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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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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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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Immigration Bill Fails Key Senate Test Vote — The proposed overhaul of the nation's immigration laws teetered on the verge of collapse today, after four Republican senators switched their positions to help pass an amendment early this morning that would close the bill's guest worker program after five years.
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 …
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
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Power Line
Time Out:
Is London's future Islamic? — It's the capital's fastest growing religion, based on noble traditions and compassionate principles, yet Islam can still be tainted by mistrust and misunderstanding. Here Time Out argues that an Islamic London would be a better place
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Drudge Report:
SHARPTON BLASTS JUSTICE SYSTEM — Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network, and one of the country's foremost leaders for civil rights, is blasting the justice system for what appears to be favoritism in the early release of Paris Hilton. — "Though I have nothing …
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Ari Melber / The Nation:
Senate Begins Real Push on Habeas Corpus — Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed an important bill to restore habeas corpus, the sacrosanct Constitutional right to challenge government detention in court, by a vote of eleven to eight. — Habeas corpus was revoked …
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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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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Putin Presents Bush With Plan on Missile Shield — After months of angrily rejecting a White House plan for missile defense in Europe, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia surprised President Bush to day with an offer to build a joint system in the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan.
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The Sideshow:
The ultimate conservative — Glenn Greenwald has more on the fact that The Republican Party is the party of Bush, even though most of them are trying to distance themselves from him now because nobody likes him and even some conservatives have noticed that he hasn't exactly upheld the alleged principles of conservatism.
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Greg Sargent / The Coffee House:
Edwards: If Rudy Embraces Bush, Then "He'll Never Be President"
Edwards: If Rudy Embraces Bush, Then "He'll Never Be President"
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Andy McCarthy / National Review:
Re: Libby, Ctd. — I have been trying to stay out of the Libby fray (too many friends on both sides), and I want nowhere near an argument over Derb's comments. But as someone who has the battle scars attendant to defending Pat Fitzgerald here on our friendly Corner, I feel constrained …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Nothing New About It — Kagro X over at Kos responds to Joe Klein's intemperate column today in which he takes bloggers to task for being ... intemperate. — He makes one point that I think it important for some of these journalists to understand:
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Associated Press:
Judge freezes congressman's assets — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal judge Thursday froze the assets of Rep. William Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat who was indicted this week on charges of soliciting bribes. — A forfeiture charge is among the 16 criminal counts Jefferson is facing.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Targeting the Iranian "Secret Cells" — Qods Force logo, click to view. — Coalition and Iraqi security forces work to dismantle the Iranian run Sheibani and Qazali networks — Since the end of April, Multinational Forces Iraq has released a multitude of press releases noting the capture …
Bryan / Hot Air:
New Vent: Gorilla warfare against the open borders WSJ — The Wall Street Journal editorial board thinks conservatives who oppose the immigration bill are either xenophobes or bigots. Michelle engages in guerilla gorilla warfare to prove them wrong. — Blowback
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Sister Toldjah
James Risen / New York Times:
Democrats May Subpoena N.S.A. Documents — Senior House Democrats threatened Thursday to issue subpoenas to obtain secret legal opinions and other documents from the Justice Department related to the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program. — If the Democrats take that step …
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
CBC digs in for Jefferson — The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) dug in its heels yesterday in defense of indicted Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) and expressed concerns that a House ethics investigation on the lawmaker's alleged corrupt activities could influence, even poison, a future jury trial.