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		<title>Democrats find rare unity in budget fight</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman  and Philip Rucker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly before the government shut down, House Republicans crafted their final spending offer, including two health care provisions designed to scare red-state Senate Democrats facing re-election battles: one to delay the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s unpopular individual mandate and another removing subsidies for lawmakers and their staffs. But the Democrats didn&#8217;t budge, killing the proposal without [...]]]></description>
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