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		<title>Special Session Review &#8211; June 17, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SPECIAL SESSION AGENDA &#8211; TAKE 1 On Monday, May 30, 2011 after a grueling and contentious 140 days of lawmaking, the 82nd Texas Legislature adjourned sine die. However, the adjournment was short lived, as Governor Perry ...]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; May 6, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sine Die Bound and Down Apparently someone woke up early on May 1st and realized there was a long (legislative) way to go and a short time to get there.  After waiting a good “twelve-ish” or ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-may-6-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; April 27, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Just a few numbers from the House that will literally cause some sleepless nights…”. That was the declaration from Harvey Kronberg, of The Quorum Report early Friday morning. Kronberg was musing that with several sunset bills ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-april-27-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; April 22, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Three-quarters of the way done.&#8221; &#8220;75% over.&#8221; &#8220;About a month left.&#8221; Those are the words uttered during small talk in between discussions of legislation, strategy and politics. At the end of week 15, we begin the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-april-22-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; April 15, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAPITOL HIGHLIGHTS &#8211; 44 DAYS REMAINING IN SESSION Senator Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) chair of the Senate Committee on Higher Education, earlier this week declared, “I don’t see us passing a budget by May 31st.” Although talks ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-april-15-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; April 8, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By the numbers&#8230;. 50 days remain before this regular session of the legislature officially ends.  Thus far, 5,914 bill have been filed.  2,521 have been considered in committee through week 13 (about 42% of them). ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-april-8-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; April 1, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Budget Not just the word of the day, but the word of the week.  And &#8211; since you can’t spend it if you don’t have it, our report starts this week with the House Ways &#38; ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-april-1-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; March 25, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most who have worked around the legislative process for a long time would agree that each session of the legislature presents its own unique character and flow – one that defines the overall ‘personality’ of the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-march-25-2011/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; March 17, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While the 82nd Legislative Session has reached its midway point (more days behind it than days found ahead), the vast majority of the work to be done lies in the weeks ahead. Last Friday&#8217;s bill filing ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-march-17/</link>
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		<title>Capitol Review &#8211; March 11, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Governor Rick Perry traveled to Dallas on Tuesday to remind Texans of his pledge to sign a budget plan that included “no new taxes”.  Holding a presser with national anti-tax activist and Americans for Tax Reform ...]]></description>
		<link>http://focusedadvocacy.com/capitol-update/capitol-review-march-11-2011/</link>
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