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		<title>King claims health care bill encourages suicide: ‘This is government, ya know’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The health care reform bill passed Saturday night by the U.S. House requires the government to encourage suicide, according to U.S. Rep. Steve King.
While walking away from the U.S. Capitol, King, a Republican from Kiron, said  page 644 of the health care bill says the government must &#8220;encourage the promotion of suicide or assisted [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Pawlenty: Republicans must stick together for ‘American comeback’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Republican Party isn’t big enough to “throw people overboard,” so while internal debate is healthy, the party must ultimately stick together, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a crowd of GOP activists in Des Moines on Saturday.<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>King organizing second rally against health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Steve King is hoping to derail health care reform legislation scheduled to be debated in the U.S. House by trying to harness the Tea Party protests that took place throughout the summer and once again bringing them to the nation&#8217;s capital on Saturday.
King announced Friday that &#8220;will join his Republican colleagues and Americans [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>McKinley withdraws from gubernatorial campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader Paul McKinley, R-Chariton, followed through on his promise Friday and dropped out of the 2010 campaign for governor.
McKinley said last month that when former Gov. Terry Branstad made his candidacy official, he would withdraw. While Branstad has yet to formally enter the race, he&#8217;s hired staff and begun holding campaign events, making [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Grassley: HHS initiative is propaganda, violates federal law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda Waddington</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, a congressional leader known for his watchdog approach to federal agencies, believes that an online initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services amounts to state-sponsored propaganda.
&#8220;The campaign now on hhs.gov is not purely informational because it expressly has visitors &#8216;affirm&#8217; their commitment to work with congressional...<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Conlin to make U.S. Senate run official next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Associated Press broke the news Friday morning that an aide close to Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin confirms she will formally announce she will seek the Democratic nomination for Senate next week.
The aide also confirms she will file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission next week.

Later in the day, that aide was outed by [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>More deaths in Iowa from H1N1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynda Waddington</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Four additional Iowa influenza-related H1N1 deaths are being reported today by the Iowa Department of Public Health, and one of the new fatalities is not attributable to risk factors associated with an additional medical condition.
The latest victims are identified as adults in Dubuque, Polk, Mills and Monona counties. To date, there have been 11 confirmed [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>In U.S. House health bill, kids play ‘Lottery of Geography’</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Lillis</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — How effectively will the U.S. House health care bill cover children? Turns out, it depends on where they live. The $894 billion health reform bill working its way toward a House vote this week would repeal the Children’s Health Insurance Program, shifting some low-income kids into Medicaid and others into private plans that would both cost more and guarantee fewer benefits.<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Reed to retire ‘Tokyo Rose’ campaign to focus on voters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Christopher Reed formally announced his candidacy to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack of the 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, and in doing so vowed to run a less contentious campaign than he did in 2008 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin.
In that campaign, which Reed lost by more than 20 percentage points, the Marion [...]<div class="feedflare">
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		<title>I-JOBS site launches new interactive tracking tool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Hancock</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The website designed to allow citizens to track how and where funds are being allocated as part of the $830 million I-JOBS infrastructure plan now includes an interactive tool to improve transparency, Gov. Chet Culver announced Thursday.
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