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CNN:
Bush vetoes kids' health insurance expansion — President Bush on Wednesday vetoed legislation expanding a children's health insurance program by $35 billion over five years.
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush vetoes child health insurance plan — WASHINGTON - President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance. — It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency …
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
SCHIP slips as Dems trip over message — Democratic leaders on Tuesday moved quickly to shift public attention to President Bush's expected veto of a children's health insurance program from a surtax to pay for the war in Iraq. — Democrats had been reveling in their good fortune …
Mike Hall / AFL-CIO Weblog:
Ill Will: Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill — Shunning the wishes of the majority of the public and snubbing members of his own party who support ensuring that millions of America's children will have access to health care, President Bush today vetoed the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) renewal bill.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Vetoland, Population: 4 — President Bush increased the number of vetoes issued during his administration by 33% today, torpedoing the S-CHIP expansion and setting up a major policy battle with Congress. With the Senate passing the bill with enough votes to overturn the veto …
Washington Post:
Clinton Widens Lead in Poll — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has consolidated her place as the front-runner in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination, outpacing her main rivals in fundraising in the most recent quarter and widening her lead in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Edwards says Obama using stolen ideas — Former Sen. John Edwards's (D-N.C.) campaign widened its sights Tuesday to include Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and his foreign policy speech commemorating the five-year anniversary of his first speech against the Iraq war.
Quinnipiac University News and Events:
October 3, 2007 - Clinton Tops Giuliani By 11 Points In New York …
October 3, 2007 - Clinton Tops Giuliani By 11 Points In New York …
Patrick Ruffini:
Kos Traffic Numbers Inflated by 60% — Yesterday, I had the good "fortune" of being frontpaged on Daily Kos. The post sat atop the site for two hours. According to Google Analytics, the link produced 1,164 visitors yesterday. — For the traffic behemoth Kos is portrayed as, that seems low …
Byron York / National Review Online:
Limbaugh Makes His Case — On Monday evening, September 24, Rush Limbaugh was struck by a story that appeared on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson. "A closer look tonight at phony heroes," Gibson said in his introduction to the report, which was about men who claim to be veterans but are not.
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Media Matters for America:
FACT CHECK: "Phony Soldiers" and Limbaugh's Revisionist History
FACT CHECK: "Phony Soldiers" and Limbaugh's Revisionist History
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Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Ron Paul's grassroots problem — Paul has the most enthusiastic supporters in the race. I can appreciate their energy and motivation and for the most part I've found them to be articulate and reasonable people. But word up, your man is being perceived as the kook candidate …
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Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Pakistan Seen Losing Fight Against Taliban And Al-Qaeda — PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistan's government is losing its war against emboldened insurgent forces, giving al-Qaeda and the Taliban more territory in which to operate and allowing the groups to plot increasingly ambitious attacks …
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Brian Faughnan / Weekly Standard:
Obey's Promise on Iraq Funding: Less than Meets the Eye — Yesterday I wrote that Democrats in Congress had decided to capitulate on Iraq funding, and kick the can down the road until next year. Yet just minutes after I published that, the media was awash with headlines about how Democrats …
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The Politico:
Giuliani claims Christian support — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Facing a barrage of questions about his appeal to conservative voters, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed Wednesday that religious conservatives will embrace him because at least they know where he stands.
Paul J. Gough / Hollywood Reporter:
One-man show at ABC o'seas bureaus — NEW YORK — After two decades of cutbacks in international bureaus, ABC News is bucking the trend by creating one-person operations that will dramatically boost its coverage in Africa, India and elsewhere. — The small offices, staffed by a reporter-producer …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rudy does end run around the right's leaders — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the Republican frontrunner in national polls, has avoided meeting with the nation's most powerful socially conservative leaders, and instead is taking his appeal directly to conservative activists at the local level.