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		<title>The United States Senate Races As They Stand Now</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/10/25/the-us-senate-races-as-they-stand-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 21:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[2020 Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic chances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Senate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democrats need five seats to control the US Senate. We assume one seat will be lost in Alabama, where having a democrat win that one time required that the Republican be about the most odious Senatorial candidate in the history of the nation, and that was nearly not enough, because Alabama loves odious. Here is &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/10/25/the-us-senate-races-as-they-stand-now/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The United States Senate Races As They Stand Now</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Is A Congressman?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/03/27/what-is-a-congressman/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[House of Representatives]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US Congress]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Congressman&#8221; is an archaic gendered term for a member of the United States House of Representatives. You really ought to stop using it. Here&#8217;s why. From the US Constitution: &#8220;All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/03/27/what-is-a-congressman/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What Is A Congressman?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>US Senate Will Be Republican Controlled or 50-50</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/13/us-senate-will-be-republican-controlled-or-50-50/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2018]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[According to me. And, I quickly add, that this is NOT a formal analysis. This is just my gut feeling combined with looking at the polls and stuff. Bottom line: Missouri and Nevada are the key states to watch. Montana is considered a toss-up state, but I do not regard it as one. Tester is &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/10/13/us-senate-will-be-republican-controlled-or-50-50/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">US Senate Will Be Republican Controlled or 50-50</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How the US Political System Works: Legislatures and assemblies</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/02/20/us-political-system-works-legislatures-assemblies/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 21:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assemblies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump could not be more different is so many ways there is not enough ink to describe them. But they do share one thing in common. Well, great hair, but besides that. Sanders and Trump, through their respective runs for President of the United States, each brought a group of people &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/02/20/us-political-system-works-legislatures-assemblies/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How the US Political System Works: Legislatures and assemblies</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orrin Hatch Will Retire</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/02/orrin-hatch-will-retire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 20:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orrin Hath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[president pro tempore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Senator Orrin Hatch, the oldest and most senior sitting Republican in the Senate, is not running for re-election. He&#8217;ll leave at the end of his term. Batter up: Mitt Romney. The most senior Senator of the party in control is normally the president pro tempore of the Congress and thus in the line of presidential &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/01/02/orrin-hatch-will-retire/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Orrin Hatch Will Retire</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How The Franken Thing Is Going To Play Out</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/17/franken-thing-going-play/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 19:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dayton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Franken]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Klobuchar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minnesota]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swanson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230; is anybody&#8217;s guess, but I have two supportable (and very different) hypotheses. The first is short and sweet and I&#8217;ll give it to you straight. Tweeden and Senator Franken get together, possibly with their families, and have a pow wow. They emerge from this to announce a newly formed organization to destroy the patriarchy &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/11/17/franken-thing-going-play/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How The Franken Thing Is Going To Play Out</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How to replace a US Senator who leaves or dies in office</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/12/how-to-replace-a-us-senator-who-leaves-or-dies-in-office/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Constitution of Great Britain, which was famously not a thing, defined three entities of what Americans would call government, one elected by the common people, the King or Queen, and in between, the House of Lords, inherited and fancy like the Monarch, but many, and representing the wealth and power of the people. In &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/12/how-to-replace-a-us-senator-who-leaves-or-dies-in-office/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">How to replace a US Senator who leaves or dies in office</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kevin de León to Challenge Dianne Feinstein</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/12/kevin-de-leon-to-challenge-dianne-feinstein/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2017 21:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dianne Feinstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin de León]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[California Democratic state Senate president Kevin de León, a youngish progressive representing Los Angeles, and a strong Latino voice, is going to challenge Dianne Feinstein in the California Senatorial election. There will be primary, and the way things work in California, there could be any combination of candidates (across party) running against each other, including &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/10/12/kevin-de-leon-to-challenge-dianne-feinstein/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Kevin de León to Challenge Dianne Feinstein</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Republican Fast Food Pusher Andrew The Putz Puzder Not In Labor</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/15/republican-fast-food-pusher-andrew-the-putz-puzder-not-in-labor/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[President Donald Trump]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pudzer]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the Republican led US Senate has voted to confirm (or deny) the party leader&#8217;s cabinet picks, they&#8217;ve done a poor job, approving, for example, people who have acted in direct opposition to the areas of government they are expected to serve, or in some cases, being abjectly incompetent. The Republicans in the Senate were &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/15/republican-fast-food-pusher-andrew-the-putz-puzder-not-in-labor/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Republican Fast Food Pusher Andrew The Putz Puzder Not In Labor</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>How did the Democratic Senate Talkathon on Climate Change go?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/12/how-did-the-democratic-senate-talkathon-on-climate-change-go/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Daphne Wysham and Daniel Weiss interviewed on Real News about the event of two nights ago.]]></description>
		
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