<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports</title><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington</link><description><![CDATA[KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:59:22 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Health Care Bill Clears Senate Hurdle]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Unified.Democrats.push.2.1326091.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Unified.Democrats.push.2.1326091.html</link><description><![CDATA[Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. There was not a vote to spare. The 60-39 vote cleared the way for a bruising, full-scale debate beginning after Thanksgiving on the legislation, which is designed to extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally. The spectator galleries were full for the unusual Saturday night showdown, and applause broke out briefly when the vote was announced. In a measure of the significance of the moment, senators sat quietly in their seats, standing only when they were called upon to vote.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:49:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Roll Vote: Health Care]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Senate.Roll.Vote.2.1326901.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Senate.Roll.Vote.2.1326901.html</link><description><![CDATA[The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate. A "yes" vote is a vote to allow the legislation to advance for a full debate. A 60-vote majority was required for approval. Voting yes were 58 Democrats and 2 independents.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:52:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Roll Call: Health Care]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Senate.Roll.Call.2.1326900.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Senate.Roll.Call.2.1326900.html</link><description><![CDATA[The 60-39 roll call Saturday by which the Senate voted to advance a measure overhauling health care to a full debate. A "yes" vote is a vote to allow the legislation to advance for a full debate. A 60-vote majority was required for approval. Voting yes were 58 Democrats, 2 independents.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:51:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Care Bill Clears First Senate Hurdle On Party-line Vote]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Health.care.bill.2.1326841.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Health.care.bill.2.1326841.html</link><description><![CDATA[Health care bill clears first Senate hurdle on party-line vote.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:07:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Vote Under Way On 1st Test Of Health Care]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Senate.begins.vote.2.1326831.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Senate.begins.vote.2.1326831.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Senate has begun voting on whether to move ahead on a sweeping health care bill. The roll call began with many of the 100 members seated in their chairs and rising to vote. Such formal voting is common with Supreme Court nominations. Hours earlier, Democratic leaders had sealed the 60 votes necessary to proceed on the legislation, a win for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and the White House. The last two holdouts — Sens. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana — said they would vote to advance the bill.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:58:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Has Low-key Evening Out After Long Week]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/President.Obama.and.2.1326780.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/President.Obama.and.2.1326780.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and his family spent a low-key night out at the home of a senior White House adviser after a whirlwind week spent on a presidential trip to Asia. The president golfed for more than four hours Saturday on the course at Andrews Air Force Base, then took first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha to dinner at the Georgetown home of Valerie Jarrett. The president's golfing buddies during the day trip to Andrews were presidential aide Eugene Kang, photographer David Katz and Marvin Nicholson, White House trip director.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:07:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama Trumpets Asia Trip As Boost To US Economy]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/President.Obama.says.2.1325931.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/President.Obama.says.2.1325931.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future. Citing progress on a trip that took him from Tokyo to Seoul, Obama noted that "Asia is a region where we now buy more goods and do more trade with than any other place in the world — commerce that supports millions of jobs back home." "I spoke with leaders in every nation I visited about what we can do to sustain this economic recovery and bring back jobs and prosperity for our people — a task I will continue to focus on relentlessly in the weeks and months ahead," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address taped while he was in Seoul, the South Korean capital, and released Saturday.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:03:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Americans Expected To Travel For Thanksgiving]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/More.Americans.expected.2.1326264.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/More.Americans.expected.2.1326264.html</link><description><![CDATA[The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. The group, which surveyed 1,350 households, said there will be about 33.2 million people traveling by car this year — a 2.1 percent increase from last year. But there will be a 6.7 percent decrease in the number of air travelers, totaling 2.3 million this year, continuing a decade-long decline of Thanksgiving air travel.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sen. Blanche Lincoln Says She'll Vote 'Yes' On Health Care Test Vote, Giving Democrats 60]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Sen.Blanche.Lincoln.2.1326393.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/Sen.Blanche.Lincoln.2.1326393.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she'll vote 'yes' on health care test vote, giving Democrats 60.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:31:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comparison Of Democratic Health Care Bills]]></title><guid>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/A.comparison.of.2.1326362.html</guid><link>http://kdka.com/wireapwashington/A.comparison.of.2.1326362.html</link><description><![CDATA[A comparison of the health care bills before Congress: ___ The Senate Democratic bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act):]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:58:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>