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<title>U.S. Politics Today: Alabama Lobbying News</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/alabama-lobbying</link><description>Constantly updated news and information about U.S. Politics.</description><item>
<title>Dodd, Shelby close in on housing deal</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170117536</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 22:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the committee&amp;rsquo;s ranking member, would also tighten  ...  bill. The negotiations were unusually tight, with lobbyists and even other committee members and staff  ...
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<title>Senators reach deal on housing rescue: sources</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170105592</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 21:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the lobbyists said. The Dodd-Shelby pact on financing the  ...  they took out their mortgages. Shelby, of Alabama, has insisted that taxpayer money not be  ...
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<title>Nursing-home inspections miss big problems, study says</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170041898</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 13:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  2002 to 2007. Those nine states were Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina,  ...  Sloane, senior vice president of AARP, the lobby for older Americans, said it was   ...
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<title>Group Tells Congress to Reject Tanker Amendments</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=170033371</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 13:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and Space Company, will be built in Alabama and security issues will be handled by  ...  for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, a  ...
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<title>Care-home dishonor roll includes AZ, 8 other states</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169999680</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 09:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  most likely to overlook serious deficiencies were Alabama, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South  ...  Sloane, senior vice president of AARP, the lobby for older Americans, hailed the bill as  ...
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<title>Bruce D. Woods commentary: Congressional leadership &apos; an oxymoron</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169981518</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  reform, open decision making, reining in the lobbyists, curbing the egregious practice of adding earmarks  ...  just because Congress doesnt understand physics  ala their 35 mpg edict  doesnt mean  ...
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<title>Serious Deficiencies in Nursing Homes Are Often Missed, Report Says</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169961363</link>
<pubDate>15 May 2008 03:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  most likely to miss serious deficiencies were Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina,  ...  Sloane, senior vice president of , the lobby for older Americans, said it was one  ...
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<title>&gt; Loss of grant won&apos;t derail Fromholds</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169934176</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 22:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Marcia Fromhold &amp;mdash; the legislator and the lobbyist, and together champions of education in this  ...  in supervising the grant. Six other states (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia) have  ...
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<title>Loss of grant won&apos;t derail Fromholds</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169934175</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 22:56 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  Marcia Fromhold &amp;mdash; the legislator and the lobbyist, and together champions of education in this  ...  in supervising the grant. Six other states (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Virginia) have  ...
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<title>Woods commentary: Congressional leadership &apos; an oxymoron</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169900989</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 19:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  reform, open decision making, reining in the lobbyists, curbing the egregious practice of adding earmarks  ...  just because Congress doesnt understand physics  ala their 35 mpg edict  doesnt mean  ...
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<title>CCAGW to House Committee: Reject Tanker Amendments</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169896604</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 18:33 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  and Space Company, will be built in Alabama and security issues will be handled by  ...  for Citizens Against Government Waste is the lobbying arm of Citizens Against Government Waste, a  ...
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<title>Hawaii&apos;s Outlaw Farmers</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169888978</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 17:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  become marijuana exporters. Other marijuana exporters are: Alabama, California, Tennessee, Kentucky, Washington, West Virginia, Arkansas  ...  implementation of successful educational and discouragement campaigns. Lobbyists for the big agri-businesses growing most of  ...
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<title>&apos;What the hell are you doing voting like that for?&quot;</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169844581</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 12:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  common last name,&amp;rdquo; said Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.). &amp;ldquo;Normally around here, you get used to  ...  the two Reps. Mike Rogers, Republicans from Alabama and Michigan. Most have figured out who  ...  They had the wrong Mike Rogers. Speaker&amp;rsquo;s Lobby employees are confronted with confusion over names  ...
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<title>Defiance &apos; One Puff at a Time</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169841835</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 12:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  both Honolulu locations; and Jackie Chans in Ala Moana Center, just to name a few.  ...  of the Hawaii Smokers Alliance were a lobbying fixture at the last legislative session. Crowley  ...
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<title>Woods commentary: Congressional leadership  an oxymoron</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=169801276</link>
<pubDate>14 May 2008 07:30 GMT</pubDate>
<description>
...  reform, open decision making, reining in the lobbyists, curbing the egregious practice of adding earmarks  ...  just because Congress doesnt understand physics  ala their 35 mpg edict  doesnt mean  ...
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