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	<title>What's Up With Obama &#187; Senate</title>
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		<title>White House justifies recess appointments, but leaves many boards unfilled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama#39;s appointments to two key agencies during the Senate#39;s year-end break ensures that GOP senators will return to work Monday in an angry and fighting mood.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama names consumer chief, stirring up fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) -- Defying Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday barreled by the Senate and installed a national consumer watchdog on his own, provoking GOP threats of a constitutional showdown in the courts.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) -- Defying Republican lawmakers, President Barack Obama on Wednesday barreled by the Senate and installed a national consumer watchdog on his own, provoking GOP threats of a constitutional showdown in the courts.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Why are they fighting so much? A field guide to Congress’ payroll tax cut dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If President Barack Obama, the House and the Senate all want to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits through next year, why are they fighting so bitterly over doing it? Obama, House Democrats and lopsided majorities of both parties in the Senate want to immediately renew the tax cut and jobless benefits for the next two months, and find a way later to extend ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — If President Barack Obama, the House and the Senate all want to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits through next year, why are they fighting so bitterly over doing it? Obama, House Democrats and lopsided majorities of both parties in the Senate want to immediately renew the tax cut and jobless benefits for the next two months, and find a way later to extend ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Barack Obama shops for last-minute Christmas gifts at Best Buy (VIDEO)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The president is stuck in Washington, DC, until Congress resolves its payroll tax extension standoff. Samantha Stainburn Having delayed his vacation in Hawaii until Congress resolves the payroll tax extension standoff, President Barack Obama is using some of his extra time in Washington to finish his Christmas present shopping. More from GlobalPost: Payroll tax cut: No vacation for Senate until ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The president is stuck in Washington, DC, until Congress resolves its payroll tax extension standoff. Samantha Stainburn Having delayed his vacation in Hawaii until Congress resolves the payroll tax extension standoff, President Barack Obama is using some of his extra time in Washington to finish his Christmas present shopping. More from GlobalPost: Payroll tax cut: No vacation for Senate until ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama faces battle as House vows to block tax deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama faced a new political battle Monday after the top Republican in the House of Representatives rejected a two-month payroll tax cut extension already approved by the Senate.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama faced a new political battle Monday after the top Republican in the House of Representatives rejected a two-month payroll tax cut extension already approved by the Senate.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 05:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama expects Congress to extend payroll tax cut for entire year when lawmakers return in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, rebuffed by Congress on a yearlong extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut, said Saturday that it would be “inexcusable’” for lawmakers not to lengthen the short-term deal when they return from their holiday break. The bill, passed by the Senate shortly before the president spoke briefly at the White House, would extend the tax cut and long-term ...]]></description>
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		<title>Brent Budowsky: Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton Ticket Can Sweep the Presidency, House, and Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Obama puts Clinton on the ticket, enthusiasm surges. Voters register. Organization mobilizes. Turnout soars. The base rallies. Main Street will be reassured.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[If Obama puts Clinton on the ticket, enthusiasm surges. Voters register. Organization mobilizes. Turnout soars. The base rallies. Main Street will be reassured.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>GOP first-term senator challenges Obama administration over handling of suspected terrorists</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The face of Republican opposition to President Barack Obama’s policy for handling suspected terrorists is a 43-year-old former prosecutor who has been in the Senate a mere 11 months. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is at the forefront of the escalating fight over whether to treat captured suspects as prisoners of war or criminals. The administration says it is determined to build on ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The face of Republican opposition to President Barack Obama’s policy for handling suspected terrorists is a 43-year-old former prosecutor who has been in the Senate a mere 11 months. New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte is at the forefront of the escalating fight over whether to treat captured suspects as prisoners of war or criminals. The administration says it is determined to build on ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Obama urges help for veterans in radio address</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says veterans of conflicts overseas should not struggle to find work once they return home, and he's urging the House to follow the Senate's lead and do something to help them.]]></description>
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