<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - congress</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/congress</link><description>Newsvine - congress</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:48:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Lois Lerner pleading the fifth is worst possible outcome for the White House </title>
<description><![CDATA[
there is more to her pleading the fifth than just her own guilt. There&rsquo;s no doubt in my mind that she&rsquo;s protecting people in the White House.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18418436-lois-lerner-pleading-the-fifth-is-worst-possible-outcome-for-the-white-house</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18418436-lois-lerner-pleading-the-fifth-is-worst-possible-outcome-for-the-white-house</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>congress</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>testimony</category><category>fifth-amendment</category><category>lois-lerner</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:45:00 +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></item><item><title> Ex-Diplomats Report New Benghazi Whistleblowers with Info Devastating to Clinton and Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[
These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18418675-ex-diplomats-report-new-benghazi-whistleblowers-with-info-devastating-to-clinton-and-obama</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18418675-ex-diplomats-report-new-benghazi-whistleblowers-with-info-devastating-to-clinton-and-obama</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>congress</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>political</category><category>lies</category><category>whistleblower</category><category>testimony</category><category>benbhazi</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:52:24 +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>Is abortion about to doom Republicans again? </title>
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Recently, I asked Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, one of the most fiercely pro-choice members of Congress, why she thought the House of Representatives had been so muted this year in its introduction of anti-abortion and anti&ndash;Planned Parenthood bills. &ldquo;It pays &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18416126-is-abortion-about-to-doom-republicans-again</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18416126-is-abortion-about-to-doom-republicans-again</guid><category>congress</category><category>abortion</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>anti-abortion</category><category>trent-franks</category><category>kermit-gosnell</category><category>callous-republicans-congresswoman-eleanor-holmes-norton</category><category>anti-planned-parenthood</category><category>war-n-women</category><category>contraception-access</category><category>district-oof-columbia</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:51:50 +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=mscyprah9D78521B-7CAC-DE1F-B2CB-0DF5FB468634.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah9D78521B-7CAC-DE1F-B2CB-0DF5FB468634.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>Retirement healthcare costs decline | Banks</title>
<description><![CDATA[The GOP has made health care a political hot potato .... but time is running out as the effects of Obamacare &nbsp;take hold ...
Not obvious is the fact that Obamacare &nbsp;has substantially increased the power of "moral suasion" on health care providers to be more efficient.
&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Coral Atlas]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Coral Atlas]]></source><link>http://coralatlas.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18418165-retirement-healthcare-costs-decline-banks</link><guid>http://coralatlas.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/22/18418165-retirement-healthcare-costs-decline-banks</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>healthcare</category><category>gop</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:56 +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>Legal Fight Over Contraception Benefit Hits Next Phase </title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal courts of appeals will hear arguments this week in&nbsp;three casesthat could frame the coming Supreme Court battle over the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act.
On Wednesday, the U.S Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit will hear two of the three cases.&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18401343-legal-fight-over-contraception-benefit-hits-next-phase</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18401343-legal-fight-over-contraception-benefit-hits-next-phase</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>republicans</category><category>news</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>contraception</category><category>executive-branch</category><category>religious-right</category><category>womens-rights</category><category>reproductive-rights</category><category>roe-vs-wade</category><category>religious-freedom-restoration-act</category><category>health-systems</category><category>sexual-rights</category><category>economic-rights</category><category>private-insurance</category><category>lgbt-rights</category><category>hobby-lobby</category><category>social-rights</category><category>becket-fund</category><category>access-to-contraception</category><category>faith-and-ideology</category><category>law-and-policy</category><category>2014-elections</category><category>birth-control-benefit-2013</category><category>contraception-litigation</category><category>grote-industries</category><category>obrien-v-hhs</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:20:43 +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>Are The Deficit Hawks Actually Trying to Starve Us Now? | Crooks and Liars</title>
<description><![CDATA[
This is not a rhetorical question. Are the deficit hawks consciously trying to kill people? Do they begrudge even this minimal help?
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryce DeWitt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryce DeWitt]]></source><link>http://brycedewitt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18401821-are-the-deficit-hawks-actually-trying-to-starve-us-now-crooks-and-liars</link><guid>http://brycedewitt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18401821-are-the-deficit-hawks-actually-trying-to-starve-us-now-crooks-and-liars</guid><category>military</category><category>republicans</category><category>congress</category><category>veterans</category><category>seniors</category><category>snap</category><category>school-lunch</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:05:47 +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=brycedewittE5C1252E-39C4-82AB-8109-B3DA839848F1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="195" width="258" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brycedewittE5C1252E-39C4-82AB-8109-B3DA839848F1.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>CONGRESS: Benghazi investigation is a farce | Letters to the Editor - The News Tribune</title>
<description><![CDATA[When 16 people were killed at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen in September 2008, Congress didn&rsquo;t bother to investigate. When six were killed at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul in July 2008, Congress didn&rsquo;t bother to investigate. When two people were killed at the U.S. Embass&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Norcal2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Norcal2]]></source><link>http://norcal55.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18399694-congress-benghazi-investigation-is-a-farce-letters-to-the-editor-the-news-tribune</link><guid>http://norcal55.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18399694-congress-benghazi-investigation-is-a-farce-letters-to-the-editor-the-news-tribune</guid><category>congress</category><category>gop</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:45 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=norcal559603C710-315C-B9B5-3A9F-FA1FF58D9D08.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="372" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=norcal559603C710-315C-B9B5-3A9F-FA1FF58D9D08.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="112" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Va. GOP nominee compares Planned Parenthood to KKK </title>
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An outspoken and provocative conservative who emerged from Saturday's Republican Party of Virginia Convention as the party's nominee for lieutenant governor once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and blasted African-Americans for their "slavish devotion" to the De&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18382913-va-gop-nominee-compares-planned-parenthood-to-kkk</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18382913-va-gop-nominee-compares-planned-parenthood-to-kkk</guid><category>congress</category><category>abortion</category><category>social</category><category>politics</category><category>virginia</category><category>gop</category><category>kkk</category><category>politician</category><category>planned-parenthood</category><category>issue</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:03:32 +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=leafydebater3AD9AA6F-6EDC-326A-A441-4FC380732764.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater3AD9AA6F-6EDC-326A-A441-4FC380732764.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>Reform Capital Gains Tax Treatment</title>
<description><![CDATA[Can anyone tell me why allowing low capital gains and dividend tax rates on secondary investment transactions is good for the economy?

Take your time, I'll wait.

Oh, you don't know what a secondary investment transaction is?  No problem.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18381208-reform-capital-gains-tax-treatment</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18381208-reform-capital-gains-tax-treatment</guid><category>business</category><category>congress</category><category>small-business</category><category>taxes</category><category>entrepreneurship</category><category>venture-capital</category><category>private-equity</category><category>tax-reform</category><category>capital-gains</category><category>primary-investment</category><category>secondary-investment</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:33:44 +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>Proposed farm bills would cut billions from current spending levels</title>
<description><![CDATA[This issue needs to be public record...contact you're Senator on this&nbsp;Farm bill proposal. Congress' attack on the poverty-stricken continues...wants to cut SNAP programs by $400 mil. a yr. to help increase corp. farm subsidies!!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[gregharris]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[gregharris]]></source><link>http://gregharris.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18375178-proposed-farm-bills-would-cut-billions-from-current-spending-levels</link><guid>http://gregharris.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18375178-proposed-farm-bills-would-cut-billions-from-current-spending-levels</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>you</category><category>care</category><category>about</category><category>dont</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:24:01 +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=gregharris4FE3045D-B540-A213-E6A4-671FB328CE62.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gregharris4FE3045D-B540-A213-E6A4-671FB328CE62.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Most Folks Do Not Care About Obama &quot;Scandals&quot; | All Things Democrat</title>
<description><![CDATA[Just over a week ago a trifecta of &ldquo;scandals&rdquo; broke upon the Obama  administration.&nbsp; It started when congressional Republicans hoodwinked  ABC into reporting on fabricated emails.&nbsp; Things got worse when news  broke that IRS agents had given more scrutiny to &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359811-why-most-folks-do-not-care-about-obama-scandals-all-things-democrat</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18359811-why-most-folks-do-not-care-about-obama-scandals-all-things-democrat</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>congress</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>conservatives</category><category>campaigns</category><category>conspiracy-theories</category><category>the-economy</category><category>orly-taitz</category><category>secret-muslim</category><category>stars-of-the-gop</category><category>the-media-and-tagged-filibuster</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 23:04:54 +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 War On Terror' Is Permanent</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the 'war', in limitless form, will continue for 'at least' another decade - or two
&nbsp;Last October, senior Obama officials anonymously&nbsp;unveiled to the Washington Post&nbsp;their newly minted "disposition matrix", a complex compu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JayMack]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JayMack]]></source><link>http://jaymack.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18358588-the-war-on-terror-is-permanent</link><guid>http://jaymack.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18358588-the-war-on-terror-is-permanent</guid><category>bush</category><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>pentagon</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>war-on-terror</category><category>9-11</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>aumf</category><category>global-war</category><category>senate-committee</category><category>armed-services-committee</category><category>reagan-presidency</category><category>af-pac-war</category><category>authorization-to-use-military-force</category><category>anti-american-rage</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:21:48 +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=jaymackA6B51BD1-39C7-EF63-8ABB-0AB36D8B7E46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="55" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jaymackA6B51BD1-39C7-EF63-8ABB-0AB36D8B7E46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="17" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Budget Concession Would Hurt Veterans | Business Insider </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The proposal to reduce the debt has one provision that a spokesman for young veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan says will have a very significant negative impact on the most vulnerable.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryce DeWitt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryce DeWitt]]></source><link>http://brycedewitt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18356220-budget-concession-would-hurt-veterans-business-insider</link><guid>http://brycedewitt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18356220-budget-concession-would-hurt-veterans-business-insider</guid><category>barack-obama</category><category>congress</category><category>veterans</category><category>chained-cpi</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:52:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brycedewittD702BB82-BD23-33A7-5CDF-3961C1A64A3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brycedewittD702BB82-BD23-33A7-5CDF-3961C1A64A3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Get Involved in Telling Congress: Don't Cut $20 Billion From SNAP!</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Farm Bill has passed the House Ag Committee with a proposed $20 Billion cut to SNAP, (formerly known as food stamps). The Sequester cuts are just now hitting food pantries and anti-hunger agencies and it's unknown yet, how deep they'll be. All this with epic demand and pantri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[FeedTheUSA]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[FeedTheUSA]]></source><link>http://feedtheusa.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18326883-get-involved-in-telling-congress-dont-cut-20-billion-from-snap</link><guid>http://feedtheusa.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18326883-get-involved-in-telling-congress-dont-cut-20-billion-from-snap</guid><category>us-news</category><category>congress</category><category>children</category><category>hunger</category><category>seniors</category><category>food-stamps</category><category>snap</category><category>farm-bill</category><category>jeff-bridges</category><category>feeding-america</category><category>child-nutrition-act</category><category>farm-bills</category><category>cd3-representative-scott-tipton</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:23:37 +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=FeedTheUSAC3DE9424-B2C7-C029-D10E-9A965540AB65.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="45" width="45" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=FeedTheUSAC3DE9424-B2C7-C029-D10E-9A965540AB65.jpg&amp;width=120" width="45" height="45" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  White House trolls Republicans over Obamacare hashtag </title>
<description><![CDATA[
House Republicans are preparing for a full floor vote on a repeal of the Affordable Care Act on Thursday. In the meantime, they have started a Twitter campaign in the form of the hashtag&nbsp;#ObamaCareinThreeWords, to get opponents of the law excited about the vote.
It began &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18323522-white-house-trolls-republicans-over-obamacare-hashtag</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18323522-white-house-trolls-republicans-over-obamacare-hashtag</guid><category>congress</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>vote</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>troll</category><category>repeal</category><category>twitter</category><category>its-the-law</category><category>three-words</category><category>obamacare</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:37 +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=leafydebater360B5757-950C-F142-0856-B49A7693B1C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater360B5757-950C-F142-0856-B49A7693B1C0.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>Would You Believe The Administration Got Phone Records of The House Of Representatives? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
So when they went after the AP reporters, right? Went after all of their phone records, they went after the phone records, including right up here in the House Gallery, right up from where I&rsquo;m sitting right now. So you have a real separation of powers issue that did this &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322058-would-you-believe-the-administration-got-phone-records-of-the-house-of-representatives</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18322058-would-you-believe-the-administration-got-phone-records-of-the-house-of-representatives</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>scandal</category><category>ap</category><category>records</category><category>braack-obama</category><category>obama-admin-tapped-house</category><category>obama-scandals-just-went-nuclear</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:26 +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>5 Major Scandals The Media Isn't Obsessing About</title>
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This week, the national media has focused on the three different scandals surrounding the White House, devoting hours of coverage to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) improperly targeting conservative groups applying for tax exempt status, the talking points Susan Rice used in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319854-5-major-scandals-the-media-isnt-obsessing-about</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319854-5-major-scandals-the-media-isnt-obsessing-about</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>climate-change</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>poverty</category><category>hunger</category><category>class-warfare</category><category>gun-violence</category><category>scandals</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:42:49 +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=redsfanA7A46ABE-54E7-8C8D-B651-41C16D423E77.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="170" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfanA7A46ABE-54E7-8C8D-B651-41C16D423E77.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>Male rape survivors tackle military assault in tough-guy culture - U.S. News</title>
<description><![CDATA[The proposed reporting and due process recommendations by Senator Gillibrand look good.&nbsp; (This is a series of news clips; I recommend watching the first 5 to 6 clips of statements and interviews.&nbsp; It is important to see Sen. Gillibrand's interview.)
We civilians also&n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[familyhomejoy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[familyhomejoy]]></source><link>http://familyhomejoy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18305745-male-rape-survivors-tackle-military-assault-in-tough-guy-culture-us-news</link><guid>http://familyhomejoy.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18305745-male-rape-survivors-tackle-military-assault-in-tough-guy-culture-us-news</guid><category>us-news</category><category>congress</category><category>law</category><category>rape</category><category>defense-department</category><category>due-process</category><category>male-rape</category><category>rape-in-the-military</category><category>male-rape-due-process</category><category>us-military-law</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:20:15 +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=familyhomejoyC8D0B105-ECD9-B46B-BD3D-2CC66AF9ADD1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=familyhomejoyC8D0B105-ECD9-B46B-BD3D-2CC66AF9ADD1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House Freshmen Get Their Wish to Waste More Money | BobCesca.com | Liberal Politics Blog and Podcast | We Cover the World</title>
<description><![CDATA[While House Republicans hold their 37th vote to repeal Obamacare today, ThinkProgress has tallied the current cost of those 37 votes and it comes out to $55 million.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304823-house-freshmen-get-their-wish-to-waste-more-money-bobcescacom-liberal-politics-blog-and-podcast-we-cover-the-world</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304823-house-freshmen-get-their-wish-to-waste-more-money-bobcescacom-liberal-politics-blog-and-podcast-we-cover-the-world</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>congress</category><category>obamacare</category><category>healthcare-and-tagged-affordable-care-act</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:34 +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>Is Darrell Issa Suddenly Afraid of Cameras?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In an interesting new twist in the very twisted world of Grand Inquisitor Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the two co-authors of the official (but independent) audit of the Benghazi! attacks, who earlier asked for an opportunity to testify before Issa&rsquo;s Benghazi-obsessed oversig&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302480-is-darrell-issa-suddenly-afraid-of-cameras</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302480-is-darrell-issa-suddenly-afraid-of-cameras</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>right-wing-extremism</category><category>obama-derangement-syndrome</category><category>benghazi</category><category>conspiracy-theories</category><category>issa</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:29:48 +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=redsfanEB8412F5-4035-5DB7-4FBA-BED1AA7D496F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="54" width="157" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=redsfanEB8412F5-4035-5DB7-4FBA-BED1AA7D496F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="42" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bachmann launching early TV ads in Minnesota amid reelection concerns</title>
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is going up with an early ad buy in Minnesota, a sign of some early concern about her reelection chances in the Republican-leaning district.
Bachmann has reserved approximately $85,000 in TV time across a number of Minneapolis stations. That's n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299643-bachmann-launching-early-tv-ads-in-minnesota-amid-reelection-concerns</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18299643-bachmann-launching-early-tv-ads-in-minnesota-amid-reelection-concerns</guid><category>politics</category><category>tv</category><category>congress</category><category>republican</category><category>buy</category><category>minnesota</category><category>ads</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>early</category><category>2014</category><category>reelection</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:46:10 +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>Ten Festering Wounds in the Obama Administration's IRS Scandal</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"Drip, drip, drip:&nbsp;Having unleashed a firestorm that wouldn&rsquo;t go away, the IRS hastily convened a telephone press conference, during which Lerner presented some additional information but obfuscated and dodged reporters&rsquo; questions as best she could, leaving Dav&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297740-ten-festering-wounds-in-the-obama-administrations-irs-scandal</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18297740-ten-festering-wounds-in-the-obama-administrations-irs-scandal</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>congress</category><category>democrat</category><category>abuse</category><category>scandal</category><category>irs</category><category>partisan</category><category>nonprofits</category><category>doug-schulman</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:23:45 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88887452D9A5-37C7-F844-CEEE-0EFBE6439CAA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-88887452D9A5-37C7-F844-CEEE-0EFBE6439CAA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rising revenues to shrink deficit rapidly through 2015</title>
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The deficit is shrinking considerably more quickly than previously thought, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday in a report that could sap Congress' sense of urgency to find further budget savings.
In one fell swoop, the non-partisan budget referee slashed its defi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277109-rising-revenues-to-shrink-deficit-rapidly-through-2015</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18277109-rising-revenues-to-shrink-deficit-rapidly-through-2015</guid><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>congress</category><category>washington</category><category>debt</category><category>tax</category><category>deficit</category><category>revenue</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:11 +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=leafydebater0FC38737-D467-CF51-8494-3627B453EF99.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="92" width="130" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater0FC38737-D467-CF51-8494-3627B453EF99.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The BRAD BLOG : 'Landslide' for Sanford Declared by 100% Unverifiable Touch-Screens in SC's 'Toss-Up' U.S. House Special Election</title>
<description><![CDATA[Are American Elections Even Valid?
When all the debate is said and done there is one essential&nbsp;question that remains regarding functioning democracy in America, and that is&nbsp;whether our election results are&nbsp;even trustworthy or verifiable
Once again, in South Carol&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[gypsy king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[gypsy king]]></source><link>http://gypsyking.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18259248-the-brad-blog-landslide-for-sanford-declared-by-100-unverifiable-touch-screens-in-scs-toss-up-us-house-special-election</link><guid>http://gypsyking.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18259248-the-brad-blog-landslide-for-sanford-declared-by-100-unverifiable-touch-screens-in-scs-toss-up-us-house-special-election</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>congress</category><category>elections</category><category>election-fraud</category><category>republican-watch-elections-election-fraud-congress</category><category>sanford-declared</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:19:03 +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></item><item><title>The IRS 'Scandal' Disintegrates into Wild and Unproven Republican Accusations</title>
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The press is reporting both that IRS chief (the Bush appointee) who was running the IRS in May of 2012 knew about what the IRS was doing in their Ohio office and that the now acting commissioner also knew in May.
This narrative presumes that the IRS was guilty of targeting con&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18255027-the-irs-scandal-disintegrates-into-wild-and-unproven-republican-accusations</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/14/18255027-the-irs-scandal-disintegrates-into-wild-and-unproven-republican-accusations</guid><category>politics</category><category>congress</category><category>right-wing-lies</category><category>irs</category><category>tea-party-republicans</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>tax-fraud</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 19:33:29 +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></item></channel></rss>