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                                <title><![CDATA[ Chaos as US House adjourns without choosing speaker ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Senate passes same-sex marriage protection bill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2022 00:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Democrats maintain Senate majority ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 04:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Republicans close in on US House majority, Senate still up for grabs ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Republicans had captured at least 210 House seats, reports say, eight short of the 218 needed to wrest the House away from Democrats and effectively halt President Joe Biden's legislative agenda. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Senate Democrats advance US$430 billion climate, drug bill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 00:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ In a key first test of the ability of Democrats to win passage of the sweeping legislation, the Senate voted 51-50 with vice-president Kamala Harris breaking the tie. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US lawmakers agree to landmark bipartisan bill on gun safety ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2022 00:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Philippines’ Duterte withdraws from 2022 senate race ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 09:38:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Unusually united US Senate passes bill to combat China tech expansion ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 06:23:57 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A Beijing official has already hit back at the bill, saying it exaggerates any perceived threat from China. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Trump impeachment trial to begin early February ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 01:22:42 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Trump was impeached on a single charge of 'incitement of insurrection' for his role in whipping up his supporters during a speech in Washington on Jan 6, the day a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress. ]]></description>
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