<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wjz.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>WJZ - Baltimore, Maryland's Breaking News, Weather &amp; Sports Station</title><link>http://wjz.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[WJZ - Baltimore, Maryland's Breaking News, Weather & Sports Station]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII, CBS Corporation. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:25:08 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Picks Richardson To Head Commerce]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/obama.richardson.commerce.2.878595.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/obama.richardson.commerce.2.878595.html</link><description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama has selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be secretary of commerce in his new administration. Richardson is the first Hispanic that Obama has named to his rapidly forming Cabinet, which also includes two women, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Janet Napolitano. <br />
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]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:09:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress: Banks Need More Oversight On Bailout]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878890.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878890.html</link><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers want the Treasury to insist that banking institutions sharing in the $700 billion bailout comply with limits Congress imposed on executive salaries and use the money for its intended purposes. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:20:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franken Pulls Closer In Minn. Senate Recount ]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/franken.coleman.minnesota.2.878843.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/franken.coleman.minnesota.2.878843.html</link><description><![CDATA[Democrat Al Franken caught a couple of breaks Tuesday as the recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race drew closer to a finish, though not enough to undo Republican Sen. Norm Coleman's persistent lead. <br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:42:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chambliss Wins Georgia Senate Runoff]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/Georgia.Senate.Runoff.2.877933.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/Georgia.Senate.Runoff.2.877933.html</link><description><![CDATA[Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall
against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in
Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had
captured the national limelight.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:51:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automakers Make Their Bailout Pitches]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/financial.aid.auto.2.878191.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/financial.aid.auto.2.878191.html</link><description><![CDATA[Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit's once-mighty automakers
appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a huge bailout Tuesday,
pledging to slash workers, car lines and executive pay in return for a
federal lifeline.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:40:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Taps Bill Richardson To Head Commerce ]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/obama.richardson.commerce.2.878106.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/obama.richardson.commerce.2.878106.html</link><description><![CDATA[CBS News has confirmed President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New
Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his choice for Commerce Secretary on
Wednesday.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:17:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Auditors: Treasury Oversight Of Bailout No Good]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878133.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/bailout.lacks.oversight.2.878133.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Government Accountability Office's report to Congress on Tuesday says Treasury has no mechanism in place to track how the banking system has used the $700 billion bailout plan, which was provided with taxpayer money.<br />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:26:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governors, Obama Discuss Stimulus Plan For States]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/barack.obama.governors.2.877722.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/barack.obama.governors.2.877722.html</link><description><![CDATA[President-elect Barack Obama promised swift action Tuesday on an
economic plan "to solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our
states," and he cast governors as his partners in crafting a
recession-rebound strategy.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:45:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Declassified Nixon Memo Reveals Anguish Over War]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/Richard.Nixon.files.2.878055.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/Richard.Nixon.files.2.878055.html</link><description><![CDATA[Documents released Tuesday from Richard M. Nixon's White House years shed new light on just how much the government struggled with growing public unrest over the protracted war in Vietnam. The National Archives opened nearly 200 hours of White House tape recordings and 90,000 pages of documents.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:12:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barbara Bush Leaves Hospital After Ulcer Surgery]]></title><guid>http://wjz.com/politics/barbara.bush.hospitalized.2.877962.html</guid><link>http://wjz.com/politics/barbara.bush.hospitalized.2.877962.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital a week after undergoing ulcer surgery.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:25:25 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>