<?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>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:56:50 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Test Vote Set For Senate Health Care Bill]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1323961.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1323961.html</link><description><![CDATA[A wavering centrist Democrat said Friday he'd stand with Senate
Democratic leaders on a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping
health care bill amid indications other moderates would fall in line. The
announcement from Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., came as Senate leaders
pushed ahead toward the make-or-break vote with no margin for rebellion
on President Obama's signature issue.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Govt. Worker Union Picks Kelliher For Minn. Gov.]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/margaret.kelliher.governor.2.1324816.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/margaret.kelliher.governor.2.1324816.html</link><description><![CDATA[A smaller government employees union is splitting from its larger cousin to back Democrat Margaret Anderson Kelliher for governor. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Punishment For Sen. Burris' False Statements ]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/roland.burris.ethics.2.1324395.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/roland.burris.ethics.2.1324395.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Senate Ethics Committee has concluded that U.S. Sen. Roland Burris,
D-Ill., broke no laws, but blasted him for providing "incorrect,
inconsistent, misleading or incomplete information to the public" about
his appointment to office.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minn. GOP Biggest User Of Tax Break Pawlenty Axed]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/tax.break.cut.2.1324533.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/tax.break.cut.2.1324533.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gov. Tim Pawlenty's Republican Party was the biggest user of a campaign
program he axed that gives donors tax refunds for part of their
contributions.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marines Tell MN Couple Skype Wedding Wasn't Legal]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/wedding.marine.internet.2.1324044.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/wedding.marine.internet.2.1324044.html</link><description><![CDATA[A marine and his girlfriend were married over the Internet in May while
one was still in Iraq and the other in Minnesota. Months later, the Marines say the wedding isn't legit.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sources: Giuliani To Run For Senate, Not Governor]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/rudy.giuliani.senate.2.1323053.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/rudy.giuliani.senate.2.1323053.html</link><description><![CDATA[It looks like former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani will be running after all, but it turns out it won't be for governor, sources told CBS station WCBS-TV on Thursday. Giuliani has set his sights on running for the United States Senate, sources said.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:20:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Challenger For Rep. Tim Walz]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/tim.walz.representative.2.1322008.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/tim.walz.representative.2.1322008.html</link><description><![CDATA[Republican Allen Quist has declared himself a candidate in Minnesota's
1st Congressional District, hoping to knock of Democratic Rep. Tim Walz.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Senate Health Bill To Cost $849B]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/reid.health.care.2.1319997.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/reid.health.care.2.1319997.html</link><description><![CDATA[The political stakes enormous, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid launched long-awaited health care legislation Wednesday estimated to extend coverage to 94 percent of eligible Americans at a cost of $849 billion. Initial maneuvering on the Senate floor was expected later in the week on the measure, bitterly opposed by Republicans eager to deny President Barack Obama a victory on his top domestic priority.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:05:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Byrd Shatters Record For Congressional Service]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/robert.byrd.senate.2.1321238.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/robert.byrd.senate.2.1321238.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sen. Robert C. Byrd became history's longest-serving member of Congress on Wednesday, earning a formal salute from the Senate and President Barack Obama for his nearly 57 years of service. "I've loved every precious minute of it," the frail West Virginia Democrat, who turns 92 on Friday, said during a day of floor tributes to him, and moments before the Senate passed a resolution marking the milestone.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:18:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ELCA Move On Gay Pastors Spurs Opposition Group]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/politics/elca.gay.pastors.2.1320393.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/politics/elca.gay.pastors.2.1320393.html</link><description><![CDATA[The split over gay clergy within the country's largest Lutheran
denomination has prompted a conservative faction to begin forming a new
Lutheran church body separate from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America.
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:52:11 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>