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	<title>In The Aggregate - Arizona&#039;s political blogs &#187; AZ Legislature</title>
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		<title>AZ Rep Johnny Mendez came out as atheist and that is good for all of us</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/22/az-rep-johnny-mendez-came-out-as-atheist-and-that-is-good-for-all-of-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 22:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t stay for the press conference after the Tuesday Arizona House floor session, but I did arrive at the gallery in time to see AZ Rep. Juan Mendez deliver his now-viral secular invocation on the House floor. Hat tip to Hemant Mehta for the transcript: Most prayers in this room begin with a request [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Movement was targeted by Uncle Sam on behalf of Big Business</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/21/occupy-movement-was-targeted-by-uncle-sam-on-behalf-of-big-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember (I do since I blogged about it) back in late 2011, when ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, held a big conference right here in the Valley of the Sun. Some folks from the Occupy movement wanted to welcome them with signs and In These Times reporter Beau Hodai tried to talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling grateful for all those Democrats in the AZ Senate today</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/16/feeling-grateful-for-all-those-democrats-in-the-az-senate-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 06:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democratic Diva]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Driggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act. AZ Legislature]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So budget bills got through the Arizona Senate Thursday, which were surprisingly decent, and the Medicaid expansion won a decisive majority vote. Political strategist and former legislator John Loredo said it best on his Facebook page: Tonight Senate Democrats along with a handful of courageous Republicans passed a reasonable, responsible budget. Dems learned that when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Really, when they say who they are, believe them.</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/16/really-when-they-say-who-they-are-believe-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/16/really-when-they-say-who-they-are-believe-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig McDermott captured an interesting thing Rep. Steve Smith said Tuesday about a ridonkulous bill before the Arizona Legislature, that prevents the evil Federal Government from sapping our Stately essences. Or something. Per Craig: The text of his &#8220;explanation&#8221; (emphasis added) - Mr. Speaker, I think just since we&#8217;re talking a little bit about history, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Possible budget deal illustrates how “bipartisanship” can be dangerous</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/14/possible-budget-deal-illustrates-how-bipartisanship-can-be-dangerous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AZ Eagletarian has a concise run-down of a rumored deal by AZ Senate President Andy Biggs (which I hinted at on my Sunday Square Off appearance) to ram a budget through the Senate by tacking a Medicaid expansion amendment on it and dangling some district pork in front of a few Dem Senators to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The crazy is strong in some Medicaid expansion opponents</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/13/the-crazy-is-strong-in-some-medicaid-expansion-opponents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/05/13/the-crazy-is-strong-in-some-medicaid-expansion-opponents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christine Bauserman, whose Facebook page proudly boasts all her conservative and Republican affiliations, believes that poor people getting health care in Arizona is a Marxist plot. She wrote a hilarious LTTE to the AZ Capitol Times about it. Just how desperate are Gov. Jan Brewer and political wizard Chuck Coughlin to force Obamacare on an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina provides a cautionary tale about “centrist” mayors</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/04/28/north-carolina-provides-a-cautionary-tale-about-centrist-mayors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/04/28/north-carolina-provides-a-cautionary-tale-about-centrist-mayors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Sorry for the lack of posts all last week. Just needed a break.) I came across this interesting press release from the North Carolina Democratic Party about their current Republican Governor Pat McCrory. McCrory: Moderate No More RALEIGH, NC&#8212;NYT Poll Analyst and data guru, Nate Silver, is out with some damning figures that erase the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End Clean Elections and increase campaign finance limits, get better funded wingnuts</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/04/17/end-clean-elections-and-increase-campaign-finance-limits-get-better-funded-wingnuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The preferred narrative of the pundit/consultant/business establishment types in Arizona about the root of our current political woes, as I&#8217;ve described here numerous times, goes like this: Arizona was long a bastion of bipartisan collegiality and cooperation until just a few years ago, when Clean Elections and hyper-partisan primaries ushered into office a bunch of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid expansion opponents tell gruesome tall tales</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/04/10/medicaid-expansion-opponents-tell-gruesome-tall-tales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the Twitters yesterday some Tea Party trolls were baiting AZ House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, accusing him and other Dems in the Legislature of saying they wouldn&#8217;t support the Medicaid expansion unless it &#8220;funds abortion&#8221;. When asked to substantiate the claim, they cited this article, with no reporter named in the byline, from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A reminder that proponents of Prop 102 lied to Arizona in 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.democraticdiva.com/2013/04/02/a-reminder-that-proponents-of-prop-102-lied-to-arizona-in-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2006 Prop 107 would have added the following words to the Arizona State Constitution: &#8220;To preserve and protect marriage in this state, only a union between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage by this state or its political subdivisions and no legal status for unmarried persons shall [...]]]></description>
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