<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000113/device/rss/rss.html" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Politics</title><description><![CDATA[Find the Latest News about Politics, the Economy, Government, Political Events, and more.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/10000113</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:57 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Obama Energy Secretary Steven Chu Resigning</title><description><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Steven Chu is stepping down.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100427426</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100427426</guid></item>  <item><title>Tax Reform Will Be a 'Death Struggle': Alan Simpson</title><description><![CDATA[Congress has done the easy part of deficit reduction, but the more difficult decisions on controlling health care costs, reforming the tax code and fixing entitlements still lie ahead, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles said.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100427217</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100427217</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama Offers Compromise on Birth Control Coverage</title><description><![CDATA[The White House is offering a compromise on new Obamacare rules that would allow religious employers to exclude contraceptives from health insurance for employees.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100427793</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100427793</guid></item>  <item><title>Automatic Spending Cuts Threaten National Parks</title><description><![CDATA[Scheduled budget cuts in March could limit visiting hours and even force shutting down many national parks. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100426919</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100426919</guid></item>  <item><title>New York's 'Hizzoner' Ed Koch Dead at 88</title><description><![CDATA[Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York, died.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100426409</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100426409</guid></item>  <item><title>Congress Clears Increase in Debt Limit Through May 18</title><description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday approved must-do legislation to permit the government to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars more to meet its obligations.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100423077</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100423077</guid></item>  <item><title>The Five Highest Tax States for the Highest Earners</title><description><![CDATA[Virtually every state&#039;s tax system unfairly spares its richest residents, says a new report.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100424517</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100424517</guid></item>  <item><title>Hagel's Long, Bumpy Road to Confirmation</title><description><![CDATA[Former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel (R) faces a confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee to become Defense Secretary. The decorated Vietnam War veteran faced tough questioning regarding some of his past votes and statements.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000145056</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100424887</guid></item>  <item><title>Obamacare Just Got Less Affordable for Millions</title><description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance that will deny assistance to millions of Americans, The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100422119</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100422119</guid></item>  <item><title>Kudlow: Spending Sequester Will Grow Private Economy </title><description><![CDATA[The latest GDP report shows that falling government spending can coexist with rising private economic activity, Larry Kudlow says. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100421175</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100421175</guid></item>  <item><title>New Hawks and Doves at Fed Likely Won't Alter Policy</title><description><![CDATA[The cast of voting members on the Fed&#039;s policy committee is changing, but Ben Bernanke will likely retain a solid majority for his drive to keep interest rates low well.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100419382</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100419382</guid></item>  <item><title>No Budget, No Pay? No Big Deal for Rich in Congress</title><description><![CDATA[It sounds self-sacrificing: Congress swears off collecting its paychecks until it passes a budget. But Congress has long been richer than a typical collection of 535 Americans, The NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100418545</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100418545</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama: 'Now Is the Time' to Fix Immigration Laws</title><description><![CDATA[President Obama called on Congress to make good on plans to overhaul the immigration system and offer a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100416436</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100416436</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Leaving</title><description><![CDATA[Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still left in President Barack Obama&#039;s first-term Cabinet, says he plans to leave the Obama administration.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100401635</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100401635</guid></item>  <item><title>SEC ‘Sheriff’ Mary Jo White Has Worn Bank Hats</title><description><![CDATA[The nomination was meant to signal a tougher SEC, but the former prosecutor spent the last decade defending banks. NYT reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100414892</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100414892</guid></item>  <item><title>Stuck in Reverse, Detroit Edges Closer to Bankruptcy</title><description><![CDATA[The story of Detroit&#039;s decline is decades old: Its tax revenue and population have shrunk and labor costs have remained out of whack. But the city&#039;s budget problems have deepened to such an extent that it could run out of cash soon.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100414480</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100414480</guid></item>  <item><title>Senators Unveil 'First Step' Plan on Immigration Reform</title><description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of leading senators unveiled an agreement Monday on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation&#039;s immigration laws.
]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100411493</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100411493</guid></item>  <item><title>Pres. Obama's Recess Appointment Backlash</title><description><![CDATA[Sen. Mike Johanns, (R-NE), explains why he wants President Obama&#039;s recess appointments to the NLRB and CFPC to tender their resignations immediately.]]></description><link>http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&amp;video=3000143888</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100412234</guid></item>  <item><title>Pentagon to Expand US Cybersecurity Force</title><description><![CDATA[The Pentagon is moving toward a major expansion of its cybersecurity force to counter increasing attacks on the nation&#039;s computer networks, and will increase the size of the unit by 4,000 people. The New York Times reports.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100411332</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100411332</guid></item>  <item><title>$1.1 Billion in Thanks From Bloomberg to University</title><description><![CDATA[Michael Bloomberg will makes a $350 million gift to his alma mater — by far the largest in its history — and disclose the staggering sum of his donations to Johns Hopkins over the four decades: $1.1 billion.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100410160</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100410160</guid></item>  <item><title>Tom Harkin of Iowa Won’t Seek Re-election to Senate</title><description><![CDATA[Senator Tom Harkin, said Saturday that he would retire and not seek re-election next year to a sixth term.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100410089</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100410089</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama's New Team Looks Like the Old One </title><description><![CDATA[As he heads into a second term, President Obama is assembling a new White House team that looks much like the old one, choosing familiarity over freshness even at the risk of insularity.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100409815</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100409815</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama Recess Appointments 'Invalid': Appeals Court</title><description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has invalidated President Obama&#039;s &quot;recess&quot; appointments to the NLRB, dealing a blow to his strategy of bypassing Senate Republicans.
]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100409025</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100409025</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama Picks McDonough as White House Chief of Staff</title><description><![CDATA[National security expert Denis McDonough picked as White House chief of staff.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100408168</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100408168</guid></item>  <item><title>Tax Tattoos? Red States Look to Sales Over Income Taxes</title><description><![CDATA[GOP governors are moving to cut income taxes, including proposals to increase reliance on state sales taxes, setting up ambitious experiments that could  go national.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100407942</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100407942</guid></item>  <item><title>Geithner's Legacy: Contention Through Financial Storms</title><description><![CDATA[Many say he deserves credit for steadying the banks but his critics say he favored Wall Street over struggling Americans.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100406033</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100406033</guid></item>  <item><title>Senate Leaders in Deal to (Sort of) Muzzle Filibusters </title><description><![CDATA[The Senate&#039;s senior Democrat and Republican reached a tentative agreement to impose modest limits on the filibuster, the delaying tactic immortalized in the film &quot;Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100405879</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100405879</guid></item>  <item><title>Obama Picks Mary Jo White to Lead SEC</title><description><![CDATA[President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to lead the SEC. ]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100404202</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100404202</guid></item>  <item><title>Washington Takes to Google to Reach Public</title><description><![CDATA[It&#039;s not an FDR Fireside Chat, it&#039;s an Obama &quot;Fireside Hangout.&quot;]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100402156</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100402156</guid></item>  <item><title>Gov. Sam Brownback: Make Kansas Income Tax Free</title><description><![CDATA[Kansas lawmakers have received a bill to inch the state closer to eliminating income taxes.]]></description><link>http://www.cnbc.com/id/100403538</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">guid_100403538</guid></item> </channel> </rss