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		<title>TONIGHT! Article One, Section Five &#8211; A Dance Party</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/05/17/tonight-article-one-section-five-a-dance-party-20120517/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/05/17/tonight-article-one-section-five-a-dance-party-20120517/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shaking Booty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Friends of Tennessee Citizen Action! Join together TONIGHT at Bar No. 308 in East Nashville (and the third Thursday of every month) and move it all over, under, sideways, and down. Yep. TONIGHT!!! ARTICLE ONE, SECTION FIVE ~A DANCE PARTY~ (Because we all feel better when we shake our booty&#8230;) Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Zombie Legislation: Secret Campaign Contributions are Back</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/24/more-zombie-legislation-secret-campaign-contributions-are-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/24/more-zombie-legislation-secret-campaign-contributions-are-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Elections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bo Watson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glen Casada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state legislature has brought back from the dead a bill that if passed will dismantle campaign finance reforms and, among other things, allow corporations to make secret cash campaign contributions in the critical 10 days before an election. HB3281 was taken off notice in the House on 4/10 but is back and will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does the Haslam Administration and The Dept of Commerce &amp; Insurance Support a Bill That Will Erode Consumer Protections</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/20/why-does-the-haslam-administration-and-the-dept-of-commerce-insurance-support-a-bill-that-will-erode-consumer-protections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/20/why-does-the-haslam-administration-and-the-dept-of-commerce-insurance-support-a-bill-that-will-erode-consumer-protections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News & Press Releases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the sponsor of a bill that would further erode consumer protection in Tennessee stated that the Department of Commerce and Insurance was aware of, and supported, the bill. The bill, SB2271 (HB2454) by Rep. Charles Sargent and Sen. Jim Tracy, states that a consumer or small business is bound to a change in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Your Bill, Change Your Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/17/pay-your-bill-change-your-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/17/pay-your-bill-change-your-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caption Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institutionalized Sneakiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knoxville News Sentinel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee Citizen Action]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 4/19/12, 9:00 am: SB2271 passed in the Senate; The House will hear it this morning at 9:00 am. Watch here: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/videowrapper/default.aspx?CommID=110 UPDATE 4/18/12, 8:47 am: Watch the Senate debate SB2271 live by going to http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/videowrapper/default.aspx?CommID=178. It is #14 on today&#8217;s calendar. UPDATE 4/17/12: SB2271 is now scheduled to be heard tomorrow morning, Wednesday, 4/18, at 8:30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TFT &amp; TNCA Respond to Arthur Laffer’s Testimony on the “Economic Consequences of Tennessee’s Estate Tax”</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/16/tft-tnca-respond-to-arthur-laffer%e2%80%99s-testimony-on-the-%e2%80%9ceconomic-consequences-of-tennessee%e2%80%99s-estate-tax%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthur Laffer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Estate Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennesseans for Fair Taxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee Citizen Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nashville, TN (April 15, 2012) &#8212; Today, Arthur Laffer appeared before the Tennessee General Assembly Joint Fiscal Review Committee to testify about the “Economic Consequences of Tennessee’s Estate Tax.” Tennesseans for Fair Taxation and Tennessee Citizen Action urge the state legislature to refuse to be bogged down by arguments for or against the estate tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CONSTITUTION PRESCRAMBLE:  Gubernatorial Power Grab</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/15/constitution-prescramble-gubernatorial-power-grab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/15/constitution-prescramble-gubernatorial-power-grab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee Citizen Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What do you do if you want your governor to have more power than any governor has had in the past? You change the Constitution! HJR0804 by Rep. Jon Lundberg (R-Bristol) Currently, the state&#8217;s attorney general is selected by the Supreme Court of Tennessee. But why allow 5 learned people to discuss the merits of a candidate when a partisan Governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TN Citizen Action Releases Statement on the Failure of Legislators to Protect Voting Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/10/tn-citizen-action-releases-statement-on-the-failure-of-legislators-to-protect-voting-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/10/tn-citizen-action-releases-statement-on-the-failure-of-legislators-to-protect-voting-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fair Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo ID to Vote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee Citizen Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voting Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nashville, Tenn. (April 10, 2012) &#8212; Tennessee Citizen Action released the following statement on the failure of legislators to repeal the photo ID to vote law: “We’re extremely disappointed that instead of protecting the fundamental right to vote guaranteed us &#8211; not once, but twice &#8211; by the Tennessee Constitution, Republicans are taking it away,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Legend of Legislative Bigfoot</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/02/the-legend-of-legislative-bigfoot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/04/02/the-legend-of-legislative-bigfoot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics in Governmet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fair Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workers Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caps on Damages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo ID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robber Barrons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee State Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transparency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE LEGEND OF LEGISLATIVE BIGFOOT:Does a Government That Works for Us Really Exist? Short answer: No, not right now it doesn&#8217;t. For those of you keeping score at home, below is a summary of the legislative priorities of the Republican majority in the state legislature. In a nutshell, they are crafting and passing public policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clear Plastic Cup? You First. (A Sing-a-Long)</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/03/29/clear-plastic-cup-you-first-a-sing-a-long/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/03/29/clear-plastic-cup-you-first-a-sing-a-long/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workers Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Solo Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Ramsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TANF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toby Keith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week a bill requiring Tennesseans receiving TANF benefits (Temporary Assistantance for Needy Familiee) to be drug tested was approved by a Senate committee. This week it was approved in the House Health subcommittee. And now we have just one more bill that is a solution in search of a problem. People who are unemployed are not criminals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo ID to Vote Repeal Voted Down in a Senate Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.tnca.org/2012/03/28/photo-id-to-vote-repeal-voted-down-in-a-senate-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tnca.org/2012/03/28/photo-id-to-vote-repeal-voted-down-in-a-senate-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Mancini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fair Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recent Blog Posts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HB2176 / SB2139, the bill to repeal the photo ID to vote law, was voted down in the Senate State &#38; Local Government committee on Tuesday, March 27. The House State &#38; Local committee will hear the bill next week, Tuesday, April 3 at 1:30 pm. During the Senate committee, the sponsor of the repeal bill, Sen. Lowe [...]]]></description>
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