<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcbstv.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:35:59 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[BlogWatch: What The Blogs Are Saying]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/blogwatch.blog.politics.2.1025596.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/blogwatch.blog.politics.2.1025596.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Blogosphere is a virtual community of millions of web logs - websites run by everyday people from around the world, posting their opinions on a litany of topics online. And it is a vibrant one, with bloggers of a great variety of backgrounds, educations, and specializations. It is within this community that college professors and soldiers, musicians and engineers, teachers and journalists, and others meet and discuss political news every day. Here's what the bloggers are talking about.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:31:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Care Debate Clears Major Obstacle]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate. The House voted 242-192 in favor of a must-pass procedural measure setting the terms for the debate. All 177 Republicans, joined by Democrats, voted to block the debate. With Obama urging them on in a rare personal visit to Capitol Hill, Democrats pushed toward a final vote late Saturday on the bill, which would reshape the U.S. health care system and extend coverage to millions of the uninsured.<br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unemployment Benefits Extended For NJ Residents]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/unemployment.new.jersey.2.1298457.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/unemployment.new.jersey.2.1298457.html</link><description><![CDATA[Thousands of unemployed New Jerseyans will not need to file paperwork with the state to qualify for additional jobless benefits. President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday that extends unemployment benefits by up to 20 weeks for those in states -- including New Jersey -- where the jobless rate is 8.5 percent or above. State labor officials say 65,000 eligible residents -- who previously exhausted all available state and federally funded extended benefits or are ineligible for other programs -- will have their new claims automatically filed so they can continue receiving unemployment benefits.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:06:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Praises Fort Hood Victims As Heroes]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/obama.fort.hood.2.1298440.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/obama.fort.hood.2.1298440.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama said Saturday that the training designed to keep
U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended the rampage
at Fort Hood.&nbsp; He praised those who serve or have served in
uniform and reminded the public of their diversity -- a move designed
to calm tensions around the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:55:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paterson Unveils Advertising Blitz To Save Job]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/governor.david.paterson.2.1297235.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/governor.david.paterson.2.1297235.html</link><description><![CDATA[Election Day in 2010 is still 361 days away, but Governor David Paterson is wasting no time in telling the world he plans on keeping his job. Now, he's launched a statewide ad blitz. In a big "take that" to President Barack Obama and other Democrats &#150; who want him to step asaide and let State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo be the party's nominee for governor &#150; Paterson has begun an advertising campaign to keep his job with a $500,000 television blitz. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:02:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IRS Hunting Down Taxpayers -- For Refunds!]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/irs.tax.refunds.2.1297386.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/irs.tax.refunds.2.1297386.html</link><description><![CDATA[The IRS is trying to track down more than 100,000 lost taxpayers nationwide, and for once, these folks will want to be found. The Internal Revenue Service often strikes fear in a lot of people, and they're not the folks you want searching for you. "Well I think I would be nervous at first," one resident said. "I'd be horrified at first, I think the first reaction is bad news," said another. For once, it's good news: the IRS has more than 100,000 unclaimed refund checks, worth more than $120 million. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:59:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paterson Empowered By Obama's Election Woes]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/governor.david.paterson.2.1294872.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/governor.david.paterson.2.1294872.html</link><description><![CDATA[Embattled Gov. David Paterson is pulling out all the stops to save his job. He plans to mount a major ad blitz to tell New Yorkers about all the good things he's done for the Empire State. The election may be over, but the political ads aren't. The governor is now taking to the air waves to convince New Yorkers he deserves to stay in office. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:44:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrat Bill Owens Sworn In As NY-23 Rep.]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/bill.owens.ny.2.1296882.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/bill.owens.ny.2.1296882.html</link><description><![CDATA[Retired Air Force Capt. Bill Owens, a Democrat, was sworn in as representative of the NY-23 district in time to vote on a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system. Owens met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Friday and took part in a ceremonial swearing-in with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Owens beat Conservative Doug Hoffman in the special election on Tuesday, after Republican Dierdre Scozzafava withdrew under pressure from the party's right wing. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:08:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dems Fear Not Enough Health Bill Votes For Sat.]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1296461.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1296461.html</link><description><![CDATA[House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a
sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they
may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday
that the make-or-break vote on President Barack Obama's top priority
that had been set for Saturday could face delay.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Documents: Bruno Solicited Pataki For Employer]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/politics/joseph.bruno.corruption.2.1296802.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/politics/joseph.bruno.corruption.2.1296802.html</link><description><![CDATA[Documents presented at the corruption trial of the former New York Senate majority leader show he approached then-Gov. George Pataki and a state college on behalf of a technology company that employed him part time. Letters between then-Sen. Joseph Bruno and Sage Alerting Systems officials show Bruno claiming he helped sell $1 million in computer equipment in 1993, some to Hudson Valley Community College in his political stronghold, Rensselaer County. 
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