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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Heckler's Behavior May Bring Action in House — WASHINGTON — House Democrats intend to pursue a formal resolution admonishing Representative Joe Wilson for his outburst against President Obama during the president's speech to Congress on Wednesday night unless he apologizes on the floor.
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Paul Kane / Capitol Briefing:
S.C.'s Wilson Rakes In $750,000 in Less Than 48 Hours; Opponent Tops $1 Million — With a political arms race in full force, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has raised almost $750,000 in less than 48 hours since his shout of “You lie!” to President Obama during the Wednesday address to Congress …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Wilson in Trouble — In a matter of seconds Wednesday night …
Wilson in Trouble — In a matter of seconds Wednesday night …
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Over the Line in South Carolina
Over the Line in South Carolina
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Mark McKinnon / Blogs and Stories:
Send Joe Wilson Home
Send Joe Wilson Home
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
House Dems Bracing For Huge Turnout At Glenn Beck/Tea Party Gathering — Looks like there's serious concern among Dems about the big 9/12 rally that's being heavily promoted by Glenn Beck, Fox, and the tea partiers for tomorrow. — A top House Dem leadership aide has emailed a memo …
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation of DC TEA Party Planners — On the eve of what organizers call a ‘Big Ol’ TEA Party', the Washington, D.C., offices of FreedomWorks were evacuated by DC Metro police on Friday afternoon after the conservative organization reported to authorities at 3:42 pm ET that it had received a bomb threat.
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
House Dem Leadership Now Managing Expectations for 9/12 Tea Party Protests — Tomorrow, the 9/12 protest will take place in Washington, D.C. An offshoot of the Tax Day Tea Party movement, and hyped by Glenn Beck and conservative activist groups, the turn out promises to be healthy.
Fox News:
Census Bureau Severs Ties With ACORN — The Census Director has sent a letter to the National Headquarters of ACORN notifying the group that it will no longer have a role in conducting the 2010 census. ACORN had previously been tapped to help with low level data gathering. — FOXNews.com
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Michelle Malkin:
ACORN Watch: Census Bureau cuts ties; Update: Census letter added — It's a start! — FNC's Major Garrett reports on Twitter that the U.S. Census Bureau has cut all ties to ACORN, which had been named a Census data collection partner for the 2010 Census.
David M. Herszenhorn / Prescriptions:
Illegal Immigrants Could Not Buy Insurance on New ‘Exchange,’ White House Says — The White House on Friday said it would bar illegal immigrants from purchasing health coverage through a proposed insurance marketplace. But it said that the federal government would continue to require hospitals …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Senate to close ObamaCare loophole for illegal immigrants …
Senate to close ObamaCare loophole for illegal immigrants …
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Detroit Free Press:
Man arraigned in Owosso slayings — OWOSSO, Mich. — Prosecutors say the man charged in deaths of an anti-abortion activist and a businessman told them he wanted to kill third person. — Harlan Drake, 33, of Owosso, was arraigned this afternoon on two counts of first-degree murder …
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Emma Graves Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Anti-Abortion Protester Slain in Michigan; Suspect in Custody
Anti-Abortion Protester Slain in Michigan; Suspect in Custody
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Foon Rhee / Boston Globe:
Markey not running for Kennedy seat — Representative Edward J. Markey, the longest serving House member from Massachusetts, announced late today that he will not seek the Senate seat opened by Edward M. Kennedy's death. — Markey, a Malden Democrat, said he could do more as a senior member …
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Will Wilkinson:
For a 9/10 America — Watching and reading the various 9/11 remembrances this year, I get the sense that a lot of Americans are ready to move on but are hesitant for fear of seeming either callous or negligently complacent about the country's security. But it's past time to move on.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Connecticut Senate Race — Connecticut's Dodd Trails Potential GOP Foe by 10 — Longtime Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, tarnished by last year's financial blow-up, continues to struggle as he prepares for a reelection bid in 2010. — The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide …
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Coast Guard statement on media report of gunfire on the Potomac — WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Friday that reports in the media were based on overheard radio calls made over a training frequency and that no shots were fired during the exercise.
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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
CNN takes heat for Coast Guard report
CNN takes heat for Coast Guard report
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Obama highlights problem of uninsured — About half of all Americans under 65 will go without health insurance coverage for some period of time during the next 10 years, President Barack Obama stressed during this Saturday's radio address. — Roughly one-third of those Americans …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
A march today, but is it a movement? — Joe Wilson brought a taste of the summer's contentious health care town halls to the floor of Congress Wednesday night, and on Saturday thousands of fired-up conservatives are planning to bring some of that anger to the streets outside the Capitol.
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Tony Romm / The Hill:
Cornyn: Obama model of bipartisanship on war, not healthcare — Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Saturday praised the Obama administration for its commitment to Afghanistan and pledged his party's continued support for protecting the war-torn state. — The Texas senator also implored …
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The Swamp
Wall Street Journal:
Conservatives Gather in Capital — Critics of Obama Policies, Energized by Town-Hall Meetings, Will March Saturday — Conservative activists from around the country are gathering in Washington on Saturday, seeking to continue their momentum in shaping the national debate on everything from health care to White House staffing.
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James O'Keefe / Big Government:
On Why I Don't Return Phone Calls from an Intrepid CNN Producer — So far CNN has only reported on the breaking story on blatant ACORN CORRUPTION from angles that attempt to extricate the government funded “community organizing” enterprise from the extreme crime we caught on videotape.
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