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			<title><![CDATA[ McCain, Feingold Team Up Again Over FEC ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Seven years after their landmark campaign finance legislation became law, Sens. John McCain and Russell Feingold are reuniting under the banner of spending reform at a time when restrictions have come under fire both in the courts and at the embattled Federal Election Commission. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Decisions Indicate Supreme Court Moved Rightward This Term ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ For the Supreme Court, it was the year of living on the verge. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iran's Leadership Warns Against Further Protest After Certification of Vote ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ TEHRAN, June 30 -- Iran's religious and political leadership warned domestic opponents and Western powers Tuesday that no further protests against a disputed election would be tolerated following official certification of a landslide victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court to Review Restrictions on Corporate Spending in Federal Elections ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will consider whether to uphold a ban on corporate spending in federal elections, a move that campaign finance experts said could have a dramatic effect on the 2010 and 2012 federal elections.<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics/elections;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=272104119893" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics/elections;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=272104119893" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Robert Barnes</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Iran's Ahmadinejad Demands Apology From Obama ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ TEHRAN, June 25 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at President Obama on Thursday, warning him against "interfering" in Iranian affairs and demanding an apology for criticism of a government crackdown on demonstrators protesting alleged electoral fraud. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ South Carolina Governor Sanford Says He'll Repay Cost of 2008 Argentina Trip ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ COLUMBIA, S.C., June 25 -- The only signs remaining here of Gov. Mark Sanford's riveting confession of infidelity were the television cameras staked out on the manicured lawns encircling the copper-domed state Capitol. Inside, the marble-floored rotunda, where Sanford tearfully bared his soul and... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ GOP Outnumbered in Senate, but McConnell Tries to Ensure It Is Not Outflanked ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ When he was fighting campaign finance reform a decade ago, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was dubbed Darth Vader by his critics. He embraced the nickname, even announcing "Darth Vader has arrived" at a news conference. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Perry Bacon Jr.</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Obama's Travel Itinerary Mixes Policy, Electoral Politics ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ First, a quiz. How many people attended President Obama's town-hall forum in Vermont?<br clear="all"><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/wpni.rss/politics/elections;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=272104120875" target="_blank"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/wpni.rss/politics/elections;pos=ad9;tile=9;ad=rss;sz=479x40;ord=272104120875" border="0" vspace="5"></a> <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Scott Wilson</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Navy Reservist Named Head of Pentagon's Voting Assistance Program ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:18:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Robert H. Carey, a Navy reservist who has been an advocate for the voting rights of nearly 6 million military personnel and Americans overseas, will become director of the Pentagon's much criticized Federal Voting Assistance Program that helps those citizens vote by absentee ballot. He takes the ... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Mary Pat Flaherty</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Take: GOP Comeback Limited by Demographics, Political Forces ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ There has been much chatter about who now speaks for the Republican Party, and whether the GOP has a message or an agenda to combat President Obama's popularity. Those questions are important to the party's future, but the most serious problem remains the deeper demographic and political forces at... <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Dan Balz</dc:creator>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Book Review: 'Renegade: The Making of a President' by Richard Wolffe ]]></title>
			<link>http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2944452b4d23ebe6a60cf98a7f64fbd1</link>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ In telling the story of the Obama campaign, Richard Wolffe's "Renegade: The Making of a President" stakes an audacious claim to its own importance and largely lives up to it. <br clear="both" style="clear: both;"/>
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			<dc:creator>Ted Widmer</dc:creator>
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