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		<title>Meeks enters race against Snyder</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2009/06/29/meeks-enters-race-against-snyder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Meeks of Conway, who formed an exploratory committee earlier this month, announced today his candidacy to run against Democratic incumbent  U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder to represent Arkansas&#8217; 2nd district. Meeks, whose work includes teaching at a charter middle school for inner-city youth and as a project manager for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican Meeks may challenge Snyder</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2009/06/04/republican-meeks-may-challenge-snyder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican David Meeks has formed an exploratory committee and Web site to gauge a possible race against Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Little Rock, for Arkansas&#8217; 2nd Congressional District seat. Meeks, of Conway, formed the Web site whoisdavidmeeks.com to allow people to &#8220;find out who I am, what I believe, and how to get involved in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berry votes for foreclosure relief</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2009/05/19/berry-votes-for-foreclosure-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 22:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep Marion Berry, D-Gillett, at one time the target of television ads criticizing him for voting against a bill to help homeowners avoid mortgage foreclosure, voted for a revised version of the bill today. In a news release, Berry said he voted for a new version of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ross: Recession to be worst since 1920s</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/11/24/ross-recession-to-be-worst-since-1920s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. could be just months away from &#8220;the toughest economic times of our lifetime,&#8221; U.S. Rep. Mike Ross. D-Prescott, said today in a conference call with reporters. Ross said things could be worse. The $700 billion financial bailout plan approved by Congress last month should prevent another depression like the one that followed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Worth never crossed his mind UPDATE</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/10/13/fort-worth-never-crossed-his-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicsinarkansas.com/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Drew Goesl,  Rep. Mike Ross&#8217; chief of staff, says staff overlooked the congressman&#8217;s planned trip to Fort Worth, which he is making on behalf of a personal friend. &#8220;The bottom line is this is an old friend from Congressman Ross&#8217; days from Young Democrats,&#8221; Goesl said. &#8220;He is just going out of friendship for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Pryor, movie star</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/10/02/mark-pryor-movie-star/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., should have realized an on-camera interview with snarky comedian Bill Maher may not go as well as with, say, a fresh-out-of-college reporter at KFSM in Fort Smith. The rookie may not have known that &#8220;indigously&#8221; wasn&#8217;t a word. Maher just plastered it across the movie screen when Pryor misspoke so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House dumps bailout</title>
		<link>http://politicsinarkansas.com/2008/09/29/house-dumps-bailout/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://politicsinarkansas.com/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The House just rejected a Bush adminstration-backed plan to shore up the nation&#8217;s financial institutions by buying up bad debts. The vote was 228 to 205. Reps. Marion Berry, D-Gillett, John Boozman, R-Rogers, Mike Ross, D-Prescott, and Vic Snyder, D-Little Rock, all voted for the bill. The stock market fell sharply in response to the [...]]]></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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