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<title>U.S. Politics Today: Illinois Governor's Veto News</title>
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<title>Who Is Gov. Sarah Palin?</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185676204</link>
<pubDate>30 Aug 2008 01:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Sen. John McCain announced Friday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his vice presidential  ...  of big oil companies and used her veto power to cut budgetary spending since becoming  ...  ancestry. McCain&apos;s announcement comes a day after Illinois Sen. Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party&apos;s  ...
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<title>McCain chooses Alaska Gov. as veep</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185647022</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 21:40 GMT</pubDate>
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...  But, according to the Daily News, she vetoed a bill that sought to block those  ...  serve John McCain well as vice president. Gov. Palin is an inclusive Republican who will  ...  by long-time anti-gay activist Phyllis Schlafly of Illinois. &quot;Senators Obama and Biden offer a clear  ...
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<title>Administration lays off 450 employees</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185640531</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Andrea Zelinski Springfield Bureau 217-525-8201 SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich&apos;s administration told 450 state employees  ...  said Chris McCloud, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The cuts are  ...  Resources. The cuts are the result of vetoes made by Blagojevich. The administration has contended  ...
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<title>Governor closing 24 state sites, including Kickapoo State Park</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185597278</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 14:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  includes laying off 73 employees of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the Department of  ...  Illinois, said Kelley Quinn, a spokeswoman from Gov. Rod Blagojevich&apos;s office. &quot;Parks are closing across  ...  dull ax.&quot; &quot;When we go back to veto session in November, we&apos;ll try to find  ...
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<title>Democrats&apos; detente lasts only a day</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185568522</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 08:23 GMT</pubDate>
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... DENVER - While Illinois Democrats gathered Thursday to see Chicago&apos;s Barack  ...  to accept the party&apos;s nomination for president, Gov. Rod Blagojevich had flown home as his  ...  billion out of whack. The governor already vetoed out $1.3 billion. Quinn did not know  ...
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<title>Improved to death</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185549748</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 04:42 GMT</pubDate>
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... Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he&apos;s &quot;improved&quot; a bill  ...  has used a power called an &quot;amendatory veto&quot;  which exists in Illinois and six  ...
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<title>Will Minn.&apos;s Pawlenty be McCain&apos;s VP?</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185534545</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 02:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  McCain will pick Minnesota governor for VP Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the Minnesota State Fair.  ...  a roll of the dice because the Illinois senator has a slim career dossier. Pawlenty  ...  the states, neglected infrastructure? Last February Pawlenty vetoed a transportation funding bill because it included  ...
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<title>Web Exclusive: Governor lays off hundreds; closing many state parks, landmarks</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185527498</link>
<pubDate>29 Aug 2008 01:29 GMT</pubDate>
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... SPRINGFIELD &amp;ndash; Gov. Rod Blagojevich&amp;rsquo;s administration told 450 state employees  ...  Moline. &amp;ldquo;We&amp;rsquo;re in an economic downturn in Illinois and the government&amp;rsquo;s grown too much.&amp;rdquo; According  ...  Resources. The cuts are the result of vetoes made by the Blagojevich. The administration has  ...
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<title>Will Minn.&apos;s Pawlenty by McCain&apos;s veep?</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185505523</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 22:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  McCain will pick Minnesota governor for VP Gov. Tim Pawlenty at the Minnesota State Fair.  ...  a roll of the dice because the Illinois senator has a slim career dossier. Pawlenty  ...  the states, neglected infrastructure? Last February Pawlenty vetoed a transportation funding bill because it included  ...
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<title>State senator sees little hope for Illinois capital bill</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185465669</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 17:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  it would &quot;border on miraculous&quot; if the Illinois Legislature were to pass a capital construction  ...  Brady said. The Republican from Bloomington accused Gov. Rod Blagojevich of playing games with the  ...  with the ethics bill that was amendatorily vetoed days ago. Brady is a chief sponsor  ...
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<title>Shaheen says she, Obama are looking to make history</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185407541</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 11:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in Denver on Wednesday, Shaheen said the Illinois senator would lead the country in a  ...  ago, I was the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire. With your help, I  ...  in Wednesday&apos;s speech including her pledge to veto a sales or income tax. &quot;And let  ...
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<title>Dems Dissing Faithful Catholics Again</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185362921</link>
<pubDate>28 Aug 2008 04:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  whom the Democrats had nominated for President, Governor Al Smith of New York in 1928  ...  ban, and opposing a bill in the Illinois legislature that would protect newborns who survive  ...  calculating the time in which a presidential veto must be issued. Further, it deliberately integrates  ...
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<title>The Pawlenty buzz builds</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185178325</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 05:33 GMT</pubDate>
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...  is replaced by the Flash movie. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty was mobbed in Philadelphia, lauded  ...  anti-Obama zingers, smiling all the while. The Illinois senator has an &quot;extremely thin resume.&quot; Obama&apos;s  ...  talked about the gas tax bill he vetoed this year, why he vetoed it and  ...
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<title>Ill. governor warned on ethics bill</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185169649</link>
<pubDate>27 Aug 2008 04:31 GMT</pubDate>
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... DENVER - Responding to continued rumors that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich intends to do an end-run  ...  months he wants to use his amendatory veto powers to add new provisions to the  ...
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<title>Blagojevich says rewrite helps ethics bill</title>
<link>http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news.php?wid=185107894</link>
<pubDate>26 Aug 2008 20:12 GMT</pubDate>
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... As Illinois Democrats rallied in Denver for their &apos;favorite  ...  the party&apos;s first day at the convention, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was back in Chicago rewriting  ...  the provision was stripped was then amendatorily vetoed by Blagojevich to change it to prohibit  ...
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