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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sens: Snowe's healthcare vote puts her top Commerce perch at risk — Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) is risking a shot at becoming the top Republican on an influential Senate committee by backing Democratic healthcare legislation, according to senators on the panel.
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Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Echoing Insurance Industry, Lieberman Says He Doesn't Support Baucus Bill — In August, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told CNN that he believed it was the wrong time for President Obama and Congress to attempt health care reform. “I'm afraid we've got to think about putting a lot of that off until …
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
PWC statement — Not so helpful for AHIP — PricewaterhouseCoopers, the authors of AHIP's report, put out a statement last night that basically said, “Hey, we weren't paid to evaluate the effects of the entire bill, but rather a small slice of it.” The statement only seems to reinforce critics' view …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Republicans Run Their Political Party The Right Way — When Olympia Snowe angers her colleagues by voting yes on health reform, they won't just be annoyed they may actually punish her by denying her the opportunity to become ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee.
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill — The Senate Finance Committee is to meet on Tuesday for final debate and a vote on its long-gestating health care bill. — Because Democrats hold a 13-to-10 majority on the panel, there is no question that the bill is headed to the Senate floor.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / Prescriptions:Live Blogging the Finance Panel Vote on Health Care Bill
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Big Government:The Baucus Prescription: Higher Taxes and Higher Premiums (Updated)
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MSteele / GOP.com:
Let me ask you — The Internet has been around a while, now. But, I still find it an amazing platform for innovation, not just in technology, but in life. Beyond admiring the way it powers so many inventions and businesses, it has become a personal thing for me.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Missing from GOP.com: Future — This is, a youngish Republican points out to me this morning, a bit of an unfortunate place for an empty page on the Republican National Committee's nifty new website. — That would be the “Future Leaders” page. — Post Comment — Pages — HILARIOUS!
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:Top Ten Reasons Why The GOP Website Relaunch Is Fizzlin'
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
GOP Tweets clip of Hitler praising Pelosi UPDATE — Hitler hearts Pelosi? — That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account.
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Reason:
The Unknown War — The defeat of communism 20 years ago was the most liberating moment in history. So why don't we talk about it more? — On August 23, 1989, officials from the newly reformed and soon-to-be-renamed Communist Party of Hungary ceased policing the country's militarized border with Austria.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:Russia Resists U.S. Position on Sanctions for Iran
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Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Orly Taitz Responds To Judge's $20k Fine: Shove It! — Reached on her cell phone by TPMmuckraker and informed of the $20,000 fine imposed on her by a federal judge this morning, Birther attorney Orly Taitz responded, first, with laughter. — “So he didn't recuse himself?”
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Booman Tribune:
Can I Vent? — Yesterday was probably the most embarrassing day yet for the progressive blogosphere during the short reign of the Obama administration. So, now is probably a good time to just let loose and register my disgust with the movement I've been a part of for the last five years.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Liz Cheney takes on ‘radical’ W.H. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's eldest daughter Liz will launch a new group aimed at rallying opposition to the “radical” foreign policy of the Obama administration which it says has succeeded only in undermining the nation's security.
WHDH-TV:
Symbol carved into green at Lakeville golf course — LAKEVILLE, Mass — Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol resembling a swastika carved into the green. — Lakeville County Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morning.
The Smoking Gun:
O'Reilly Falafel Suit Turns Five — Fox News star's pervy sex fantasies, boasts just never get old — Happy anniversary, Bill O'Reilly! On this date five years ago, the Fox News Channel host was named in a sexual harassment lawsuit brimming with lurid details about vibrators, phone sex …
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews: 'Someone's Going To Jam a CO2 Pellet Into Rush's Head' — What some guys won't say to get attention . . . Analogizing Rush Limbaugh to a James Bond villain, Chris Matthews today fantasized: “at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and he's going to explode like a giant blimp.”
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Michael Ledeen / Pajamas Media:
Khamenei Said to be in Coma — This story has been floating around the net for the past day or so, but this report comes from a person who is in a position to know such things. As I know very well (having been gulled into wrongly announcing Khamenei's death a while back), it is easy to be misled …
Tom Lowry / Business Week:
Bloomberg Wins Bidding For BusinessWeek — Bloomberg LP, the global financial data and news empire created by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, is the winning bidder for BusinessWeek. — Terms of the offer will not be disclosed by Bloomberg and BusinessWeek parent McGraw-Hill Cos.
Fox News:
Christian Convert Teen Must Go Back to Ohio, Judge Rules — A 17-year old girl who fled from her home, fearing her Muslim parents would kill her for converting to Christianity, must go back to Ohio, a Florida judge ruled Tuesday. — Judge Daniel Dawson ruled Ohio has jurisdiction over the case involving the teen, Rifqa Bary.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Cable Effect — I got to the office a bit before 9AM today and within 20 minutes I felt incredibly agitated. I was pissed off. I also had a feeling of despair about the prospects for health reform. I was mad, and I also felt helpless. What was wrong? Was it just a bad case of the Mondays?
Mark Maske / Washington Post:
NFL Casts Doubt on Limbaugh's Bid — BOSTON—Commissioner Roger Goodell said here Tuesday that it would be inappropriate for the owner of an NFL franchise to make the sort of controversial statements attributed in the past to conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Number of U.S. Troops in Afghanistan Overlooks Thousands of Support Troops — Additional Deployments Not Announced and Rarely Noted — President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized …
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Graham: GOP ‘not going to be the party of angry white guys’ — (CNN) - South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has always enjoyed a little back-and-forth with belligerent audiences. — He was at it again on Monday night as he faced down an angry town hall crowd in Greenville packed with libertarians …
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