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		<title>Virginia Senate Votes Against Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sexton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. – Two days after Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell reversed course on Virginia’s ultrasound legislation, the Virginia Senate voted against proceeding with personhood legislation. While the Senate has 20 Republican and 20 Democrat members, 18 Democrats and 6 Republicans &#8230; <a href="http://greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/virginia-senate-votes-against-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24501396&amp;post=4054&amp;subd=greenmountainscribes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BCI Report Indicates Romney May Have Forced MA Catholic Hospitals To Provide Abortifacients</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sexton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following fact-checking article was posted following by Boston Catholic Insider (BCI) following the February 22 Republican debate: &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; Fact-Check: Did Romney Lie About Cardinal and Contraception During Wednesday Debate? As readers know, if there is one thing that gets under &#8230; <a href="http://greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/bci-report-indicates-romney-may-have-forced-ma-catholic-hospitals-to-provide-abortifacients/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24501396&amp;post=4052&amp;subd=greenmountainscribes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Legislative Exchange Council Calls Claims Made By Common Cause  “Utterly False”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sexton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alan Sexton, Green Mountain Scribes Washington, D.C. &#8211; Common Cause, self-described as a nonpartisan lobby and advocacy organization yet often referred to in prominent news media as a “liberal” advocacy group, now finds itself in hot water with the &#8230; <a href="http://greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/american-legislative-exchange-council-calls-claims-made-by-common-cause-utterly-false/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24501396&amp;post=4050&amp;subd=greenmountainscribes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Asked to Hold Oversight Hearings to Review Possibly Politicized EPA Grants. NCPPR Files FOIA Request</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sexton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oversight Hearing Should Review Objectivity of Grant Recipients, Goals and Appropriate Funding Level Washington, D.C.&#8211; The National Center for Public Policy Research is calling on Congress to hold a series of oversight hearings over possibly politicized grants made by the &#8230; <a href="http://greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/congress-asked-to-hold-oversight-hearings-to-review-possibly-politicized-epa-grants-ncppr-files-foia-request/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24501396&amp;post=4048&amp;subd=greenmountainscribes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Federal court rules that the State of Washington cannot force pharmacists to dispense life-ending drugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Sexton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON STATE — A federal district court ruled Wednesday that the State of Washington cannot force pharmacists to dispense life-ending drugs in violation of their religious beliefs. The holding guts the 2007 Washington Board of Pharmacy rules requiring pharmacies to dispense &#8230; <a href="http://greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/federal-court-rules-that-the-state-of-washington-cannot-force-pharmacists-to-dispense-life-ending-drugs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=greenmountainscribes.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24501396&amp;post=4044&amp;subd=greenmountainscribes&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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