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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
Reid Scores A Victory On Iraq By Backing Defeat
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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 …
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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?
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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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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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
John McCain's MySpace Page "Enhanced" — Someone on Presidential hopeful John McCain's staff is going to be in trouble today. They used a well known template to create his Myspace page. The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here).
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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.
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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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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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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.
Roger Boyes / Times of London:
'Dump your children here' box to stop mothers killing their babies — Desperate mothers are being urged to drop their unwanted babies through hatches at hospitals in an effort to halt a spate of infanticides that has shocked Germany. — At least 23 babies have been killed so far this year …
Media Matters for America:
Drudge flagged Obama hit piece on Politico — which presented admittedly "trivial" inconsistencies — apparently one hour before it was posted — In an article appearing in The Politico's March 27 print edition, Politico chief political correspondent Mike Allen wrote that Sen. Barack Obama …
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