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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>General Government </title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/16.aspx</link><description>Government Employees, Election Law, Constitution, Transparency, Branches</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>2011 House Bill 5058 (Restrict using campaign contributions for politicians' criminal defense )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/285149.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:30:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:285149</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/285149.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=16&amp;PostID=285149</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on October 12, 2011, to prohibit a political candidate committee from using campaign contributions to defend or pay the legal costs of an elected or appointed official in a civil or criminal action, except for cases involving campaign finance issues, a recall campaign, a recount, or actions that tangibly benefit the nomination or election of the candidate&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 110 in favor, 0 opposed and 0 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(House Roll Call 116 at House Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-5058'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>