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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : blue dog democrats</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/blue+dog+democrats/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: blue dog democrats</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>They Don't Call it a Majority for Nothin'</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/29/they-don-t-call-it-a-majority-for-nothin.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4468</guid><dc:creator>Dayo Olopade</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4468.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4468</wfw:commentRss><description>OK, OK. Eve, you’re right . The bailout (whoops, stimulus—whoops, recovery) bill passed the House , without the family planning funds, and without any Republican support. So the big bad Democratic majority didn’t need to kowtow to Republicans after all—which...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/29/they-don-t-call-it-a-majority-for-nothin.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4468" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/domestic+policy/default.aspx">domestic policy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+control/default.aspx">birth control</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/teenage+pregnancy/default.aspx">teenage pregnancy</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/economic+crisis/default.aspx">economic crisis</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/blue+dog+democrats/default.aspx">blue dog democrats</category></item><item><title>Republicans Drool</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/28/republicans-drool.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4465</guid><dc:creator>Eve Fairbanks</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4465.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4465</wfw:commentRss><description>Dayo , it's giving a little too much credit where credit doesn't belong to say Republicans "ruled" by hissy fit on the contraceptive provision. You could claim that it was removed thanks, obliquely, to House Minority Leader John Boehner and the other...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/01/28/republicans-drool.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4465" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/birth+control/default.aspx">birth control</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/stimulus+package/default.aspx">stimulus package</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/blue+dog+democrats/default.aspx">blue dog democrats</category></item></channel></rss>