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8:35 PM ET, February 6, 2009

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Latest Cuts To The Stim Package: Head Start, Child Nutrition, Food Stamps Public Transit  —  I've just obtained an internal Senate committee memo detailing the latest cuts being eyed by the gang of Senators being led by Dem Ben Nelson and GOPer Susan Collins.  Here is what's being eyed in the bill right now:
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The Politico:
Pelosi dismisses bipartisanship calls  —  In a statement sure to rile Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday dismissed calls for bipartisanship as “process” arguments extraneous to passing a stimulus bill — and warned Senate Democrats against slashing proposed increases to education spending.
The Huffington Post:
Reid Proposes His Own Stimulus Cuts, Collins Disappointed  —  Sens. Ben Nelson and Susan Collins just wrapped up a meeting with Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate Democratic leadership meant to hammer out details of a compromise stimulus package.  —  Asked how she was feeling as she left …
New York Times:
Senators Close to Reaching Accord on Stimulus Bill  —  WASHINGTON — Spurred by a dismal unemployment report for January, senators were close to reaching an accord on Friday evening on an economic stimulus program of some $800 billion sought by President Obama to pull the country out of the worst recession in years.
Dana Bash / CNN:
$780 billion stimulus deal reached, sources say  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic and Republican senators have reached a tentative agreement for a $780 billion stimulus package, according to two Democratic sources and a GOP negotiator.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has taken the list …
Elana Schor / TPMDC:
The Stimulus Plot Thickens: Tax Break Changes Now on the Table  —  The complicated state of the Senate stimulus debate just got more intense.  —  Sen. Olympia Snowe (ME), one of the four Republicans considered genuinely open to cooperation with Democrats on a workable economic recovery bill …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Senators reach deal to cut stimulus bill to $780B  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with key Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart …
Washington Post:
Senators Appear to Reach Tentative Deal on Stimulus Package
ABCNEWS:
Senate Reaches $780 Billion Stimulus Deal
Discussion: Firedoglake and Political Punch
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
More On The “Bipartisan” Stimulus Negotiations
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Bristol”  —  I've given up counting, but I should note that none of her defenders on the right have really dealt with the documented fact of her repeated self-refutations and delusional assertions of “facts” that are indisputably non-facts.  Her unstable grip on reality, taken for granted in Alaska …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Think Progress:
REPORT: GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Dem Lawmakers By Almost 2 To 1 In Cable News Stimulus Debate Again  —  Last week, ThinkProgress released a report showing that, in the debate over the House economic recovery bill on the five cable news networks, Republican members of Congress outnumbered …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NO LIBERALS ON THE TEEVEE, REDUX.... In late January …
Discussion: Spin Cycle
ABCNEWS:
CEOs, Bankers Used Corporate Credit Cards for Sex, Says New York Madam  —  Wall Street Exposed as Convicted Escort Boss Reveals Client List of 9,800  —  Wall street lawyers, investment bankers, CEOs and media executives often used corporate credit cards to pay for $2,000 an hour prostitutes …
Discussion: Firedoglake, DealBook and The Impolitic
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John Byrne / The Raw Story:
Wall Street CEOs, investment bankers charged prostitutes on …
Discussion: Hot Air and Pam's House Blend
Karen Tumulty / Swampland:
How Bad Is It?  —  This bad, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office shows us:  —  If you are having trouble reading the fine print: The blue line shows job losses in the 1990 recession; the red line is 2001, and the green line is the path we are on now.  —  UPDATE: To clarify, these are not projections.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and D-Day
God & Country:
Exclusive Interview: Conservative Evangelical Leader Tony Perkins Sours on the GOP  —  Doing some reporting on how the religious right is greeting the election of Michael Steele—who's been portrayed as squishy on some social issues—as Republican Party chairman, I called Family Research …
Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:
Obama's Preemptive Strike  —  President Obama's desire to talk — and talk, and talk — to the American public could cost broadcast networks millions, and millions, and millions of prime-time TV dollars.  —  Broadcasters are bracing themselves for the likelihood of three prime-time interruptions …
Nicholas Ballasy / CNSNews:
Cher: Republican Rule Almost ‘Killed Me’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Grammy award-winning singer and Academy award-winning actress Cher told CNSNews.com that living under Republican rule almost “killed” her, and she does not understand why anyone would want to be a Republican.
Discussion: Top of the Ticket and Hot Air
THE WEEK - Online:
Captives in our homes  —  In democracies the people get what they want.  In America, we've always dreamed of owning a house—a 1,500-square-foot stake in the community.  We demand roots—with a rec room.  So over the past decade our government obligingly delivered a heady brew of monetary policy …
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Will Wilkinson
John M. Donnelly / CQ Politics:
Congressman Twitters an Iraq Security Breach  —  A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret.  —  But the cat's out of the bag now, thanks to a member of the House Intelligence Committee who broke an embargo via Twitter.  —  A delegation led by House Minority Leader John …
Discussion: Emptywheel
Rep. Aaron Schock / The Huffington Post:
Thank You, Readers  —  Thank you to the readers of the Huffington Post for voting me the “Hottest Freshman” of the 111th Congress.  It's about time politicians from Illinois were known for something other than bad haircuts or having the ability to walk on water.
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama vs McCain: ‘We had an election’  —  One curious contretempts of the stimulus debate is the conflict between Sen. John McCain, the losing Republican nominee for president, and President Barack Obama, the winner of an electoral landslide in an election which Obama portrayed as a matter of “change.”
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
THE GOP'S WAR ON SOLIS.  —  Republican senators have a modest proposal for Hilda Solis: that if she's confirmed as Labor Secretary, she recuse herself from any advocacy for the Employee Free Choice Act.  —  That's quite the suggestion.  Rather like asking Robert Gates not to advocate for the armed forces …
Discussion: AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
Manu Raju / The Politico:
McCain blasts Obama  —  Sen. John McCain took his most direct shot at President Barack Obama since the presidential campaign on Friday morning, using a Senate floor speech to criticize the president for mocking the Republican concerns over the massive economic stimulus package.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah and RedState
Mark Blumenthal / pollster.com:
Is Support for the Stimulus Plan Falling?  —  Is support for the economic stimulus legislation falling?  Three polls provide data on point this week: Gallup says support is flat, while CBS News and Rasmussen Reports say support is declining.  —  While it is easy to plot the trends in a chart (as above), caution is in order.
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Ross Douthat:
Liberals, Ideology, and Big Government  —  Several years ago, in a piece that's long since vanished into The New Republic's world-devouring archives, Jon Chait suggested that liberalism was, by its very nature, more pragmatic and less ideological than conservatism.
Michelle Malkin:
The “compromise” is a crock of you-know-what; Sellouts on the Senate floor; Show us the bill  —  Scroll for updates...Sellouts on the Senate floor 7:30pm Eastern...  Gold-plated poop.  —  Details of GOP Sen. Susan Collins' “compromise” “stimulus” proposal are coming out.
Andrea Seabrook / NPR:
Earmark-Free Stimulus Bill Lacks Spending Direction  —  Listen Now  —  · When congressional leaders began to assemble the mammoth economic stimulus bill, top Democrats and the Obama administration decided that there would be no earmarks: no “special projects,” no pork-barrel spending.
Discussion: The Corner, Don Surber and NO QUARTER
Reed Hastings / New York Times:
Please Raise My Taxes  —  I'M the chief executive of a publicly traded company and, like my peers, I'm very highly paid.  The difference between salaries like mine and those of average Americans creates a lot of tension, and I'd like to offer a suggestion.  President Obama should celebrate our success …
Dr. Melissa Clouthier:
Diane Feinstein “Reserves The Right To Vote Against” Stimulus Bill—UPDATED  —  Is Diane Feinstein an obstructionist?  —  It occurs to me that Barack Obama campaigned in language that made him sound like a small government guy.  No wonder people hate the Stimulus Bill.
Wall Street Journal:
Bracing Ourselves  —  America prepares for the worst, and Republicans suddenly seem serious.  —  All week the word I kept thinking of was “braced.”  America is braced, like people who are going fast and see a crash ahead.  They know huge and historic challenges are here.
MSNBC:
2 face death over Quran translation  —  4 more jailed over pocket-size book deemed a mistranslation of God's word  —  KABUL - No one knows who brought the book to the mosque, or at least no one dares say.  —  The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already landed six men in prison …
Discussion: A Blog For All
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
How Theresa Hatt Caused The Financial Crisis  —  Last month, Theresa Hatt died at 52, after a brief struggle with cancer.  —  Hatt, who lived in Portland, Maine, and worked for the city of Scarborough, had had several credit cards in her name.  So, shortly after her death, Hatt's son …
Iain Murray / The Corner:
Mark-to-Market Suspension Monday?  —  The Dow is heading up, and it's not because Senatorial opposition to the stimulus is weakening.  It started with the news yesterday that the Administration is on the verge of getting one huge thing right and will announce a suspension of certain mark-to-market rules on Monday.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
AFTER GINSBURG  —  Like Thurgood Marshall (and very few other Justices in the recent history of the Supreme Court), Ruth Bader Ginsburg had secured a major place in American history before she was even appointed to the high court.  As a principal architect of the legal strategy to end discrimination …
Discussion: Democracy in America
 
 
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Confidence in Obama Remains High After Cabinet Troubles
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
HEH.  REASON TV ON THE STIMULUS.
Discussion: Political Machine and TigerHawk
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
On The Origins And Meaning Of The Term, “The Villagers”
Mario Rizzo / ThinkMarkets:
Keynes Supported Counter-Cyclical Payroll Tax Reductions
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Despite Obama's promises, rival views are scrubbed from White House
Discussion: Open Left
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Tax Court Takes Swipe at Daschle-Geithner-Killefer-Solis in Making …
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Limbaugh Well-Liked by Many, but Not All, Republicans
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
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