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3:40 AM ET, March 28, 2007

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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Senate Signals Support for Iraq Timeline  —  The Senate today narrowly endorsed a Democratic-led effort to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq a year from now, voting down a Republican amendment that would have stripped the provision from a $122 emergency spending bill.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate Signals Support for Iraq Timeline  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying a veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March.  —  Republican attempts to scuttle the non-binding timeline failed on a vote of 50-48, largely along party lines.
New York Times:
Senate Keeps Pullout Date in Iraq War Bill  —  The Senate defeated an attempt to erase an American troop withdrawal date from an Iraq spending bill this afternoon after an emotional debate about the powers of the presidency and Congress and the well-being of front-line soldiers.
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Democrats win Senate vote on Iraq withdrawal date  —  Senate Democrats Tuesday afternoon won a key vote that clears the way for setting a date by which most U.S. troops would be required to leave Iraq.  —  Democrats defeated by a vote of 50-48 the Republican effort to strip language …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Reid Scores A Victory On Iraq By Backing Defeat
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
House GOP: Protect 'John Does' on flights  —  House Republicans today surprised Democrats with a procedural vote to protect public-transportation passengers from being sued if they report suspicious activity — the first step by lawmakers to protect "John Doe" airline travelers already targeted …
Discussion: Don Surber
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Flying Imams Shield Law Introduced in Congress [Update: PASSED!!!]  —  UPDATE: "Flying Imams Shield Law Passes"!!!!!!!!!!  —  The motion passed 304 to 121  —  Another UPDATE:  —  Bryan Preston reads my mind about the 102 who voted against, "closer than it ought to be."  So, who voted against the bill?
Michelle Malkin:   The Protect John Doe Act
Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:
Questions on firings shorten Gonzales news conference  —  Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales today cut short a press conference about Internet safety, leaving the room at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago when reporters questioned him about the firings of U.S. attorneys.
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Newsvine:
Hacking John McCain  —  politics, humor, myspace, gay-marriage, mccain, john-mccain, hacks  —  If you visit John McCain's MySpace page (as of 9am PST Tuesday morning), you will notice an interesting announcement from him.  He's apparently reversed his position on gay marriage as well as revealed a bias towards attractive lesbians.
Charles Karel Bouley / The Huffington Post:
There's All Types of Cancers Growing  —  CNN has decided this week to be the Cancer News Network.  Just as it was wrapping up its wall-to-wall coverage of Elizabeth Edwards and the return of her cancer, the ethics of staying in the campaign and then every pundit in the free world weighing …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has become the face of the Bush presidency over the last year, has cancer again.  —  Snow's deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver.
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Michael Ware: "I dont know what part of Neverland Senator McCain is talking about..."  —  During an interview on "The Situation Room" this afternoon, John McCain told Wolf that he needs to "get up to speed" and stop reporting three-month-old news from Iraq.  According to McCain …
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CNN:
THE SITUATION ROOM  —  Is U.S. Sending Message to Iran?
Discussion: Power Line
Kelly McCormack / The Hill:
Fifty percent of adults would not vote for Clinton  —  Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.
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Harris Interactive:
Fifty Percent of U.S. Adults Would Not Vote for Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Power Line
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Red on red explodes: Al Qaeda assassinates Sunni insurgent leader?  —  I've been meaning to link this LA Times story all day but got sidetracked, which was lucky.  New facts are coming out.  The gist of it is that Zal Khalilzad, the outgoing U.S. ambassador, insists there's a fracture between AQ …
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:   Proposed Iraqi Law Would Restore Jobs For Baath Members
Eric Alterman / Media Matters for America:
Not a trace ... of doubt in my mind ...  Some background to this funny fight between Garance and Ann Althouse:  —  A few months ago, Bob Wright asked me to do a BHTV with Ms. Althouse.  I knew nothing about her at all, except that she accused a female liberal blogger who met with Bill Clinton of having breasts ... or something.
Discussion: Firedoglake and theGarance.com
Rocky Mountain News:
Campos: Confess your hypocrisy  —  Al Gore told a Senate committee last week that we're facing a planetary crisis because we're putting too much carbon into the atmosphere.  Sen. James Inhofe responded by inviting Gore to pledge to use no more energy than the average American.
Discussion: theneweditor.com and The Corner
David Corn:
Cunningham Scandal; A White House Link?  —  From my "Capital Games" column at www.thenation.com....  It's a cliche: what a difference a Democratic congressional majority makes.  The US attorney scandal, Walter Reed, the suppression of global warming data, the FBI's misuse of national security letters …
 
 
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Ian / Hot Air:
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