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		<title>House members urge recess appointment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of 89 House members – including all but two from the Bay Area’s delegation – wrote to President Obama today urging him to make a recess appointment of Elizabeth Warren to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., held a news conference today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress extends Patriot Act sections for 4 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 16:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress voted yesterday to extend several controversial parts of the Patriot Act for four more years. The Senate approved S.990 on a 72 to 23 vote, with both of California’s senators in support; the House passed it on a 250 to 153 vote, with no support from any Bay Area member. President Obama signed it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate nixes GOP health care repeal effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate today nixed Republicans’ efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and roll back last year’s health care reforms. CNN explains how the vote actually worked: The specific motion the Senate will vote on Wednesday involves a Democratic challenge to the Republican repeal amendment on the grounds that it would [...]]]></description>
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