<?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)  MMX, CBS Corporation. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:46:32 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Obama: Health Care Can Survive Pivotal House Vote]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1574770.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1574770.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama described the stakes of this weekend's health
care vote in stark terms Friday, using words uttered so rarely out of
the White House that they seem all but banned: "If this vote fails." What then? "The insurance industry will continue to run amok," the
president declared, pointing to rising rates, denials of coverage and
limits on care.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:21:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Sanford To Pay $74K In Ethics Fines]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/mark.sanford.ethics.2.1573970.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/mark.sanford.ethics.2.1573970.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gov. Mark Sanford has agreed to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve dozens of charges that he violated state ethics laws with his campaign spending and travel, including a taxpayer-funded rendezvous with his Argentine mistress, the State Ethics Commission said Thursday. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:19:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lynch: Reform Stripped Out Of Health Care Reform]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/stephen.lynch.health.2.1573846.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/stephen.lynch.health.2.1573846.html</link><description><![CDATA[They're choosing up sides in Washington as the health care debate heads toward a likely vote this weekend.  The first local Democratic defection from the party line came Thursday, as Congressman Stephen Lynch said he'll vote no. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:31:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Official: Clinton, Netanyahu To Meet Next Week]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/hillary.clinton.benjamin.2.1573535.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/hillary.clinton.benjamin.2.1573535.html</link><description><![CDATA[Hoping to diffuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront face to face an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims. The Obama administration's special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell, prepared to return to the region for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:11:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Approves Anti-Bullying Bill ]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/bully.bill.antibullying.2.1573704.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/bully.bill.antibullying.2.1573704.html</link><description><![CDATA[Massachusetts House lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill designed to clamp down on school bullies after restoring language intended to toughen the legislation 
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:52:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effigy Of President Found Hanging In R.I. School]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/president.barack.obama.2.1572669.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/president.barack.obama.2.1572669.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Rhode Island teacher has been disciplined after an effigy of President Barack Obama was found hanging by its ankle in his classroom. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:01:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Backs Immigration Overhaul Outline]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/obama.immigration.reform.2.1573611.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/obama.immigration.reform.2.1573611.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama, facing criticism from advocates of immigration reform, pledged Thursday "to do everything in my power" to get immigration legislation moving in Congress this year. Obama said work on an immigration bill should move forward based on an outline released Thursday by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:07:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retired General: Gays Weakened Dutch Army]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/john.sheehan.gays.2.1573566.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/john.sheehan.gays.2.1573566.html</link><description><![CDATA[A retired U.S. general says Dutch troops failed to defend against the 1995 genocide in the Bosnian war because the army was weakened, partly because it included openly gay soldiers. The comment by John Sheehan, a former NATO commander who retired from the military 1997, shocked some at a Senate Armed Services Committee, where Sheehan spoke in opposition to a proposal to allow gays to serve openly in the U.S. military.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:51:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lt. Dan Choi Arrested Outside White House]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/Dan.Choi.Arrested.2.1573256.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/Dan.Choi.Arrested.2.1573256.html</link><description><![CDATA[Lt. Dan Choi, who purposely came out of the closet in protest of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," was arrested Thursday after chaining himself to the White House fence Thursday afternoon, CBS station WFOR-TV reports.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:19:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dems Vote 222-203 To Move Health Bill Sunday]]></title><guid>http://wbztv.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1571671.html</guid><link>http://wbztv.com/politics/health.care.reform.2.1571671.html</link><description><![CDATA[ Republicans have lost an effort to force House Democrats to hold a direct vote on the health overhaul bill. Democrats want to use a special procedure that would let the House automatically approve the $940 billion measure when lawmakers vote to begin debating a separate proposal that would revise that big health bill. Democratic leaders hope this maneuver would ease the political pain for lawmakers hesitant about voting directly on the giant health legislation -- which the Senate has approved.<br />
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