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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/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 blotter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5234.aspx</link><description>Foley is the fourth House Republican -- after Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Tom DeLay, and Bob Ney -- to leave office this cycle due to ethics problems.&amp;nbsp; No House Democrats have vacated their posts, though the finances of a few are being investigated.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>The blotter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5234.aspx#5278</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:09:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5278</guid><dc:creator>Olivia Elizabeth Burdon, Peoria, Ill.</dc:creator><description>Hmmm...per the Democratic National Committee, "Reynolds and other Republican leaders were more interested in protecting Foley than investigating potential misconduct" after Foley's campaign committee's $100,000 donation to the NRCC: Obviously the Republicans didn't want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg or slaughter a good cash cow...</description></item><item><title>The blotter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5234.aspx#5288</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 18:31:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5288</guid><dc:creator>sandra wilton erie, ks</dc:creator><description>Dear Sir:
Hastert is "Disgusted"?. I am disgusted that House leaders sat on this information and did not protect our children. This is unconscionable.They deserve to lose this year BIG TIME.</description></item><item><title>The blotter</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5234.aspx#5323</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:57:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:5323</guid><dc:creator>Barbara, Tullahoma, TN</dc:creator><description>Olivia, you are absolutely correct. This administration has put money ahead of everything else.</description></item></channel></rss>