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		<title>Laying low and considering options</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2010/02/10/laying-low-and-considering-options/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two potential Democratic challengers to U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s re-election bid are playing it close to the vest as the March political filing period approaches. A campaign spokesman for Lt. Gov. Bill Halter says today nothing has changed as Halter eyes a political shift. “The lieutenant governor continues to focus on his re-election while also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln meets with first lady</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Blanche Lincoln reports that she met with First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House today to discuss ways to combat childhood obesity. As chairman of the Senate&#8217;s Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Lincoln will oversee reauthorization this year of the Child Nutrition Act. “The prevalence of childhood obesity is an alarming trend, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coalition hosts vigil for EFCA at Sen. Lincoln’s office</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2009/05/27/coalition-hosts-vigil-for-efca-at-sen-lincoln%e2%80%99s-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “Turn Around Arkansas” coalition is rallying at Sen. Blanche Lincoln’s Little Rock office in an attempt to push her toward approving the Employee Free Choice Act, labor’s highest legislative priority. The coalition, with members such as ACORN, Sierra Club, and the AFL-CIO, is hosting a 24-hour vigil, delivering hundreds of hand-written letters asking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln Day announcement?</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2009/04/17/lincoln-day-announcement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Attorney Tim Griffin is slated to speak to the Saline County Republican committee at an annual gathering of the local GOP members. Griffin is one of several names floating around as a possible opponent to two-term incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln in her 2010 re-election campaign. He announced his consideration of the running against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the V-chip</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/11/18/beyond-the-v-chip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor is prodding the Federal Communications Commission to do more to help parents block scenes and language inappropriate for children from TVs and computers. The Pryor-sponsored Child Safe Viewing Act is headed to President Bush’s desk after the Senate gave final congressional approval to the measure. It requires the FCC to continuously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alltel, Windstream donated to Stevens</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/10/27/alltel-windstream-donated-to-stevens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Arkansas-based companies donated money this election cycle to Sen. Ted Stevens, the Alaska Republican convicted of seven felonies Monday for failing to disclose more than $250,000 in gifts he received from an Alaska oil company. Alltel Corp.&#8217;s political action committee has given Stevens $5,000 in the past two years, according to Federal Election Commission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln: McCain move &#8216;distracting&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/09/25/lincoln-mccain-move-distracting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., was critical Thursday of John McCain&#8217;s decision to suspend his presidential campaign to return to the Senate as Congress considers a massive bailout of financial institutions: &#8220;I think he&#8217;s distracting things (with) the idea he&#8217;s got to stop what he&#8217;s doing and come back and rescue the Congress,&#8221; Lincoln said during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas earmarks</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/09/25/arkansas-earmarks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is set to approve a major appropriations package before lawmakers leave Washington for the year, which means press offices are eager to hit the send button on e-mail press releases that herald the dollars obtained for projects back home. Thanks to the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense, here&#8217;s a list of the earmarks [...]]]></description>
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