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<title><![CDATA[Rep. David Obey, a leading liberal Democrat and House Appropriations chairman to retire]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. David Obey, a leading liberal Democrat and chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday that he will retire at the end of his term this year, de...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama Announces Quick Surge and Exit Plan]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan will begin almost immediately, with the first Marines in place this month; lawmakers blast president's preliminary timetable for withdrawal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Slam Administration for Faulty Job Data on Government Web Site]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The government Web site -- Recovery.gov -- is under fire for posting a number of jobs created in congressional districts that don't exist and for accepting unrealistic data from several reporting outlets.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama Calls Stimulus Data Errors 'Side Issue,' Says Focus Is on Job Growth]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama downplays criticism over inaccurate reporting on the impact of the economic stimulus package, telling Fox News his focus is trained on job growth. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberals Vow to 'Spank' Obama for Sending More Troops to Afghanistan]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[President Obama is days away from announcing a new Afghan strategy, but his immediate battle could come from liberals within his own party who are vowing to "spank" the president for committing tens of thousands of more troops to the eight-year conflict.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Republicans Seek to Defund Stimulus on Second Anniversary of Program]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/16/republicans-seek-defund-stimulus-second-anniversary-looms/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A coalition of conservative groups and Republican lawmakers led by freshman Wisconsin Rep. and former MTV reality star Sean Duffy is celebrating the second anniversary of the passage of President Obama's $814 billion stimulus bill on Thursday by trying to defund what's left of it.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Congressional Prospects Start to Look 'Real' for Former MTV Star]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/06/congressional-prospects-start-look-real-m-tv-reality-star/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sean Duffy was supposed to be the 2010 Republican sacrificial lamb running against one of the U.S. House's longest-serving liberal lions, Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., but instead could face Democrat Julie Lassa.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Parties Announce Top Targets in 2010 House Races]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/10/parties-announce-targets-house-races?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Two Democratic and Republican campaign groups released their lists Wednesday of the top House seats and incumbents targeted in the November midterm elections. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dem Senator: Afghan Forces, Not U.S., Are Key to Success]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/29/dem-senator-afghan-forces-key-success?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Obama's anticipated plan for significantly expanding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan must show how those reinforcements will help increase the size of the Afghan security forces, Sen. Carl Levin says.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obey Won't Run For 22nd Term in House, Says He's 'Bone Tired']]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Obey, 71, among a handful of veteran House Democrats who had been bracing for competitive races this fall, has routinely won re-election. In 2008 he did so with 61 percent of the vote]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Anti-War Left Protests Obama's Afghanistan War Strategy]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/30/anti-war-left-protests-obamas-afghanistan-war-strategy?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The anti-war left is turning on the president it helped put into office, launching a counteroffensive against President Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama's Afghan Plan Fails to Satisfy Left, Right]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/01/obamas-afghan-strategy-sparks-debate-exit-plan-cost?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By offering something to all sides in the debate, Obama may have left all sides unsatisfied -- from liberal groups who have protested troop increases to conservatives who object to a fixed timetable for withdrawal.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Congressman: Murtha Died After Intestine Was Damaged in Surgery]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized, a Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend said.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House Approves $2 Billion Boost for 'Cash for Clunkers' Program]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The House approved an additional $2 billion Friday for the financially strapped "cash for clunkers" car-rebate program, whose early success threatened to sink the system.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Propose 'War Surtax' to Pay for Troop Increase in Afghanistan]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., are proposing new taxes to pay for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fact Check: Boehner Not the Top Recipient of Lobbyist Donations]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/13/fact-check/?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Sunday New York Times article portrayed House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, as "especially" indebted to lobbyists, but the article does not mention the fact that 45 current or recently departed Democratic House members have raised more from lobbyists this election cycle than Boehner has, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[With Genie Out of Bottle, Democrats Backpedal on Another Stimulus Package]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/12/genie-bottle-democrats-backpedal-stimulus-package?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats are backing down on talks of another stimulus package after Republicans pounced on the news.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinton Raises Alarms About Eroding Security in Pakistan]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/23/clinton-raises-alarms-eroding-security-pakistan?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In back-to-back days of testimony on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raises concern that government-backed law enforcement is losing the northwest region of Pakistan. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GOP Rep.: Dems 'Demonize' Christians]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/06/21/gop-rep-dems-demonize-christians?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:43:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., later withdrew his remarks, which came after Dem rep's proposal to add anti-proselytizing language into defense spending bill.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[House Approves Obama's War Funding Request]]></title>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/05/14/house-approves-obamas-war-funding-request?]]></link>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The bill does not include a request by President Obama to pay for shuttering the detention center at Guantanamo Bay.]]></description>
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