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		<title>Nation&#8217;s gun control measures hit home in Idaho&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2013/02/20/national-gun-control-measures-hit-home-in-idaho/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Olson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho gun manufacturers are already feeling the sting of new gun control laws. Manufacturers are facing restrictive new laws proposed in state legislatures and in Congress. They include bans on certain types of weapons and accessories, and the removal of protections for manufacturers when their weapons are used in crimes. Much has already been made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Bill looks good for Idaho, if it can pass&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Olson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural groups in Idaho are cautiously optimistic about the national Farm Bill, but acknowledge that major changes to the bill are possible &#8212; and could harm the state. The Senate version of the Farm Bill, a 900-page behemoth that covers the next five years of federal farm policy, passed through the Senate Agricultural Committee on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Businesses back Labrador and Simpson, who lead in fundraising&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/04/16/businesses-back-labrador-and-simpson-who-lead-in-fundraising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Iverson-Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho GOP Rep. Raul Labrador had a good start to 2012 fundraising, bringing in nearly $115,000 in his re-election bid from January to March. Fellow Republican Rep. Mike Simpson raised $107,000 in those three months. The two Republican members of Congress far outpaced Democratic challengers, according to new Federal Election Commission campaign finance data. State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crapo opposed payroll tax cut because cost wasn’t offset&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/02/22/crapo-opposed-payroll-tax-cut-because-cost-wasn%e2%80%99t-offset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Iverson-Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo was one of a handful of lawmakers on a committee that dealt with several thorny issues that were unresolved for months. That conference committee ultimately reached an agreement on how to extend the payroll tax cut, unemployment insurance benefits and the “doc fix” that prevented a reduction in Medicare physician pay, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Risch: Slow down on anti-piracy law&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/01/18/risch-slow-down-on-anti-piracy-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Iverson-Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As protests by operators of popular websites escalate over congressional proposals that would change regulations on intellectual property and the Internet, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, an early supporter of one of the proposals, is looking to put on the brakes and tweak them. Risch is the lone Idaho lawmaker co-sponsoring either of the plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crapo votes no on proceeding with financial reform bill&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2010/04/27/crapo-votes-against-proceeding-with-financial-reform-bill-as-small-businesses-weigh-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, on April 26 voted against a motion to proceed to Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd&#8217;s financial reform bill. Dodd, D-Conn., presented Senate Bill 3217. The motion to proceed required 60 votes in favor. It was defeated 57 to 41. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Republicans push anti-feds bills</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2010/03/04/idaho-republicans-push-anti-feds-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Republicans lobbed more legislative spitballs at Washington, D.C., earlier this week, with measures calling to sue the federal government over gun rights and control of federal land and to replace standard American currency with gold and silver. The bills join several other anti-federal government measures introduced in the Legislature, including a measure to preempt [...]]]></description>
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