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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Inside Story Of How The Senate Immigration Bill Died — A GOP Aide, who's one of my sources in the Senate, gave me the rundown on what happened to the Senate bill today. — After the 2nd cloture vote failure at noon on Thursday, Harry Reid could not get unanimous consent to call …
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Michelle Malkin:
Kill The Bill...Update: Down, but not quite dead 8:55pm Cloture vote fails: 45-50; Roll added Reid vows to "put aside hurt feelings" - sniffle Post-debate thoughts: Yes, this was Bush's bill — Wire stories coming in: AP calls the cloture vote failure a "stunning setback." Reuters: "A major legislative setback."
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New York Times:
Immigrant Bill, Short 15 Votes, Stalls in Senate — The sweeping immigration overhaul endorsed by President Bush crumbled in the Senate on Thursday night, leaving the future of one of the administration's chief domestic priorities in serious doubt. — After a day of tension and fruitless maneuvering …
Bloomberg:
Senate Refuses to Limit Debate on Immigration Plan (Update6) — The Senate's proposed overhaul of U.S. immigration law failed a critical test vote as Democrats urged President George W. Bush to rally Republicans to rescue the legislation. — The 33 votes to limit debate were 27 short …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Amnesty bill cloture vote in progress; Update: Cloture fails, 45-50; Update: Dead?
Amnesty bill cloture vote in progress; Update: Cloture fails, 45-50; Update: Dead?
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
(Bumped With Audio) — UPDATE: Here is the audio file …
(Bumped With Audio) — UPDATE: Here is the audio file …
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Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Fallen Soldier — Mr. President, do not leave this man behind. — Mr. President, some weeks ago, I wrote a letter of appeal, a character reference, to Judge Reggie B. Walton, urging leniency for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Scooter, I said, has seen the undoing of his world, but he comes before a …
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Guardian:
Attorney-general knew of BAE and the £1bn. Then concealed it — Goldsmith hid secret money transfers from international anti-corruption organisation — British investigators were ordered by the attorney-general Lord Goldsmith to conceal from international anti-bribery watchdogs …
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New York Times:
It's Subpoena Time — For months, senators have listened to a parade of well-coached Justice Department witnesses claiming to know nothing about how nine prosecutors were chosen for firing. This week, it was the turn of Bradley Schlozman, a former federal attorney in Missouri, to be uninformative and not credible.
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Greg Sargent / The Coffee House:
Edwards: If Rudy Embraces Bush, Then "He'll Never Be President" — Another interesting moment from John Edwards' press conference after his terrorism speech today. Check out how tightly Edwards — responding to a question — yoked Rudy to our sinking President: … Simple as simple can be.
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David Burge / iowahawk:
LONDON'S SWINGING AGAIN - LIKE A SCIMITAR! — [ed. - found in a trashbin in Trafalgar Square: first draft of Time Out London's suck-up to their new religious overlords] — By Michael Hodges, Time Out London — Islam — it's the capital's hottest lifestyle trend!
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New York Times:
U.S. Compromise on Global Warming Plan Averts Impasse at Group of 8 Meeting — The United States agreed Thursday to "consider seriously" a European plan to combat global warming by cutting in half worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, averting a trans-Atlantic deadlock at a meeting here of the world's richest industrial nations.
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Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Immigration dead — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just pulled the immigration overhaul bill from the floor after it failed to clear a procedural hurdle. — "We bent over backwards" to accomodate Republicans who disliked the bill, Reid said. "We have to figure out a way to get this bill passed."
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Sen. Johnson Expected to Return in Sept.
Sen. Johnson Expected to Return in Sept.
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Rise in China's Pork Prices Signals End to Cheap Output — Few things are as essential to the Chinese as their pigs. — From pork spare ribs and mu shu pork to char siu bao — barbecued pork buns — pork is a staple of the Chinese diet. So in this Year of the Pig, an acute shortage …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
America's Most Flaunted — Warning: This is a column about Paris Hilton. Those who are trying to ignore the travails of the famous-for-being-famous hotel heiress might want to avert their eyes. The rest of you, join me in honorable surrender. We have no choice but to pay attention.
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
For 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Split on Party Lines — The presidential candidates are dividing starkly along party lines on one of the signature fights of the 1990s: whether the 14-year-old policy of "don't ask, don't tell" should be repealed and gay men and lesbians allowed to serve openly in the military.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Two Years of Humble Pie — In Britain, Canada and other civilized places, national elections are often called, run and concluded within six weeks. In America, election campaigns go on forever. It used to be one year, now it's two. No one planned this, but like other evolutionary artifacts …
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Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press:
Iran to release 3 Finns detained in Gulf — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran seized three Finnish men on a fishing trip near a disputed Persian Gulf island and held them incommunicado for several days before agreeing Wednesday to release them, the men's employer said. — The three men working …
William Kristol / Time:
Lincoln's Wisdom — In the old days, historians—at least some of them—were patriotic and moralistic. No longer. We live in what Andrew Ferguson, in his brilliant new book, Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America, calls "a wised-up era." Now, Ferguson explains, "skepticism about the country …
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HillaryClinton.com:
Clinton Names Florida Reps. Wasserman Schultz, Hastings National Campaign Co-Chairs — Clinton to Hold Conference Call Announcing Additional Florida Endorsement Today — The Clinton Campaign today announced that Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Congressman Alcee Hastings have been named national Campaign Co-Chairs.