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<item> <title><![CDATA[House OKs Revised Property Tax Plan]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBYVJ5W38F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE - State House members approved a new rendition of their property tax proposal Monday, while the chamber across the Capitol remained dark without a guarantee of reopening this session.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Acting U.S. Attorney's Term Ending]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBJKOMV38F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - With only days left before the expiration of James Klindt's appointment as the acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, the Senate Judiciary committee is watching closely what the Bush administration will do.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Thompson Says Life Support Choice 'Personal']]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBT6K5W38F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[TAMPA - Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson made a strong statement against government intervention in cases like that of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo during a news conference Monday in Tampa.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Setbacks Crop Up In Property Tax Reform]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGB84SRR38F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE - State lawmakers return to Tallahassee today to continue the special session on property tax reform. Last week, instead of nearing a consensus, the House and Senate grew even further apart, with House members overhauling their plan on Friday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers Take Break As Tax Ideas Multiply]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBZJLE5Y7F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE - The Legislature's proposal for a property tax overhaul, once organized and neatly wrapped for quick approval, turned into a free-for-all Thursday that abruptly halted all official actions and pushed negotiations behind lawmakers' office doors.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[House Democrats Unable To Override Child Health Veto]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBE5G95Y7F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - House Democrats fell 13 votes short Wednesday in trying to overturn President Bush's veto of a $35 billion expansion of the government children's health insurance plan, prompting calls for new negotiations to decide the fate of the 10-year-old program.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[No Property Tax Deal On Table]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBW2YVQW7F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE - The state Senate approved a core tax-relief package Wednesday but sharply rebuked far-reaching proposals from the House, dimming lawmakers' hopes of leaving the Capitol with a property tax overhaul today.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Local Money Is On Obama, Even As Clinton Leads Polls]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBU1YFBV7F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani enter the final months of their parties' presidential primary campaigns as the biggest recipients of Tampa Bay area money.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Legislative Tax-Cut Plans Diverge]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBJ02GBV7F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[TALLAHASSEE - House committee members moved to dramatically expand the Legislature's property tax cut proposal Tuesday even as a Senate panel voted to scale it back, indicating that heavy negotiations are still in order if there is to be any agreement on a reform package.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<item> <title><![CDATA[Bush Trip Nets $1 Million, Touts Trade]]></title> <link>http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBI9K1MP7F.html</link> <description><![CDATA[PINELLAS PARK - President Bush scooped up $1 million for the national Republican Party on a quick jaunt through Pinellas Park before heading off to Miami to give a speech on trade Friday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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