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		<title>Gay Equal Rights Affirmed #NAR&#8217;s board voted to prohibit members from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The board of directors’ vote puts NAR one step ahead of Congress, which is considering a change to the Fair Housing Act. The Fair and Inclusive Housing Rights Act of 2010 would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. It would be the first change to the law since 1988, when handicap and familial status were added as protected classes.]]></description>
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		<title>The Senate passed the bill extending eligible closings to Sept. 30, buyers in contract by April 30 get the tax credit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate passed the bill extending eligible closings to Sept. 30, so buyers who were in contract by April 30 can get the tax credit.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Unanimously Confirms Petraeus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to confirm Gen. David Petraeus as the new commander of forces in Afghanistan. His nomination by President Obama to fill the role left vacant by the unceremonious exit of Gen. Stanley McChrystal was never in doubt ...]]></description>
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		<title>Marist Poll: Obama&#8217;s Handling of Oil Spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new Marist poll finds 57% of voters believe President Obama's handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is either the same or worse than George W. Bush's handling of Katrina. This includes a third of Democrats, 63% of independents and, not surprisingl...]]></description>
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		<title>Dems Preview Fall Ad Campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For now it's a web video. But come October, something like this will likely be on TV. The Democratic National Committee offers a preview of the fall campaign, in which the party will highlight Republican opposition to reform the Wall Street practices t...]]></description>
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		<title>Real Clear Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Politics Nation, Kyle Trygstad reports on the Democrats' scramble for votes for Wall Street reform legislation. On RCM, Steven Malanga writes that even though banks have tightened underwriting standards and regulators are supposed to be getting toug...]]></description>
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		<title>CA Poll: Boxer, Brown With Small Leads</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Sen. Barbara Boxer leads GOP challenger Carly Fiorina by 4 points in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, and Jerry Brown leads Republican Meg Whitman by 6 points in the gubernatorial race. The numbers are in line with other polling firms' findings ove...]]></description>
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		<title>OH Sen Poll: Tight Race Between Fisher, Portman</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Lee Fisher and Republican Rob Portman are running one of the more competitive races in the country, a new Quinnipiac poll finds (June 22-27, 1107 RV, MoE +/- 3%). The two are statistically tied, with Fisher leading by 2...]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s On In Wisconsin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Policy Polling took a look at the Wisconsin Senate race, and finds that Senator Russ Feingold is potentially in for big trouble.  His approval rating is a tepid 42/42 split, and he earns only 45% of the vote against his two largely unknown chal...]]></description>
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		<title>Our Government at Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlo Capomazza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big announcement from the White House just blasted out via email: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 29, 2010 Statement by the Press Secretary on H.R. 3951 On Monday, June 28, 2010, the President signed into law: H...]]></description>
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