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		<title>It&#8217;s a new year&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2010/01/its-a-new-year.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2010/01/its-a-new-year.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which means more politics and more fun. What&#8217;s 2010 going to be like? Any predictions? We&#8217;ve certainly started out with a bang: Democrats are &#8216;retiring&#8217; The health care bill is in it&#8217;s final stages and being negotiated by House and Senate leaders Yemen has become a new (ish) bed of terror Google has unveiled a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pass it on</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/09/pass-it-on.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/09/pass-it-on.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you know the feeling of not having health insurance all too well. It sucks and our buddy below is finding out the hard way. Watch, and send to everyone who cares about reforming a broken system. Also, it&#8217;s a big day in the long fight for health care reform&#8230;the Senate Finance Committee is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Forte: Revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/08/john-forte-revealed.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Forte &#8211; you might know him from when he came into our office for a little acoustic jam, or from his work with the Fugee&#8217;s or his challenges with the criminal justice system. This guy is pretty phenominal and Rock the Vote&#8217;s Suzy Greer had a one-on-one conversation about the state of our health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unacceptable</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/08/unacceptable.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/08/unacceptable.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special interests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is unbelievable &#8211; a lobby firm in Washington (who&#8217;s clients are presumably against clean energy legislation) have been caught faking grassroots letters targeting members of Congress urging them to vote against clean energy legislation. Bonner &#38; Associates, on behalf of their clients, created fake staff members and forged letters on behalf of Creciendo Juntos, a nonprofit network [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netroots Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/08/netroots-nation.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/08/netroots-nation.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[college students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[netroots nation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Primanti Brothers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re going to be near the Pittsburgh area next weekend you won&#8217;t want to miss the Netroots Nation Convention.  This four day gathering of progressive political bloggers and organizers is one of the largest gatherings of it&#8217;s kind &#8211; and I&#8217;ll be there so you know it&#8217;s a good time.  You&#8217;ll learn skills, meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Bunning (KY) Retires</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/07/sen-bunning-ky-retires.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/07/sen-bunning-ky-retires.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you Kentuckian&#8217;s out there like me, here&#8217;s a little insider political news.  Republican Senator Jim Bunning from Kentucky announced yesterday he will not seek reelection in the 2010 elections. Senator Bunning had maintained for months that he was planning to run for his third term despite speculation that he would drop out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting Constitutional Amendment?</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/07/voting-constitutional-amendment.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/07/voting-constitutional-amendment.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[election reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On June 30th a few of the Rock the Vote interns attended a conference in Washington D.C. on voting rights and we wanted to relay the highlights. The New America Foundation joined with fair elections advocates FairVote to organize &#8220;The Future of the Voting Rights Act&#8221; conference in which some of the nation&#8217;s top voting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Street Sweeper Social Club</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/06/street-sweeper-social-club.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2009/06/street-sweeper-social-club.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fight! Smash! Win! Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine- as if you didn’t know?!) and Boots Riley (The Coup- a band you NEED to know!) brought its revolutionary party band, Street Sweeper Social Club to Wallingford, Connecticut last weekend. Packed with Boot’s inspiring, STRIKING lyrics, Morello’s chronic anthemic, whammy’d out guitars and a band unified [...]]]></description>
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