<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs5.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS 5  - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports</title><link>http://cbs5.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[CBS 5  - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:25:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[House Begins Health Care Bill Debate]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/health.care.vote.2.1298108.html</link><description><![CDATA[The House has opened debate on President Barack Obama's landmark health
care overhaul that would extend insurance to tens of millions of
Americans and enact dramatic changes to the country's medical system. In the opening moments of debate, Democrats hailed the legislation as
an advance for the nation's social fabric and a moral and economic
imperative.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:53:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Clear Impasse Blocking Health Care Vote]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1297885.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1297885.html</link><description><![CDATA[Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they had finally lined up the support needed to pass President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:13:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's Removal From Santa Cruz Meeting Upheld]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/santa.cruz.council.2.1297856.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/santa.cruz.council.2.1297856.html</link><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has ruled that Santa Cruz City Council members did not violate a man's rights when they ordered him removed from a council meeting after he made a one-armed Nazi salute. Robert Norse was arrested at the March 2002 meeting after he made the gesture and refused to leave. He was arrested again in 2004 when he refused another order from the city council to leave after parading around council chambers. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:28:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiorina Says 'Shame On Me' For Not Voting More]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/carly.fiorina.voting.2.1295508.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/carly.fiorina.voting.2.1295508.html</link><description><![CDATA[Weeks after Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was criticized over her poor voting record, U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina tried to fend off a similar line of questioning by owning up to her spotty past. The former head of Hewlett-Packard, who is running for the seat now held by Democrat Barbara Boxer, said she has no excuse for not voting more often when people have died for that right. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:36:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay Marriage Foes Win With Message About Schools]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/gay.marriage.schools.2.1297494.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/gay.marriage.schools.2.1297494.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school. Voters seemed to be swayed by the message, both in Maine and in last year's gay marriage battle in California. And it has become an important part of the ever-evolving playbook of gay marriage opponents, who have now won 31 consecutive statewide ballot measures against the issue. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:14:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacramento Mayor Engaged To DC Schools Supe]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/kevin.johnson.engaged.2.1297449.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/kevin.johnson.engaged.2.1297449.html</link><description><![CDATA[Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson and Washington schools superintendent Michelle Rhee are engaged. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:44:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholics Who Sued SF Supes Get New Hearing]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/catholic.adoption.lawsuit.2.1297014.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/catholic.adoption.lawsuit.2.1297014.html</link><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court will conduct a new hearing to determine whether San Francisco officials violated the Constitution by denouncing a Vatican order to not place adoptive children with same-sex couples. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:55:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dems Fear Not Enough Health Bill Votes For Sat.]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1296461.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/democrats.health.bill.2.1296461.html</link><description><![CDATA[House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a
sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they
may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week. Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters in a conference call Friday
that the make-or-break vote on President Barack Obama's top priority
that had been set for Saturday could face delay.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:30:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[San Jose Approves New Budget Guidelines]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/san.jose.budget.2.1295590.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/san.jose.budget.2.1295590.html</link><description><![CDATA[San Jose officials are asking taxpayers and city workers to take part in helping the city reduce its $96.4 million deficit. The City Council voted 10-1 Thursday on guidelines for city administrators in preparing the 2010-2011 budget. Among those directions for administrators is a proposal for a quarter-cent sales tax that would raise an estimated $33 million. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obama 'Won't Rest' Until America Prosperous Again]]></title><guid>http://cbs5.com/politics/obama.jobs.homes.2.1295866.html</guid><link>http://cbs5.com/politics/obama.jobs.homes.2.1295866.html</link><description><![CDATA[President Obama said new figures released Friday showing
national unemployment has hit the double-digit mark are a sobering
reminder of the challenges still facing the U.S. economy. "I will not rest until all Americans who want work can,"he said during a news conference Friday at the White House.<br />
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