<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic</title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics</link><description><![CDATA[CBS13/CW31: Sacramento's Source For Breaking News, Weather and Traffic]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMVIII Sacramento Television Stations Inc. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:45:10 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><atom:link href="http://cbs13.com/politics/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[In Berlin, Obama Urges Joint Fight Against Terror ]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/barack.obama.germany.2.778763.html</link><description><![CDATA[Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential
contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans
together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that
supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/barack.obama.germany.2.778763.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:23:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Votes To Boost Bridge Spending, Inspections]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/house.vote.bridges.2.779669.html</link><description><![CDATA[The House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday aimed at improving the safety of the nation's bridges, nearly a year after the deadly collapse of an interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/house.vote.bridges.2.779669.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:26:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Votes To Triple Money For AIDS Victims]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/AIDS.malaria.TB.2.779015.html</link><description><![CDATA[Congress is sending President Bush legislation that triples funds for a
global AIDS relief program credited with saving millions of lives in
Africa and elsewhere in the world.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/AIDS.malaria.TB.2.779015.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:55:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Kills Effort To Release Stockpiled U.S. Oil]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/oil.stockpiles.GOP.2.779199.html</link><description><![CDATA[House Republicans on Thursday scuttled a bill that Democrats hoped
would help lower gasoline prices by forcing the Energy Department to
release 70 million barrels of oil - about a three-day supply - from the
national stockpile.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/oil.stockpiles.GOP.2.779199.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:10:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[State Controller Won't Cut State Workers' Pay]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/chiang.pay.cut.2.779178.html</link><description><![CDATA[State Controller John Chiang says he won't go along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to temporarily cut 200,000 state employees' pay to the federal minimum wage to ease California's revenue problems. <br />]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/chiang.pay.cut.2.779178.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:55:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gates, Bloomberg Pool Riches To Fight Smoking]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/Bill.Gates.Michael.2.778986.html</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are
pooling their piles of money to pour $375 million into a global effort
to cut smoking. The billionaire philanthropists, who have a combined worth of more than
$70 billion, said Wednesday that the money will help efforts in
developing countries where tobacco use is highest.									]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/Bill.Gates.Michael.2.778986.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:39:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gov. May Slash 200,000 State Workers' Pay]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/state.workers.pay.2.778658.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to defer wages for 200,000 state employees, paying them minimum wage until lawmakers reach a deal on California's overdue state budget.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/state.workers.pay.2.778658.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:59:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Redesigning Voter Registration Card]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/voter.registration.card.2.778733.html</link><description><![CDATA[California has redesigned its voter registration card, in part to avoid
the kind of confusion that led to a likely undercounting of the state's
independent voters.									]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/voter.registration.card.2.778733.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Passes Bill For Strapped Homeowners, Lenders]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/congress.housing.bill.2.778346.html</link><description><![CDATA[Rescue legislation sailed through the House Wednesday aimed at helping
400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and to prevent troubled
mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from collapsing.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/congress.housing.bill.2.778346.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:53:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Denies Misstating Timing Of Iraq Surge]]></title><link>http://cbs13.com/politics/john.mccain.iraq.2.778353.html</link><description><![CDATA[Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic
criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President
Bush began, saying elements were put in place before Bush announced the
strategy in early 2007.]]></description><guid>http://cbs13.com/politics/john.mccain.iraq.2.778353.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:54:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>