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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>GOOD NEIGHBOR FORESTRY ACT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH COMMITTEE</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today announced that the Good Neighbor Forestry Act (S. 327), a bipartisan bill which he has cosponsored, was approved by the Senate Energy Committee and now awaits consideration on the Senate floor.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>OVER $5.6 MILLION ANNOUNCED FOR 31 SD COUNTIES</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today announced that the Department of the Interior has designated over $5.6 million in 2013 Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program payments to 31 counties in South Dakota.]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title> Johnson Seeks Fall Intern Applicants</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[As students begin to plan for their fall semesters, U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) is now accepting applications for fall internship positions in his Washington, D.C., Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Aberdeen offices. ]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson: Senate-passed Farm Bill Reduces Deficit, Gives Certainty to Producers</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today released the following statement on the Senate passage of the five-year farm bill:]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>JOHNSON ON PASSING OF SENATOR LAUTENBERG</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson today released the following statement on the death of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg:]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 05:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Visits Aberdeen Area to Discuss State and Local Issues</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today visited Aberdeen to discuss the rural call completion issue with representatives from the rural telecommunications industry, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Vice Chairman Chris Nelson, and rural telephone customers who have been negatively affected by the call disruptions.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 05:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Klobuchar, Johnson, Fischer Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Calling for Action to Improve Rural Communications</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tim Johnson (D-SD) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for action to improve rural communications. ]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 02:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Applauds USDA on COOL Ruling</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today applauded the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final rule to improve the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Senator Johnson Works to End Gridlock of VA Claims Backlog</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Chairwoman Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), joined by Senator Tim Johnson (D. S.D.), Chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, today announced the initial results of a roundtable discussion with senior Administration officials, including Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Social Security Administration Acting Commissioner Carolyn Colvin, and Internal Revenue Service Deputy Commissioner for Operations Support Beth Tucker, to seek to finally put an end to the claims backlog that has troubled the Department of Veterans Affairs for years.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Black Hills Cemetery Act Heads to Senate Floor</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today announced that the Black Hills Cemetery Act (S. 447) was passed by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>SENATORS’ BIPARTISAN AMENDMENT TO BLOCK PROPOSED CORPS MISSOURI RIVER SURPLUS WATER FEES PASSES SENATE</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The States’ Water Rights Act, an amendment sponsored by Senators John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), and cosponsored by Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), today passed in the U.S. Senate. ]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 03:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Commends Senate Agriculture Committee on Farm Bill Progress</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today released the following statement commending the Senate Agriculture Committee for reporting the Farm Bill out of committee]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Questions Secretary of the Air Force</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today questioned Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Mark A. Welsh III on a variety of issues pertaining to the Air Force FY14 Budget request.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Applauds Passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today released the following statement applauding the overwhelming Senate passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, S. 743]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Presents Military Medals to D-Day Veteran</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today presented United States Army Veteran, Charles Bledsoe, with the Purple Heart and Bronze Star military medals. ]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>TWO SD BILLS DISCUSSED IN COMMITTEE HEARING ON PUBLIC LAND BILLS</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today attended a Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forest and Mining hearing that addressed 20 public lands bills, including two bipartisan bills Johnson has cosponsored—the Black Hills Cemetery Act (S. 447) and the Good Neighbor Forestry Act (S. 327).]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Applauds USDA on COOL Efforts</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today applauded United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in his continued efforts to protect consumers’ access to information about the origin of their food by upholding the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>SENATOR JOHNSON SUPPORTS MARRIAGE EQUALITY</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson today announced that he has decided to support marriage equality legislation. Johnson’s statement is below.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>Johnson Announces Affordable Housing Grants</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, announced $1.9 million in grants for South Dakota organizations from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines.]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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				<title>JOHNSON VISITS SISSETON AREA</title>
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				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) yesterday met with Sisseton Wahpeton College President Harvey DuMarce and toured the college’s new library. ]]></description>
				<author><![CDATA[Perry Plumart, 202-224-1638]]></author>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:30:00 EST</pubDate>
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