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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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Washington Post:
As Panel Votes Today, Democrats Look Ahead — The Senate Finance Committee will hold a landmark vote on health-care reform legislation Tuesday that is expected to underscore the deep partisan divisions that have emerged and hardened over five months of debate.
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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 …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / Prescriptions:
Live Blogging the Finance Panel Vote on Health Care Bill — The Hearing Begins | 10:08 a.m. Senator Max Baucus, the chairman of the Finance Committee, opens the hearing and is running through the history of the committee's recent work. — Getting Ready |
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill
Senate Panel Is Set for Vote on Health Care Bill
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The Politico:
Snowe ‘aye’ or ‘nay’ today will drive the fall …
Snowe ‘aye’ or ‘nay’ today will drive the fall …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Grassley suggests Snowe will vote against Baucus healthcare reform bill
Grassley suggests Snowe will vote against Baucus healthcare reform bill
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty / Big Government:
The Baucus Prescription: Higher Taxes and Higher Premiums (Updated)
The Baucus Prescription: Higher Taxes and Higher Premiums (Updated)
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New York Times:
Congress Is Split on Effort to Tax Costly Health Plans
Congress Is Split on Effort to Tax Costly Health Plans
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
AHIP'S STRATEGY STUMBLES.... Yesterday, the America's Health …
AHIP'S STRATEGY STUMBLES.... Yesterday, the America's Health …
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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!
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 …
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Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
Russian Foreign Minister: Threats of Iran Sanctions Won't Work
Russian Foreign Minister: Threats of Iran Sanctions Won't Work
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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.
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Orly Taitz Sanctioned for $20,000 — The “Birther queen” has been slapped with a five-figure fine for “wasting the judicial resources” of the Middle District of Georgia, where she'd filed one of her numerous lawsuits demanding that President Obama prove his citizenship before deploying soldiers to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Justin Elliott / TPMMuckraker:
Orly Taitz Responds To Judge's $20k Fine: Shove It!
Orly Taitz Responds To Judge's $20k Fine: Shove It!
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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.
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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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 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.”
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Second Thoughts in Battle for Virginia — WASHINGTON — When State Senator R. Creigh Deeds defeated Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic Party chairman and confidante of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, to be the Democratic nominee for governor of Virginia, the argument among many Democrats …
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
OBAMA 15TH HOTTEST HEAD OF STATE — President Barack Obama may have been granted a Nobel Peace Prize, but that doesn't mean that every top honor comes to him easily. The new website “Hottest Heads of State” has ranked the attractiveness of 172 world leaders, and Obama comes in 15th behind …
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The Politico:
BRUCE JENNER: BARACK OBAMA UNDESERVING OF NOBEL AWARD — TMZ has a video of former Olympian and “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” reality star Bruce Jenner weighing in on President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win. — “He's done nothing,” Jenner said. “He's done absolutely nothing.”