<?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 - susan-collins</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/susan-collins</link><description>Newsvine - susan-collins</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 14:12:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 11:05:27 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Benghazi hearings: what&amp;rsquo;s new and what&amp;rsquo;s not - The Washington Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[Most on the Vine are scared to even&nbsp;read this article.&nbsp; They will see the the title and run......]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[1Hiram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[1Hiram]]></source><link>http://1hiram.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18147435-the-benghazi-hearings-whatrsquos-new-and-whatrsquos-not-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://1hiram.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18147435-the-benghazi-hearings-whatrsquos-new-and-whatrsquos-not-the-washington-post</guid><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>state-department</category><category>washington-post</category><category>and-i</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>state-hillary-rodham-clinton</category><category>ambassador-rice</category><category>ansar-al-sharia</category><category>mohamed-yusuf</category><category>state-patrick-kennedy</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 14:15:23 +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=1Hiram51A96B96-034B-7057-E5FF-9AC2ADCFB6C7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="216" width="296" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1Hiram51A96B96-034B-7057-E5FF-9AC2ADCFB6C7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MSNBC's Hayes Frets Boston Bomber May Not Get Due Process Rights</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday's&nbsp;All In&nbsp;show, MSNBC's Chris Hayes reacted negatively to Senator Susan Collins because the Maine Republican recently recommended that, if any non-citizens are involved in the Boston bombing, they should not be afforded Miranda rights and should be handed to a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17825648-msnbcs-hayes-frets-boston-bomber-may-not-get-due-process-rights</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17825648-msnbcs-hayes-frets-boston-bomber-may-not-get-due-process-rights</guid><category>politics</category><category>fifth-amendment</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>msnbcs-chris-hayes</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:10:52 +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>Report: Collins supports Manchin-Toomey background checks plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she will support a proposal to  expand background checks for commercial gun sales, according to a report  Saturday.
The Manchin-Toomey proposal is &ldquo;a responsible  breakthrough from two people who have far better NRA rankings than I  have&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17749083-report-collins-supports-manchin-toomey-background-checks-plan</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/14/17749083-report-collins-supports-manchin-toomey-background-checks-plan</guid><category>politics</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>joe-manchin</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>pat-toomey</category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:38:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA6733010-84D4-D53F-6AD3-1A91A4292DC6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatA6733010-84D4-D53F-6AD3-1A91A4292DC6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A rare Republican, Sen. Collins remains optimistic</title>
<description><![CDATA[She is alone in a political class facing extinction on Capitol Hill. Yet, GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine personifies the moderation that national Republicans increasingly say is necessary for the party's survival.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve Peoples]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579296-a-rare-republican-sen-collins-remains-optimistic</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17579296-a-rare-republican-sen-collins-remains-optimistic</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>collins</category><category>republicans</category><category>disappearing</category><category>susan-collins</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 07:03:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c5fbe00-9c6f-4569-a4d8-2bb24b2bc482.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c5fbe00-9c6f-4569-a4d8-2bb24b2bc482.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington as Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., listens. As the Grand Old Party shifted right in recent years, Collins walked a delicate balance on explosive issues while her colleagues lost, retired or left the party altogether. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Coming GOP-Evangelical Divorce </title>
<description><![CDATA[
What are evangelical conservatives going to do? I ask the question not with any sympathy, but with a mountain of schadenfreudian glee&mdash;I am profoundly reassured about my country&rsquo;s direction every time I hear&nbsp;Tony Perkins&nbsp;bemoan it. But however it&rsquo;s as&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17529602-the-coming-gop-evangelical-divorce</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/30/17529602-the-coming-gop-evangelical-divorce</guid><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>evangelical</category><category>conservative</category><category>right-wing</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>capitol-hill-s</category><category>so-claire-mccaskill</category><category>republican-missouri</category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 14:51:12 +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=smd123648484910D-B33B-D374-3D32-6D0BD159902D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123648484910D-B33B-D374-3D32-6D0BD159902D.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>Senators Susan Collins and Patrick Leahy to introduce bipartisan gun control bill on trafficking and 'straw purchasers'</title>
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Senator Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, will roll out a compromise proposal &mdash; with bipartisan support &mdash; on a key piece of Obama&rsquo;s gun control agenda: The measure designed to crack down on gun trafficking and so-called &ldquo;straw purch&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183486-senators-susan-collins-and-patrick-leahy-to-introduce-bipartisan-gun-control-bill-on-trafficking-and-straw-purchasers</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/04/17183486-senators-susan-collins-and-patrick-leahy-to-introduce-bipartisan-gun-control-bill-on-trafficking-and-straw-purchasers</guid><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>guns</category><category>gun-control</category><category>patrick-leahy</category><category>bipartisanship</category><category>gun-trafficking</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>straw-purchase</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Mar 2013 21:53:16 +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></item><item><title>Collins Surprise: Says 'No' to Hagel; Cloture Vote Friday</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Through the morning of Feb. 13, Chuck Hagel looked to have all 55 Democrat Senators and Republican Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) in his corner. That tally just changed: Collins has announced that&nbsp;she will vote against Hagel's confirmation.
&nbsp&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953888-collins-surprise-says-no-to-hagel-cloture-vote-friday</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953888-collins-surprise-says-no-to-hagel-cloture-vote-friday</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>politics</category><category>gaza</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>harry-reid</category><category>nomination</category><category>confirmation</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>thad-cochran</category><category>major-garrett</category><category>military-service</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>republican-senators</category><category>democratic-senators</category><category>sequester-cuts</category><category>north-korea-nbsp</category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:59:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome53B356BF-4FC3-226F-8D16-509DFA6E84AF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtome53B356BF-4FC3-226F-8D16-509DFA6E84AF.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 senators may delay Hagel vote over Benghazi</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senate Republicans have questioned Chuck Hagel's truthfulness and they've challenged his patriotism.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16886509-gop-senators-may-delay-hagel-vote-over-benghazi</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16886509-gop-senators-may-delay-hagel-vote-over-benghazi</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>north-korea</category><category>senate-republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>senate-democrats</category><category>senate-armed-services-committee</category><category>hagel</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>susan-collins</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:18:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef7efafe-2d37-4c96-929f-c70d01835480.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ef7efafe-2d37-4c96-929f-c70d01835480.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013, file photo  Republican Chuck Hagel, a former two-term GOP senator from Nebraska and President Obama's choice for Defense Secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A Senate panel on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013, abruptly postponed a vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary amid Republican demands for more information from President Barack Obama's nominee about his paid speeches and business dealings (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7c93f71-e89c-477f-ab98-ded58db1bae7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7c93f71-e89c-477f-ab98-ded58db1bae7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., right, talks with committee member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., during the the committee's confirmation hearing for former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Levin said Friday he will press ahead with a vote on Hagels nomination to be defense secretary, rejecting Republicans demands for more financial information from President Barack Obamas choice as setting an unprecedented new standard.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=744fab9a-5814-4b03-a8c1-c3c67f2a40c8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=744fab9a-5814-4b03-a8c1-c3c67f2a40c8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. said Friday he will press ahead with a vote on Hagels nomination to be defense secretary, rejecting Republicans demands for more financial information from President Barack Obamas choice as setting an unprecedented new standard.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54d4ea2d-e153-4d97-91de-026dc9179a1f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="355" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=54d4ea2d-e153-4d97-91de-026dc9179a1f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2103 file photo, former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, pushed ahead Monday with plans for a vote on Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary despite Republican demands for more financial information from him.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4b0fede-bf93-4b67-aba8-123ff915b35f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b4b0fede-bf93-4b67-aba8-123ff915b35f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2103 file photo, former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, pushed ahead Monday with plans for a vote on Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary despite Republican demands for more financial information from him.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed24bd51-12c1-4403-909d-808e351f8e54.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed24bd51-12c1-4403-909d-808e351f8e54.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, President Obama's choice for defense secretary, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, voted to approve Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary at a time of turmoil for the military with looming budget cuts, a fresh sign of North Korea's nuclear ambitions and drawdown of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e060bd27-f8ad-46b0-a979-155c71b51d6b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e060bd27-f8ad-46b0-a979-155c71b51d6b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., waits to make a statement in opposition to President Obama's choice to run the Pentagon as bitterly divided Senate Senate Armed Services Committee considers the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska to be secretary of defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. The committees Republicans were unified in their opposition to President Obama's choice of Hagel, a combat veteran who was twice-wounded in Vietnam. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>TSA to junk naked body airport scanners | Fox News</title>
<description><![CDATA[This&nbsp;Cost the American taxpayer sufficient funds that's all in the plan of Barack Hussein Obama to bankrupt America to punish America for the ills of the world that he learned as a child.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[He Lives]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[He Lives]]></source><link>http://he-lives.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16601316-tsa-to-junk-naked-body-airport-scanners-fox-news</link><guid>http://he-lives.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16601316-tsa-to-junk-naked-body-airport-scanners-fox-news</guid><category>european-union</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>new-yorks</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>chicago-ohare</category><category>if-republicans</category><category>fncu-fox-around</category><category>newsletters-this</category><category>friends-fox</category><category>automated-target-recognition</category><category>large-greta-hannity</category><category>mayan-calendar-is-true</category><category>us-government-obama-treasury-department</category><category>mistake-newt</category><category>future-depends</category><category>congressionally-mandated-june</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:00:21 +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=he-lives71B1D4E5-5D93-D1FE-2250-79702FF8CB2F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="180" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=he-lives71B1D4E5-5D93-D1FE-2250-79702FF8CB2F.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>More Women In Office Means Less Freedom Says Conservative Group | Care2 Causes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The 113th Congress made history in its first day by having more women in its ranks than ever before. It&rsquo;s hard to argue that more women elected to office is a bad thing, but the Independent Women&rsquo;s Forum is doing just that.
Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer said i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[PowerIsKnowledge]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[PowerIsKnowledge]]></source><link>http://powerisknowledge.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16435134-more-women-in-office-means-less-freedom-says-conservative-group-care2-causes</link><guid>http://powerisknowledge.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/09/16435134-more-women-in-office-means-less-freedom-says-conservative-group-care2-causes</guid><category>senate</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>right-wing</category><category>roe-v-wade</category><category>tea-party</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>sabrina-schaeffer</category><category>independent-women-s-forum</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Jan 2013 22:06:36 +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=powerisknowledge628ED08C-EF3C-530B-F5A1-FF1B770F8C37.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="248" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=powerisknowledge628ED08C-EF3C-530B-F5A1-FF1B770F8C37.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>President Obama: 'Susan Rice is extraordinary. I couldn't be prouder of the job she's done.'</title>
<description><![CDATA[
President Obama offered praise for his embattled and "extraordinary" ambassador to the U.N. on Wednesday.
"Susan Rice is extraordinary. I couldn't be prouder of the job she's done," Obama said shortly before he was poised to meet with his Cabinet.
The room &mdash; which inclu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15518436-president-obama-susan-rice-is-extraordinary-i-couldnt-be-prouder-of-the-job-shes-done</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15518436-president-obama-susan-rice-is-extraordinary-i-couldnt-be-prouder-of-the-job-shes-done</guid><category>us</category><category>libya</category><category>terrorism</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>united-states</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>united-nations</category><category>state-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>benghazi</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>susan-rice</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:14:11 +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></item><item><title>John McCain Blows Off the Secret Benghazi Briefing, Gets Angry When Called on it by Reporter</title>
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was less than willing to entertain questions Thursday on why he held a press conference Wednesday to complain about lack of information on the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, while simultaneously skipping a nearly two-hour c&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15207275-john-mccain-blows-off-the-secret-benghazi-briefing-gets-angry-when-called-on-it-by-reporter</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15207275-john-mccain-blows-off-the-secret-benghazi-briefing-gets-angry-when-called-on-it-by-reporter</guid><category>libya</category><category>video</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>lindsey-graham</category><category>politics-news</category><category>benghazi</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>susan-rice</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>commentid-us-news</category><category>christopher-stevens</category><category>obama-take-2</category><category>homeland-security-and-government-affairs-committee</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:09:29 +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><item><title>Petition To Senator McConnell – Step Down As Minority Leader | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[Senator Mitch McConnell has based his entire tenure as Senate Minority  Leader on the proposition of blocking legislation, of making President  Obama a &ldquo;One Term President.&rdquo; With the re-election of Obama, it is clear  that Mitch McConnell has failed, utterly and absol&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15116519-petition-to-senator-mcconnell-step-down-as-minority-leader-addicting-info</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15116519-petition-to-senator-mcconnell-step-down-as-minority-leader-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>minority-leader</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>gop-obstructionism</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:05:50 +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=briteE7455753-57F6-3AC7-C118-599B51D7BA8B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteE7455753-57F6-3AC7-C118-599B51D7BA8B.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>Obama's Stimulus Bill — Underappreciated And Underrated | Addicting Info</title>
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One of the common refrains you will hear from pundits this election season is the claim that the Obama stimulus was an utter failure. From the right, it was too large. From the left, too small. Both of these claims fail to grasp the whole picture of the stimulus, both in the ef&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[easyjjgrand3]]></source><link>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13269983-obamas-stimulus-bill-underappreciated-and-underrated-addicting-info</link><guid>http://easyjjgrand3.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/14/13269983-obamas-stimulus-bill-underappreciated-and-underrated-addicting-info</guid><category>politics</category><category>olympia-snowe</category><category>economic-stimulus</category><category>stimulus</category><category>blue-dog-democrats</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>obamacare</category><category>great-recession</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:16:43 +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=easyjjgrand30D6B7BCC-B76B-363D-1BC8-7CD0DAE6893B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=easyjjgrand30D6B7BCC-B76B-363D-1BC8-7CD0DAE6893B.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>Mayor Bloomberg spouts off for tight gun laws following Colorado movie theater massacre, but records show he's showered thousands of dollards on lawmakers who drew high marks from gun lobby </title>
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Mayor Bloomberg&nbsp;has been all over the airwaves calling for better gun control following the Colorado movie theater massacre &mdash; but he doesn&rsquo;t always put his money where his mouth is.
Even as he&rsquo;s pushed for tougher gun laws, he has showered thousands of d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12990386-mayor-bloomberg-spouts-off-for-tight-gun-laws-following-colorado-movie-theater-massacre-but-records-show-hes-showered-thousands-of-dollards-on-lawmakers-who-drew-high-marks-from-gun-lobby</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/27/12990386-mayor-bloomberg-spouts-off-for-tight-gun-laws-following-colorado-movie-theater-massacre-but-records-show-hes-showered-thousands-of-dollards-on-lawmakers-who-drew-high-marks-from-gun-lobby</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>gun-laws</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>michael-bloomberg</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-rifle-association</category><category>new-york-daily-news</category><category>mayor-bloomberg</category><category>elizabeth-warren</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>scott-brown</category><category>politics-in-america</category><category>all-talk-bloomberg</category><category>gun-advocacy</category><category>wall-street-hypocrisy</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:56:24 +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=euterpe-164149931EED67D-D6E5-E777-99BD-A93839E987BB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="210" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-164149931EED67D-D6E5-E777-99BD-A93839E987BB.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>Democrats Willing to Let Country Fall Off 'Fiscal Cliff' Over Bush-era Tax Cuts</title>
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Senate Democrats appear willing to use your paycheck to play political hardball on taxes unless Republicans agree to President Obama's plan to raise taxes on America's top earners.
A top Senate Democrat warned Monday that, if Republicans don't relent, her caucus is willing to &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12778868-democrats-willing-to-let-country-fall-off-fiscal-cliff-over-bush-era-tax-cuts</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/16/12778868-democrats-willing-to-let-country-fall-off-fiscal-cliff-over-bush-era-tax-cuts</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>chicken</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>senate-democrats</category><category>new-year</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>fox-nation</category><category>americas-talking</category><category>financial-cliff</category><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:57:54 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin54EB98D5-806B-B646-B655-EB7061747853.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="155" width="276" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin54EB98D5-806B-B646-B655-EB7061747853.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>Maine Sen. Collins casts 5,000th consecutive vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Susan Collins has cast her 5,000th consecutive vote, a milestone in a perfect voting record that dates to her arrival in Washington in January 1997.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12626190-maine-sen-collins-casts-5000th-consecutive-vote</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12626190-maine-sen-collins-casts-5000th-consecutive-vote</guid><category>us</category><category>streak</category><category>senator</category><category>us-news</category><category>susan-collins</category><pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2012 15:19:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a393198-3bf6-4425-a6c6-fe8264277df9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="501" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a393198-3bf6-4425-a6c6-fe8264277df9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 5, 2012 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speaks at the Maine Republican convention in Augusta, Maine. Like the Energizer Bunny, Collins keeps on voting, without ever stopping. She's now just shy of making 5,000 consecutive votes since being elected, never having missed a single one. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House GOP Blocking Abortion Access for Soldiers Who Are Raped  </title>
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Republican Senators John McCain, Scott Brown, and Susan Collins all support an effort by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, to expand abortion access for military women who are raped. But despite bipartisan support in the Senate, Shaheen's proposal may not make&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/13/12200661-house-gop-blocking-abortion-access-for-soldiers-who-are-raped</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/13/12200661-house-gop-blocking-abortion-access-for-soldiers-who-are-raped</guid><category>army</category><category>women</category><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>military</category><category>mccain</category><category>gop</category><category>health-insurance</category><category>rape</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>pro-life</category><category>bipartisan</category><category>conservative</category><category>pro-choice</category><category>shaheen</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>scott-brown</category><category>war-on-woman</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:40:17 +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=bonosrama5D9DE7FF-B17D-8BE4-2047-22B0E1BA3BCF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bonosrama5D9DE7FF-B17D-8BE4-2047-22B0E1BA3BCF.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>Senator: Prostitution scandal wider than believed</title>
<description><![CDATA[Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Barack Obama last month and engaged in reckless, "morally repugnant" behavior, Sen. Susan Collins says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Laurie Kellman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/23/11823181-senator-prostitution-scandal-wider-than-believed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/23/11823181-senator-prostitution-scandal-wider-than-believed</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>service</category><category>secret-service</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>susan-collins</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 07:07:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f86455c-f3b3-4606-9af2-1836043801a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f86455c-f3b3-4606-9af2-1836043801a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sullivan will testify for the first time Wednesday about the humiliating prostitution scandal in Colombia that tarnished his agency's image. But don't expect Congress to demand his walking papers.  (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Secret Service needs more women agents, two lawmakers say</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&ldquo;I can't help but wonder if there'd been more women as part of that detail, if this ever would have happened,&rdquo; Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said on ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;This Week.&rdquo;
...Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York, who sits on the House Oversight C&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11337746-secret-service-needs-more-women-agents-two-lawmakers-say</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/22/11337746-secret-service-needs-more-women-agents-two-lawmakers-say</guid><category>us</category><category>women</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>secret-service</category><category>sex-scandals</category><category>carolyn-maloney</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>mark-sullivan</category><category>secret-service-scandal</category><category>secret-service-sex-scandal</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:37:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>McConnell Thinks Female Senators Agree With Him on 'War On Women' </title>
<description><![CDATA[Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is either confused about what&rsquo;s going on in his caucus, or in denial.
On a local Kentucky radio show today, the Senate minority leader argued that the female members in his caucus agree with him that the GOP&rsquo;s &ldquo;war on women&rdquo; is&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11103184-mcconnell-thinks-female-senators-agree-with-him-on-war-on-women</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/09/11103184-mcconnell-thinks-female-senators-agree-with-him-on-war-on-women</guid><category>politics</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>kelly-ayotte</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>lisa-murkowski</category><category>privacy-policies</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>thinkprogress-privacy-policy</category><category>thinkprogress-terms</category><category>mitch-mcconnell-women-womens</category><category>maybe-mcconnell</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Apr 2012 19:08:07 +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-80024C495C6-4D9A-3CD6-0F91-91524926584D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-80024C495C6-4D9A-3CD6-0F91-91524926584D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="137" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Conservatives Quiet After Saying Civilian System Couldn't Handle Underwear Bomber</title>
<description><![CDATA[Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called &ldquo;underwear bomber,&rdquo; was  sentenced to life in prison Thursday following his trial in federal  court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10437950-conservatives-quiet-after-saying-civilian-system-couldnt-handle-underwear-bomber</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/17/10437950-conservatives-quiet-after-saying-civilian-system-couldnt-handle-underwear-bomber</guid><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>life-in-prison</category><category>joe-lieberman</category><category>federal-court</category><category>peter-king</category><category>lamar-smith</category><category>peter-hoekstra</category><category>adam-smith</category><category>michele-bachmann</category><category>mitch-mconnell</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>kit-bond</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>umar-farouk-abdulmutallab</category><category>terrible-idea</category><category>underware-bomber</category><category>trerrorism</category><category>radio-silence</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:39:38 +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=don-overton7622B5C0-FD09-4FF8-1AD3-E7FBC539028E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton7622B5C0-FD09-4FF8-1AD3-E7FBC539028E.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>Republican Women Senators Breaking Ranks With Party, Come Out In Favor Of Obama Contraception Rule | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[While GOP senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has pledged to fight the Obama&rsquo;s administration&rsquo;s modified regulation requiring health insurers and busnisses to offer contraception coverage without additional cost sharing, the revised rule &ldquo;appears to ha&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[o'stephanie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[o'stephanie]]></source><link>http://ostephanie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10398175-republican-women-senators-breaking-ranks-with-party-come-out-in-favor-of-obama-contraception-rule-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://ostephanie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10398175-republican-women-senators-breaking-ranks-with-party-come-out-in-favor-of-obama-contraception-rule-thinkprogress</guid><category>politics</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>reproductive-rights</category><category>mitch-mcconnell</category><category>olympia-snowe</category><category>susan-collins</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:40:21 +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=ostephanie2A17BF69-75C5-BAC2-389B-D6175B1C0659.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ostephanie2A17BF69-75C5-BAC2-389B-D6175B1C0659.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>STOCK [Stop Congressional inside trading and lobbying ] Act now makes senators squirm ~~~ Cantor: 'Senate bill is too weak'</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, which cleared a procedural hurdle this week on a 93-2 vote, has become a magnet for amendments that could have significant impact on the power and perks lawmakers have enjoyed for decades.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302327-stock-stop-congressional-inside-trading-and-lobbying-act-now-makes-senators-squirm-cantor-senate-bill-is-too-weak</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/02/10302327-stock-stop-congressional-inside-trading-and-lobbying-act-now-makes-senators-squirm-cantor-senate-bill-is-too-weak</guid><category>stock</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>jon-kyl</category><category>pension</category><category>divestment</category><category>k-street</category><category>earmarks</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>blind-trusts</category><category>lifetime-ban</category><category>speaking-circuit</category><category>inside-info</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>senior-sens</category><category>corp-board</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:29:00 +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=jade-log634E5B3C-094A-BC46-A4F6-98F08C0B8804.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="255" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jade-log634E5B3C-094A-BC46-A4F6-98F08C0B8804.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sen. Susan Collins: Tax The Rich To Fund Payroll Tax Cut For Workers</title>
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Moderate Republican Sen.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[douglasq]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[douglasq]]></source><link>http://douglasq.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9123545-sen-susan-collins-tax-the-rich-to-fund-payroll-tax-cut-for-workers</link><guid>http://douglasq.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9123545-sen-susan-collins-tax-the-rich-to-fund-payroll-tax-cut-for-workers</guid><category>taxes</category><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>susan-collins</category><category>tax-the-rich</category><category>payroll-tax-cut</category><category>sen-susan-collins</category><category>millionaires-tax</category><category>susan-collins-tax-the-rich</category><category>payroll-tax-republicans</category><category>susan-collins-payroll-tax-cut</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:40:49 +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=douglasq2434D966-2122-524A-4F2E-C551799C79A7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=douglasq2434D966-2122-524A-4F2E-C551799C79A7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>