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		<title>Crawford Condemns Injunction on Immigration Law in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/07/30/crawford-condemns-injunction-on-immigration-law-in-arizona/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JONESBORO – First District Congressional candidate, United States Army veteran, and agri-business owner Rick Crawford has condemned U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton’s temporary injunction against critical parts of the recently-passed Arizona immigration law.  The law was set to go into effect today.  Crawford also called on the Administration to back down on its lawsuit against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pawlenty Endorses Rick Crawford</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/06/19/pawlenty-endorses-rick-crawford/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/06/19/pawlenty-endorses-rick-crawford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Today, Governor Tim Pawlenty’s Freedom First PAC endorsed Rick Crawford for Arkansas’ First Congressional District. Rick Crawford shares Governor Pawlenty’s commitment to a limited government and fiscal responsibility.
“I got to know Rick a year ago, and he’s exactly the sort of fresh voice we need in Congress,” Pawlenty said. “We need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Princella Smith Endorses Rick Crawford</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/06/15/princella-smith-endorses-rick-crawford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Seasoned Conservative Endorses Crawford, Cites Need for Real Change -
JONESBORO – Today, First District Congressional candidate, United States Army veteran, and small business owner Rick Crawford announced the endorsement of Princella Smith of Wynne.  Smith cited Crawford’s conservative ideals as the basis for her endorsement.
Smith, who also vied for the Republican Congressional nomination this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea Party Straw Poll Results</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/22/tea-party-straw-poll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/22/tea-party-straw-poll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arkansas Tea Party conducted a straw poll April 15th for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House races.  I am proud to announce that voters overwhelmingly supported the agenda that I presented by giving me 81 percent of the total vote (complete results are listed below).
There is indeed a growing sentiment that we can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s agenda good for farmers, businesses, or families?</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/16/is-nancy-pelosis-agenda-good-for-farmers-businesses-or-families/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/16/is-nancy-pelosis-agenda-good-for-farmers-businesses-or-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Journal reports today that several reporters who closely follow national elections believe momentum is growing for Nancy Pelosi to lose control of the House of Representatives.  You can read the brief article at this link:
http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/04/where_the_house.php
What does this mean for you, your family, our state and our country?  For starters it will enable us to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says, &#8220;worst of the storm is over.&#8221;  But is it?</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/03/obama-says-worst-of-the-storm-is-over-but-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/03/obama-says-worst-of-the-storm-is-over-but-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think President Obama must live in a bubble.  In North Carolina today speaking about America’s economic conditions, he said the “worst of the storm is over” and pointed to the trillion dollar stimulus program as a huge success.  I’ll restrain myself from writing about how much tax money was wasted on so-called stimulus efforts.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats’ Opinion about Healthcare Entitlement Improves</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/01/democrats%e2%80%99-opinion-about-healthcare-entitlement-improves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/04/01/democrats%e2%80%99-opinion-about-healthcare-entitlement-improves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Democratic polling firm Rasmussen Reports, Democrats attitudes toward President Obama’s healthcare entitlement program are improving.  The report states:
Sixty-five percent (65%) of Democrats now are optimistic about the nation’s current course, a 17-point jump from the week before. Thirty percent (30%) are not. A week ago, Democrats were almost evenly divided on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are President Obama and Congress Serious About U.S. Fiscal Crisis?</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/03/31/are-president-obama-and-congress-serious-about-u-s-fiscal-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/03/31/are-president-obama-and-congress-serious-about-u-s-fiscal-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform announced Tuesday that it would hold its first meeting on April 27th.  The purpose of the commission is to address our nation’s near- and long-term budget crisis, which has now reached near epic proportions.
The Congressional Budget Office recently revealed that interest on the national debt will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Crawford Blasts House Congressional Leaders for Intimidation Tactics</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/03/30/rick-crawford-blasts-house-congressional-leaders-for-intimidation-tactics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/03/30/rick-crawford-blasts-house-congressional-leaders-for-intimidation-tactics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rick Crawford today called on Speaker Pelosi and other Congressional Democrats to cease employing abusive intimidation tactics against American companies that are required by law to report adverse financial conditions to pension funds, mutual funds, individual stockholders, and other investors that own company shares.
“At Speaker Pelosi’s direction, House Democratic committee chairmen are lining up public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Tipping Point</title>
		<link>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/03/27/social-security-tipping-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.meetrickcrawford.com/2010/03/27/social-security-tipping-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Crawford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news this week from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) about Social Security is sobering.  For the first time in the program’s history, it will pay out more in benefits than it receives in contributions.  CBO had predicted this “tipping point” would not occur until 2017.
The news highlights Washington’s untruthfulness about what it has been [...]]]></description>
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