<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Check Your Congress's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/</link><description>For the people must provide a check on their government.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:14:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:19:54 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>The Contraceptive Debate - A Simple Solution</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due to the Obama administration's rule requiring employers to cover birth control services via the health insurance plan they must offer their employees, religious affiliated entities have inspired passionat&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10368161-the-contraceptive-debate-a-simple-solution</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/10/10368161-the-contraceptive-debate-a-simple-solution</guid><category>insurance</category><category>women</category><category>debate</category><category>health</category><category>contraceptive</category><category>religious</category><category>obama</category><category>catholic</category><category>freedom</category><category>republican</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>democrat</category><category>hhs</category><category>employer</category><category>birth-ontrol</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Presidential Candidates Lead Voters Astray On &quot;One Million New Jobs&quot; Claims</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recently many of the Republican Presidential candidates, along with numerous political ad campaigns have touted claims that reducing regulations on businesses would create up to one million new jobs in our economy.&nbsp; What is pertinent in considering t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8272717-presidential-candidates-lead-voters-astray-on-one-million-new-jobs-claims</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/11/8272717-presidential-candidates-lead-voters-astray-on-one-million-new-jobs-claims</guid><category>economy</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>unemployment</category><category>gop</category><category>regulation</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>debates</category><category>presidential-candidates</category><category>job-creators</category><category>one-million-jobs</category><category>job-posters</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:54:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>BBC News - Wall Street follows European sell-off on economy fears</title>
<description><![CDATA[As our&nbsp;world appears to be heading toward global economic doom,&nbsp;national banking systems are utilizing measures such as "quantitative easing," or the U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7907855-bbc-news-wall-street-follows-european-sell-off-on-economy-fears</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/22/7907855-bbc-news-wall-street-follows-european-sell-off-on-economy-fears</guid><category>markets</category><category>japan</category><category>china</category><category>economy</category><category>imf</category><category>outlook</category><category>europe</category><category>world</category><category>fed</category><category>asia</category><category>interest-rates</category><category>central-bank</category><category>banking</category><category>debt</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>great-brittain</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:11:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=swedlowlegal8440D2D0-F302-F3D0-4096-F326E686F7D6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=swedlowlegal8440D2D0-F302-F3D0-4096-F326E686F7D6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Economic Disaster Approaching:  Both sides have it wrong.</title>
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At this time, nearly every American sees an economic doomsday approaching.&nbsp; President Obama and leading Democrats present us with solutions geared toward increasing the revenue our government receives.&nbsp; Leading Republicans present us with solutions geared toward reduci&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/17/7812570-economic-disaster-approaching-both-sides-have-it-wrong</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/17/7812570-economic-disaster-approaching-both-sides-have-it-wrong</guid><category>market</category><category>economy</category><category>tax</category><category>jobs</category><category>job</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>reform</category><category>social-security</category><category>debt</category><category>spending</category><category>revenue</category><category>politician</category><category>republican</category><category>employment</category><category>democrat</category><category>marketplace</category><category>special-interests</category><category>loopholes</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:47:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NATO Headquarters Should Be Moved</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/10/6829004-nato-headquarters-should-be-moved</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/10/6829004-nato-headquarters-should-be-moved</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>nato</category><category>arab</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>independant</category><category>ara</category><category>robert-gates</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:01:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bush Torture Indictment | Center for Constitutional Rights</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[AngelaKeaton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AngelaKeaton]]></source><link>http://AngelaKeaton.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/07/6007783-bush-torture-indictment-center-for-constitutional-rights</link><guid>http://AngelaKeaton.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/07/6007783-bush-torture-indictment-center-for-constitutional-rights</guid><pubDate>Tue, 8 Feb 2011 02:43:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5643067-budget-puzzle-you-fix-the-budget</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/13/5643067-budget-puzzle-you-fix-the-budget</guid><category>tax</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>debt</category><category>economic-policy-institute</category><category>new-taxes</category><category>tax-policy-center</category><category>obama-administration</category><category>sustainable-defense-task-force</category><category>bank-tax-this</category><category>kevin-quealythe</category><category>alan-auerbach</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:25:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox News Lawyers Up, Responds To Allegations Of Campaign Finance Law Violations</title>
<description><![CDATA[The conservative-leaning network has hired Larry Noble, a well-known attorney at the firm Skadden Arps, to defend itself against a suit filed during the height of the 2010 campaign by the Democratic Governor's Association.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5575733-fox-news-lawyers-up-responds-to-allegations-of-campaign-finance-law-violations</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/03/5575733-fox-news-lawyers-up-responds-to-allegations-of-campaign-finance-law-violations</guid><category>media</category><category>us</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>fox-news</category><category>republican</category><category>republican-governors-association</category><category>us-politics</category><category>media-watch</category><category>democratic-governors-association</category><category>dga-complaint-john-kasich</category><category>dga-fox-news</category><category>dga-lawsuit</category><category>fox-news-rga</category><category>fox-news-sued</category><category>larry-noble</category><category>skadden-arps</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Dec 2010 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bush Tax Cut Expiration - A Jobs Bill?</title>
<description><![CDATA[ In light of our current economic reality, many voters returned a Republican majority to the House. Whether that was the right thing to do or not is debatable. However, what is not debatable is that business, both big and small, needs to start hiring again.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/09/5435708-bush-tax-cut-expiration-a-jobs-bill</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/09/5435708-bush-tax-cut-expiration-a-jobs-bill</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:43:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2010 Midterm Election - A Wave of Dems</title>
<description><![CDATA[  Make no mistake, the midterms were NOT the result of a shift in voter belief toward the Republican Party.  Nor do a majority of Americans genuinely wish to grant the GOP any second chances.  The "2010 Wave" was not a wave of Republican sentiment.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Check Your Congress]]></source><link>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/09/5435630-2010-midterm-election-a-wave-of-dems</link><guid>http://swedlowlegal.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/09/5435630-2010-midterm-election-a-wave-of-dems</guid><category>politics</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Nov 2010 18:23:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
