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		<title>Gun lobby hits its target</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2822/gun-lobby-hits-its-target/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boom in recent 'firearms freedom' laws limited to already gun-friendly states.]]></description>
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		<title>Transparency for you not me</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2728/transparency-for-you-not-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OMB Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal lawsuit on public disclosure of grassroots activism could have big implications for the West's broken citizen initiative process.]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl blitz</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/2114/super-bowl-blitz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda  Michel, ProPublica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which Mountain West politicians are tailgating with lobbyists and donors at the nation's biggest football game?]]></description>
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		<title>Commodities commission advisers dominated by finance lobbyists, execs</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/1399/commodities-commission-advisers-dominated-by-finance-lobbyists-execs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.westerncitizen.com/1399/commodities-commission-advisers-dominated-by-finance-lobbyists-execs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Epstein and Ben Protess, Huffington Post Investigative Fund</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal regulator gets derivatives advice from industry insiders.]]></description>
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		<title>Baucus lobbyist complex</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/1217/baucus-lobbyist-complex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Stabenow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Max Baucus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twelve ex-staffers of Montana Sen. Max Baucus now work as lobbyists  with direct interest in the Senate climate bill. Guess who's Mr. Popular?]]></description>
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		<title>Top sociopolitical issues according to corporate executives</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/1182/top-sociopolitical-issues-according-to-corporate-executives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.westerncitizen.com/1182/top-sociopolitical-issues-according-to-corporate-executives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: <a href="https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Strategy_in_Practice/Tackling_sociopolitical_issues_in_hard_times_McKinsey_Global_Survey_results_2461">McKinsey Global Survey</a> [free registration required].]]></description>
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		<title>Insider peek at Man vs Road</title>
		<link>http://www.westerncitizen.com/1131/insider-peek-at-man-vs-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wendy Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A masterful analysis of the ugly truth behind Forest Service policy sausage-making offers many lessons for future land management lobbying.]]></description>
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