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<description><![CDATA[Two Republican senators want to use the threat of an economic meltdown to raise the retirement age and cut Medicare.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16219976-gop-senators-want-to-take-debt-ceiling-hostage-in-order-to-raise-retirement-age-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16219976-gop-senators-want-to-take-debt-ceiling-hostage-in-order-to-raise-retirement-age-thinkprogress</guid><category>politics</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>two-republican</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>lamar-alexander</category><category>policy-research</category><category>privacy-policies</category><category>thinkprogress-privacy-policy</category><category>thinkprogress-terms</category><category>like-thinkprogress</category><category>facebook-just</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:47:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800FDAA734D-C703-7FCF-E0CF-E2095B91C3D2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800FDAA734D-C703-7FCF-E0CF-E2095B91C3D2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>White House: No 'Deal' Will Take Shape Until GOP Agrees To Higher Tax Rates</title>
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Major progressive activists organizations, along with liberal members of Congress, are concerned that the White House will cut a bad year-end budget deal with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), including, perhaps, agreeing to raise the eligibility age for Medicare, and are pres&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15839249-white-house-no-deal-will-take-shape-until-gop-agrees-to-higher-tax-rates</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15839249-white-house-no-deal-will-take-shape-until-gop-agrees-to-higher-tax-rates</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>white-house</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>tom-cole</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>republican-led-house</category><category>president-obama</category><category>bush-era-tax-cuts</category><category>house-speaker-john-boehner</category><category>clinton-era-tax-rates</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>tax-rates-for-wealthy</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414990D03233E-663A-7FD1-0207-0C30FBB6DA1E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414990D03233E-663A-7FD1-0207-0C30FBB6DA1E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Norquist: GOP lawmakers who publicly mull tax hikes on wealthy guilty of 'impure thoughts,' but no reason to throw them out of office - yet</title>
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"Thinking something out loud is not treason," Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, told Reuters in an interview.
Senators Bob Corker of Tennessee and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, and Representative Tom Cole of Oklahoma are among a handful of Republicans openly w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15835195-norquist-gop-lawmakers-who-publicly-mull-tax-hikes-on-wealthy-guilty-of-impure-thoughts-but-no-reason-to-throw-them-out-of-office-yet</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15835195-norquist-gop-lawmakers-who-publicly-mull-tax-hikes-on-wealthy-guilty-of-impure-thoughts-but-no-reason-to-throw-them-out-of-office-yet</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>taxes</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>dems</category><category>democrat</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>tea-party</category><category>atr</category><category>americans-for-tax-reform</category><category>bush-tax-cut</category><category>taxpayer-protection-pledge</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>tea-party-types</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 08:15:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz0D760265-9CDD-3481-9AA6-12C4F8FA0BF8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz0D760265-9CDD-3481-9AA6-12C4F8FA0BF8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Dr. No' of Senate says 'yes' to tax increase on upper-income Americans</title>
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The Oklahoma senator and obstetrician known as &ldquo;Dr. No&rdquo; has taken on the most unlikely of roles: getting Republicans to say &ldquo;yes&rdquo; to tax hikes.
Tom Coburn, who has blocked dozens of bills, infuriated Democratic leaders and been on the lopsided end of so&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15834887-dr-no-of-senate-says-yes-to-tax-increase-on-upper-income-americans</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/11/15834887-dr-no-of-senate-says-yes-to-tax-increase-on-upper-income-americans</guid><category>us</category><category>oklahoma</category><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>taxes</category><category>tennessee</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>nebraska</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>tom-coburn</category><category>dems</category><category>democrat</category><category>mike-johanns</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>boehner</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>bush-tax-cut</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:58:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz1DE5A8A4-C7A2-0E4A-3344-9DEDB5061731.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz1DE5A8A4-C7A2-0E4A-3344-9DEDB5061731.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senator Bob Corker: GOP Should Hold Debt Ceiling Hostage As Leverage For Medicare Cuts</title>
<description><![CDATA[During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, [Sen. Bob] Corker [R-TN]&nbsp; explained that if Republicans &ldquo;give Obama a 2 percent increase,&rdquo; the party can then hold the debt ceiling hostage in order to secure real cuts in spending:
CORKER: The Republicans know they have &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15825419-senator-bob-corker-gop-should-hold-debt-ceiling-hostage-as-leverage-for-medicare-cuts</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15825419-senator-bob-corker-gop-should-hold-debt-ceiling-hostage-as-leverage-for-medicare-cuts</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>medicare</category><category>tennessee</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>republican</category><category>dems</category><category>democrat</category><category>senior-citizens</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>fox-news-sunday</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:33:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozD6A91BFA-5C59-35AC-AB90-40F241AA75EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozD6A91BFA-5C59-35AC-AB90-40F241AA75EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Hopes rise for a deal on tax rates  --  More in GOP foresee increase for the rich</title>
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There were faint signs on Sunday that Washington could cut a deal before reaching the so-called fiscal cliff, despite House Speaker John Boehner&rsquo;s declaration last week that no progress was being made in negotiations.
More Republicans are imagining what an agreement that&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15816012-hopes-rise-for-a-deal-on-tax-rates-more-in-gop-foresee-increase-for-the-rich</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/10/15816012-hopes-rise-for-a-deal-on-tax-rates-more-in-gop-foresee-increase-for-the-rich</guid><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>charles-schumer</category><category>dick-durbin</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>bipartisanship</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>republican-senators</category><category>president-obama</category><category>cliff-divers</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>democrats-advantage</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:16:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499E64C81C1-07DA-5B88-BBFD-478CC2F6721A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499E64C81C1-07DA-5B88-BBFD-478CC2F6721A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  Sen. Corker: Debt ceiling is Republican &amp;#8216;leverage&amp;#8217; to cut &amp;#8216;entitlements&amp;#8217</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15797975-sen-corker-debt-ceiling-is-republican-leverage-to-cut-entitlements8217</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15797975-sen-corker-debt-ceiling-is-republican-leverage-to-cut-entitlements8217</guid><category>2</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>right-wing</category><category>leverage</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>tea-party</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 20:08:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton0C5D5D1C-6DC6-6679-6352-6EE11FCDB6EC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton0C5D5D1C-6DC6-6679-6352-6EE11FCDB6EC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>On economics, foreign policy, Corker eager to act</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Bob Corker is spending a lot of time lately talking to Democrats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Cassata ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15755782-on-economics-foreign-policy-corker-eager-to-act</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/07/15755782-on-economics-foreign-policy-corker-eager-to-act</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>moment</category><category>corker</category><category>bob-corker</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 17:59:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8cd22c4-90e2-4c12-b772-9b5988d9af5a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d8cd22c4-90e2-4c12-b772-9b5988d9af5a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Oct. 6, 2011 file photo shows Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. listening during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Corker is spending a lot of time lately talking to Democrats. The freshman lawmaker from Tennessee spoke briefly last week with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after he unveiled his 10-year, $4.5 trillion solution to averting the end-of-year, double economic hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts. Deficit-cutting maven Erskine Bowles had forwarded Corker's proposal to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=252d68ee-2ecf-4bb1-9864-bbad5f7488d3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=252d68ee-2ecf-4bb1-9864-bbad5f7488d3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Nov. 13, 2012 file photo shows Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Corker is spending a lot of time lately talking to Democrats. The freshman lawmaker from Tennessee spoke briefly last week with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after he unveiled his 10-year, $4.5 trillion solution to averting the end-of-year, double economic hit of tax hikes and automatic spending cuts. Deficit-cutting maven Erskine Bowles had forwarded Corker's proposal to White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Boehner: 'Serious differences' remain in talks</title>
<description><![CDATA[House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday that "serious differences" remain between him and President Barack Obama in negotiations on averting automatic spending cuts and tax increases that economists fear could send the U.S. economy over a "fiscal cliff."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15701084-boehner-serious-differences-remain-in-talks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15701084-boehner-serious-differences-remain-in-talks</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>us-news</category><category>senate-republican</category><category>nancy-pelosi</category><category>fiscal</category><category>cliff</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>house-speaker-john-boehner</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><category>mitch-connell</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 16:23:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93968e20-f146-4d07-9ac9-77042fa2d6d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=93968e20-f146-4d07-9ac9-77042fa2d6d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the fiscal cliff at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012.  The president warned Republicans not to create another fight over the nation's debt ceiling, telling business leaders it's &quot;not a game that I will play.&quot;  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=23719155-6f18-45ae-9467-c394d590feca.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=23719155-6f18-45ae-9467-c394d590feca.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama walks over to shake hands with business leaders before speaking about the fiscal cliff during an address before the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f063545-d482-4a01-bb84-0981e63bc603.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6f063545-d482-4a01-bb84-0981e63bc603.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner, of Ohio, and the House GOP leadership leave after a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, following a closed-door GOP strategy session. At left is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ef4a160-dcee-42c4-8820-021a0f11f16f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1ef4a160-dcee-42c4-8820-021a0f11f16f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks about the fiscal cliff at the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012.  The president warned Republicans not to create another fight over the nation's debt ceiling, telling business leaders it's &quot;not a game that I will play.&quot; (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=736c864e-ca88-4699-b7b5-117b3384df5c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=736c864e-ca88-4699-b7b5-117b3384df5c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama walks with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, as he returned from speaking about the fiscal cliff at Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1dbabf5-dfb9-447d-97c4-dbe5abbe44ba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f1dbabf5-dfb9-447d-97c4-dbe5abbe44ba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a closed-door Republican strategy session, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking about the fiscal cliff, Boehner said Wednesday that the White House had failed to offer a &quot;balanced approach&quot; that had a chance of clearing either chamber of Congress. &quot;We can't negotiate with ourselves&quot;.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7ef90fd3-d61b-486d-861e-85d21a80baea.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="423" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7ef90fd3-d61b-486d-861e-85d21a80baea.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jason Furman, assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Principal Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, gestures as he speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec., 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b37a2822-02ab-4a00-aa79-6845b71b08d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b37a2822-02ab-4a00-aa79-6845b71b08d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., center, accompanied by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., right, and Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, to talk about the debate on tax rates and the fiscal cliff.  (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=177aa620-a30c-4c76-8ebb-79f5708d1252.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="429" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=177aa620-a30c-4c76-8ebb-79f5708d1252.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows AP-GfK poll results on Congress and the budget&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed42c473-5d85-4a0a-8775-71f975e2de54.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed42c473-5d85-4a0a-8775-71f975e2de54.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Nov. 16, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy in Washington. Americans are living longer, and Republicans are proposing to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of a deal to reduce the government's huge deficits. But what sounds like a common-sense sacrifice for an aging society that's facing tight budgets could have some surprising consequences, including higher premiums for people on Medicare. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a2cf475-e927-48e4-b8d2-23cbe0745e37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a2cf475-e927-48e4-b8d2-23cbe0745e37.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to the media during a visit with high school English teacher Tiffany Santana, left, and others, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Falls Church, Va., to discuss the importance of extending income tax cuts and small businesses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8366fdc-1cbf-44d3-a978-476859612413.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="491" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e8366fdc-1cbf-44d3-a978-476859612413.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to the media during a visit with to Falls Church, Va., Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, to discuss the importance of extending income tax cuts and small businesses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8992ef13-435d-4f72-b7c0-008b68224025.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8992ef13-435d-4f72-b7c0-008b68224025.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama listens while speaking to the media during a visit with high school teacher Tiffany Santana, second from right, Tiffany's mother Velma Massenburg, third from right, obscured, Tiffany's father Jimmy Massenburg center, and Richard Santana, who works at a local Toyota dealership, left, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Falls Church, Va., to discuss the importance of extending income tax cuts for Americans and small businesses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc2923a0-faa7-4777-bd9c-15a1e0cf712e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc2923a0-faa7-4777-bd9c-15a1e0cf712e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures as he speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, to discuss the pending fiscal cliff.  Boehner said there's been no progress in negotiations on how to avoid the fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts and called on President Barack Obama to come up with a new offer.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad268f3e-64ab-4c4d-84bd-c7153756427e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ad268f3e-64ab-4c4d-84bd-c7153756427e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, to discuss the pending fiscal cliff.  Boehner said there's been no progress in negotiations on how to avoid the fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts and called on President Barack Obama to come up with a new offer.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f801d2c-1540-44af-8b6a-92f97cc575f9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="318" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f801d2c-1540-44af-8b6a-92f97cc575f9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="193" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, to discuss the pending fiscal cliff.  Boehner said there's been no progress in negotiations on how to avoid the fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts and called on President Barack Obama to come up with a new offer.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7d17697-6853-46df-914f-eda4c9fbcfc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7d17697-6853-46df-914f-eda4c9fbcfc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media after eating lunch with middle class tax-payers, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Metro 29 diner in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1131eaeb-bdc1-4fdf-b831-543d4a88460a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1131eaeb-bdc1-4fdf-b831-543d4a88460a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden, right, speaks to the media after eating lunch with middle class tax-payers including Fernando Garavito, of North Potomac, Md., left, Anne Marie Munos, of Falls Church, Va., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Metro 29 diner in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4783ddf-dcca-4027-a33a-429b47e768e1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d4783ddf-dcca-4027-a33a-429b47e768e1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media after eating lunch with middle class tax-payers including, from left,  Anne Marie Munos of Falls Church, Va., Mossi Tull, of Washington, and David Waugh, of Bethesda, Md., Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Metro 29 diner in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f249c0d-87ac-43a2-a42e-ca49c982809d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f249c0d-87ac-43a2-a42e-ca49c982809d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows estimated average tax increase in&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=583a3f61-608d-4673-bdd2-8c0d77519aab.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=583a3f61-608d-4673-bdd2-8c0d77519aab.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vice President Joe Biden points toward Fernando Garavito of North Potomac, Md., left, as he has lunch with Garavito and Anne Marie Munos of Falls Church, Va., center, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at the Metro 29 diner in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a37a9b0a-8696-4545-a24d-67a0c89f46ba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a37a9b0a-8696-4545-a24d-67a0c89f46ba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 6. 2012, photo, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is surrounded by, from left, his wife Elizabeth, and daughters Emily and Julia, as he speaks to supporters at an election night victory rally at the Cabana Restaurant on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Nashville, Tenn.S enate Republicans would probably agree to increased tax rates on the wealthiest Americans if it meant getting a chance to reform massive government entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security,Corker  said Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.  (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2941f8c6-0057-44c2-a687-da5281fa0473.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2941f8c6-0057-44c2-a687-da5281fa0473.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. Admnistration officials say President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met Sunda, Dec. 9, 2012, at the White House to discuss the ongoing negotiations over the impeding &quot;fiscal cliff.&quot; Spokesmen for both Obama and Boehner said the two men agreed to not release details of the conversation, but emphasized that the lines of communication remain open. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c60413ff-5d73-40b2-a9d4-21332e4f1486.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c60413ff-5d73-40b2-a9d4-21332e4f1486.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Nov. 16, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama shaking hands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, during a meeting to discuss the deficit and economy. Congress and the White House can significantly soften the initial impact of the fiscal cliff even if they fail to reach a compromise by Dec. 31. One thing they cannot control, however, is the financial markets' reaction, which possibly could be a panicky sell-off that triggers economic reversals worldwide. The stock market's unpredictability is perhaps the biggest wild card in the political showdown over the fiscal cliff.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8febcc1-dcde-4737-9832-347102cbf110.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a8febcc1-dcde-4737-9832-347102cbf110.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama turns and waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, as he travels to Michigan to visit the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford, Mich. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f6988c6-8945-4d71-9e6d-a46e4d20ece5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f6988c6-8945-4d71-9e6d-a46e4d20ece5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama greets well-wishers after stepping off Air Force One upon his arrival at  Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, before going to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford, Mich. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2d044a8e-bfa6-44db-93e6-2593eba1d5e9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2d044a8e-bfa6-44db-93e6-2593eba1d5e9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to workers about the economy during a visit to Daimler Detroit Diesel in Redford, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f388c7b2-c4d1-46a0-8943-9938ccc98e75.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f388c7b2-c4d1-46a0-8943-9938ccc98e75.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama walks with Plant Manager and Vice President of Operations Jeff Allen, left, and UAW NW Local 163 Detroit Diesel Engine Unit Shop Chairperson Mark &quot;Gibby&quot; Gibson, right, during a visit to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18a8db06-508c-48df-8b3a-df4cdde74833.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=18a8db06-508c-48df-8b3a-df4cdde74833.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to workers about the economy during a visit to Daimler Detroit Diesel in Redford, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65cd5464-c6ca-4437-a398-84fa17604637.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=65cd5464-c6ca-4437-a398-84fa17604637.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to workers about the economy during a visit to Daimler Detroit Diesel in Redford, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.  (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=893f62cc-6638-47db-8cb8-e583c22afab1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=893f62cc-6638-47db-8cb8-e583c22afab1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama speaks to workers about the economy during a visit to Daimler Detroit Diesel in Redford, Mich., Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The scene playing out on Capitol Hill is a familiar one as lawmakers with competing ideologies wage an 11th-hour battle to avert a predictable crisis. This one comes just a year after an equally divided Washington nearly let the country default on its loan obligations, a debt-ceiling debate that contributed to the electorate's deep lack of faith in their elected leaders and a drop in the nations credit rating. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1c996e2d-65b2-4a7d-b1e0-210e228343cc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1c996e2d-65b2-4a7d-b1e0-210e228343cc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is pursued by reporters as he walks to the House floor to deliver remarks about negotiations with President Barack Obama on the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner said President Barack Obama is slow-walking talks to avoid the fiscal cliff, and hasn't outlined spending cuts he's willing to support as part of a compromise.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15816b2b-0892-4bd8-8097-3fb92dd28f3a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="459" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15816b2b-0892-4bd8-8097-3fb92dd28f3a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="138" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House floor to deliver remarks about negotiations with President Barack Obama on the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner said President Barack Obama is slow-walking talks to avoid the fiscal cliff, and hasn't outlined spending cuts he's willing to support as part of a compromise.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04f02021-5699-4eee-9af3-eb4d9dd0e838.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=04f02021-5699-4eee-9af3-eb4d9dd0e838.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaves his office and walks to the House floor to deliver remarks about negotiations with President Obama on the fiscal cliff, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e200e4d9-980e-45db-ac51-de5310ef4f3e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e200e4d9-980e-45db-ac51-de5310ef4f3e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, following a Democratic strategy session.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=add51922-f6d9-4f91-882d-2bed7e3765c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=add51922-f6d9-4f91-882d-2bed7e3765c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., right, speaks with reporters following a GOP strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 11, 2012, with from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bab8256-6386-4b15-b1c1-0d03542bf59e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="362" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bab8256-6386-4b15-b1c1-0d03542bf59e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows percentage of households earning $200,000 or more per year by state&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c2441b2-29bb-4a49-b57f-88fbcd2de651.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c2441b2-29bb-4a49-b57f-88fbcd2de651.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff7ebbd4-1797-43ae-9ead-2b74dfe2b03d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ff7ebbd4-1797-43ae-9ead-2b74dfe2b03d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who spoke with President Barack Obama yesterday, arrives for a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucus, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner and the other House Republican leaders are calling for Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called &quot;fiscal cliff&quot; of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d12260f0-7750-4e79-8186-5f6fb3f315a3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d12260f0-7750-4e79-8186-5f6fb3f315a3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Nov. 16, 2012 file photo shows President Barack Obama, accompanied by House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Even if Congress and the White House fail to strike a budget deal by New Year's Day, reality may be a lot less bleak then the scenario that's been spooking employers and investors and slowing the U.S. Economy. The tax increases and spending cuts could be retroactively repealed after Jan. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Susan Rice? &amp;raquo</title>
<description><![CDATA[No doubt about it: Republicans have it in for Susan  Rice, the US ambassador to the United Nations and, by most accounts,  President Obama&rsquo;s likely choice to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary  of State.&nbsp; Rice is an Obama confidante and advisor.
Let&rsquo;s be clear&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15651918-why-susan-rice-raquo</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15651918-why-susan-rice-raquo</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>george-bush</category><category>senate-armed-services-committee</category><category>kelly-ayotte</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>proxy-war</category><category>benghazi</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>tea-party</category><category>general-petraeus</category><category>van-jones</category><category>spinmeisters</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>american-supremacy</category><category>scott-brown</category><category>keystone-pipeline</category><category>susan-collians</category><category>republican-vitriol</category><category>sexual-dalliance</category><category>cia-shenanigans</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 23:23:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      The Growing Revolt Against Grover Norquist - Steven J. Gulitti - Open Salon     </title>
<description><![CDATA[What may turn out to be the great irony in the demise of Grover Norquist is the fact that his unwillingness, and that of his likeminded followers, to compromise may lead to an even bigger setback for his cause then would have been obtained had he been willing to compromise two ye&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></source><link>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15602788-the-growing-revolt-against-grover-norquist-steven-j-gulitti-open-salon</link><guid>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15602788-the-growing-revolt-against-grover-norquist-steven-j-gulitti-open-salon</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-deficit</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>republican-party</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>tom-coburn</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>jeff-flake</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>tax-policy</category><category>peter-king</category><category>tom-cole</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>tea-party</category><category>lamar-alexander</category><category>entitlement-spending</category><category>grand-bargain</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>sheldon-adelson</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>conservative-ideas</category><category>anti-government-ideas</category><category>diane-white</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2012 22:21:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sjgulittiA200C514-74DF-C395-F8CB-6FD6BB432C4B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="50" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=sjgulittiA200C514-74DF-C395-F8CB-6FD6BB432C4B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="50" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Growing Revolt Against Grover Norquist</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Two weeks ago I penned a short piece titled &ldquo;Grover Norquist Collateral Casualty of 2012?&rdquo; where I broached the question of whether or not Norquist would become a casualty as a result of the coming fiscal cliff negotiations and where I said, &ldquo;&hellip;look for G&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[sjgulitti]]></source><link>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15602743-the-growing-revolt-against-grover-norquist</link><guid>http://sjgulitti.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/01/15602743-the-growing-revolt-against-grover-norquist</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-deficit</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>republican-party</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>tom-coburn</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>jeff-flake</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>tax-policy</category><category>peter-king</category><category>tom-cole</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>tea-party</category><category>lamar-alexander</category><category>entitlement-spending</category><category>grand-bargain</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>sheldon-adelson</category><category>koch-brothers</category><category>conservative-ideas</category><category>anti-government-ideas</category><category>diane-white</category><pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2012 22:19:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Grover Norquist is now considered &amp;#8220;an impediment to good governing&amp;#8221; | Under the Mountain Bunker</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Instead of reducing government to a size "we can drown in a bathtub", it appears that Grover's tax pledge&nbsp;might be circling the drain.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[AmericanMOM-598098]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AmericanMOM-598098]]></source><link>http://tribalgirl64.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15469009-grover-norquist-is-now-considered-an-impediment-to-good-governing-under-the-mountain-bunker</link><guid>http://tribalgirl64.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15469009-grover-norquist-is-now-considered-an-impediment-to-good-governing-under-the-mountain-bunker</guid><category>politics</category><category>warren-buffett</category><category>grover-norquist</category><category>tax-reform</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>saxby-chambliss</category><category>grover-norquist-s</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:28:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tribalgirl647353EA06-8A3C-74B9-B866-62379CAADE16.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="303" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tribalgirl647353EA06-8A3C-74B9-B866-62379CAADE16.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tenn. Dems disavow Senate nominee, cite hate group</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee Democratic Party is disavowing the man who won the party's nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Bob Corker in November, saying the little-known candidate belongs to an anti-gay hate group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas L. Johnson Ii]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lucas L. Johnson Ii]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13108878-tenn-dems-disavow-senate-nominee-cite-hate-group</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13108878-tenn-dems-disavow-senate-nominee-cite-hate-group</guid><category>us</category><category>senate</category><category>tennessee</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>tennessee-democratic-party</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 22:12:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tennessee Dems Nominate Anti-Gay Conspiracy Theorist for Senate</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Mark Clayton believes the federal government is building a massive, four-football-field wide superhighway from Mexico City to Toronto as part of a secret plot to establish a new North American Union that will bring an end to America as we know it. On Thursday, he became the Ten&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13106681-tennessee-dems-nominate-anti-gay-conspiracy-theorist-for-senate</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13106681-tennessee-dems-nominate-anti-gay-conspiracy-theorist-for-senate</guid><category>us</category><category>tennessee</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>republican</category><category>dems</category><category>democrat</category><category>senate-elections</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>blue-dog-democrats</category><category>mark-clayton</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:14:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz4E7F1CF6-7BC3-04DC-C713-AF1B42A14F9A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz4E7F1CF6-7BC3-04DC-C713-AF1B42A14F9A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tenn. Sen. Corker fends off 4, winds GOP primary</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker has fended off four challengers in a Republican primary to win his party's nomination for a second term.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Erik Schelzig]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Erik Schelzig]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13092430-tenn-sen-corker-fends-off-4-winds-gop-primary</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13092430-tenn-sen-corker-fends-off-4-winds-gop-primary</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>tennessee</category><category>us-news</category><category>bob-corker</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 00:22:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87ecb758-e870-4a7d-a93d-b431c987791e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="399" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87ecb758-e870-4a7d-a93d-b431c987791e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Seniors await their ride at the Orange Mound Community Center after voting in Memphis, Tenn. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. The ballot features general-election contests for Shelby County District attorney general, assessor of property and board of education seats, among others, and primary races for the U.S. House of Representatives and the Tennessee general assembly. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mike Maple)    &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8346dfb2-ac38-478c-a3d7-aed8712f0d8b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8346dfb2-ac38-478c-a3d7-aed8712f0d8b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Poll workers Ruth Lindsey, left, James Lindsey, Bruce Mintz and Shandalier Morgan wait for voters during the primary election Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. Months of bruising primary campaigns seemed to be taking their toll on voter morale on Election Day.  At the polls on Thursday, many voters expressed frustration with negative campaigns and what they viewed as the self-interested actions of politicians.  (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6fec6acd-c5ce-451a-933c-d45566d0e30b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6fec6acd-c5ce-451a-933c-d45566d0e30b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Poll workers Ruth Lindsey, left, James Lindsey, Bruce Mintz and Shandalier Morgan wait for voters during the primary election Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn. Months of bruising primary campaigns seemed to be taking their toll on voter morale on Election Day.  At the polls on Thursday, many voters expressed frustration with negative campaigns and what they viewed as the self-interested actions of politicians.  (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, Amy Smotherman Burgess)   &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Taking care of Jamie</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Boy, Jamie Dimon must feel bruised and battered all over after the pounding he got in the Senate this morning:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12224591-taking-care-of-jamie</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/14/12224591-taking-care-of-jamie</guid><category>washington</category><category>congress</category><category>wall-street</category><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>us-senate</category><category>charles-schumer</category><category>jpmorgan</category><category>jim-demint</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>jerry-moran</category><category>larry-sabato</category><category>roger-wicker</category><category>michael-bennet</category><category>jamie-dimon</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:01:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Senate GOP Calls Fed Proposal To Reduce Mortgage Payments 'Completely Egregious' | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve last week released a set of proposals for aiding the battered American housing market, including a series of ways to help homeowners who are buried under the weight of unsustainable mortgage payments or  who now find themselves significantly underwater on thei&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10126865-senate-gop-calls-fed-proposal-to-reduce-mortgage-payments-completely-egregious-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/12/10126865-senate-gop-calls-fed-proposal-to-reduce-mortgage-payments-completely-egregious-thinkprogress</guid><category>housing</category><category>politics</category><category>orrin-hatch</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>housing-foreclosure</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:19:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand37F4DB513-5386-0D03-28E3-6E44FF6547E2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="219" width="228" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand37F4DB513-5386-0D03-28E3-6E44FF6547E2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>White House redefines 'winning' in Afghanistan ahead of review. By John T. Bennett. 06/08/11 08:21 PM ET </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Obama administration officials and lawmakers are lowering the bar for  success in Afghanistan ahead of the first strategic review of war  policy in the post-Osama bin Laden era.
Washington has largely  shed words like &ldquo;winning&rdquo; and &ldquo;success&rdquo; as public fat&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/09/6818533-white-house-redefines-winning-in-afghanistan-ahead-of-review-by-john-t-bennett-060811-0821-pm-et</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/09/6818533-white-house-redefines-winning-in-afghanistan-ahead-of-review-by-john-t-bennett-060811-0821-pm-et</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>winning</category><category>white-house</category><category>taliban</category><category>politics</category><category>kabul</category><category>success</category><category>senate-foreign-relations-committee</category><category>ryan-crocker</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>nation-building</category><category>u-s-foreign-policy</category><category>jim-webb</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>ben-cardin</category><category>robert-gates</category><category>war-policy</category><category>haqqani-network</category><category>post-osama-bin-laden-era</category><category>fill-a-vacuum</category><category>foreign-relations-report</category><category>sustainable-stability</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:15:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Has Elizabeth Warren Won Over the Banks? | Mother Jones</title>
<description><![CDATA[On her first day running the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Elizabeth Warren met with a group of bankers from her home state, Oklahoma.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stephen-one shot-one kill]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stephen-one shot-one kill]]></source><link>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/06/6595873-has-elizabeth-warren-won-over-the-banks-mother-jones</link><guid>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/06/6595873-has-elizabeth-warren-won-over-the-banks-mother-jones</guid><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>mother-jones</category><category>chuck-grassley</category><category>american-bankers-association</category><category>bloomberg-businessweek</category><category>motherjonescom-while-warrens</category><category>senate-gopers</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 11:19:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Warren</title>
<description><![CDATA[The attacks on Elizabeth Warren and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just keep coming, fast and furious, facts be damned.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[onevoiceamongmany]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[onevoiceamongmany]]></source><link>http://onevoiceamongmany.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/15/6273833-whos-afraid-of-elizabeth-warren</link><guid>http://onevoiceamongmany.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/15/6273833-whos-afraid-of-elizabeth-warren</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>mortgage</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>republicans</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>regulation</category><category>government-accountability-office</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>elizabeth-warren</category><category>financial-industry</category><category>consumer-financial-protection-bureau</category><category>cfpb</category><category>dodd-frank-act</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:39:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>If it's Wednesday, it must be an unprecedented power grab </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Republican alarm bells are ringing once again. The very idea of closing debate on a Senate rules change by majority vote, as Republicans themselves proposed doing just a few years ago, is now being treated to the "unprecedented power grab" routine.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[EdisonEllis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[EdisonEllis]]></source><link>http://edisonellis.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/29/5733301-if-its-wednesday-it-must-be-an-unprecedented-power-grab</link><guid>http://edisonellis.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/29/5733301-if-its-wednesday-it-must-be-an-unprecedented-power-grab</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>hatch</category><category>bill-frist</category><category>filibuster</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>power-grab</category><category>corker</category><category>demint</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>lisa-murkowski</category><category>inhofe</category><category>washington-times</category><category>cloture</category><category>jim-inhofe</category><category>filibuster-reform</category><category>senate-rules-reform</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:46:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Republicans Taking Other Hostages, Threaten to Shoot START if DADT Repealed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal is on a glide path to passage. With Olympia Snowe joining Scott Brown and Lisa Murkowski as fully supportive of the standalone bill, at least 61 votes are in hand, and Harry Reid filled the amendment tree to minimize any possibility of amendments.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/17/5670570-republicans-taking-other-hostages-threaten-to-shoot-start-if-dadt-repealed</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/17/5670570-republicans-taking-other-hostages-threaten-to-shoot-start-if-dadt-repealed</guid><category>us</category><category>usa</category><category>gay</category><category>democrats</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>lesbian</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>gay-rights</category><category>republican</category><category>homosexual</category><category>us-politics</category><category>queer</category><category>dadt</category><category>dont-ask-dont-tell</category><category>gays-in-the-military</category><category>obstruction</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>republican-senators</category><category>strategic-arms-reduction-treaty</category><category>start-treaty</category><category>political-blackmail</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:53:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Growing Number Of Republicans Join Call To End Federal Reserve's Full Employment Mandate ~~~ VIDEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[... criticizing the Fed's recent policy actions, even though they represent the last option for boosting job-creation (because the GOP won't move forward with further fiscal stimulus).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/23/5515775-growing-number-of-republicans-join-call-to-end-federal-reserves-full-employment-mandate-video</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/23/5515775-growing-number-of-republicans-join-call-to-end-federal-reserves-full-employment-mandate-video</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>cnbc</category><category>richard-burr</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>mark-thoma</category><category>house-budget-chairman-paul-ryan</category><category>employment-mandate</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:45:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bob Corker's chickens come home to roost</title>
<description><![CDATA[So how about making fun of the Republican politicians who voted against the auto-bailout and yet still had the gall to attend a ceremony celebrating the reopening of an idled GM plant?

Yes, Bob Corker, R-Tenn., I'm looking at you.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/20/5146315-bob-corkers-chickens-come-home-to-roost</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/20/5146315-bob-corkers-chickens-come-home-to-roost</guid><category>politics</category><category>uaw</category><category>tenn</category><category>bob-corker</category><category>lamar-alexander</category><category>tennessee-right</category><category>gm-spring-hill</category><category>socialism-fascism-obama</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:06:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>