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			<title><![CDATA[Conyers to hold hearings on 'Imperial' Bush presidency]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[John Conyers, the Detroit Democrat who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced today that he'll hold hearings next Friday on the "imperial" Bush presidency. 
Conyers has been pushed by the left wing of his party to hold impeachment hearings against President Bush and Vice President]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:56 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How many black votes will McCain get?]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain told the NAACP today that they share a goal of reforming education by increasing school choice through vouchers and similar programs.
"If I am elected president, school choice for all who want it, an expansion of Opportunity Scholarships, and]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 1:37 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tony Snow recalled with fondness, respect]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Detroit News editorial page editor Nolan Finley, who got to know Tony Snow from their days together at The News, had this to say upon learning of the death of his friend.
"Tony Snow was a very special person, and a very dear friend. He was one of the most significant journalists of his generation.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 3:23 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tony Snow dies, after battle with cancer]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Tony Snow, who drew much praise as an unflappable White House press secretary, has died after battle with cancer. A former Detroit News deputy editorial page editor and columnist, Snow died at 53.
"Tony was one of our nation's finest writers and commentators," President Bush said in a statement]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:31 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bush administration 'looks forward' to work on Great Lakes compact]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Ben Grumbles, the assistant administrator for water at the  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, weighed in late today on the needed action by Congress and the president to ratify the Great Lakes Compact, which would ban water diversions. 
"The administration commends the states on their]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 6:54 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rep. Ehlers introduces bill for cleaning up Great Lakes]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, introduced a bill to reauthorize the Great Lakes Legacy Act for five years.
Ehlers introduced the bill with Rep. James Oberstar, the Democratic chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee who hails from Minnesota, a Great Lakes state. It would]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:10 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congress moving to ban diversions from Great Lakes]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[A bill to ratify a compact to protect the Great Lakes from water diversions could be introduced in the Senate as early as late next week, Sen. Carl Levin's office said today.
Levin, Michigan's senior Democratic senator, will take the lead in the Senate with fellow co-chair of the Senate Great Lakes]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 3:17 PM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[3 Michigan Dems pushing for more heating money]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[With energy prices skyrocketing, Reps. Sandy Levin of Royal Oak, John Dingell of Dearborn and Dale Kildee of Flint announced today that they're urging President Bush to release $120 million in emergency Low Inome Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) funding to help low-income Americans. 
"Michigan has]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:32 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Big money being raised in Knollenberg `Big 9' race]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[Just how big will the hauls be in the second quarter for veteran Republican Rep. Joe Knollenberg and his Democratic challenger, Gary Peters?
Well, we'll have to wait a bit longer to find out officially. Due to Michigan's Aug. 5 primary falling so close to the Federal Election Commission's July 15]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:47 AM</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dr. Kevorkian signatures deemed valid, will be on November ballot]]></title>
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			<author>(Deb Price)</author>
			<description><![CDATA[ It's official -- Dr. Jack Kevorkian's name will appear on the November ballot as he tries to unseat veteran Republican Rep. Joe Knollenberg in Oakland County.
"He has enough qualifying petition signatures," Joe Rozell, director of elections for Oakland County, said today. "They are valid. He has]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:58 AM</pubDate>
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