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		<title>George Miller is heading for Bangladesh</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/23/george-miller-is-heading-for-bangladesh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Bay Area congressman is Bangladesh-bound this week, intent on inspecting sometimes-deadly conditions in the world’s second-largest garment industry. Rep. George Miller, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, will be the first member of Congress to visit Bangladesh since the April 24 building collapse that killed more than 1,100 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee &amp; Hoyer offer &#8216;Half in 10&#8242; bill to cut poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=23252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Halving the number of Americans who live in poverty is the goal of a bill introduced Thursday by Rep. Barbara Lee with support from one of the House’s most powerful Democrats. With 46.2 million Americans living in poverty in 2011, including 16.1 million children in households below the poverty line, “we’re at a critical time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honda &amp; Khanna agree: Super Bowl L is good news</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/21/honda-khanna-agree-super-bowl-l-is-good-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, here’s at least one thing that Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, and his Democratic challenger, Ro Khanna of Fremont, can agree upon: Hosting Super Bowl L in 2016 at the new Levi’s Stadium – in the heart of the 17th Congressional District they’re vying to represent – is a good thing. From Honda: “I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anna Eshoo helps bring bill to ban horse doping</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency would have authority to clean up horse racing and enforce anti-doping standards in races with simulcast betting, under a bipartisan bill introduced yesterday. H.R. 2012, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, was introduced by Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., with original cosponsors Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto; Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.; and Ed Whitfield, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NorCal House Dems knock Obamacare repeal vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House voted 229-195 today to repeal the “Obamacare” federal health care reforms enacted in 2010 – the 37th time that Republicans have tried to repeal or eliminate funding for the law. The only two Democrats to vote for H.R. 45 were Jim Matheson of Utah and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, both of whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speier calls for bipartisan probe of IRS scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jackie Speier may be the first Bay Area House member to speak out for digging deeper into the IRS scandal that has dogged the White House for the past week. Speier, D-San Mateo, issued a statement today saying she agrees with President Obama that the IRS’ targeting of conservative organizations for special scrutiny of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silicon Valley bigwigs raising money for Ro Khanna</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/15/silicon-valley-bigwigs-raising-money-for-ro-khanna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ro Khanna, the former Obama administration official who’s challenging fellow Democrat Rep. Mike Honda in the 17th Congressional District, has a fundraiser scheduled for Thursday night in San Francisco with some of Silicon Valley’s big names. The top hosts are Ron Conway, a famed investor who is now special adviser to the San Francisco-based SV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Pelosi condemn IRS bias scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/13/obama-pelosi-condemn-irs-bias-scandal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeez, I take one day off (to go to an awesome concert, at least) and THAT’S when the IRS gets busted for targeting conservative groups – prime blog fodder if I ever saw it. Sorry for the delay, readers. In case you missed it, the IRS apologized Friday for targeting groups with “tea party” or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Unlocking Technology Act&#8217; introduced to fix DMCA</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/05/09/unlocking-technology-act-introduced-to-fix-dmca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 19:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Bay Area congresswomen have helped introduce a bill that would permanently guarantee consumers can unlock their cell phones, tablets, and other mobile communications devices in order to switch carriers. H.R. 1892, the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013, would give consumers new avenues to unlock their devices and media under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lofgren bill would create U.S. Science Laureate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 18:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nation would have an official Science Laureate – a renowned expert in a scientific field who would travel the nation to inspire future scientists – under new legislation coauthored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren. The idea of the bipartisan legislation, cosponsored in the House by Science, Space and Technology Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, and [...]]]></description>
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