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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" version="2.0"><channel><title>DC Politics: Breaking Washington, DC Political News &amp; Headlines</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics?wprss=rss_dc</link><description>The Washington Post is your source for in-depth coverage of Washington, D.C., politics. View recent D.C. political news headlines including D.C. voting rights, D.C. schools, and the D.C. Mayor's Cabinet.</description><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright 2012 Washington Post Company</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:32:19 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 23:32:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>DC Politics: Breaking Washington, DC Political News &amp; Headlines</title><url>http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics?wprss=rss_dc</link></image><item><title>D.C. shows Sun Belt-like population growth</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c538c93/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cdc0Eshows0Esun0Ebelt0Elike0Epopulation0Egrowth0C20A130C0A50C230Ca252812e0Ec3ea0E11e20E96420Ea56177f1cdf70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reminders of the District's population growth are getting a little bit repetitive at this point, so you're forgiven if you gloss over the latest &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb13-94.html"&gt;Census Bureau data set&lt;/a&gt;. But &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/census-big-cities-exceed-pace-of-growth-over-suburbs-for-second-year-as-outlying-areas-fizzle/2013/05/23/d3b70128-c35d-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_story.html"&gt;new estimates of city populations&lt;/a&gt; as of July 2012 make it clear that the District's growth — 5.1 percent since April 2010 — puts the nation's capital on par with some Sun Belt boomtowns.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/dc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth/2013/05/23/a252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c538c93/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fa252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+shows+Sun+Belt-like+population+growth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fa252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+shows+Sun+Belt-like+population+growth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fa252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+shows+Sun+Belt-like+population+growth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fa252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+shows+Sun+Belt-like+population+growth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fa252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+shows+Sun+Belt-like+population+growth" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665154610/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c538c93/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665154610/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c538c93/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665154610/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c538c93/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Economy</category><category domain="">University of Denver</category><category domain="">population growth</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:52:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/dc-shows-sun-belt-like-population-growth/2013/05/23/a252812e-c3ea-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Lawmakers spar again over bill to ban post­-20-week abortions in District</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c524ad1/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Clawmakers0Espar0Eagain0Eover0Ebill0Eto0Eban0Eabortions0Ein0Edistrict0Eafter0E20A0Eweeks0C20A130C0A50C230C9e97ff9e0Ec3ce0E11e20E914f0Ea7aba60A512a70Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Republicans and Democrats sparred on Capitol Hill on Thursday over a bill to ban late-term abortions in the District, even as the measure’s author is moving to expand the fight beyond the city’s borders.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/lawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks/2013/05/23/9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c524ad1/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Lawmakers+spar+again+over+bill+to+ban+post%C2%AD-20-week+abortions+in+District" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Lawmakers+spar+again+over+bill+to+ban+post%C2%AD-20-week+abortions+in+District" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Lawmakers+spar+again+over+bill+to+ban+post%C2%AD-20-week+abortions+in+District" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Lawmakers+spar+again+over+bill+to+ban+post%C2%AD-20-week+abortions+in+District" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2F9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Lawmakers+spar+again+over+bill+to+ban+post%C2%AD-20-week+abortions+in+District" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665150317/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c524ad1/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665150317/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c524ad1/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665150317/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c524ad1/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Trent Franks</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:23:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/lawmakers-spar-again-over-bill-to-ban-abortions-in-district-after-20-weeks/2013/05/23/9e97ff9e-c3ce-11e2-914f-a7aba60512a7_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Ben Pershing</dc:creator></item><item><title>D.C. Council agrees to scrap per-gallon gas tax in favor of levy on wholesale fuel</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c45920e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cdc0Ecouncil0Eagrees0Eto0Escrap0Eper0Egallon0Egas0Etax0Ein0Efavor0Eof0Elevy0Eon0Ewholesale0Efuel0C20A130C0A50C220C3e720A790A0Ec2e80E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The D.C. Council approved a record $12.1 billion budget Wednesday that includes tens of millions for affordable housing, additional resources for libraries and parks, an expansion of Circulator bus routes, money to combat homelessness and a new funding source for the arts.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel/2013/05/22/3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c45920e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+agrees+to+scrap+per-gallon+gas+tax+in+favor+of+levy+on+wholesale+fuel" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+agrees+to+scrap+per-gallon+gas+tax+in+favor+of+levy+on+wholesale+fuel" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+agrees+to+scrap+per-gallon+gas+tax+in+favor+of+levy+on+wholesale+fuel" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+agrees+to+scrap+per-gallon+gas+tax+in+favor+of+levy+on+wholesale+fuel" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel%2F2013%2F05%2F22%2F3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+agrees+to+scrap+per-gallon+gas+tax+in+favor+of+levy+on+wholesale+fuel" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665140516/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c45920e/kg/358/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165665140516/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c45920e/kg/358/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165665140516/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c45920e/kg/358/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:29:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-agrees-to-scrap-per-gallon-gas-tax-in-favor-of-levy-on-wholesale-fuel/2013/05/22/3e720790-c2e8-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Tim Craig</dc:creator></item><item><title>D.C. council chairman seeks shift in collecting fuel taxes</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c3a3389/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cdc0Ecouncil0Echairman0Eseeks0Eshift0Ein0Ecollecting0Efuel0Etaxes0C20A130C0A50C210C1ca40A3dc0Ec2630E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson will ask his colleagues Wednesday to repeal the city’s 23.5 cent-a-gallon gasoline tax and replace it with an 8.3 percent tax on wholesale gas and diesel purchases. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes/2013/05/21/1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c3a3389/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+council+chairman+seeks+shift+in+collecting+fuel+taxes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+council+chairman+seeks+shift+in+collecting+fuel+taxes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+council+chairman+seeks+shift+in+collecting+fuel+taxes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+council+chairman+seeks+shift+in+collecting+fuel+taxes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2F1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+council+chairman+seeks+shift+in+collecting+fuel+taxes" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664991067/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c3a3389/kg/358/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664991067/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c3a3389/kg/358/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664991067/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c3a3389/kg/358/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">spending plan</category><category domain="">Phil Mendelson</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-chairman-seeks-shift-in-collecting-fuel-taxes/2013/05/21/1ca403dc-c263-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Tim Craig</dc:creator></item><item><title>Longtime O’Malley aide Raquel Guillory leaving</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c35c4eb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Clongtime0Eomalley0Eaide0Eraquel0Eguillory0Eleaving0C20A130C0A50C210Cfd60A6df40Ec2250E11e20E8c3b0E0Ab5e9247e8ca0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Raquel Guillory, a longtime aide to Gov. Martin O’Malley (D), is leaving her job as communications director in the governor’s office for a post at the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/12dbed/html/dbed.html"&gt;Department of Business and Economic Development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Guillory will start next month as an assistant secretary at DBED overseeing marketing and communications. The department is responsible for recruiting new businesses to Maryland and fostering a positive environment for those already in the state.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/longtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving/2013/05/21/fd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c35c4eb/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flongtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ffd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Longtime+O%E2%80%99Malley+aide+Raquel+Guillory+leaving" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flongtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ffd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Longtime+O%E2%80%99Malley+aide+Raquel+Guillory+leaving" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flongtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ffd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Longtime+O%E2%80%99Malley+aide+Raquel+Guillory+leaving" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flongtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ffd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Longtime+O%E2%80%99Malley+aide+Raquel+Guillory+leaving" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Flongtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving%2F2013%2F05%2F21%2Ffd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Longtime+O%E2%80%99Malley+aide+Raquel+Guillory+leaving" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664971888/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c35c4eb/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664971888/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c35c4eb/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664971888/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c35c4eb/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/longtime-omalley-aide-raquel-guillory-leaving/2013/05/21/fd606df4-c225-11e2-8c3b-0b5e9247e8ca_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>John Wagner</dc:creator></item><item><title>Federal Faces: David E. Vollman, VA ophthalmologist</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c2cfbc2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cfederal0Efaces0Edavid0Ee0Evollman0Eva0Eophthalmologist0C20A130C0A50C20A0C76b3d7680Ec19f0E11e20Eab60A0E67bba7be78130Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;David E. Vollman&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Staff ophthalmologist, Veterans Health Administration, St. Louis&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Best known for: &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;There are more than 50,000 cataract surgeries performed at Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities every year and more than 3 million throughout the country, but there has never been a system to collect detailed patient outcomes on a national level.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/federal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist/2013/05/20/76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c2cfbc2/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Ffederal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Federal+Faces%3A+David+E.+Vollman%2C+VA+ophthalmologist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Ffederal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Federal+Faces%3A+David+E.+Vollman%2C+VA+ophthalmologist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Ffederal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Federal+Faces%3A+David+E.+Vollman%2C+VA+ophthalmologist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Ffederal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Federal+Faces%3A+David+E.+Vollman%2C+VA+ophthalmologist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Ffederal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Federal+Faces%3A+David+E.+Vollman%2C+VA+ophthalmologist" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664911757/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c2cfbc2/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664911757/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c2cfbc2/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664911757/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c2cfbc2/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:18:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/federal-faces-david-e-vollman-va-ophthalmologist/2013/05/20/76b3d768-c19f-11e2-ab60-67bba7be7813_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator /></item><item><title>Tommy Wells discusses his mayoral run</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c29ac20/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Ctommy0Ewells0Ediscusses0Ehis0Emayoral0Erun0C20A130C0A50C20A0C85528530A0Ec15e0E11e20E9aa60Efc21ae80A7a8a0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;D.C. Council member Tommy Wells on Saturday &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/wells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign/2013/05/18/f42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html"&gt;became the second candidate to officially enter the 2014 mayoral race&lt;/a&gt;. Ahead of his formal announcement, Wells (D-Ward 6) sat with me and my colleague Tim Craig for a lengthy interview on why he's running and his vision for the city. The following transcript has been edited for length, and some parts have been condensed and reordered for clarity.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/tommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run/2013/05/20/85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c29ac20/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+discusses+his+mayoral+run" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+discusses+his+mayoral+run" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+discusses+his+mayoral+run" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+discusses+his+mayoral+run" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run%2F2013%2F05%2F20%2F85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+discusses+his+mayoral+run" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664892115/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c29ac20/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664892115/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c29ac20/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664892115/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c29ac20/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">DCision 2014</category><category domain="">Tommy Wells</category><category domain="">District of Columbia Department of Transportation</category><category domain="">population growth</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:04:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/tommy-wells-discusses-his-mayoral-run/2013/05/20/85528530-c15e-11e2-9aa6-fc21ae807a8a_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Wells kicks off mayoral campaign</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c19ba3d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cwells0Ekicks0Eoff0Emayoral0Ecampaign0C20A130C0A50C180Cf42d3190A0Ebf0A50E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;D.C. Council member Tommy Wells turned the city’s young mayoral contest into a race Saturday, becoming the second candidate to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/wp/2013/05/13/tommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday/"&gt;formally declare his intention&lt;/a&gt; to seek the city’s top public office.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wells (D-Ward 6) used his campaign kickoff event, held along a fast-developing corridor in Northeast, to lay out a vision of replicating his home ward’s transformation in other parts of the city while placing a strong emphasis on issues of integrity in city government.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/wells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign/2013/05/18/f42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c19ba3d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fwells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2Ff42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Wells+kicks+off+mayoral+campaign" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fwells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2Ff42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Wells+kicks+off+mayoral+campaign" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fwells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2Ff42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Wells+kicks+off+mayoral+campaign" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fwells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2Ff42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Wells+kicks+off+mayoral+campaign" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fwells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign%2F2013%2F05%2F18%2Ff42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Wells+kicks+off+mayoral+campaign" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664806084/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c19ba3d/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664806084/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c19ba3d/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664806084/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c19ba3d/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 18:36:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/wells-kicks-off-mayoral-campaign/2013/05/18/f42d3190-bf05-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis, Tim Craig</dc:creator></item><item><title>McDonnell’s disclosures highlight Virginia’s loose rules for personal gifts to politicians</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c137b68/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cmcdonnells0Edisclosures0Ehighlight0Evirginias0Eloose0Erules0Efor0Epersonal0Egifts0Eto0Eofficials0C20A130C0A50C170Cffbd0Aa6a0Ebbe70E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The owners of a vineyard who landed Virginia’s &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.governor.virginia.gov/news/viewRelease.cfm?id=861"&gt;first deal&lt;/a&gt; to sell wine in China were so thankful for the help of the state officials who negotiated the agreement that they decided to show their gratitude.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/mcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials/2013/05/17/ffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c137b68/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fmcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=McDonnell%E2%80%99s+disclosures+highlight+Virginia%E2%80%99s+loose+rules+for+personal+gifts+to+politicians" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fmcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=McDonnell%E2%80%99s+disclosures+highlight+Virginia%E2%80%99s+loose+rules+for+personal+gifts+to+politicians" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fmcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=McDonnell%E2%80%99s+disclosures+highlight+Virginia%E2%80%99s+loose+rules+for+personal+gifts+to+politicians" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fmcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=McDonnell%E2%80%99s+disclosures+highlight+Virginia%E2%80%99s+loose+rules+for+personal+gifts+to+politicians" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fmcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2Fffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=McDonnell%E2%80%99s+disclosures+highlight+Virginia%E2%80%99s+loose+rules+for+personal+gifts+to+politicians" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664770351/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c137b68/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664770351/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c137b68/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664770351/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c137b68/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Robert F. McDonnell</category><category domain="">Virginia State Police</category><category domain="">Virginia governor</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/mcdonnells-disclosures-highlight-virginias-loose-rules-for-personal-gifts-to-officials/2013/05/17/ffbd0a6a-bbe7-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman, Laura Vozzella</dc:creator></item><item><title>Uber wars threaten to reignite over new regulations</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c0fd088/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cuber0Ewars0Ethreaten0Eto0Ereignite0Eover0Enew0Eregulations0C20A130C0A50C170C9fb2f13e0Ebf0A20E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Six months after city officials and Uber &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/wp/2012/12/03/uber-triumphant/"&gt;settled conflicts over regulation&lt;/a&gt; of the app-based transportation service and &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://blog.uber.com/2012/12/04/dc-council-clears-path-for-ubers-future/"&gt;jointly declared peace in our time&lt;/a&gt;, conflict again threatens to erupt — this time, over new sets of regulations being considered by the D.C. Taxicab Commission that Uber claims could severely impact its business.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/uber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations/2013/05/17/9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c0fd088/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fuber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Uber+wars+threaten+to+reignite+over+new+regulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fuber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Uber+wars+threaten+to+reignite+over+new+regulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fuber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Uber+wars+threaten+to+reignite+over+new+regulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fuber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Uber+wars+threaten+to+reignite+over+new+regulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fuber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Uber+wars+threaten+to+reignite+over+new+regulations" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664751945/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c0fd088/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664751945/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c0fd088/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664751945/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c0fd088/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Travis Kalanick</category><category domain="">Uber</category><category domain="">Politics</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:01:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/uber-wars-threaten-to-reignite-over-new-regulations/2013/05/17/9fb2f13e-bf02-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>'Medic unit roulette'</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c0de32c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cmedic0Eunit0Eroulette0C20A130C0A50C170C985d677a0Ebee90E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe is back in front of a D.C. Council committee today to answer questions about his department's "readiness and dependability." So it's an opportune time for the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22275588/dc-paramedic-departures-causing-major-concerns-over-staffing"&gt;latest report on the department's increasingly dire paramedic shortage&lt;/a&gt; from WTTG-TV's Paul Wagner. The firefighter union's count has 53 paramedics departing since 2001, leaving less-skilled emergency medical technicians to care for sick or injured Washingtonians. That also means fewer "advanced life support" ambulances are plying the city streets. Union President Ed Smith, with a flair for the dramatic, puts it thusly: "Right now today, we have medic unit roulette and I hope it doesn't stop on the wrong person."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/medic-unit-roulette/2013/05/17/985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c0de32c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fmedic-unit-roulette%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=%27Medic+unit+roulette%27" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fmedic-unit-roulette%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=%27Medic+unit+roulette%27" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fmedic-unit-roulette%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=%27Medic+unit+roulette%27" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fmedic-unit-roulette%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=%27Medic+unit+roulette%27" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fmedic-unit-roulette%2F2013%2F05%2F17%2F985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=%27Medic+unit+roulette%27" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664805864/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c0de32c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664805864/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c0de32c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664805864/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c0de32c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">DeMorning Links</category><category domain="">D C Council</category><category domain="">Ed Smith</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 12:02:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/medic-unit-roulette/2013/05/17/985d677a-bee9-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Obama’s labor board picks face opposition</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c070f74/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cobamas0Elabor0Eboard0Epicks0Eface0Eopposition0C20A130C0A50C160C60Ad9bc420Ebe740E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would not support five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board, raising the possibility the troubled agency could be rendered mostly inoperable later this year.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/obamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition/2013/05/16/60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c070f74/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fobamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+labor+board+picks+face+opposition" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fobamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+labor+board+picks+face+opposition" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fobamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+labor+board+picks+face+opposition" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fobamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+labor+board+picks+face+opposition" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fobamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Obama%E2%80%99s+labor+board+picks+face+opposition" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664694507/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c070f74/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664694507/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c070f74/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664694507/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c070f74/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">federal appeals court</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">Elizabeth Warren</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:11:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/obamas-labor-board-picks-face-opposition/2013/05/16/60d9bc42-be74-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Sam Hananel</dc:creator></item><item><title>Civil disobedience for me but not for thee?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c06cb00/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Ccivil0Edisobedience0Efor0Eme0Ebut0Enot0Efor0Ethee0C20A130C0A50C160Ce6e1650A40Ebe760E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mayor Vincent C. Gray &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.wjla.com/blogs/news-talk/2013/05/d-c-mayor-vincent-gray--18829.html"&gt;appeared on NewsChannel 8 this morning&lt;/a&gt; for this regular appearance on Bruce DePuyt's "NewsTalk" show, where he was quizzed on the &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protest-group-plans-july-4-march-on-washington-with-loaded-rifles/2013/05/07/59b8e392-b727-11e2-aa9e-a02b765ff0ea_story.html"&gt;planned July 4 march&lt;/a&gt; of gun-law protesters armed with loaded rifles.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/civil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee/2013/05/16/e6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c06cb00/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fcivil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fe6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Civil+disobedience+for+me+but+not+for+thee%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fcivil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fe6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Civil+disobedience+for+me+but+not+for+thee%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fcivil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fe6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Civil+disobedience+for+me+but+not+for+thee%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fcivil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fe6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Civil+disobedience+for+me+but+not+for+thee%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fcivil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2Fe6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Civil+disobedience+for+me+but+not+for+thee%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664757682/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c06cb00/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664757682/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c06cb00/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664757682/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c06cb00/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">civil disobedience</category><category domain="">Politics</category><category domain="">Vincent Gray</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:21:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/civil-disobedience-for-me-but-not-for-thee/2013/05/16/e6e16504-be76-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Decriminalize it?</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c020661/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cdecriminalize0Eit0C20A130C0A50C160C585eadbe0Ebe2b0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;It's been nearly three years since city leaders voted to legalize medical marijuana. Now, with dispensaries not even open yet, some legislators are &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/some-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana/2013/05/15/18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html"&gt;exploring whether the D.C. Council should decriminalize or even legalize marijuana&lt;/a&gt;, period. Tim Craig reports in the Post that Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) and Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) have been emboldened, in part, by a &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/wp/2013/04/17/marijuana-policy-groups-kick-off-d-c-legalization-campaign-with-poll/"&gt;recent poll&lt;/a&gt; showing widespread support for more liberal marijuana policies and accompanying threats of a ballot initiative push by activists. Anita Bonds (D-At Large) and David Grosso (I-At Large) also are on the record in support, but Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) continues to be wary of congressional intervention: "I don't think it's the right time," he said. The issue also could become a major differentiator in the coming mayor's race, with Wells preparing to announce and candidate Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4) saying she is "not prepared to say we need to go another step" beyond medical marijuana.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/decriminalize-it/2013/05/16/585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2c020661/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdecriminalize-it%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Decriminalize+it%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdecriminalize-it%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Decriminalize+it%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdecriminalize-it%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Decriminalize+it%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdecriminalize-it%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Decriminalize+it%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdecriminalize-it%2F2013%2F05%2F16%2F585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Decriminalize+it%3F" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664732932/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c020661/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664732932/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c020661/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664732932/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2c020661/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">gun laws</category><category domain="">DeMorning Links</category><category domain="">Tommy Wells</category><category domain="">D C Council</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:20:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/decriminalize-it/2013/05/16/585eadbe-be2b-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Some on D.C. Council plan bills to ease penalties for having marijuana</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf9467c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Csome0Eon0Edc0Ecouncil0Eplan0Ebills0Eto0Eease0Epenalties0Efor0Ehaving0Emarijuana0C20A130C0A50C150C18feed180Ebd870E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Some D.C. Council members are crafting legislation to lessen the penalties for marijuana possession, hoping to settle the matter before outside groups petition the issue onto the ballot.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6) — who as chairman of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee would shepherd the legislation — are formulating a proposal to eliminate criminal penalties for those caught with small amounts of cannabis or subject offenders to fines.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/some-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana/2013/05/15/18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf9467c/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fsome-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Some+on+D.C.+Council+plan+bills+to+ease+penalties+for+having+marijuana" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fsome-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Some+on+D.C.+Council+plan+bills+to+ease+penalties+for+having+marijuana" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fsome-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Some+on+D.C.+Council+plan+bills+to+ease+penalties+for+having+marijuana" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fsome-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Some+on+D.C.+Council+plan+bills+to+ease+penalties+for+having+marijuana" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fsome-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2F18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Some+on+D.C.+Council+plan+bills+to+ease+penalties+for+having+marijuana" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664662360/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf9467c/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664662360/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf9467c/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664662360/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf9467c/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/some-on-dc-council-plan-bills-to-ease-penalties-for-having-marijuana/2013/05/15/18feed18-bd87-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Tim Craig</dc:creator></item><item><title>Don't know your dog's breed? In D.C., it's a Xoloitzcuintli.</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf7e470/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cdont0Eknow0Eyour0Edogs0Ebreed0Ein0Edc0Eits0Ea0Exoloitzcuintli0C20A130C0A50C150Cbedafb560Ebd9a0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Things are a little bit different for city dog owners this year: The District's health department, which handles pet licensing, has made some changes to its system, and owners are being sent letters explaining them.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/dont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli/2013/05/15/bedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf7e470/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fbedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Don%27t+know+your+dog%27s+breed%3F+In+D.C.%2C+it%27s+a+Xoloitzcuintli." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fbedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Don%27t+know+your+dog%27s+breed%3F+In+D.C.%2C+it%27s+a+Xoloitzcuintli." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fbedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Don%27t+know+your+dog%27s+breed%3F+In+D.C.%2C+it%27s+a+Xoloitzcuintli." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fbedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Don%27t+know+your+dog%27s+breed%3F+In+D.C.%2C+it%27s+a+Xoloitzcuintli." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fdont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fbedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Don%27t+know+your+dog%27s+breed%3F+In+D.C.%2C+it%27s+a+Xoloitzcuintli." target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664599222/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf7e470/kg/355/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664599222/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf7e470/kg/355/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664599222/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf7e470/kg/355/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Humane Society</category><category domain="">Animals</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:05:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/dont-know-your-dogs-breed-in-dc-its-a-xoloitzcuintli/2013/05/15/bedafb56-bd9a-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>A billion dollars to bury the power lines</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf489dc/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Ca0Ebillion0Edollars0Eto0Ebury0Ethe0Epower0Elines0C20A130C0A50C150Ce7212d5c0Ebd670E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;More than three months after it was originally scheduled to finish its work, Mayor Vincent C. Gray's &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/plan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force/2013/05/14/6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html"&gt;power line burial task force is finally out with recommendations&lt;/a&gt;: Spend up to $1 billion to bury the 60 most troublesome "feeder" lines. Where's that $1 billion coming from? The vast majority is coming directly from Pepco ratepayers, who would see a burial surcharge appear on their bills — at first, about $1.50 a month on average, rising to about $3.25 monthly by 2020. Pepco Holdings President and CEO Joseph M. Rigby said the plan could have a "very significant" impact on reliability, particularly after severe weather: "What's been pretty clear to us, in our experience, is that the expectations of customers have shifted. The tolerance of the customers for any kind of an extended outage is rightly very limited." The plan awaits approval from the D.C. Council and the Public Service Commission, a process not likely to start before fall.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/a-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines/2013/05/15/e7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf489dc/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fa-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fe7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=A+billion+dollars+to+bury+the+power+lines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fa-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fe7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=A+billion+dollars+to+bury+the+power+lines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fa-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fe7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=A+billion+dollars+to+bury+the+power+lines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fa-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fe7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=A+billion+dollars+to+bury+the+power+lines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fa-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines%2F2013%2F05%2F15%2Fe7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=A+billion+dollars+to+bury+the+power+lines" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664638923/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf489dc/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664638923/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf489dc/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664638923/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf489dc/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">severe weather</category><category domain="">Vincent Gray</category><category domain="">DeMorning Links</category><category domain="">WRC-TV</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/a-billion-dollars-to-bury-the-power-lines/2013/05/15/e7212d5c-bd67-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Plan to bury D.C.’s outage-prone power lines backed by task force</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf2a73b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cplan0Eto0Ebury0Edcs0Eoutage0Eprone0Epower0Elines0Ebacked0Eby0Etask0Eforce0C20A130C0A50C140C6571f0A60A0Ebcc30E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;A&lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/dc-task-force-will-explore-burying-power-lines/2012/08/16/5216ef3e-e7da-11e1-8487-64e4b2a79ba8_blog.html"&gt;city task force&lt;/a&gt; has endorsed a $1 billion plan to bury five dozen of the District’s most ­outage-prone power lines, which Pepco and government officials say could eliminate most ­weather-related outages but at a cost of adding several dollars a month to the average residential power bill.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/plan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force/2013/05/14/6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bf2a73b/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fplan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Plan+to+bury+D.C.%E2%80%99s+outage-prone+power+lines+backed+by+task+force" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fplan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Plan+to+bury+D.C.%E2%80%99s+outage-prone+power+lines+backed+by+task+force" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fplan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Plan+to+bury+D.C.%E2%80%99s+outage-prone+power+lines+backed+by+task+force" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fplan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Plan+to+bury+D.C.%E2%80%99s+outage-prone+power+lines+backed+by+task+force" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fplan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Plan+to+bury+D.C.%E2%80%99s+outage-prone+power+lines+backed+by+task+force" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664616997/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf2a73b/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664616997/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf2a73b/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664616997/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bf2a73b/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/plan-to-bury-dcs-outage-prone-power-lines-backed-by-task-force/2013/05/14/6571f060-bcc3-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>D.C. Council ready to increase spending on Emancipation Day celebration</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bec2216/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cdc0Ecouncil0Epoised0Eto0Eincrease0Espending0Eon0E20A140Eemancipation0Eday0Ecelebration0C20A130C0A50C140C8f2573e20Ebcd10E11e20E97d40Ea479289a31f90Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The D.C. Council is poised to approve an additional $100,000 for the city’s 2014 Emancipation Day celebration, even though the council chairman, Phil Mendelson, raised questions about how the money for the event was spent this year. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration/2013/05/14/8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bec2216/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+ready+to+increase+spending+on+Emancipation+Day+celebration" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+ready+to+increase+spending+on+Emancipation+Day+celebration" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+ready+to+increase+spending+on+Emancipation+Day+celebration" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+ready+to+increase+spending+on+Emancipation+Day+celebration" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2F8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+Council+ready+to+increase+spending+on+Emancipation+Day+celebration" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664580661/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bec2216/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664580661/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bec2216/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664580661/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bec2216/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-poised-to-increase-spending-on-2014-emancipation-day-celebration/2013/05/14/8f2573e2-bcd1-11e2-97d4-a479289a31f9_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Tim Craig</dc:creator></item><item><title>Partnered for preservation</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2be5a97d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cpartnered0Efor0Epreservation0C20A130C0A50C140Cf57a10A1a0Ebc8d0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;The results are in: Ten projects in the District of Columbia &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-business/post/national-cathedral-mount-vernon-win-100000-through-social-media-contest/2013/05/13/698a9550-bbdb-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_blog.html"&gt;won significant grants through the American Express-backed Partners in Preservation contest&lt;/a&gt; — starting with Washington National Cathedral, which received the most votes and will now get $100,000 to repair its &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/under-god/post/photos-national-cathedral-spire-suffers-damage-in-earthquake/2011/08/23/gIQA9fVdZJ_blog.html"&gt;earthquake-damaged ceiling&lt;/a&gt;. Other grantees include: All Souls Church Unitarian Church, winner of $50,000 to repair its bell tower; Dumbarton Oaks, winner of $50,000 to repair various garden structures; Meridian Hill Park, which won $50,000 to repair some of the unique aggregate concrete there; and Metropolitan AME Church, which won $90,000 to restore stained glass windows. If only we could do this every year: &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://partnersinpreservation.com/"&gt;PiP&lt;/a&gt; now moves on to a new city.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/partnered-for-preservation/2013/05/14/f57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2be5a97d/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fpartnered-for-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Ff57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Partnered+for+preservation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fpartnered-for-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Ff57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Partnered+for+preservation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fpartnered-for-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Ff57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Partnered+for+preservation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fpartnered-for-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Ff57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Partnered+for+preservation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fpartnered-for-preservation%2F2013%2F05%2F14%2Ff57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Partnered+for+preservation" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664478988/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2be5a97d/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664478988/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2be5a97d/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664478988/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2be5a97d/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Culture</category><category domain="">American Express</category><category domain="">Tommy Wells</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/partnered-for-preservation/2013/05/14/f57a101a-bc8d-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>D.C. nears decision on health insurance exchange</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bdefd1e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cdc0Enears0Edecision0Eon0Ehealth0Einsurance0Eexchange0C20A130C0A50C130C0A57cf5a40Ebc0Ac0E11e20E9b0A90E1638acc3942e0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The D.C. Council could decide as soon as next week whether to require small-business owners to purchase their employee health insurance through a city-run exchange, highlighting a special implication of the federal health-care overhaul that has been &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-10-04/local/35500996_1_exchange-mandate-health-insurance-plans-health-plans"&gt;strongly opposed by some business interests&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange/2013/05/13/057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bdefd1e/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+nears+decision+on+health+insurance+exchange" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+nears+decision+on+health+insurance+exchange" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+nears+decision+on+health+insurance+exchange" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+nears+decision+on+health+insurance+exchange" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Fdc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=D.C.+nears+decision+on+health+insurance+exchange" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664438933/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdefd1e/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664438933/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdefd1e/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664438933/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdefd1e/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Urban Institute</category><category domain="">Vincent Gray</category><category domain="">insurance companies</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:27:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-nears-decision-on-health-insurance-exchange/2013/05/13/057cf5a4-bc0c-11e2-9b09-1638acc3942e_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Tommy Wells will launch mayoral run Saturday</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bdd56a6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Ctommy0Ewells0Ewill0Elaunch0Emayoral0Erun0Esaturday0C20A130C0A50C130C52edda4a0Ebbff0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;D.C. Council member Tommy Wells will bring more than three months of exploration to an end Saturday when he formally launches his mayoral campaign at a rally in Northeast Washington.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wells (D-Ward 6), who announced the rally in an e-mail to supporters Monday, is likely to become the second candidate in the race, following fellow Democrat and council member Muriel Bowser. Incumbent Vincent C. Gray (D) has not announced whether he will seek a second term.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/tommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday/2013/05/13/52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bdd56a6/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+will+launch+mayoral+run+Saturday" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+will+launch+mayoral+run+Saturday" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+will+launch+mayoral+run+Saturday" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+will+launch+mayoral+run+Saturday" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Ftommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2F52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Tommy+Wells+will+launch+mayoral+run+Saturday" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664486117/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdd56a6/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664486117/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdd56a6/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664486117/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdd56a6/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">DCision 2014</category><category domain="">city government</category><category domain="">Democratic Party</category><category domain="">Tommy Wells</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:00:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/tommy-wells-will-launch-mayoral-run-saturday/2013/05/13/52edda4a-bbff-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Vince and Ron share a stage</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bdb6c86/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cmike0Edebonis0Cpost0Cvince0Eand0Eron0Eshare0Ea0Estage0C20A130C0A50C130Cc0A5fba50A0Ebbdf0E11e20Eb5370Eab47f0A325f7c0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p/&gt; &lt;p&gt;In the latest reminder that there's &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-09-04/local/35494677_1_mayoral-campaign-status-conference-federal-investigation"&gt;unfinished business&lt;/a&gt; between federal prosecutors and Mayor Vincent C. Gray, WRC-TV cameras on Friday captured Gray and U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/first-read-dmv/Coolness-Between-DC-Mayor-US-Attorney-at-Salute-to-Fallen-Police-Officers-206985281.html"&gt;awkwardly sharing the spotlight&lt;/a&gt; at a police memorial event. The awkwardness includes the top prosecutor refusing to acknowledge Gray's entrance and a "cool undercurrent of distance" between the men, as Tom Sherwood put it. Machen insisted the event was "not awkward at all," and Gray brushed off any suggestion of controversy. Said Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier, "It's important for both of them to be here."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/vince-and-ron-share-a-stage/2013/05/13/c05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bdb6c86/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fvince-and-ron-share-a-stage%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2Fc05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Vince+and+Ron+share+a+stage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fvince-and-ron-share-a-stage%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2Fc05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Vince+and+Ron+share+a+stage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fvince-and-ron-share-a-stage%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2Fc05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Vince+and+Ron+share+a+stage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fvince-and-ron-share-a-stage%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2Fc05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Vince+and+Ron+share+a+stage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fmike-debonis%2Fpost%2Fvince-and-ron-share-a-stage%2F2013%2F05%2F13%2Fc05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Vince+and+Ron+share+a+stage" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664422481/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdb6c86/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664422481/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdb6c86/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664422481/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bdb6c86/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">property owners</category><category domain="">Vincent Gray</category><category domain="">DeMorning Links</category><category domain="">WRC-TV</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:14:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/mike-debonis/post/vince-and-ron-share-a-stage/2013/05/13/c05fba50-bbdf-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_blog.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>Activists demand more jobs for city residents on major DC Water projects</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bcbe1f2/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Epolitics0Cactivists0Edemand0Emore0Ejobs0Efor0Ecity0Eresidents0Eon0Edc0Ewater0Eprojects0C20A130C0A50C110C853cb1b80Eb7fb0E11e20Eb94c0Eb684dda0A7add0Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;With the District set to spend more than $2 billion over 15 years on a project to &lt;a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tunnels-green-solutions-aim-to-end-sewage-overflows-into-local-waterways/2011/11/09/gIQARlKiSN_story.html"&gt;keep sewage out of local waterways&lt;/a&gt;, activists are pressing city officials to guarantee more jobs for D.C. residents, the people who will pay the bills.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/activists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects/2013/05/11/853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_dc"&gt;Read full article &amp;#62;&amp;#62;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bcbe1f2/mf.gif' border='0'/&gt;&lt;div class='mf-viral'&gt;&lt;table border='0'&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign='middle'&gt;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Factivists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2F853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Activists+demand+more+jobs+for+city+residents+on+major+DC+Water+projects" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Factivists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2F853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Activists+demand+more+jobs+for+city+residents+on+major+DC+Water+projects" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Factivists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2F853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Activists+demand+more+jobs+for+city+residents+on+major+DC+Water+projects" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Factivists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2F853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Activists+demand+more+jobs+for+city+residents+on+major+DC+Water+projects" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fdc-politics%2Factivists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects%2F2013%2F05%2F11%2F853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_dc&amp;t=Activists+demand+more+jobs+for+city+residents+on+major+DC+Water+projects" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664371204/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bcbe1f2/kg/342-363/a2.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/165664371204/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bcbe1f2/kg/342-363/a2.img" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/165664371204/u/0/f/636617/c/34656/s/2bcbe1f2/kg/342-363/a2t.img" border="0"/&gt;</description><category domain="">Jack Evans</category><category domain="">Environmental Protection Agency</category><category domain="">green roofs</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/activists-demand-more-jobs-for-city-residents-on-dc-water-projects/2013/05/11/853cb1b8-b7fb-11e2-b94c-b684dda07add_story.html?wprss=rss_dc</guid><dc:creator>Mike DeBonis</dc:creator></item><item><title>D.C. hearing on food-truck rules leads to sharp questions</title><link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636617/s/2bc4ae28/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Clocal0Cdc0Ehearing0Eon0Efood0Etruck0Erules0Ebrings0Esharp0Equestions0C20A130C0A50C10A0C20A5e848c0Eb9b40E11e20E92f30Ef29180A1936b80Istory0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Idc/story01.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Despite their efforts to appease the city’s many fans of food trucks, the directors of two District agencies faced pointed questions at a public hearing Friday on proposed regulations that would determine the future of street vending in Washington.&lt;/p&gt; 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