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		<title>Marco Rubio says next step in Syria is negotiating regime change</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 13:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sen. Marco Rubio says the next step in Syria should be to work with Sunni governments to discuss &#8220;an alternative&#8221; government in Syria. Rubio is a Florida Republican and onetime rival of President Donald Trump. The conservative tells NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show that Trump should reach out to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Turkey, to discuss ways to get Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and create a new regime. Assad has not responded to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Congress seen as not likely to pass tax overhaul quickly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After their humiliating loss on health care, Republicans in Congress could use a quick victory on a big issue. It won&#8217;t be an overhaul of the tax code. Overhauling the tax code could prove harder to accomplish than repealing and replacing Barack Obama&#8216;s health law. Congressional Republicans are divided on significant issues, especially a new tax on imports embraced by House Speaker Paul Ryan. And the White House is sending contradicting signals on the new tax, adding to the uncertainty.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House GOP health bill facing fresh House committee test</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House and Republican leaders are talking to rank-and-file lawmakers about revising the GOP health care overhaul, hoping to keep a rebellion by conservatives and moderates from snowballing and imperiling the party&#8217;s showpiece legislation. Four days after a congressional report projected the bill would pry coverage from millions of voters, signs of fraying GOP support for the legislation were showing. The measure would strike down much of former President Barack Obama&#8216;s 2010 overhaul and reduce the federal role, including&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GOP pushes 2 top Cabinet picks through to full Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2017 22:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republicans jammed two of President Donald Trump&#8216;s top Cabinet picks through the Senate Finance Committee with no Democrats in the room Wednesday after suspending a rule that would have otherwise barred them from taking the vote. The tactic seemed a warning shot that they might deploy brute political muscle in the upcoming fight over the Supreme Court vacancy. With a near-toxic vapor of divisiveness between the two parties across Capitol Hill, nasty showdowns broke out elsewhere as well. One Senate&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tim Kaine says he&#8217;s not going to run for president in 2020</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine says he&#8217;ll seek re-election in 2018 but is ruling out a presidential bid in 2020. The former Democratic vice presidential nominee said in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that his place is in the Senate and his decision not to run in 2020 is final. &#8220;Period. Full stop,&#8221; Kaine said. With a heightened national profile after campaigning across the country for more than three months as Hillary Clinton&#8216;s running mate, Kaine could have&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hillary Clinton lining up policy priorities for 2017, if she wins</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton&#8216;s advisers are crafting a domestic policy agenda for the opening months of a potential presidency that is centered on three issues with some level of Republican support: an infrastructure package that emphasizes job creation, criminal justice reform, and immigration legislation — with the promise of quick executive action if a bill fails in Congress. Clinton&#8217;s campaign aides and transition team have been emphasizing the trio of priorities in conversations with lawmakers and advocacy groups, according to several people&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hillary Clinton turns focus to down-ballot candidates in final days</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton is expanding her focus in the final days of the presidential race, seeking to help down-ballot congressional candidates. In Pittsburgh on Saturday, Clinton assailed incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, saying he had failed to &#8220;stand up&#8221; to Donald Trump in the face of his comments about Mexican immigrants and a Muslim-American military family. She also noted that Trump had &#8220;said terrible things about women&#8221; and &#8220;spread the lie that our first black president wasn&#8217;t born in America.&#8221; &#8220;If&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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