<?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 - federal-election-commission</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/federal-election-commission</link><description>Newsvine - federal-election-commission</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:59:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 17:53:49 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Allen West Attempts To Be Relevant By Leaping Into IRS/Tea Party Story With Claims Of Conspiracy </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Oh, Allen West.
It seems since Mr. West begrudgingly (an understatement)&nbsp;lost his Florida representative seat in the November election, he&rsquo;s become much like the reluctant retiree who hates golf, is too bored to write his memoirs, and refuses to accompany his wife t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18233063-allen-west-attempts-to-be-relevant-by-leaping-into-irstea-party-story-with-claims-of-conspiracy</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18233063-allen-west-attempts-to-be-relevant-by-leaping-into-irstea-party-story-with-claims-of-conspiracy</guid><category>politics</category><category>internal-revenue-service</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>tea-party</category><category>florida-atlantic-university</category><category>barack-obama-s</category><category>but-allen-west</category><category>former-congressman-allen-west</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 18:59:00 +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=smd12364363D7197-D573-581E-A9E3-94FF29712D27.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364363D7197-D573-581E-A9E3-94FF29712D27.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>What does a senator cost these days? Over $10M</title>
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Getting elected to Congress is a tough and expensive proposition. Really expensive. The average U.S. senator during the 2012 election cycle raised nearly $10.5 million, which works out to $14,351 per day. Representatives were lowballing by comparison: about $1.7 million each, o&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17314802-what-does-a-senator-cost-these-days-over-10m</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/14/17314802-what-does-a-senator-cost-these-days-over-10m</guid><category>senators</category><category>politics</category><category>donations</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>representatives</category><category>maplight</category><category>elected-to-congress</category><category>expensive-proposition</category><category>moneys-influence-on-politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:25:55 +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=mscyprahFBC457B2-A52E-031D-18D4-08483320D7F0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahFBC457B2-A52E-031D-18D4-08483320D7F0.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>Breaking: Constitutional Amendment to Reverse Citizens United</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a constitutional amendment in the Senate today to overturn a misguided Supreme Court ruling that allowed unrestricted, secret campaign spending by corporations and billionaires. The amendment, which was introduced by Rep. Ted Deutch in the House, wo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ambivalent]]></source><link>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17287502-breaking-constitutional-amendment-to-reverse-citizens-united</link><guid>http://diane-whitedove1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17287502-breaking-constitutional-amendment-to-reverse-citizens-united</guid><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>united-states</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>citizens-united</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:33:36 +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=diane-whitedove1A2DCBEB1-6466-D546-E7A1-CBD0886D43C2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=diane-whitedove1A2DCBEB1-6466-D546-E7A1-CBD0886D43C2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="18" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The New Faces of the 113th Congress - NationalJournal.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[You may want to check this out, its information about the 80 new faces in the 113th Congress Its VERY GOOD!
Bookmark it!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[xxx ooo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[xxx ooo]]></source><link>http://xxxooo3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17047788-the-new-faces-of-the-113th-congress-nationaljournalcom</link><guid>http://xxxooo3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17047788-the-new-faces-of-the-113th-congress-nationaljournalcom</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:37:11 +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=xxxooo34E7709C8-2ED7-16D3-2C46-813E695F919B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=xxxooo34E7709C8-2ED7-16D3-2C46-813E695F919B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  NRA&amp;#8217;s doomsaying sham - Salon.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[American politicians are&nbsp;elected by the American people but are control by special interests groups.&nbsp; America democracy is&nbsp;base on fear&nbsp;which wars are fought&nbsp;&nbsp;influencing America's democracy around the world ask the NRA they control most of the&nbsp;&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doris Jude Porter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Doris Jude Porter]]></source><link>http://dorisjudeporter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585142-nras-doomsaying-sham-saloncom</link><guid>http://dorisjudeporter.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585142-nras-doomsaying-sham-saloncom</guid><category>republicans</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>world-news</category><category>politicians</category><category>nra</category><category>democrates</category><category>gun-shooting</category><category>president-obama</category><category>death-in-america</category><category>guns-violents</category><category>killing-of-children</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:21:32 +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=dorisjudeporter0123BD77-7D37-6661-CC41-01821F2B1CC4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dorisjudeporter0123BD77-7D37-6661-CC41-01821F2B1CC4.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>Big political donation from modest home</title>
<description><![CDATA[
One million dollars  is a big political contribution. It&rsquo;s even bigger for a first-time  political donor who lives in a $50,000 house.
Yet that&rsquo;s apparently the donation Sherry Huff, an accountant in Rossville, Ga., decided to give.
Huff is listed on federal discl&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16447265-big-political-donation-from-modest-home</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16447265-big-political-donation-from-modest-home</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>gop-super-pac</category><category>carey-v-brown</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:41:19 +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=proglib54AD5A67-C7F8-28A6-4559-33623AB1370A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib54AD5A67-C7F8-28A6-4559-33623AB1370A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Millionaire Richard Stephenson Funneled Millions To FreedomWorks | TPMMuckraker</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Colonial82]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Colonial82]]></source><link>http://colonial82.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16191433-report-millionaire-richard-stephenson-funneled-millions-to-freedomworks-tpmmuckraker</link><guid>http://colonial82.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16191433-report-millionaire-richard-stephenson-funneled-millions-to-freedomworks-tpmmuckraker</guid><category>cancer</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>us-news</category><category>conservative</category><category>tpm</category><category>tea-party</category><category>cancer-treatment-centers</category><category>freedomworks</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:45:46 +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=colonial82E94A6BB0-EBA1-A04D-29AA-FF6FBA12C9F2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=colonial82E94A6BB0-EBA1-A04D-29AA-FF6FBA12C9F2.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>Election Day Roadmap: How the Swing State Results Will Roll in on the Way to 270</title>
<description><![CDATA[By&nbsp;Chris Kofinis and Frank Luntz&nbsp;- Daily Finance Well, here we are: Election Day! 
After $2 billion in total campaign spending, three presidential debates, hundreds of campaign ads, and thousands of campaign appearances, the presidential race is ... wait for it ... a t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14971135-election-day-roadmap-how-the-swing-state-results-will-roll-in-on-the-way-to-270</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14971135-election-day-roadmap-how-the-swing-state-results-will-roll-in-on-the-way-to-270</guid><category>texas</category><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>mormonism</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>1999-olympics</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr-mcclatchy-newspapers</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:50:55 +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=Jerry61164BA776E-2C91-1E51-9168-7CB28C053BFB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61164BA776E-2C91-1E51-9168-7CB28C053BFB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>9 Takeaways From the 2012 Election</title>
<description><![CDATA[By:&nbsp;Maggie Haberman - PoliticoNovember 6, 2012
Election Day is finally here.
And even though neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney has been declared a winner yet, there are some things that will still hold true no matter which candidate wins the White House tonight &mdash; &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jerry Verlinger]]></source><link>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14969660-9-takeaways-from-the-2012-election</link><guid>http://jerry611.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14969660-9-takeaways-from-the-2012-election</guid><category>texas</category><category>abortion</category><category>social-issues</category><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>candidates</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fundraising</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>condoleezza-rice</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>election-day</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>rick-perry</category><category>fec</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>joe-biden</category><category>political-parties</category><category>newsweek</category><category>mormonism</category><category>political-campaigns</category><category>political-advertising</category><category>campaign-ads</category><category>u-s-supreme-court</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>american-public</category><category>election-season</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>political-process</category><category>2012-election</category><category>electoral-map</category><category>112th-congress</category><category>2012-gop-field</category><category>issue-groups</category><category>corporate-political-advertising</category><category>drown-out-citizen-voices</category><category>century-old-ban</category><category>direct-corporate-spending</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>1999-olympics</category><category>gay-marriage-fox-news</category><category>leonard-pitts-jr-mcclatchy-newspapers</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:30:37 +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=Jerry61143B9F4A6-43A3-B4D2-2ADC-DAD39DB407DD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Jerry61143B9F4A6-43A3-B4D2-2ADC-DAD39DB407DD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Billionaires, shadowy groups fueled pricey election</title>
<description><![CDATA[GOING,Going,going, GONE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER!!!
Billionaires, shadowy groups fueled pricey election]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jetmech55]]></source><link>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14856711-billionaires-shadowy-groups-fueled-pricey-election</link><guid>http://jmhjetmech.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14856711-billionaires-shadowy-groups-fueled-pricey-election</guid><category>congress</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>obama</category><category>us-senate</category><category>dnc</category><category>republican-mitt-romney</category><category>inauguration-day-january</category><category>specialty-group</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:45:21 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jmhjetmech30CFC79A-BDB9-7021-CF41-83B65B152259.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jmhjetmech30CFC79A-BDB9-7021-CF41-83B65B152259.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>US polls to cost $6 bn, most expensive in history</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14843330-us-polls-to-cost-6-bn-most-expensive-in-history</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14843330-us-polls-to-cost-6-bn-most-expensive-in-history</guid><category>democrats</category><category>presidential-election</category><category>republicans</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>us-world-news</category><category>obama-campaign</category><category>center-for-responsive-politics</category><category>us-news-and-views</category><category>president-obama</category><category>mitt-romney-campaing</category><category>washington-americas</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 04:25:45 +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>Feature: &quot;I'll vote for Obama&quot; - Xinhua | English.news.cn</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14681425-feature-ill-vote-for-obama-xinhua-englishnewscn</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14681425-feature-ill-vote-for-obama-xinhua-englishnewscn</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>democrats</category><category>republicans</category><category>social-security</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>liberals</category><category>uk-news</category><category>progressives</category><category>us-world-news</category><category>tea-party</category><category>eurovine</category><category>supreme-courts</category><category>federal-elections-commission</category><category>drug-administrations</category><category>us-news-and-views</category><category>president-obama</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>paul-ryans</category><category>surpreme-court-watch</category><category>west-houston-democratic-club</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:59:18 +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></item><item><title>Obama Bagged Over $2 Million In Invalid Donations For September </title>
<description><![CDATA[In September, the Obama campaign collected $2,199,204.38 in donations with non-existent or invalid ZIP codes. The Romney campaign's September total: just $29,620. 
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Grim Creeper]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Grim Creeper]]></source><link>http://thegrimcreeper.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14613614-obama-bagged-over-2-million-in-invalid-donations-for-september</link><guid>http://thegrimcreeper.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14613614-obama-bagged-over-2-million-in-invalid-donations-for-september</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>obama</category><category>address-verification-system</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:42:06 +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=thegrimcreeperD8510D92-60AC-5CF9-7AD2-D6E21C4675EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="140" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=thegrimcreeperD8510D92-60AC-5CF9-7AD2-D6E21C4675EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>West Palm Beach, FL - Incendiary Republican Allen West Faces Test In Florida Race</title>
<description><![CDATA[Allen West is either suffering from PTSD, or; he has The West Nile Virus.  He should get Mitt's ( slapping President Obama's ) son to give him a slapping treatment.  Mitt's son is a Professional slapping doctor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Phyllis-3324111]]></source><link>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14562061-west-palm-beach-fl-incendiary-republican-allen-west-faces-test-in-florida-race</link><guid>http://phyllis3324111.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14562061-west-palm-beach-fl-incendiary-republican-allen-west-faces-test-in-florida-race</guid><category>republican-party</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>house-democrats</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>palm-beach</category><category>us-world-news</category><category>the-war-room</category><category>rightwingers</category><category>centervine</category><category>election-2012</category><category>us-news-and-views</category><category>michelle-bachman</category><category>demguys</category><category>gop-watch</category><category>112th-united-states-congress</category><category>2012-us-elections</category><category>extreme-liberal-democrats</category><category>gop-wall-of-shame</category><category>american-progressive</category><category>only-house-speaker-john-boehner</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:09:31 +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=Phyllis3324111633BF60B-54AA-2914-C1B7-823611E5F662.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Phyllis3324111633BF60B-54AA-2914-C1B7-823611E5F662.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In Conference Call, Romney Urged Businesses To Tell Their Employees How to Vote - Working In These Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[In&nbsp;a June 6, 2012 conference call&nbsp;posted on the&nbsp;anti-union&nbsp;National Federation of Independent Business&rsquo;s website, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney instructed employers to tell their employees how to vote in the upcoming election.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[infrared]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[infrared]]></source><link>http://infrared.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14546602-in-conference-call-romney-urged-businesses-to-tell-their-employees-how-to-vote-working-in-these-times</link><guid>http://infrared.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14546602-in-conference-call-romney-urged-businesses-to-tell-their-employees-how-to-vote-working-in-these-times</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>romney</category><category>liberals</category><category>citizen-united</category><category>electioncitizens-united</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:33:33 +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>New O'Keefe video: Obama campaign staffer caught helping activist vote twice</title>
<description><![CDATA[Videographer James O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s Project Veritas caught an official for President Barack Obama&rsquo;s re-election campaign helping who she thought was an Obama supporter set herself up to vote more than once in November.
Stephanie Caballero is the regional field directo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14348216-new-okeefe-video-obama-campaign-staffer-caught-helping-activist-vote-twice</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14348216-new-okeefe-video-obama-campaign-staffer-caught-helping-activist-vote-twice</guid><category>fraud</category><category>politics</category><category>voter</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>new-okeefe</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:35:57 +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=terry-91A158377-A9A5-1BC4-3345-71D27422AA42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="160" width="180" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-91A158377-A9A5-1BC4-3345-71D27422AA42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foreign-Owned Firm Gives $1 Million to Romney Super-PAC | Mother Jones</title>
<description><![CDATA[A million-dollar donation by a foreign-owned corporation to a Republican super-PAC has raised legal concerns and opened up the controversial&nbsp;Citizens United&nbsp;Supreme Court decision&nbsp;to new criticism.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14286301-foreign-owned-firm-gives-1-million-to-romney-super-pac-mother-jones</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14286301-foreign-owned-firm-gives-1-million-to-romney-super-pac-mother-jones</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>us-chamber</category><category>republican-mitt-romneys</category><category>sorry-now</category><category>citizens-united-supreme-court</category><category>so-you-want</category><category>ditch-citizens-united</category><category>todays-top-stories-barack-obama</category><category>not-helping-him</category><category>motherjonescom-but</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Oct 2012 06:52:15 +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-800391F3699-CBF8-CBCF-AB9A-BA71372C5D52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800391F3699-CBF8-CBCF-AB9A-BA71372C5D52.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>GOP, Dem Donors Misled By Look-Alike Websites  - ABC News</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Masschusetts fuel truck delivery driver is accused of ripping off Republicans and Democrats by using a fake website.&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[NC Slim]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[NC Slim]]></source><link>http://ncnc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14033463-gop-dem-donors-misled-by-look-alike-websites-abc-news</link><guid>http://ncnc.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/22/14033463-gop-dem-donors-misled-by-look-alike-websites-abc-news</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-national-committee</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>fake-fundraising</category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:33:43 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=NCNC4F5F8660-B774-AE21-3D36-7B5AC7BF16C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=NCNC4F5F8660-B774-AE21-3D36-7B5AC7BF16C9.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>Romney Campaign Borrowed $20M, Is $11M In Debt : The Two-Way : NPR</title>
<description><![CDATA[When federal election reports are released later this week, they'll show debt of $15 million, but the campaign's actual debt is roughly $11 million. The campaign will soon begin fundraising to pay off the remainder.
The Romney campaign borrowed the money in August from the Bank &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jupiter2]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jupiter2]]></source><link>http://j-simmaans.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13963380-romney-campaign-borrowed-20m-is-11m-in-debt-the-two-way-npr</link><guid>http://j-simmaans.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13963380-romney-campaign-borrowed-20m-is-11m-in-debt-the-two-way-npr</guid><category>politics</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>fiscal-responsibility</category><category>republican-mitt-romneys</category><category>republicans-twitter-facebook</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:49:17 +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=j-simmaansCD9302BD-BEEA-40E9-9B86-7BD18645646D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=j-simmaansCD9302BD-BEEA-40E9-9B86-7BD18645646D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="40" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney camp used $20M loan to handle summer cash flow woes </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Even as it bragged about beating President Obama in fundraising over the summer, Mitt Romney&rsquo;s presidential campaign was so low on cash that it ended up engineering an unusual $20 million loan to meet expenses until the former Massachusetts governor was formally named as &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13962267-romney-camp-used-20m-loan-to-handle-summer-cash-flow-woes</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/19/13962267-romney-camp-used-20m-loan-to-handle-summer-cash-flow-woes</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>republican-national-committee</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>national-review-online</category><category>president-obama</category><category>chris-cillizza</category><category>obama-reelection-campaign</category><category>2012-us-election-news</category><category>romney-campaign-borrows-money</category><category>romney-campaign-fundraising</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:44:25 +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-16414995D5DF37A-56DD-9C4B-01F3-56305EDF86EB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414995D5DF37A-56DD-9C4B-01F3-56305EDF86EB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democrats Ran Their Convention Like They Run the Country: At a Deficit. by MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY.  8 September 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[
On Friday,&nbsp;Bloomberg News reported&nbsp;another embarrassing fact about the recently completed Democratic National Convention: it operated at a $15 million deficit.
In a move certain to raise eyebrows at the Federal Election Commission, $10 million of that deficit was cov&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/10/13770613-democrats-ran-their-convention-like-they-run-the-country-at-a-deficit-by-michael-patrick-leahy-8-september-2012</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/10/13770613-democrats-ran-their-convention-like-they-run-the-country-at-a-deficit-by-michael-patrick-leahy-8-september-2012</guid><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>duke-energy</category><category>democratic-national-convention</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>democratic-national-committee</category><category>duk</category><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 05:15:30 +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=LarryH72761B05-5F5C-C98B-AA20-4B8830BAFE50.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=LarryH72761B05-5F5C-C98B-AA20-4B8830BAFE50.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>GOP Platform Billionaires Should Be Able To Give Unlimited Donations </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Republican National Convention Tuesday adopted a party platform that embraces the&nbsp;highly unpopular&nbsp;Citizens United&nbsp;ruling, opposes meaningful campaign finance disclosure, and actually calls for allowing donors to give more money to politicians.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13556272-gop-platform-billionaires-should-be-able-to-give-unlimited-donations</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13556272-gop-platform-billionaires-should-be-able-to-give-unlimited-donations</guid><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>republican-national-committee</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>justice-anthony-kennedy</category><category>privacy-policies</category><category>disclose-act</category><category>tp-justice</category><category>tp-justice-next</category><category>koch-brothers8217</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:09:16 +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-80034574A31-A180-83B2-6044-018480C48DE5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="201" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-80034574A31-A180-83B2-6044-018480C48DE5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Occupy Sets Wall Street Tie-Up as Protesters Face Burnout - Bloomberg</title>
<description><![CDATA[After reading this article it really does seem that the occupy group has been reduced down to the fringe nuts and the kooks. Good luck getting anything done on Spet. 17th. You are going to need it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick slp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nick slp]]></source><link>http://nick-slp.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13547307-occupy-sets-wall-street-tie-up-as-protesters-face-burnout-bloomberg</link><guid>http://nick-slp.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13547307-occupy-sets-wall-street-tie-up-as-protesters-face-burnout-bloomberg</guid><category>politics</category><category>new-yorkers</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>communication-workers</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><category>bringing-handcuffs-occupy</category><category>occupy-handbook</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:33:04 +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=nick-slp8B425804-DD6F-55FC-BFC2-DE0E431402E9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="127" width="190" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=nick-slp8B425804-DD6F-55FC-BFC2-DE0E431402E9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mailers Mislead on 'Obamacare' Opt-Out Amendment - August 3, 2012</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A conservative group misleads Kansas voters in campaign mailers that claim a failed proposal to amend the state&rsquo;s Constitution would have allowed residents to opt-out of &ldquo;Obamacare.&rdquo;
No state law can do that. The U.S. Constitution&rsquo;s Supremacy Clause exp&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina Fox]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nina Fox]]></source><link>http://nina-fox.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13284426-mailers-mislead-on-obamacare-opt-out-amendment-august-3-2012</link><guid>http://nina-fox.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13284426-mailers-mislead-on-obamacare-opt-out-amendment-august-3-2012</guid><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>not-news</category><category>factcheck</category><category>americans-for-prosperity</category><category>koch-brothers</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:00:55 +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></item><item><title>  Romney Broke The Law By Raising Money From Foreign Donors. Should He Be Disqualified?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Is Romney ineligible to become the next President of the United States of America?&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a very real possibility, especially since he threw a few fundraisers during his disastrous little overseas meet n&rsquo; greet a few weeks ago.&nbsp; These fundraisers were extre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13273849-romney-broke-the-law-by-raising-money-from-foreign-donors-should-he-be-disqualified</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13273849-romney-broke-the-law-by-raising-money-from-foreign-donors-should-he-be-disqualified</guid><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>united-states</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>is-romney</category><category>prohibition-it</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:58:34 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364058203E3-9D0F-5959-7B16-848355F2EE29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364058203E3-9D0F-5959-7B16-848355F2EE29.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></channel></rss>