<?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 - public-citizen</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/public-citizen</link><description>Newsvine - public-citizen</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:44 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>NOW YOU TELL US: Two Justices Involved In Bush Vs. Gore Decision Admit It Was Flawed </title>
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In one of the first seminal events of the 21st century, the presidential election of 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush devolved from a classic and deeply American civic event to an emotional free-for-all that left both sides bloody and battered. While the stakes are high &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319683-now-you-tell-us-two-justices-involved-in-bush-vs-gore-decision-admit-it-was-flawed</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18319683-now-you-tell-us-two-justices-involved-in-bush-vs-gore-decision-admit-it-was-flawed</guid><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>florida-supreme-court</category><category>new-republic</category><category>equal-protection-clause</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:31:32 +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=smd12364699DD9D0-D4D4-3FA7-B426-6C48F44D0AD2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364699DD9D0-D4D4-3FA7-B426-6C48F44D0AD2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Corporate Death Star - In These Times</title>
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Since 2007, the United States has been negotiating a corporate-friendly free trade agreement with a host of Pacific nations. But despite the fact that it would be the largest trade agreement since the formation of the World trade organization, the contents of the&nbsp;Trans-Pac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></source><link>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16497515-corporate-death-star-in-these-times</link><guid>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16497515-corporate-death-star-in-these-times</guid><category>politics</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>tpp</category><category>trans-pacific-partnership</category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 03:44:45 +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=susananthonyEE4A7D28-9184-06D1-F8BC-969A95215A94.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="209" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=susananthonyEE4A7D28-9184-06D1-F8BC-969A95215A94.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Public Citizen: Corporate Access to State Lawmakers Facilitated by Taxpayer-Funded &amp;quot;Associations&amp;quot;</title>
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New report shows Citizens United, which opened the door to limitless  campaign contributions, is just the tip of the iceberg in how  corporations buy access and bring influence to bear on laws and  lawmakers across the nation.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15317674-public-citizen-corporate-access-to-state-lawmakers-facilitated-by-taxpayer-funded-quotassociationsquot</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15317674-public-citizen-corporate-access-to-state-lawmakers-facilitated-by-taxpayer-funded-quotassociationsquot</guid><category>politics</category><category>national-league</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>ralph-nader</category><category>state-legislatures</category><category>voter-id</category><category>alec</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 02:09:33 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglibA68EAA1C-8E1D-CB1C-E3D4-0934F24A4076.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglibA68EAA1C-8E1D-CB1C-E3D4-0934F24A4076.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>Controversial Trade Pact Text Leaked</title>
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After Two Years of Closed-Door Negotiations, Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Replicates Alarming Bush Trade Pact Terms That Obama Opposed as Candidate, and Worse
WASHINGTON, D.C.&ndash; A leak today of one of the most controversial chapters of the Trans- Pacific Partnership (TP&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></source><link>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13148603-controversial-trade-pact-text-leaked</link><guid>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13148603-controversial-trade-pact-text-leaked</guid><category>politics</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>tpp</category><category>trans-pacific-partnership</category><category>us-trade-rep-ron-kirk</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 21:06:52 +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>Trans-Pacific Partnership </title>
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Have you heard? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) &ldquo;free trade&rdquo; agreement is a stealthy policy being pressed by corporate America, a dream of the 1 percent, that in one blow could:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></source><link>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13148450-trans-pacific-partnership</link><guid>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/06/13148450-trans-pacific-partnership</guid><category>business</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>trans-pacific-partnership</category><category>bans-by-america</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Aug 2012 20:51:24 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SusanAnthonyABF42CBA-FEFB-79D9-3C0F-16BD8BCF660E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="43" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SusanAnthonyABF42CBA-FEFB-79D9-3C0F-16BD8BCF660E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="13" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How Right-Wingers on the Supreme Court Sold Our Democracy Down the River -- Again </title>
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When the gavel fell in the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s chamber after the justices overturned Montana&rsquo;s century-old ban on corporate electioneering on Monday, it drove another nail into the coffin of American democracy.
Of course, America&rsquo;s campaign finance laws have&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/26/12416731-how-right-wingers-on-the-supreme-court-sold-our-democracy-down-the-river-again</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/26/12416731-how-right-wingers-on-the-supreme-court-sold-our-democracy-down-the-river-again</guid><category>scotus</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>conservative-bias</category><category>two-supreme-court</category><category>unethical</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>campaign-finance-regulations</category><category>corporate-funding-of-elections</category><category>corporations-are-people</category><category>superpacs</category><category>state-of-montana</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:22:20 +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-1641499DFC6C393-5A61-00A5-F4B0-C9A85EC9CA58.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499DFC6C393-5A61-00A5-F4B0-C9A85EC9CA58.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&quot;Strong chance&quot; lawsuit against Crossroads GPS will prevail - after November </title>
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On Tuesday, a lawyer for President Barack Obama&nbsp;filed a compliant&nbsp;with the Federal Elections Commission over Karl Rove&rsquo;s organization, Crossroads GPS. Robert Bauer, the Obama campaign&rsquo;s chief counsel, claimed the organization was unlawfully hiding its dono&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12358954-strong-chance-lawsuit-against-crossroads-gps-will-prevail-after-november</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/22/12358954-strong-chance-lawsuit-against-crossroads-gps-will-prevail-after-november</guid><category>karl-rove</category><category>republican-party</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>unlawful</category><category>unethical</category><category>federal-elections-commission</category><category>campaign-finance-violations</category><category>american-crossroads</category><category>superpacs</category><category>fec-probe</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:08:41 +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-16414994701B875-C7A3-E508-90BC-64F789F33D42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414994701B875-C7A3-E508-90BC-64F789F33D42.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>US Trade Agreement Leak Reveals &amp;#039;Radical New Powers&amp;#039; for Multinational Corporations | Common Dreams</title>
<description><![CDATA[The release today of a confidential document from ongoing US trade negotiations with eight Pacific nations -- known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- reveals that provisions included in the trade agreement would drastically undermine Obama's proposed domestic agenda and g&nbsp;&hellip;]]></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/2012/06/13/12205345-us-trade-agreement-leak-reveals-radical-new-powers-for-multinational-corporations-common-dreams</link><guid>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/13/12205345-us-trade-agreement-leak-reveals-radical-new-powers-for-multinational-corporations-common-dreams</guid><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>barack-obama39-s</category><category>trans-pacific-partnership</category><category>senate-finance-committeersquo-s</category><category>public-citizenrsquo-s</category><category>trade-officials-have-agreed</category><category>public-citizen39-s</category><category>global-trade-watch</category><category>other-senators</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:27:23 +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=Stephen31000474B4A68C2-A392-EC22-1FE9-77D1136387A0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="179" width="275" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Stephen31000474B4A68C2-A392-EC22-1FE9-77D1136387A0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Public Citizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is such a helpful organization and we need more people willing to join the effort.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[India LeCarre]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[India LeCarre]]></source><link>http://indialecarre.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11528124-public-citizen-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia</link><guid>http://indialecarre.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/03/11528124-public-citizen-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia</guid><category>education</category><category>public-citizen</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2012 01:25:52 +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>Newt Gingrich Wins Race For Biggest GOP Debt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich is dropping out of the GOP primary with more debt than any Republican candidate in recent memory who didn&rsquo;t ultimately win their party&rsquo;s nomination.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11410092-newt-gingrich-wins-race-for-biggest-gop-debt</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/26/11410092-newt-gingrich-wins-race-for-biggest-gop-debt</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>tim-pawlenty</category><category>craig-holman</category><category>south-carolina-republican-party</category><category>michele-bachmann8217-s</category><category>login-logout-settings-login</category><category>in-gingrich8217-s</category><category>michael-krull</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:12:27 +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-8001E453C31-35E6-5AC4-F655-A5A2B611C6D0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-8001E453C31-35E6-5AC4-F655-A5A2B611C6D0.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>Insider-trading bill grinds to halt. By Molly K. Hooper. 03/19/12 08:38 PM ET</title>
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A bipartisan bill on insider trading that had been steamrolling through Congress has ground to a halt.
The Senate and House last month overwhelmingly approved different versions of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10781586-insider-trading-bill-grinds-to-halt-by-molly-k-hooper-031912-0838-pm-et</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10781586-insider-trading-bill-grinds-to-halt-by-molly-k-hooper-031912-0838-pm-et</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>charles-schumer</category><category>dick-durbin</category><category>joe-lieberman</category><category>insider-trading</category><category>patrick-leahy</category><category>tim-walz</category><category>chuck-grassley</category><category>louise-slaughter</category><category>eric-cantor</category><category>craig-holman</category><category>stock-act</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:05:09 +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>Why the GOP Campaign for the Presidency Is About Guaranteeing a Radical Conservative Future for America </title>
<description><![CDATA[
The Santorum Strategy is not just about Santorum. It is about pounding the most radical conservative ideas into the public mind by constant repetition during the Republican presidential campaign, whether by Santorum himself, by Gingrich or Ron Paul, by an intimidated Romney, or&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10665850-why-the-gop-campaign-for-the-presidency-is-about-guaranteeing-a-radical-conservative-future-for-america</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10665850-why-the-gop-campaign-for-the-presidency-is-about-guaranteeing-a-radical-conservative-future-for-america</guid><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>primaries</category><category>ronald-reagan</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>republican-house</category><category>right-wing</category><category>religious-right</category><category>paul-krugman</category><category>single-payer-health-care</category><category>debbie-wasserman-schultz</category><category>george-wbush</category><category>many-democrats</category><category>election-2012</category><category>santorum-strategy</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:05:15 +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=smd12364DC57C731-0556-C688-503E-7AB1749CB55A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="67" width="95" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd12364DC57C731-0556-C688-503E-7AB1749CB55A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="95" height="67" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Wendell Potter: Why Is Rick Perry Dodging Questions About Health Care in Texas? You Would Too</title>
<description><![CDATA[
I did exactly what the doctor told me to do. Unfortunately, I'm not feeling a bit better. Maybe even a little worse.
Last week, Dr. Michael C.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DV-966373]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DV-966373]]></source><link>http://vandernise1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9299216-wendell-potter-why-is-rick-perry-dodging-questions-about-health-care-in-texas-you-would-too</link><guid>http://vandernise1.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/08/9299216-wendell-potter-why-is-rick-perry-dodging-questions-about-health-care-in-texas-you-would-too</guid><category>politics</category><category>lone-star</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>newt-gingrich</category><category>herman-cain</category><category>ron-paul</category><category>rick-perry-iowa-comeback</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:30:50 +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=Vandernise18F1B2B16-210B-F340-D3E1-3E019DBF326C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="45" width="45" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Vandernise18F1B2B16-210B-F340-D3E1-3E019DBF326C.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>Montana&amp;#8217;s Not-So-Super Senator -- In These Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[On June 7, 2001, as the Marine Corps band played &ldquo;Hail to the Chief,&rdquo; President George W. Bush strutted into the White House East Room to sign the &ldquo;Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001&rdquo; into law.]]></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/2011/09/26/7971862-montanas-not-so-super-senator-in-these-times</link><guid>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/26/7971862-montanas-not-so-super-senator-in-these-times</guid><category>politics</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>max-baucus</category><category>k-street</category><category>lawrence-summers</category><category>select-committee</category><category>we-democrats</category><category>alex-wonggetty</category><category>tax-relief-reconciliation-act</category><category>by-paul-thomas-richards-on-june</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:03:23 +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=null-Stephen3100047710AD03C-4ED9-888F-D610-0DADAE2D7179.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="209" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=null-Stephen3100047710AD03C-4ED9-888F-D610-0DADAE2D7179.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="63" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Public Citizen Press Room</title>
<description><![CDATA[DO WE REALLY WANT MORE TRADE AGREEMENTS NOW, when we need the work for Americans??]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arkansas Gloria]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Arkansas Gloria]]></source><link>http://gtodd52.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/21/7432233-public-citizen-press-room</link><guid>http://gtodd52.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/21/7432233-public-citizen-press-room</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>unemployment</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>budget-deficit</category><category>trade-adjustment-assistance</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:39:15 +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=gtodd52E2DDD1A5-445E-7545-A1A0-6DC55F7A64A2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="120" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gtodd52E2DDD1A5-445E-7545-A1A0-6DC55F7A64A2.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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gtodd52AA65FFA1-C94C-4204-2524-7A2002E0F80A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="106" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=gtodd52AA65FFA1-C94C-4204-2524-7A2002E0F80A.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>Federal Investigation of Texas' Radioactive Waste Dump Urged &amp;laquo; TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas</title>
<description><![CDATA[NRC and EPA called upon to examine radioactive waste site and licensing process, risks of groundwater contamination and potential risks to the Ogallala Aquifer, which lies beneath eight states 
AUSTIN &ndash; Environmental groups today asked the U.S.]]></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/2011/08/20/7427769-federal-investigation-of-texas-radioactive-waste-dump-urged-laquo-texasvox-the-voice-of-public-citizen-in-texas</link><guid>http://stephen3100047.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/20/7427769-federal-investigation-of-texas-radioactive-waste-dump-urged-laquo-texasvox-the-voice-of-public-citizen-in-texas</guid><category>environment</category><category>west-texas</category><category>environmental-protection-agency</category><category>nuclear-regulatory-commission</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>environmental-quality</category><category>house-district</category><category>texas-commission</category><category>state-representative-lon-burnam</category><category>lone-star-chapter</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:27:38 +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=Stephen31000472CED4070-4506-0DDC-4AFA-22EC085AC9F4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="50" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Stephen31000472CED4070-4506-0DDC-4AFA-22EC085AC9F4.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>FDA Should Have Advised Women Against Getting Silicone Breast Implants for Cosmetic Reasons</title>
<description><![CDATA["The Food and Drug Administration&rsquo;s (FDA) update today stating that although silicone breast implants have &ldquo;a reasonable assurance of safety &hellip; the longer a woman has breast implants, the more likely she is to experience local complications or adverse outcomes,&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></source><link>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7049633-fda-should-have-advised-women-against-getting-silicone-breast-implants-for-cosmetic-reasons</link><guid>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7049633-fda-should-have-advised-women-against-getting-silicone-breast-implants-for-cosmetic-reasons</guid><category>health</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>learn-more</category><category>public-citizen-foundation</category><category>public-citizen-web</category><category>public-citizen8217-s</category><category>drug-administration8217-s</category><category>this-web</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jul 2011 17:21:57 +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=Letslookatthefacts783456E7-C7DF-8149-0CC2-B791C0C01759.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Letslookatthefacts783456E7-C7DF-8149-0CC2-B791C0C01759.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>Myths and Facts about Oil Refineries in the United States</title>
<description><![CDATA["The Bush administration and some members of Congress blame environmental rules for causing strains on refining capacity, prompting shortages and driving up prices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lets look at the facts]]></source><link>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/26/6951717-myths-and-facts-about-oil-refineries-in-the-united-states</link><guid>http://letslookatthefacts.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/26/6951717-myths-and-facts-about-oil-refineries-in-the-united-states</guid><category>federal-trade-commission</category><category>royal-dutch-shell</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>learn-more</category><category>public-citizen-foundation</category><category>united-states160-has</category><category>united-states160-exxonmobil</category><category>public-citizen-foundation160</category><category>public-citizen-s</category><category>public-citizen-web</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:45:35 +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>Groups sue FDA to stop Big Ag antibiotic abuse&amp;#8212;and it just might work </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[GOZO-unlimited]]></source><link>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/27/6731596-groups-sue-fda-to-stop-big-ag-antibiotic-abuseand-it-just-might-work</link><guid>http://gozounlimited.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/27/6731596-groups-sue-fda-to-stop-big-ag-antibiotic-abuseand-it-just-might-work</guid><category>fda</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>health</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>antibiotics</category><category>factory-farms</category><category>union-of-concerned-scientists</category><category>big-ag</category><category>center-for-science-in-the-public-interest</category><category>food-animal-concerns-trust</category><category>the-natural-resources-defense-council-nrdc</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 18:22:14 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6731570.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fgozounlimited2F6731570.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>Stephen Colbert could put Fox News in bind - Chicago Sun-Times</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court nixed federal laws that limited corporations from donating unlimited money to candidates and political causes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ryan-244815]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ryan-244815]]></source><link>http://halfgingertweak.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/21/6690125-stephen-colbert-could-put-fox-news-in-bind-chicago-sun-times</link><guid>http://halfgingertweak.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/21/6690125-stephen-colbert-could-put-fox-news-in-bind-chicago-sun-times</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>pac</category><category>comedy-central</category><category>fox-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>stephen-colbert</category><category>colbert-report</category><category>hollywood-reporter</category><category>mike-huckabee</category><category>political-action-group</category><category>many-republicans</category><category>super-pac</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 14:37:23 +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=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhalfgingertweak2F6690112.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="145" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhalfgingertweak2F6690112.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lobbyists 'Intimidate' Congressional Staff After Citizens United Decision</title>
<description><![CDATA[The advocacy group Public Citizen conducted an informal survey [PDF] of 80 Republican and Democratic congressional staff members in which recipients were asked about the effects of the Citizens United ruling.
Fifty-seven percent of Democratic congressional staffers said the  deci&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[onevoiceamongmany]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[onevoiceamongmany]]></source><link>http://onevoiceamongmany.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6630923-lobbyists-intimidate-congressional-staff-after-citizens-united-decision</link><guid>http://onevoiceamongmany.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6630923-lobbyists-intimidate-congressional-staff-after-citizens-united-decision</guid><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>lobbying</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>lobbyists</category><category>special-interests</category><category>citizens-united</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 15:16:39 +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>Citizens United Video - The Influence Corporations have on Washington</title>
<description><![CDATA[What do you get when a prestigious citizens advocacy group teams up with the director of one of the most popular political short films of the last decade?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[knight-403465]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[knight-403465]]></source><link>http://dlm-davey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6163523-citizens-united-video-the-influence-corporations-have-on-washington</link><guid>http://dlm-davey.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/01/6163523-citizens-united-video-the-influence-corporations-have-on-washington</guid><category>us</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>u-s</category><category>united-states</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>fec</category><category>campaign-finance-reform</category><category>us-elections</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>advocacy-group</category><category>annie-leonard</category><category>the-story-of-stuff</category><category>robert-weissman</category><category>george-warner</category><category>campus-progress</category><category>corporations-influence</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Mar 2011 21:02:40 +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>Stop Plastic Surgery Groups' Misleading Advice on Breast Implant-Related Cancers</title>
<description><![CDATA["Don't Say the Word 'Cancer' – Use 'Condition' Instead", Head of Plastic Surgery Association Advised Members]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[nearing]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[nearing]]></source><link>http://nearing.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/18/6080843-stop-plastic-surgery-groups-misleading-advice-on-breast-implant-related-cancers</link><guid>http://nearing.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/18/6080843-stop-plastic-surgery-groups-misleading-advice-on-breast-implant-related-cancers</guid><category>cancer</category><category>science</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>breast-implants</category><category>alcl</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:40:40 +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>Pharmaceutical Industry Fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[The corporate defrauding of taxpayers (eg. Medicaid and Medicare) and prescription drugs with skyrocketing prices was the subject of a report by Public Citizen's Dr. Sidney Wolfe and his associates (see citizen.org).]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/27/5720877-pharmaceutical-industry-fraud</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/27/5720877-pharmaceutical-industry-fraud</guid><category>mylan</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>schering-plough</category><category>merck</category><category>kickbacks</category><category>serono</category><category>novartis</category><category>astrazeneca</category><category>teva</category><category>medicaid</category><category>eli-lilly</category><category>purdue</category><category>bayer</category><category>glaxosmithkline</category><category>king-pharmaceuticals</category><category>sanofi-aventis</category><category>prescription-drugs</category><category>allergan</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>bristol-myers-squibb</category><category>forest-laboratories</category><category>whistleblowers</category><category>johnson-johnson</category><category>cephalon</category><category>counterfeit-drugs</category><category>false-claims-act</category><category>public-citizens</category><category>drug-administrations</category><category>illegal-distribution</category><category>federal-false-claims-act</category><category>dr-sidney-wolfe</category><category>illegal-off-label-promotion</category><category>tap-pharmaceutical</category><category>corporate-violators</category><category>overcharging-government-health-programs</category><category>unlawful-promotion</category><category>monopoly-practices</category><category>concealing-study-findings</category><category>poor-manufacturing-practices</category><category>environmental-violations</category><category>financial-violations</category><category>234-billion</category><category>drug-company-lobbyists</category><category>food-and-drug-administrations-deputy-chief-counsel-for-litigation</category><category>eric-blumberg</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:26:05 +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>OpEdNews - Article: FEC Asked To Investigate Crossroads GPS for Campaign Finance Law Violations, Watchdogs Say in Complaint to FEC</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is reason to believe that Crossroads GPS,which is registered as a nonprofit 501c(4)organization,is in fact a political committee and should be subject to the restrictions and disclosure rules for political committees,the groups say.Rove boasted on Fox News that American Cro&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></source><link>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/15/5293825-opednews-article-fec-asked-to-investigate-crossroads-gps-for-campaign-finance-law-violations-watchdogs-say-in-complaint-to-fec</link><guid>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/15/5293825-opednews-article-fec-asked-to-investigate-crossroads-gps-for-campaign-finance-law-violations-watchdogs-say-in-complaint-to-fec</guid><category>karl-rove</category><category>federal-election-commission</category><category>fox-news</category><category>us-news</category><category>public-citizen</category><category>wild-west</category><category>citizens-united</category><category>supreme-courts</category><category>ed-gillespie</category><category>federal-election-campaign-act</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:11:21 +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></channel></rss>