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		<title>Federal Judge Upholds Reversal of Offshore Drilling Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/06/24/federal-judge-upholds-reversal-of-offshore-drilling-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Orleans judge for the second time this week struck down a federal ban on offshore drilling rigs in deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ]]></description>
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		<title>BP to Create $20 Billion Gulf Oil Claims Fund</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/06/16/bp-to-create-20-billion-gulf-oil-claims-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BP officials agreed to establish a $20 billion fund to pay claims arising from the Gulf Oil contamination, which has become the largest in U.S. history. ]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Bill Would Toughen Penalties for Environmental Crimes</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/06/10/senate-bill-would-toughen-penalties-for-environmental-crimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PAt Leahy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Criminal penalties likely will increase for people and organizations found guilty of "environmental crimes" under legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate.]]></description>
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		<title>More States Challenge Federal Health Care Law</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/04/15/more-states-challenge-federal-health-care-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neil Cavuto]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Georgia state official this week declared the Peach State won’t participate in a proposed federal “high-risk” health insurance exchange after officials for 5 more states last week joined 13 states mounting a formal legal challenge to the recently enacted federal health care overhaul.
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		<title>Federal Official Wants Permanent Ban on Text-Messaging</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Auto Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is proposing federal officials make permanent and current temporary ban on texting by interstate truckers and bus drivers.]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi Says Federal Health Care Bills Are Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/21/pelosi-says-federal-health-care-bills-are-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't have the support necessary to approve the Senate health care bill without amendment to prevent an eventual filibuster by Senate Republicans bolstered by Scott Brown's recent special election victory in Massachusetts.]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Legislation Stalls as Brown Wins U.S. Senate Seat</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/20/health-care-legislation-stalls-as-brown-wins-u-s-senate-seat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/20/health-care-legislation-stalls-as-brown-wins-u-s-senate-seat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican Scott Brown's upset victory over early favorite Martha Coakley in Massachusetts' special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy might have struck a death blow to Democrats' health care reform efforts. ]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats Exempt Unions from Benefits Tax; Senate Race Might Kill Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/15/democrats-exempt-unions-from-benefits-tax-senate-race-might-kill-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/15/democrats-exempt-unions-from-benefits-tax-senate-race-might-kill-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFL-CIO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats have cut yet another political deal to move forward with health care reform efforts by exempting union members from paying a 40 percent tax on so-called “Cadillac” health insurance benefits, but a pending U.S. Senate special election might kill all efforts.]]></description>
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		<title>Fed: Geithner Not Privy to AIG Payout Information</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/11/fed-geithner-not-privy-to-aig-payout-information/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/11/fed-geithner-not-privy-to-aig-payout-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIG]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legal counsel for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner did not participate in or know about negotiations ensuring U.S. taxpayers would fully reimburse American International Group’s (AIG) banking partners.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Geithner Sought to Keep Taxpayers in Dark Over AIG Payments</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/08/report-geithner-sought-to-keep-taxpayers-in-dark-over-aig-payments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2010/01/08/report-geithner-sought-to-keep-taxpayers-in-dark-over-aig-payments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even after U.S. taxpayers involuntarily provided an initial $85 billion bailout to ailing insurer American International Group (AIG), U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pressured company officials not to inform taxpayers about payments to AIG’s banking partners.]]></description>
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		<title>AIG Execs Threaten to Quit Over Pay Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2009/12/08/aig-execs-threaten-to-quit-over-pay-restrictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2009/12/08/aig-execs-threaten-to-quit-over-pay-restrictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five high-level executives at taxpayer-rescued insurance giant American International Group (AIG) earlier this month threatened to resign over federal pay restrictions, but two already have recanted, the Wall Street Journal reported this week.]]></description>
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		<title>AIG’s Top Executive Threatens to Quit, Recants Over Executive Pay</title>
		<link>http://www.insurance-website.com/Content/2009/11/16/aig%e2%80%99s-top-executive-threatens-to-quit-recants-over-executive-pay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ike5266</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barely a month after receiving approval for an executive compensation package valued at up to $10.5 million per year, the newest chief executive officer of taxpayer-rescued American International Group (AIG) last week threatened to quit and later recanted over potential federal limitations on executive pay at firms rescued by U.S. taxpayers.]]></description>
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