<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>23</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Snowe, Olympia</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Why I'm Leaving the Senate</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RSN</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">!G-Comm</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">!G-Pol-Dem</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">!I-Feature</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">~201</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012/03/02/</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/270-37/10252-focus-why-im-leaving-the-senate</style></url></web-urls></urls><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">According to Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, the U.S. Senate is not living up to what the Founding Fathers envisioned. Snowe explains that she will not seek re-election because the institution is defined today by its dysfunction and political polarization. For democracy to flourish, senators must learn to work across the aisle and renew the art of legislating.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>