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          <title>A window on Washington closes</title>
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                    Bureau ends after 30 years
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          <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:47:17 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressional Update: Report on Virginia&#8217;s Senators and Representatives</title>
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                    Warner calls on government auditors to "ruffle a few feathers" and Cantor unveils a GOP housing plan in this week's look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:25:13 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>What were they thinking?</title>
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                    Vets 1, Obama 0  
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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:32:36 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressional Update: Report on Virginia&#8217;s Senators and Representatives</title>
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                    Helping veterans, objecting to China, and tracking high school graduation rates. Those stories and more in this week's look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:20:25 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Tax&#45;evading Bank Gave Cantor Campaign Cash</title>
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                    Cantor received money from UBS as the company faced millions in fines for tax evasion.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:45:57 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressional Update: Report on Virginia&#8217;s Senators and Representatives</title>
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                    Objecting to China, helping veterans and more in this week's look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:40:55 -0500</pubDate>
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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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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:52:11 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama&#8217;s Picks for FDA Adopted Hard Line on Tobacco</title>
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;President Barack Obama&#8217;s picks to fill the top two positions at the Food and Drug Administration have repeatedly bucked tobacco companies and pushed for greater restrictions on cigarette marketing, second-hand smoke and sales to minors. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:32:41 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Richmond Schools Still Unclear on Stimulus Money</title>
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                    Richmond city schools still didn't know how much money they'll receive under the federal stimulus plan after a White House meeting Monday with the government's top education official. <br />

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          <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:19:49 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>North Carolinians at the Capitol</title>
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;What did Virginia Foxx have for dinner Thursday night on the plane from Washington to North Carolina?
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          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:25:49 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressional Update: Report on Virginia&#8217;s Senators and Representatives</title>
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                    A look at what the Virginia delegation was up to this week in Congress.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:28:20 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressional Update: Report on Virginia&#8217;s Senators and Representatives</title>
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                    A U.S. military option on the Mexican border; a new office for Sen. Mark Warner a bill to recognize Virginia's tribal recognition bill and more in this week's look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:15:58 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Five Questions for&#8230; Rep. Bob Goodlatte</title>
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                    Bob Goodlatte talks budget, politics, long work days and where he stands on Rush Limbaugh's call for Obama to fail.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:46:06 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Advice from the Oracle</title>
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                    Fix the economy first 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:24:26 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Warner Senate artifacts now up for sale</title>
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                    Souvenirs from Warner's 30 years in the Senate are now on the auction block.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:55:45 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>NC Sens. Tobacco Proposal Would Save Cigarette Companies Billions</title>
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;North Carolina&#8217;s senators unveiled an alternative proposal for federal regulation of tobacco products Wednesday that would save cigarette companies billions of dollars over the next decade. 
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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
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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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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:50:46 -0500</pubDate>
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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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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:18:41 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Virginia Earmarks in the 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill</title>
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                    The government watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense compiled a list of earmarks included in the 2009 omnibus spending bill. Use this form to search for earmarks that will benefit Virginia.
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          <title>Fine Print in Just&#45;Passed Budget Bill Alters Cuba Rules</title>
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                    Earmarks in the bill grabbed most of the attention. But the Cuba measures were the most controversial part of a massive $410 billion bill, and their passage sparked reaction from Washington to Tampa. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:40:41 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Alabama projects funded by earmarks in spending bill</title>
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                    Alabama picks up tens of millions of dollars in federal earmarks.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:47:33 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Connolly Criticizes Federal Investment in Dulles Rail</title>
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                    As several Virginia officials Tuesday praised a $900 million federal investment toward expanding Washington's Metro rail service closer to Dulles International Airport, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly was unimpressed. <br />

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          <title>Alabama Earmarks</title>
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                    Alabama Earmarks
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          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:50:59 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Science and Mathematics Whiz Kids Meet With Obama</title>
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                    Tak about after-school activities. How about a trip to the White House?
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          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:14:29 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>$2.2 Billion in Stimulus Money for Florida Remains Uncertain</title>
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                    Florida Gov. Charlie Crist remains hopeful the money will flow, though his state does not technically qualify for some of the stimulus money because of technical language in a key category of the massive economic stimulus bill signed into law last month by President Barack Obama.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:51:15 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Warner Targeted on Labor Issue</title>
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                    Freshman Democrat being pushed by business to help block pro-union legislation.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:11:26 -0500</pubDate>
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          <title>Tracking Stimulus Dollars on Web Site is No Quick Click</title>
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                    Recovery.gov was heralded as way for citizens to monitor where stimulus money sent to their states and localities. The site already has registered more than 150 million hits. But are users finding the details they are seeking?<br />
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          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:30:38 -0600</pubDate>
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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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          <title>Five Questions for&#8230; Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, D&#45;11th</title>
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                    In his first term in Congress, Rep. Gerald Connolly has a full plate. The former chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is holding down three committee assignments &#8211; Foreign Affairs, Budget, and Oversight and Government Reform. The oversight committee is critical to his suburban Washington district with its numerous government contractors and federal employees.
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                    Nye goes to the Blue Dogs and Webb gives Obama an "A" on foreign policy with exceptions. Those and more in your weekly look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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                    Are pig odor and manure funny? Not in Iowa
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                    Man finishes 440-mile walk to raise awareness about Ten Commandments
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                    Hundreds of millions of dollars for Mississippi projects ranging from money for improvements to the Jackson-Evers International Airport to programs for job training in Jackson are at stake in a catch-all spending bill up for a Senate vote before the week is up.
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                    Huge spending bill to be voted on Thursday represent tough decision on spending and Cuba.
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                    President Barack Obama today announced his intention to nominate Florida's disaster management chief, Craig Fugate, to head the much-criticized Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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                    Bill is nearly identical to one House passed last year 
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                    Warner says health industry should get incentives for participating in government-standardized programs.
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                    Warner says health industry should get incentives for participating in government-standardized programs.
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                    Florida GOP Sen. Mel Martinez (left) on Monday picked up allies in his effort to strip language this week out of a huge spending bill that would allow families to visit their relatives in Cuba more frequently and ease other sanctions. 
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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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                    Congressional Update: Report on North Carolina&#8217;s Senators and Representatives
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                    Depressed economy inspires few to cut back on their high-dollar efforts to influence the government.
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                    Virginia's biggest companies and what they spent lobbying the federal government.
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                    There are concerns being raised about whether the federal agency responsible for the upcoming national population count will be ready to go next year, even as state and community officials across the nation are actively organizing strategies to cure what they perceive as past U.S. Census defects, mostly by reaching out to population segments previously difficult to count.<br />
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                    Sen. Webb hangs with Sean Connery and aims to help military retirees with health care payments. And Rep. Tom Perriello names his own "economic recovery team." Those and more in our look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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                    Five questions for Rep. Bobby Bright.
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                    Nobody said change would be simple
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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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                    But Cuba hard-liners in the Senate say they will block the legislation if those provisions are sent over.
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                    Some of these sites allow you to craft a resume, while others are networking platforms that contain job listings. By signing up for all ten, you increase your chances of getting a job and decrease the amount of time you&#8217;ll spend searching for a new one.
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                    Virginia's longest-serving Democrat currently in Congress talks about the misconceptions of rural Virginia and rates President Obama.
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                    As a Lynchburg firefighter Abbey Meacham is always ready to answer the call. But this one took Meacham by surprise. At 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, she was asked to join First Lady Michelle Obama in the U.S. Capitol for President Barack Obama&#8217;s first address to a joint session of Congress.
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                    WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama told the nation Tuesday night that he was inspired by the resolve of a South Carolina student who wrote a plea to the White House and Congress to fix her crumbling school. <br />

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                    Here is what some of Alabama&#8217;s congressional delegation had to say about President Barack Obama&#8217;s address Tuesday night.
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                    On the role of government 
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                    Cuban-born Mel Martinez takes issue with report from Republican Colleague Richard Lugar of Indiana.
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                    Kaine mum in White House meeting.
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                    Spend wisely the billions of dollars in economic stimulus headed to states -- or else.  
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                    Congress was on recess, but some Virginians still announced a little legislative activity
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                    It is not officially a 'State of the Union Address.' But analysts predict a big viewership for President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night before a joint session of the House and Senate given the gravity of the nation's economic ills.
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                    Government isn't a business 
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          <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:39:05 -0600</pubDate>
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                    Will the much-criticized disaster-relief agency remain in the Homeland Security Department, or answer more-directly to the president himself?
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                    WASHINGTON&#8212;As President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed an economic recovery package that will send at least $6 billion to North Carolina, state officials scrambled to figure out how to spend the expected windfall on roads, schools, health care for the poor and other needs. 
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                    Congressional Democrats have pushed through President Barack Obama's economic rescue plan, billed as a multi-faceted approach to jump-starting the economy, including creating or protecting 3.5 billion jobs nationally.<br />
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                    Votes of Virginia freshmen allow them to say they sided with conservative constituents.
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                    North Carolinians at the Capitol
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                    No Virginians change their mind on the final compromise.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:34:44 -0600</pubDate>
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                    Rep. Bobby Bright voted against the $787 billion economic recovery package Friday, one of only seven Democrats to cross party lines and vote against the package.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:02:32 -0600</pubDate>
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                    New broadband, new green jobs and more in this week's look at Virginians at the Capitol.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:44:55 -0600</pubDate>
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                    Video: Five Questions for...Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.
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                    Rep. Forbes speaks on the president, the stimulus and protecting Virginia's Navy assets.
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                    The massive $787 billion economic rescue plan now goes to the president to sign. In Florida, officials have projected the state could get at least $10 billion from the bill, though not all of it would come this year.<br />
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          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:39:39 -0600</pubDate>
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                    Will it work? Nobody knows for sure.
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                    But isl the devil be in the details?
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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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                    Dust up comes after aide used an old, independent video filled with F-bombs to respond to union attacks on Cantor.
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                    President Obama and House and Senate negotiators have started their potentially contentious negotiations on a final, compromise  version that can be signed into law.
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                    WASHINGTON-Cpl. Dustin Lee and his bomb-sniffing German shepherd Lex were patrolling Iraq's Anbar province when an insurgent's rocket-propelled grenade cut them down. 
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                    Sens. Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby of Alabama, both Republicans, voted against the Senate&#8217;s $838 billion economic recovery plan Tuesday. 
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                    Sens. Mark Warner and Jim Webb of Virginia, both Democrats, voted in favor of the Senate&#8217;s $838 billion economic recovery plan Tuesday. 
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                    The president stumps for final two-house passage in a state that has no House or Senate Republicans supporting the measure, but where a GOP governor has backed his recovery plan.
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                    Congressional efforts to limit travel paid for by lobbyists or special interests appears to be working, as Tampa Bay&#8217;s U.S. House members and Florida&#8217;s two U.S. senators are taking few privately funded trips. But some lawmakers have not been so shy about approving such travel for their staffers.
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                    The Clodfelters' 21-year-old son, Kenneth, was one of 17 U.S. sailors killed in 2000.
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                    Tampa Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor is on panel that is charged with investigating alleged improprieties by Rep. Charlie Rangel, the New Yorker who chairs the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means.
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                    Tax hike of 62 cents a pack takes effect April 1.
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