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		<title>Senate GOP has eye on 2 agency chiefs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, speaking to reporters after the close of the first legislative session.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats ready backup plan on payroll tax bill</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday. Reid#39;s comments, in a conference call with reporters, were seen by some congressional aides as a signal to Republicans that he is prepared to play hard ball on ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats have begun preparing a backup plan to extend a tax cut for workers if a special congressional negotiating committee fails to reach quick agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Friday. Reid#39;s comments, in a conference call with reporters, were seen by some congressional aides as a signal to Republicans that he is prepared to play hard ball on ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Reid: Senate will not pass a budget this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Democratic leaders do not plan to propose a budget this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters Friday, saying that they had already done so with the debt-ceiling agreement.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate welcomes first female parliamentarian</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday the appointment of the first woman parliamentarian in the chamber since that position was created in the 1930s.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate&#8217;s Reid: Payroll tax plan should not include Keystone</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he does not think a provision to speed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project belongs in the next payroll tax cut bill. quot;If we want to wean ourselves from foreign oil, why would we allow a pipeline to be built of 1,700 miles to manufacture petroleum products to be shipped overseas? That#39;s the purpose of this,quot; Reid ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday he does not think a provision to speed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline project belongs in the next payroll tax cut bill. quot;If we want to wean ourselves from foreign oil, why would we allow a pipeline to be built of 1,700 miles to manufacture petroleum products to be shipped overseas? That#39;s the purpose of this,quot; Reid ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Mitch McConnell on verge of chance to be Senate majority leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But first the veteran Kentucky Republican must help his party avoid pitfalls that could hurt its bid to wrest control from Democrats. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell operates with a steely resolve, a political discipline that leaves nothing to chance.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Postpones PIPA Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday he will postpone a vote on online piracy legislation he had scheduled for next week after a storm of protest.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Vote on Hollywood-Backed Piracy Bill Canceled by Reid</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid canceled next week’s procedural vote on a Hollywood-backed anti- piracy bill, the latest blow to the legislation after a global online protest by Google Inc. and Wikipedia.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Caves on PIPA by Delaying Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate just announced it would delay a vote on the PROTECT IP Act, one of the two bills online activists have been campaigning hard to stop, which is a pretty clear sign this week#39;s blackout of Wikipedia and other sites worked. quot;In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the Protect IP Act,quot; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, according to the Los Angeles ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Senate just announced it would delay a vote on the PROTECT IP Act, one of the two bills online activists have been campaigning hard to stop, which is a pretty clear sign this week#39;s blackout of Wikipedia and other sites worked. quot;In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the Protect IP Act,quot; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, according to the Los Angeles ...]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Senate leaders from both parties back away from PROTECT IP</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PROTECT IP Act continued to suffer serious blows on Thursday as both the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader made moves that further damaged the anti-piracy bill#39;s chances of passage. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will not seek to use his leverage over other Democrats to ensure the Protect IP Act gets enough votes to overcome a filibuster. Meanwhile, Senate ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The PROTECT IP Act continued to suffer serious blows on Thursday as both the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader made moves that further damaged the anti-piracy bill#39;s chances of passage. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will not seek to use his leverage over other Democrats to ensure the Protect IP Act gets enough votes to overcome a filibuster. Meanwhile, Senate ...]]></content:encoded>
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