<?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>Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV</title><link>http://wcco.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:45:43 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Appeals For Votes, Health Debate Underway]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation. His appeal came during a visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday as the House
began debating a bill to expand coverage to millions who lack it. Obama made his trip to the Capitol complex as abortion rights lawmakers
voiced anger at a last-minute concession granted to foes of the
procedure.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:37:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pawlenty Heads To Iowa As Signs Point To 2012 Run]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/tim.pawlenty.iowa.2.1298170.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/tim.pawlenty.iowa.2.1298170.html</link><description><![CDATA[Republican Tim Pawlenty is off on his first trip to Iowa as a probable but not-yet-declared presidential candidate.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:15:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality Check: Pawlenty's Proposed Spending Cap ]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/pawlenty.reality.check.2.1297332.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/pawlenty.reality.check.2.1297332.html</link><description><![CDATA[Governor Tim Pawlenty is proposing tough new budget standards. However,
they are standards he has failed to meet himself since taking office in
2004. He has proposed budgets that far exceed the amount of money the state
had to pay for it.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:52:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frank Takes Dig At Bachmann In Health Care Debate]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/Barney.Frank.Michele.2.1297438.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/Barney.Frank.Michele.2.1297438.html</link><description><![CDATA[Democratic Rep. Barney Frank took a dig Friday at the Republican
lawmaker who organized a protest by conservatives against health care
legislation.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:38:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pawlenty Going To Iowa, But Mexican Pres. Cancels]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/pawlenty.iowa.mexico.2.1297428.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/pawlenty.iowa.mexico.2.1297428.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's shaping up to be a big political weekend for Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, who's a possible Republican candidate for president. But some of his plans are changing. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:30:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Board Punishes Mpls. Mayor Over Gov. Actions]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/rt.rybak.punished.2.1296612.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/rt.rybak.punished.2.1296612.html</link><description><![CDATA[Fresh out of the gubernatorial campaign gate, Minneapolis Mayor R.T.
Rybak was punished Friday for using mayoral campaign funds for what
state regulators said were activities that furthered the Democrat's
2010 bid for governor.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:26:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dems Fear Not Enough Health Bill Votes For Sat.]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1296461.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1296461.html</link><description><![CDATA[House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a
sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they
may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday
that the make-or-break vote on President Barack Obama's top priority
that had been set for Saturday could face delay.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama 'Won't Rest' Until America Prosperous Again]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/obama.jobs.homes.2.1295866.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/obama.jobs.homes.2.1295866.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Obama said new figures released Friday showing
national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are a sobering
reminder of the challenges still facing the U.S. economy. "I will not rest until all Americans who want work can,"he said during a news conference Friday at the White House.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:35:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minn. Guard Welcomes 12 Soldiers From Afghanistan]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/minnesota.national.guard.2.1295872.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/minnesota.national.guard.2.1295872.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Minnesota National Guard is welcoming home 12 soldiers on Friday from a one-year deployment to Afghanistan.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:41:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michele Bachmann Leads 'Kill The Bill' Protest]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/michele.bachmann.protest.2.1296030.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/michele.bachmann.protest.2.1296030.html</link><description><![CDATA[Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives incensed over the
Democrats' health care overhaul protested at the Capitol on Thursday,
arguing that the legislation amounts to a government takeover of the
nation's medical system.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>