<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dianne Feinstein: News &amp; Videos about Dianne Feinstein - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dianne_Feinstein</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dianne Feinstein from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:29:50 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Dianne Feinstein: News &amp; Videos about Dianne Feinstein - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/08/06/senate.clunkers/tztop.clunkers.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dianne_Feinstein</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dianne Feinstein from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Senate passes 'Cash for Clunkers' measure</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/senate.clunkers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/06/senate.clunkers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate voted Thursday night to extend the "Cash for Clunkers" program with an infusion of $2 billion.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate begins final Sotomayor debate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/04/sonia.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/04/sonia.sotomayor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The full Senate began deliberations Tuesday afternoon on the nomination of federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cash for Clunkers bill in Senate's hands</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/03/autos/cash_for_clunkers_future/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/03/autos/cash_for_clunkers_future/index.htm</guid><description>The popular Cash for Clunkers program faces extinction unless the Senate passes a bill approving additional funding.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Judiciary Committee votes to confirm Sotomayor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/sotomayor.panel.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/sotomayor.panel.vote/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, setting up a final confirmation vote by the Senate.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheney getting 'bum rap' on CIA program, ex-officials say</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/13/cheney.surveillance/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/13/cheney.surveillance/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former Vice President Dick Cheney is getting a "bum rap" over reports that he ordered the CIA to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress, two former U.S. intelligence officials told CNN Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senator: Cheney and alleged secret CIA program 'a problem'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/11/cheney.surveillance/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/11/cheney.surveillance/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>CIA Director Leon Panetta testified to a congressional committee that he was told former Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the intelligence agency to withhold information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House OKs $4 billion 'clunker' bill</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/09/news/economy/cash_for_clunkers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/09/news/economy/cash_for_clunkers/index.htm</guid><description>The House on Tuesday waded deeper into the rescue of the troubled auto industry when it passed a $4 billion plan to subsidize new cars sales for consumers who scrap old ones.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sotomayor to follow law 'completely,' Leahy says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/02/sotomayor.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/02/sotomayor.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday promised to apply the law "ultimately and completely" regardless of circumstance, said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Cash for clunkers' rolling in Senate</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/01/news/economy/cash_for_clunkers/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/01/news/economy/cash_for_clunkers/index.htm</guid><description>The Senate is poised this week to take its first crack at a "cash for clunkers" proposal to boost the troubled auto industry.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intelligence chief adds safeguards after wrongful intercepts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/government.spying/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/government.spying/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. intelligence officials said Thursday that they have added safeguards to prevent the government from unlawfully spying on U.S. citizens after a routine check of the system "detected issues that raised concerns."</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World's Oldest Person Turns 115 - Eating Bacon and Sweets</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20270375,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20270375,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Supercentarian Gertrude Baines also like Jerry Springer and The Price Is Right</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: U.S. freedoms not to blame for Mexico's drug war</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/26/lapierre.guns.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/26/lapierre.guns.mexico/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Here's a summary for the time- or attention-challenged: Never surrender freedom for laws that can't affect criminals; they disobey laws for a living.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate panel starts inquiry into CIA interrogation program</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/senate.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/senate.interrogations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Intelligence Committee has launched a review of the Bush administration's controversial interrogation and detention program.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Uncle Sam wants you to buy a car</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/23/autos/government_car_incentives/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/23/autos/government_car_incentives/index.htm</guid><description>With auto sales at crisis levels, Washington is trying to figure out how to get Americans buying cars again.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:06:00 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rancorous meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Inauguration price tag: $150 million</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/news/economy/inauguration_costs/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/16/news/economy/inauguration_costs/index.htm</guid><description>The total cost of the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States will likely top $150 million by the time the galas and streamers and porta-pots are all cleaned up.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: 2 million to show up to see Obama being sworn in</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/inaugural.preparations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/inaugural.preparations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Based on their latest estimates, congressional officials organizing next week's presidential inaugural expect 2 million people to brave extra-long security lines in the bitter cold to witness Barack Obama being sworn in as the first African-American U.S. president.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feinstein now supports Panetta for CIA director</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/feinstein.panetta.cia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/feinstein.panetta.cia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A key senator has dropped her concerns about Leon Panetta becoming director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feinstein says Burris should get Senate seat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/06/burris/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/06/burris/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Outgoing Senate Rules Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday she disagrees with her Democratic leadership's move to block Roland Burris from being seated in the U.S. Senate.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Washington getting ready for event of a lifetime</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/brazile.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/brazile.inauguration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Is it just me or has everyone living within a 120-mile radius of the U.S. Capitol Building heard from his or her fifth cousin lately?</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama inauguration tickets fetching 5 figures online</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/inaugration.tickets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/10/inaugration.tickets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Interest in President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration is running so high that one ticket broker is asking $20,095 for a single ticket.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sex, drugs, gifts uncovered in government oil probe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/oiil.scandal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/oiil.scandal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. government employees received improper gifts from energy industry representatives, and engaged with them in illegal drug use and inappropriate sexual relations, according to a report issued Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil speculation: What Congress wants</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/24/news/economy/oil_legislation/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/24/news/economy/oil_legislation/index.htm</guid><description>Close loopholes on foreign oil trading. Limit hedge funds from pouring money into the market. End oil speculation altogether.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Midwest floods may send gas up 15%</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/13/news/economy/corn_ethanol/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/13/news/economy/corn_ethanol/index.htm</guid><description>Continued flooding in Iowa and Illinois - the nation's top two corn-growing states - is inciting fears that the cost of the high-priced crop could soar even further, driving up ethanol and gas prices, too.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senator tries to keep valedictorian from deportation</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/11/armenian.valedictorian/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/11/armenian.valedictorian/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Plans to deport an Armenian high school valedictorian in Fresno, California, were put on hold Tuesday after Sen. Dianne Feinstein took steps to make him and his family legal U.S. residents.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton's new job: Persuading diehard fans to back Obama</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/08/clinton.voters/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/08/clinton.voters/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign officially over, she is focusing on making sure her supporters back Sen. Barack Obama's bid.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama, Clinton hold talks in Feinstein's living room</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/clinton.obama.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/06/clinton.obama.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met privately Thursday night at the Washington home of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a key supporter of Clinton's presidential campaign, Feinstein said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Steady stream of superdelegates pushed Obama over top</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/election.superdelegates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/election.superdelegates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A steady stream of superdelegate endorsements on Tuesday pushed Sen. Barack Obama over the threshold to lay claim to the Democratic presidential nomination.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Superdelegates await Clinton's next move</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/07/superdelegates.respond/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/07/superdelegates.respond/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The drawn out Democratic presidential race is producing "negative dividends in terms of strife within the party," said a key Senate supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton's White House bid.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Letters after Times Square bombing claim: 'We did it'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/times.square/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/03/06/times.square/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Letters claiming responsibility for the bombing of a military recruiting station in New York's Times Square arrived in the Washington offices of several members of Congress on Thursday, just hours after the blast, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New Charges of Gitmo Torture</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1710491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1710491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Senate committee will hear allegations that a young U.S. resident was tortured and videotaped </description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Panel OKs bill to televise open Supreme Court sessions</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/06/supreme.court.tv/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/06/supreme.court.tv/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bitterly divided Senate panel Thursday approved a measure allowing all public U.S. Supreme Court proceedings to be televised despite fierce opposition from the justices.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Committee passes surveillance laws update in face of veto threat</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/15/fisa.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/15/fisa.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed on a strict party-line vote an update to the nation's electronic surveillance laws despite a veto threat from the attorney general.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Coast Guard: Oil spill probably due to 'human error'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/12/california.oil.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/12/california.oil.spill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Human error factors" probably were involved in a ship crash and oil spill that killed nearly 400 birds in San Francisco Bay and prompted a federal criminal probe, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday. </description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feds launch criminal probe into San Francisco oil spill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/11/bay.oilspill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/11/bay.oilspill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Federal investigators have launched a criminal probe into a cargo ship collision and oil spill, the Coast Guard said, which killed hundreds of birds in San Francisco Bay.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush attorney general nominee gets key Democratic support</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/leahy.mukasey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/02/leahy.mukasey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general was all but assured Friday when two key Democratic senators said they will vote in favor of the nominee despite questions about his views on "waterboarding" and the president's power to order electronic surveillance. </description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dobbs: Time to free Ramos and Compean</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/17/Dobbs.July18/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/07/17/Dobbs.July18/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There was an unusual spectacle in the nation's capital Tuesday, downright rare, in fact: U.S. Senators seeking truth, and justice, and taking action. And they deserve great credit and thanks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP Rallies Behind Talk Radio </title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638662,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638662,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Fearing a legislative push from Democrats to "fix" conservative-dominated radio shows, Republicans are starting to fight back</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Returning to Immigration Bill</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1636627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1636627,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 23:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Illegal alien gang members</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/05/dobbs.illegal/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/06/05/dobbs.illegal/index.html</guid><description>These are some of the facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.    ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) conducted a threat assessment survey of all field offices:     "The results of the assessment showed that most major metropolitan areas were experiencing a surge in gang activity. Additionally, the survey showed that membership of these violent transnational gangs was comprised largely of foreign-born nationals."     Source: ICE "Operation Community Shield" Fact Sheet June 6, 2007     &amp;#8226; Gang members in the United States: 800,000  &amp;#8226; State and local police in the United States: 708,000    Source: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California); hearing testimony June 5, 2007</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Specter: 'No confidence' vote will make Gonzales quit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/20/congress.gonzales/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/20/congress.gonzales/index.html</guid><description>A leading Republican senator predicted Sunday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales would quit before facing a "substantial" no-confidence vote, but the White House said such a vote would have no effect on the Justice Department chief.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 22:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bipartisan immigration bill faces bipartisan fight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/18/immigration.bill/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/18/immigration.bill/index.html</guid><description>The bipartisan immigration bill that could allow citizenship to an estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States will run into bipartisan opposition in Congress.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 12:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'08 candidates put their spins on abortion procedure ruling</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/19/schneider.abortion.politics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/19/schneider.abortion.politics/index.html</guid><description>How you frame an issue means everything in a political debate. Take Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on abortion.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thousands mourn California firefighters</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/11/06/california.memorial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/11/06/california.memorial/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of people attended a California memorial service Sunday for five men who died fighting the Esperanza Fire, which investigators blame on arson.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>G8 calls for end to Mideast strife</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.g8.mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/16/russia.g8.mideast/index.html</guid><description>In the Russian city of St. Petersburg, the leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers issued a statement of "deepening concern" about the situation in the Middle East.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate opens flag-burning debate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/26/flag.amendment/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/26/flag.amendment/index.html</guid><description>The Senate began debate Monday on a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit the desecration of the American flag, the latest in a series of election-year votes pushed by the chamber's Republican leaders.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats want Iraq pullout to begin quickly</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/19/iraq.pullout/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/19/iraq.pullout/index.html</guid><description>Senate Democrats offered an amendment Monday that would demand that a pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq begin this year.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senators spar over U.S. commitment in Iraq</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/18/iraq.pullout/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/18/iraq.pullout/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Pat Roberts said Sunday that setting a timetable to pull U.S. troops from Iraq would show American resolve to be "very shaky," but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the U.S. commitment is unsustainable.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 02:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Telecom execs won't testify on taps</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/06/news/companies/telco_nsa/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/06/news/companies/telco_nsa/index.htm</guid><description>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter reversed course Tuesday, announcing he will not call on phone company executives to testify on their cooperation with the government in a secret eavesdropping program run by the National Security Agency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BellSouth denies giving records to NSA</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/15/bellsouth.nsa/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/15/bellsouth.nsa/index.html</guid><description>Despite media reports to the contrary, BellSouth said late Monday it had not participated in any effort by the National Security Agency to collect customer phone records.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2006 01:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senators press CIA nominee on independence</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/hayden/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/hayden/index.html</guid><description>Key senators pressed Michael Hayden on Wednesday about whether he would operate as an independent CIA director despite his active status as an Air Force four-star general.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 16:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIA insider offered spy agency's No. 2 post</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/09/hayden/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/09/hayden/index.html</guid><description>Steve Kappes, a recently retired CIA insider, has been offered the No. 2 slot at the spy agency, sources told CNN, to reassure the CIA operations community about Gen. Michael Hayden's appointment as director as well as ease concerns about that nominee's military ties.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 13:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sheehan won't challenge Feinstein for Senate</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/sheehan.senate/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/sheehan.senate/index.html</guid><description>While criticizing Sen. Dianne Feinstein for supporting President Bush's war policies, Cindy Sheehan said Thursday that she won't run against the popular California Democrat because she could be more effective as a vocal anti-war activist.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush details foiled 2002 al Qaeda attack on L.A. </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/09/bush.terror/index.html</guid><description>Shortly after 9/11, al Qaeda began planning to use shoe bombers to hijack a commercial airplane and fly it into the tallest building in Los Angeles, California, President Bush said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alito: 'Open mind' on abortion rights</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/10/alito/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/10/alito/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito walked a careful line on abortion rights and other topics on Tuesday, drawing expressions of frustration from some Democrats and praise from Republicans.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 11:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Feinstein: Alito backs away from memo</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/15/alito/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/15/alito/index.html</guid><description>A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had distanced himself from a memo he wrote 20 years ago that said "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Computer woes hurt storm relief</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/30/news/economy/katrina_computer_woes/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/30/news/economy/katrina_computer_woes/index.htm</guid><description>A balky new government computer system is delaying low-interest loans for homeowners and businesses hurt by Hurricane Katrina, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 10:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts fields senators' queries for second day</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/13/roberts.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/13/roberts.hearings/index.html</guid><description>Chief justice nominee John Roberts faced friendly questioning early Wednesday but was expected to endure more intense probing as Senate confirmation hearings continued for a third day.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some civil rights group members support Roberts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/25/roberts.supporters/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/25/roberts.supporters/index.html</guid><description>With the approach of Senate confirmation hearings for President Bush's Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, representatives from a handful of advocacy organizations Thursday announced support for him and criticized groups on the left who claim to speak for minority groups.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 23:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Critics, supporters battle over Roberts</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/24/roberts.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/24/roberts.nomination/index.html</guid><description>As critics and supporters of John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court sparred Wednesday, Sen. 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That's why two new ones (which may wind up being combined before they come up for vote) were...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Activist recalled for her devotion to Iraqis</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/ruzicka.memorial/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/ruzicka.memorial/index.html</guid><description>Marla Ruzicka, an American activist killed in an Iraqi car bombing last month, was remembered Saturday for her "tenaciousness" when she counted civilian war casualties at a special memorial service in Washington.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2005 03:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 questions for Barbara Boxer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/18/boxer.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/18/boxer.tm/index.html</guid><description>At 5 ft. tall, California Senator Barbara Boxer can reach most lectern mikes only after her staff sets up a 3-in. stand dubbed the Boxer box.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ID breaches weren't immediately reported</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/13/technology/personaltech/specter/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/13/technology/personaltech/specter/index.htm</guid><description>ChoicePoint President Douglas Curling and LexisNexis CEO Kurt Sanford admitted that they did not immediately report security breaches to victims while they were being grilled during Senate hearings over personal identity theft.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Feinstein: 'It got a little dicey'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/08/cnna.feinstein/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/08/cnna.feinstein/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday said a plane carrying a bipartisan group of senators who were leaving Iraq had to take evasive action after an apparent surface-to-air missile was fired at it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2004 01:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: CIA memo not an order to 'back Bush'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/17/cia.memo/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/17/cia.memo/index.html</guid><description>CIA and White House officials said Wednesday that a memo from intelligence chief Porter Goss did not order his staff to "back Bush," as a newspaper headline put it Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems ask FCC to probe Sinclair</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/12/news/newsmakers/sinclair_letter/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/12/news/newsmakers/sinclair_letter/index.htm</guid><description>The following is a letter spearheaded by California Senator Dianne Feinstein and signed by 20 democratic senators.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pentagon's prewar intelligence role questioned</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/11/senate.pentagon/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/11/senate.pentagon/index.html</guid><description>The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday that they want to know whether the Pentagon knowingly withheld information from the CIA and ran a secret intelligence-gathering operation in building a case for invading Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gunfight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/26/mgrind.day.thu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/26/mgrind.day.thu/index.html</guid><description>Democrats are eager to fight this election on the economy, education, the deficit -- but today they're stuck fighting each other over one of the most potent wedge issues around -- guns.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Committee: No politics in prewar intelligence</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/05/sprj.nirq.wmd.congress/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/05/sprj.nirq.wmd.congress/index.html</guid><description>The Senate Intelligence Committee's review of U.S. intelligence has found no evidence that political pressure shaped reports on Iraq before last year's invasion, the committee's Republican chairman reported Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2004 00:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Gore Needs Help--From a Republican</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278070/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/04/17/278070/index.htm</guid><description>Most voters don't wake up to the fact that there is a presidential election until their favorite television programs are interrupted every four years by the summer conventions. 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