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Robert Pear / New York Times:
White House Acts to Limit Health Plan for Children — The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children's Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families.
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Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
New Bush Policies Limit Reach of Child Insurance Plan — The Bush administration, engaged in a battle with Congress over whether a popular children's health insurance program should be expanded, has announced new policies that will make it harder for states to insure all but the lowest-income children.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Cheney's Office Says It Has Wiretap Documents — Vice President Cheney's office acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it has dozens of documents related to the administration's warrantless surveillance program, but it signaled that it will resist efforts by congressional Democrats to obtain them.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Leahy: Cheney Told GOP-Led Congress It Was 'Not Allowed To Issue Subpoenas' — Today in a press briefing, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) revealed that the White House had missed its 2:30 PM deadline to turn over documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding legal justifications …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senator Calls for Maliki's Ouster — Declaring the government of Iraq "non-functional," the influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday that Iraq's parliament should oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his cabinet if they are unable to forge a political compromise …
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New York Times:
Two Senators Call for New Leader in Iraq — The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, after completing a two-day tour of Iraq, said Monday that the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki should be voted from office because it has proved incapable of reaching …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Levin: Escalation's Goals Have 'Totally And Utterly Failed …
Levin: Escalation's Goals Have 'Totally And Utterly Failed …
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Average Incomes Fell for Most in 2000-5 — Americans earned a smaller average income in 2005 than in 2000, the fifth consecutive year that they had to make ends meet with less money than at the peak of the last economic expansion, new government data shows.
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News For The Left:
FEC Complaint filed against Fred Thompson — Fred Thompson is breaking the law and it's time somebody did something about it. So, this morning, I filed an FEC Complaint against him. For far too long, he has been ignoring the letter and spirit of Federal Election Law for his own political benefit.
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Confederate Yankee:
Misfire: AP's Bogus Ammo Shortage Story — An Associated Press report published late Friday afternoon stated that ammunition shortages in some law enforcement agencies around the nation were to be blamed on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: … The damning narrative was grasped quickly …
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WJLA-TV:
Congressman Charged for Assault At Dulles — ABC 7 has learned the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority have charged Representative Robert Filner of California with assault and battery following an incident at Dulles International Airport Sunday night.
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John Hanna / Associated Press:
Clinton, McCain split on Iraq pullout — KANSAS CITY, Mo. - New military tactics in Iraq are working but the best way to honor U.S. soldiers is "by beginning to bring them home," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told war veterans Monday. — Clinton, seeking the Democratic nomination for president …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Hail Caesar — I've been getting a lot of emails about this group Family Security Matters which boasts such right wing luminaries as Barbara Comstock, Monica Crowley, Frank Gaffney, Laura Ingraham and James Woolsey among others on its board of directors. It seems like they are just another …
Michael Skube / Ace of Spades HQ:
Cluelessly Ironic Blog-Bashing Column of the Week — Seems an odd time for the MSM to lecture bloggers about the need for "the patient fact-finding of reporters." … Frank doesn't want to tell Ellie her husband is a liar, dude. — But this entire article is fundamentally dishonest.
NewsMax.com:
Jane Fonda's Radio Network Tanks — The "feminist" radio company whose founders include Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem failed to attract an audience and it signed off the air for good on Friday. — When the talk-radio network, called GreenStone, officially launched in September 2006 …
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Criticism of a Gender Theory, and a Scientist Under Siege — In academic feuds, as in war, there is no telling how far people will go once the shooting starts. — Earlier this month, members of the International Academy of Sex Research, gathering for their annual meeting in Vancouver …