire land and preserve sites 
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          <pubDate>2009-03-05T18:03:11-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>NIMBY&#8212;Reps seek to block Gitmo detainees</title>
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                    Across the South, Republicans line up to prevent their states from housing detainees now held at Guantanamo Bay.
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          <pubDate>2009-03-02T17:25:03-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama outlines budget priorities</title>
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                    President Barack Obama says his $3.6 trillion federal budget plan for 2010 begins to deliver on some of his campaign promises. 
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          <pubDate>2009-02-26T17:25:12-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Head of peanut company refuses to testify in salmonella inquiry</title>
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                    The head of a Lynchburg, Va.,-based company accused of knowingly distributing salmonella-tainted peanut butter refused to answer the questions of a congressional panel Wednesday. 
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          <pubDate>2009-02-11T17:54:38-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>White House pushes for recovery package</title>
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                    The White House continued its full-court press Thursday for Congress to approve a massive economic stimulus package, emphasizing the benefits it would have for states and cities throughout the nation. 
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          <pubDate>2009-02-05T16:47:49-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Tobacco companies brace for smoking cuts after tax hike</title>
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                    Tax hike of 62 cents a pack takes effect April 1.
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          <pubDate>2009-02-04T18:40:26-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Layoff Survival Guide:&amp;nbsp; What to do if you&#8217;ve been laid off</title>
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                    We asked career counselors and state employment officials for their best advice on how to survive a layoff.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-30T17:45:18-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Stimulus plan includes billions for new construction and jobs</title>
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                    The ambitious $825 billion economic stimulus plan the House will vote on Wednesday blends new spending on everything from construction projects to unemployment aid with tax cuts for both individuals and businesses.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-27T15:19:14-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>The Mall draws onlookers from all over the world</title>
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                    No matter where their home, people on the National Mall Tuesday had one goal in mind &#8211; to be part of President Barack Obama&#8217;s historic swearing-in. <br />

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          <pubDate>2009-01-20T18:06:07-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama inauguration infuses MLK holiday with new meaning</title>
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                    Obama's inauguration holds different meanings for different generations.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-18T16:54:39-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama makes history, but increase in black legislators slows</title>
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                    Obama's candidacy and election were made possible in part because of the many blacks elected to office at lower levels of government; but there&#8217;s still room for some improvement there, analysts and politicians say.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-16T18:10:25-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Move Over Roller Derby! It&#8217;s the Southern States Inaugural Ball!</title>
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                    It may not be the swellest place, but Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and eight other Southern States to party inauguration night at DC Armory.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-06T17:43:15-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Official Southern&#45;State Inaugural Ball and Others Set</title>
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                    Barack Obama to host this and other official balls the night after his swearing-in as president.
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          <pubDate>2009-01-06T08:54:03-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Your guide to the Inauguration</title>
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                    If you&#8217;re still thinking of heading to Washington to be part of what may be the city&#8217;s biggest gathering ever, you better move fast 
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          <pubDate>2008-12-19T16:33:39-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>GOP may be losing hold on the South</title>
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                    The days of the solid Republican South may be ending. 
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          <pubDate>2008-10-30T14:44:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Prez TV Ad&#45;Spending Grows; McCain Goes Negative</title>
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                    A non-partisan study shows Barack Obama outspent John McCain in most battleground states, and nearly all of McCain's ads carried "negative" or harsh overtones.
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          <pubDate>2008-10-08T15:28:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Southeast gas shortages should ease soon</title>
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                    Although it&#8217;s little consolation for those who&#8217;ve waited in line at the pump, gas shortages in the Southeast could be easing soon. 
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          <pubDate>2008-10-01T16:26:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>House Leaders Assuage Floridians&#8217; Gulf Drilling Fears</title>
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                    In new energy bill, House Democrats will not call for expanded drilling off Florida's Gulf Coast. But it will allow new drilling off Atlantic coast of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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          <pubDate>2008-09-11T09:40:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>For Many Black Delegates, the Moment Is At Hand</title>
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                    Obama's monumental rise to presidential candidate signals an end to limitations based on race. Some blacks compare it to civil rights era victories.
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          <pubDate>2008-08-26T12:24:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Fla. Delegates Snub Pro&#45;drilling Senator</title>
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                    They Turn Down Lousiana's Mary Landrieu's Offer To Explain "Gang of 10" Proposal
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          <pubDate>2008-08-25T20:04:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats Aim For United Front At Convention</title>
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                    Obama To Deliver Speech On Thursday.
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          <pubDate>2008-08-24T08:55:01-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Fla. Guard Objects To Housing For Troops In Training</title>
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                    With influential congressman's help, 35 Florida National Guard medics and other soldiers are allowed to check out of sweltering huts and into a Holiday Inn while training in Texas.
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          <pubDate>2008-08-14T17:15:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Update: Value of farmland going up</title>
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                    Despite a slowdown in commercial and residential construction in many areas of the country, the real estate value of farmland is increasing.
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          <pubDate>2008-08-06T12:42:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Pentagon Mulls Allowing Offshore Drilling In Training Areas</title>
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                    As John McCain and President Bush urge more drilling, Secretary of Defense is pressed to lift restrictions in eastern Gulf of Mexico parts set aside for Air Force and Navy exercises.
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          <pubDate>2008-08-05T18:17:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    On the defensive because of their opposition to off-shore drilling, House Democrats try to push bill requiring oil and gas companies to explore more on government acreage in Alaska and elsewhere or lose their production leases in those areas.
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          <pubDate>2008-07-17T11:52:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Study Shows Wide Gaps In U.S. Standards Of Living</title>
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                    Connecticut is top-ranked, Mississippi is at the bottom. Interactive site lets users look up how their states and congressional districts fare on key indicators.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-07-16T10:59:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    A small army of veterans that Democrats have put up to unseat a group of Republicans in Georgia this year.
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          <pubDate>2008-07-02T17:36:01-05:00</pubDate>
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                    The administration of GOP Gov. Charlie Crist says drought plans to withhold downstream flows from reservoirs in Georgia endanger protected fish, mussels in Florida.
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          <pubDate>2008-06-20T10:39:01-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Report finds some soldiers deployed despite physical limitations</title>
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                    Some soldiers from Fort Benning and Fort Stewart in Georgia were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan despite medical conditions that could limit their performance in the battlefield, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.
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          <pubDate>2008-06-12T10:56:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>House Panel Defeats Coastal Drilling Expansion</title>
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                    Republican sponsor of proposal says he'll continue to push idea as Americans <br />
deal with higher gas prices.
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          <pubDate>2008-06-11T16:16:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    With gas prices soaring, Pennsylvania congressman says it's time to lift moratoriums on drilling in areas off the East and West coasts and Florida's Gulf Coast.
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          <pubDate>2008-06-09T18:17:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    They ask that officials not withhold some downstream water flows out of Georgia amid drought worries.
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          <pubDate>2008-06-05T16:59:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Proposal for transitional health care for reservists moves forward</title>
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                    Transitional health care for members of the military who join the reserves moved a step closer to reality Thursday with passage in the House of a defense spending bill.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-23T06:10:01-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Superdelegates line up behind Obama in Georgia</title>
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                    Seven of the superdelegates from Georgia are supporting Obama and three are behind Clinton. 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-19T17:00:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Senate Passes Bill To Renew Nat&#8217;l Flood Insurance</title>
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                    The bill also creates a panel to study a national catastrophe fund. Differences with House version to be negotiated.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-13T15:36:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Georgia&#8217;s Request To Reduce Water Flows Questioned</title>
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                    Why did Georgia's governor ease Atlanta lawn-watering restrictions in February, a Florida officials asks.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-08T13:37:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Small businesses upset by Medicare changes</title>
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                    Medicare recipients may soon get a break on the cost of wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other medical equipment, but some suppliers warn that the more affordable equipment will come at the cost of patient care.  
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          <pubDate>2008-05-02T14:23:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressman Wants Help For Transferred Service Members&#8217; Mortgages</title>
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                    Service men and women rotated to new duty stations finding it harder to find buyers for their houses. A Florida congressman asks the Defense Secretary how Congress can help.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-01T12:44:00-05:00</pubDate>
          <guid>http://www.mgwashington.com/index.php/news/article/sluggish-housing-market-hurting-service-members-says-florida-congressman/927/#When:16:52:00Z</guid>
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          <title>House passes bill to prevent dust explosions</title>
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                    The House passed a bill Wednesday that would create comprehensive regulations to prevent dust explosions like the one that left 13 dead at the Imperial Sugar plant near Savannah, Ga.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-30T19:13:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Federal agency grants waiver on 'tornado-proofing.'
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          <pubDate>2008-04-29T12:25:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    With state governments pressed for money, many Southeast governors are drawing praise from an education advocacy organization for setting aside more money for pre-kindergarten programs.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-23T13:22:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    New power plants face challenges as Congress moves to regulate global warming gas emissions.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-04-21T08:31:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    New federal plan applauded in Georgia, but prompts anger and concern Iin Florida and Alabama
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          <pubDate>2008-04-16T08:21:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Bill to prevent dust explosions approved by House committee</title>
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                    A House panel moved Wednesday to create comprehensive regulations to prevent dust explosions such as the one that killed 13 people at the Imperial Sugar plant near Savannah, Ga.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-09T16:07:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Added costs of tornado-proofing puts projects at risk, officials say
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          <pubDate>2008-04-07T11:13:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Farmers say Congress&#8217; inability to act is causing them some heartburn.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-02T13:12:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    When it comes to a child&#8217;s well being, a new report says where he or she lives may make a big difference.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-02T12:23:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    The senator visited nine cities to make the announcement.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-03-19T09:25:01-05:00</pubDate>
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                    A Georgia congressman is proposing a bill to provide transitional health care to members of the military who join the reserves.
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          <pubDate>2008-03-18T15:08:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    The U.S. Chemical Safety Board urged Congress Wednesday to create a comprehensive federal standard to prevent dust explosions like the blast that killed 12 people last month at the Imperial Sugar plant near Savannah, Ga.
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          <pubDate>2008-03-12T17:35:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Civil rights leader John Lewis has dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid in favor of Barack Obama.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-27T14:20:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    A resolution to the regional water wars the three states have fought the past 20 years doesn&#8217;t look good. 
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          <pubDate>2008-02-26T18:49:00-05:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Governors want better partnership on children&#8217;s health insurance</title>
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                    Several governors urged Congress Tuesday to revamp the way the federal government pays for State Children&#8217;s Health Insurance Programs that help the working poor. 
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          <pubDate>2008-02-26T18:47:01-05:00</pubDate>
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                    A law championed by former Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., a decade ago still affects U.S.-Cuba policy today.
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                    Richard Ray voted in Georgia&#8217;s presidential primary on Super Tuesday. As a Democratic superdelegate, he&#8217;ll cast a second vote &#8211; a much more influential one &#8211; when the party meets to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama at the national convention in August.
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                    Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama coasted to victory in Georgia over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, riding a wave of support from the state's large black population.<br />

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                    Voted in Georgia? Take this poll.
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                    Officials with Barack Obama's campaign are investigating complaints that elderly people in Atlanta have been receiving calls offering to allow them to vote by phone in the Super Tuesday presidential primary.
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                    Georgia officials say voter turnout appears to be high for a Democratic presidential primary with intense interest among blacks and a Republican race that could attract a wealth of independents to the polls.
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                    It's the word that's been heard most when talking about Super Tuesday but it also is one that many don't understand ... delegate.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-04T18:13:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Although three Georgia Republicans sought money to deepen Savannah&#8217;s harbor, none was included in President Bush&#8217;s budget released today.  
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                    Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss joined Senate colleagues today in urging Congress and President Bush to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal law enforcement grants that were cut last year.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-01T12:02:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Arizona senator still opposes national insurance backstop for hurricane-prone states like Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-27T12:20:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    On Feb. 5, more than 20 states will vote in primaries or caucuses. The countdown to kickoff has already started with campaign operations in full swing in those states and political ads beginning to hit the airwaves.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-25T15:57:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    The troop surge has created a window of opportunity for stability in Iraq, but only if leaders there take advantage of it, the Georgia senator said Thursday.
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          <pubDate>2008-01-10T11:12:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    Governors of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida reset drought meeting.
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          <pubDate>2007-12-04T11:58:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    The Republican governors of Alabama, Georgia and Florida emerged from a meeting with Bush administration officials Thursday saying they've reached an interim plan to address their tri-state water crisis.
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          <pubDate>2007-11-02T17:41:00-05:00</pubDate>
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                    A majority of Georgia's public school students now come from low-income families, mirroring a rise that is sweeping the South, the Southern Education Foundation reported Tuesday. 
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                    The biofuel boom that pumped new life into the Midwestern economy is migrating south, carrying with it an optimism not seen in rural farm towns in decades. <br />

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