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		<title>NV Assembly brings Nevada one step closer to marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Nevada State Assembly approved SJR13, continuing the multi-year process of placing on the 2016 ballot a question to repeal Nevada&#8217;s current ban on same-sex marriage and replace it with a law granting marriage equality to all Nevadans. The same bill passed the state senate last month and now must be passed in the &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/nv-assembly-brings-nevada-one-step-closer-to-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5962&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looks Like Harry&#8217;s Working Up Some Intestinal Fortitude for a Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all hoped beyond hope that Senator Reid would fix the filibuster problem that has ground Washington to a halt.  Instead, he put his trust in yet one more handshake deal with a charlatan named Mitch McConnell who broke that deal shortly after making it.  As result, nominations have been held, filibustered and ground to a &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/looks-like-harrys-working-up-some-intestinal-fortitude-for-a-fight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5955&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speaker Boehner &amp; his GOP Brethren Approve KXL, Spread Propaganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 04:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I certainly hope that Representative Mark Amodei and Representative Joe Heck made a call to their insurance agents and purchased personal liability insurance for Tar Sands oil spills, because today the voted FOR passage of HR3, the Northern Route Approval Act, legislation introduced by Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) that approves construction of the Keystone pipeline. That means they &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/speaker-boehner-his-gop-brethren-approve-kxl-spread-propaganda/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5952&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>But They Can&#8217;t Possibly Afford to Raise the Minimum Wage?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Average CEO Salary Reached A New Record High Of $9.7 Million In 2012 — by Aviva Shen on May 22, 2013 at 3:45 pm The average CEO salary broke records in 2011 at $9.6 million — and now, that record high has been topped by 2012 salaries, which averaged out to $9.7 million. Health care and media CEOs &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/but-they-cant-possibly-afford-to-raise-the-minimum-wage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5949&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Judge Forbids Lesbian Woman From Living With Her Partner</title>
		<link>http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/texas-judge-forbids-lesbian-woman-from-living-with-her-partner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a post at Think Progress last Friday, we once again learn that the REPUBLIBAN’s culture war against the LGBT community is still raging — By Ian Millhiser on May 17, 2013 at 1:30 pm Carolyn Compton is in a three year-old relationship with a woman. According to Compton’s partner Page Price, Compton’s ex-husband rarely sees their two children &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/texas-judge-forbids-lesbian-woman-from-living-with-her-partner/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5945&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A License to Kill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without environmental regulations, many companies would gladly poison you to earn bigger profits. By David Reingold Regulations stink, right? Lots of politicians run on promises that they’ll get rid of them to make way for an economic boom. Well, have you ever considered what our world would look like without regulations? In the early 20th century, almost &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/a-license-to-kill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5942&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Swinging Electorate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite formidable efforts to disenfranchise African Americans in 2012, a larger percentage of black voters than white voters turned out at the polls to assure Obama&#8217;s victory on Election Day. By Marc Morial It’s official: African Americans are the nation’s most important swing state. Last summer, I predicted that the African American vote would tip the scales in &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/the-swinging-electorate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5940&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage’s Fatally Flawed Study Doubles Down on Romney’s 47 Percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marshall Fitz, Philip Wolgin, and Patrick Oakford Even though the 2012 presidential election put an end to Mitt Romney’s idea that 47 percent of Americans were moochers “who are dependent upon government,” the Heritage Foundation on Monday doubled down on that thinking, releasing a report that claimed that immigration reform could cost the country $6.3 trillion. But to &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/heritages-fatally-flawed-study-doubles-down-on-romneys-47-percent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5937&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National and State-by-State Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Robert Lynch and Patrick Oakford On April 16, 2013, the Senate’s “Gang of 8”—a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators—filed the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. At the core of the bill is a provision that will provide a pathway to earned legalization and citizenship for the 11 million &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/national-and-state-by-state-economic-benefits-of-immigration-reform/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5933&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Boy Gets Handwritten Response from Biden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 04:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a minute and read this &#8212; you&#8217;re going to want to share it. A 7-year-old boy named Myles recently wrote to Vice President Biden to suggest a way to make the world a safer place: make bullets out of chocolate. You&#8217;ll love how the Vice President responded (local news video included): Dear Myles &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://nvrdc.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/wisconsin-boy-gets-handwritten-response-from-biden/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nvrdc.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12765551&#038;post=5930&#038;subd=nvrdc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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