<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://wcco.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:32:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Franken Will Drop 633 Challenges In Recount]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/franken.recount.challenges.2.879135.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/franken.recount.challenges.2.879135.html</link><description><![CDATA[Democrat Al Franken on Wednesday moved to withdraw 633 challenges to ballots in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race in what could be a first step toward a quicker conclusion to the recount. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:30:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reid: Carmaker Aid Bill Doesn't Have Needed Votes]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/automaker.aid.votes.2.879380.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/automaker.aid.votes.2.879380.html</link><description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Democrats' plan to tap the
Wall Street rescue fund to save U.S. automakers doesn't have the votes
to pass. One day after Detroit's Big Three sent survival plans to Capitol Hill
in an urgent plea for $34 billion in government aid, Reid said there's
still not enough support in Congress for using some of the $700 billion
bailout to help the teetering carmakers.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:37:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions Flare At Senate Recount In Scott County]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/scott.county.recount.2.879258.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/scott.county.recount.2.879258.html</link><description><![CDATA[Wednesday, the drama continued as three more Minnesota counties started hand counting their votes in the race for U.S. Senate. Volunteers, lawyers and judges started to look over thousands of ballots in Wright, Winona, and Scott Counties. 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:21:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cars, Cash And Congress]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/congress.bailout.automakers.2.879451.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/congress.bailout.automakers.2.879451.html</link><description><![CDATA[As Congress mulls over a bailout for U.S. automakers, some may be thinking about more than jobs and the economy. The auto industry spent nearly $50 million lobbying Congress in the first nine months of this year.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:59:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Picks Richardson To Head Commerce]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/obama.richardson.commerce.2.878595.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/obama.richardson.commerce.2.878595.html</link><description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:27:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demoted Prosecutor Wins Whistleblower Settlement]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/demoted.prosecuter.settlement.2.879131.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/demoted.prosecuter.settlement.2.879131.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Rachel K. Paulose retaliated against
a top prosecutor in her office who reported her for careless handling
of classified homeland security reports, a watchdog agency said
Wednesday.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:01:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jeb Bush's Bid For Senate Could Clear GOP Field]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/jeb.bush.senate.2.879279.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/jeb.bush.senate.2.879279.html</link><description><![CDATA[Still popular in Florida, former Gov. Jeb Bush said Wednesday that he's interested in the seat Sen. Mel Martinez is giving up, and the field of possible candidates could quickly narrow to make way for the president's younger brother. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:52:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minn. Deficit Expected To Be 'Very, Very Bad']]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/minnesota.deficit.bad.2.879001.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/minnesota.deficit.bad.2.879001.html</link><description><![CDATA[Minnesota lawmakers are dreading Thursday's budget forecast.									
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:20:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress: Banks Need More Oversight On Bailout]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878890.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878890.html</link><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers want the Treasury to insist that banking institutions sharing in the $700 billion bailout comply with limits Congress imposed on executive salaries and use the money for its intended purposes. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Paul 2010 Census Office Opens]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/minnesota.census.office.2.878874.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/minnesota.census.office.2.878874.html</link><description><![CDATA[It may be two years away, but it's time to start thinking about the 2010 Census in Minnesota.									]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>