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		<title>One House Republican&#8217;s epic fail</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/06/17/one-house-republicans-epic-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “Tone-Deaf Politician of the Year” award might go to Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who – during BP CEO Tony Hayward’s testimony to Congress today – apologized for the Obama Administration’s “shakedown” of the oil giant for a $20 billion escrow account to cover some of the costs of the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch Miller-Garamendi love fest</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/02/watch-miller-garamendi-love-fest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/04/02/watch-miller-garamendi-love-fest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Garamendi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martinez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, not that kind of love fest. Get a grip. This is my FlipVideo of last night&#8217;s fete of reps. George Miller and John Garamendi and their role in the passage of the health care reform legislation. East Bay labor, minority and Democratic party leaders hosted the event at the IBEW Local 302 Hall in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McNerney introduces jobs bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/10/mcnerney-introduces-jobs-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/02/10/mcnerney-introduces-jobs-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jerry McNerney]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[11th Congressional District]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, has introduced  a small business hiring bill he says will encourage the formation of new jobs. Read on for his press release: MCNERNEY PROMOTES JOB CREATION WITH SMALL BUSINESS HIRING BILL Legislation offers job incentives to areas of high unemployment and has backing of local Chambers of Commerce Washington, D.C. – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garamendi hires chief of staff</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/12/15/garamendi-hires-chief-of-staff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Vorderbrueggen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congressional District 10]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. John Garamendi]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9563</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, has hired as his chief of staff Scott Fay, former senior adviser to the late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. According to Garamendi&#8217;s office, Fay held various positions during his nine years on Kennedy&#8217;s staff including constituent outreach advisor, scheduler, operations director and most recently as his senior adviser [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and Lee on the public option, Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/30/obama-and-lee-on-the-public-option-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/30/obama-and-lee-on-the-public-option-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama met yesterday afternoon at the White House with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, trying to allay their fears about the public option included in the newly revamped House health care reform bill. They’ve wanted a public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What they&#8217;re saying about the rise in GDP</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/29/what-theyre-saying-about-the-rise-in-gdp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/29/what-theyre-saying-about-the-rise-in-gdp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christina Romer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[House Minority Leader]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9024</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From President’s Council of Economic Advisers Chairwoman Christina Romer: “Data released today by the Commerce Department show that real GDP [Gross Domestic Product] grew at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter of the year. This is in stark contrast to the decline of 6.4 percent annual rate just two quarters ago. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barbara Lee&#8217;s statement on Bay Bridge closure</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/28/barbara-lees-statement-on-bay-bridge-closure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/28/barbara-lees-statement-on-bay-bridge-closure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay Bridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[closure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=9008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, just issued this statement on the Bay Bridge closure: “First, I want to say I am relieved that no one was injured in the incident that forced authorities to shutdown the Bay Bridge. My office has been in constant contact with Caltrans, and I have been closely monitoring the circumstances surrounding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House passes Miller&#8217;s water recycling bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/15/house-passes-millers-water-recycling-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/15/house-passes-millers-water-recycling-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Central Dublin Recycled Water Distribution and Retrofit Project]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House today passed Rep. George Miller’s H.R.2442, the “Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009,” on a 241-173 vote, advancing a bill that would help ease the region’s water issues. The bill provides $38 million for six Bay Area water recycling projects: The CCCSD-Concord Recycled Water Project, the Central Dublin Recycled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boehner and Stark: Same vote, different reasons</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/08/boehner-and-stark-same-vote-different-reasons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/08/boehner-and-stark-same-vote-different-reasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Stark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House today approved the conference report for the fiscal year 2010 Defense Authorization bill on a 281-146 vote. Most of the nays were Republicans who were incensed that House Democratic leaders had attached to the bill an amendment expanding federal hate-crime law so it would be a federal crime to assault people because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Secretary visits Oakland for stimulus forum</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/05/labor-secretary-visits-oakland-for-stimulus-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/10/05/labor-secretary-visits-oakland-for-stimulus-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Barbara Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic recovery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[green economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hilda Solis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor secretary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis was in town over the weekend for an hour-long, invitation only roundtable with local civic, community, education, labor and business leaders convened by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland. The topics for the forum Saturday at the Airport Hilton were green job creation, the emerging green economy, workforce, education and healthcare [...]]]></description>
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