<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wbztv.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV</title><link>http://wbztv.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Corporation. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:14:17 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Test Vote Set For Senate Health Care Bill]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1323961.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.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[No Punishment For Sen. Burris' False Statements ]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/roland.burris.ethics.2.1324395.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.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[Sources: Giuliani To Run For Senate, Not Governor]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/rudy.giuliani.senate.2.1323053.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.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[Report: Senate Health Bill To Cost $849B]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/reid.health.care.2.1319997.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.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://wbztv.com/politics/robert.byrd.senate.2.1321238.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.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[Ethics Panel: S.C. Gov. Should Face Charges]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/mark.sanford.ethics.2.1321126.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/mark.sanford.ethics.2.1321126.html</link><description><![CDATA[An ethics panel says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford should face charges he violated state laws tied to a three-month investigation into his travel and campaign finances. The State Ethics Commission on Wednesday didn't provide details of its decision or the specific charges Sanford would face during a hearing of the panel early next year. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:04:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates Names Official To Review Fort Hood]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/pentagon.review.fort.2.1321255.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/pentagon.review.fort.2.1321255.html</link><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tapped a former senior defense official to lead a broad Pentagon review of the circumstances surrounding the Fort Hood shootings, The Associated Press has learned. Gates will announce Thursday that the unified review will involve a number of components, and will call for a quick, short-term report, followed by a longer, more extensive study, according to an administration official.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:46:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Probate Official Sentenced For Thefts]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/john.buonomo.middlesex.2.1320807.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/john.buonomo.middlesex.2.1320807.html</link><description><![CDATA[A former Middlesex County probate register has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing thousands from cash and copy machines, and from his campaign funds. 
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:55:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clinton In Afghanistan For Karzai Inauguration ]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/clinton.afghanistan.karzair.2.1319859.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/clinton.afghanistan.karzair.2.1319859.html</link><description><![CDATA[Hillary Rodham Clinton, on her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S.
secretary of state, said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai's
inauguration provides an opportunity for him to improve government
accountability and make a difference in the lives of Afghans. Karzai is under stiff pressure from the U.S. and other nations to fight
pervasive corruption in his government and many hope he will make a
concrete commitment to reform in his inauguration speech Thursday,
helping the country move past a fraud-tainted election that undermined
trust in the government.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama, Holder Firm On Convicting 9/11 Plotter]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/obama.holder.911.2.1319889.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/obama.holder.911.2.1319889.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama predicted that professed Sept. 11 mastermind
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and executed as Attorney
General Eric Holder proclaimed: "Failure is not an option." In
one of a series of TV interviews during his trip to Asia, Obama said
those offended by the legal privileges given to Mohammed by virtue of
getting a civilian trial rather than a military tribunal won't find it
"offensive at all when he's convicted and when the death penalty is
applied to him."
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