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In shift, GOP leaders embrace Hoffman — The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach toward …
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23rd Congressional debate held on NewsChannel 9 — East Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - The battle for the 23rd Congressional seat reached a high point Thursday night on NewsChannel 9. — Ever since John McHugh was appointed Secretary of the Army, the three candidates and their national supporters have been going at it.
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National Review
Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:The Outlook for the 2009 Elections — We are still a few days away …
David Rogers / The Politico:
'I'm not big on showing weakness' — Even before her bill reaches the House floor, health care reform has been a lesson in the limits of power for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — and in the immense challenge of managing disappointment on the left. — The bill rolled out Thursday is weaker …
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Ryan Ellis / Americans for Tax Reform RSS:
BREAKING: Comprehensive List of Taxes In House Democrat Health Bill — H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” has been introduced—all 1990 pages of it. This gargantuan beast contains thirteen new tax hikes. Here they all are, with description and page number (PDF version):
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Chris Frates / The Politico:How Democrats can say the bill costs less than $1 trillion
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The Note
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:Audio of Nancy Pelosi's Blogger Conference call on the House health care bill.
Kara Rowland / Washington Times:House health-bill event closed to public
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Seven members of House defense subcommittee scrutinized by ethics investigators — Separate probes focus on ties to lobbying firm founded by Hill aide — Nearly half the members of a powerful House subcommittee in control of Pentagon spending are under scrutiny by ethics investigators in Congress …
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Washington Post:
Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry — House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July.
People-Press.org:
Fox News Viewed as Most Ideological Network — Swine Flu Tops Weekly News Interest — The Fox News Channel is viewed by Americans in more ideological terms than other television news networks. And while the public is evenly divided in its view of hosts of cable news programs having …
Eric Jackson / TheStreet.com:
Evan Bayh: Hypocrisy on the Public Option — Stock quotes in this article: WLP , EMMS , LLY — WASHINGTON (TheStreet) — Evan Bayh, the junior senator from Indiana, is in the middle of a heated debate in the Senate on whether a public option should be included as part of President Obama's health care reforms.
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Bayh reversal? — Hours after POLITICO posted results of a poll showing a possible backlash by Indiana Dems, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) backed off of previous statement saying he was considering siding with the GOP on a public option filibuster. — A spokesman emailed me the following statement just now:
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Democracy Corps:
Corzine Leads Christie by Five Points in New Jersey — With less than a week to go before Election Day in New Jersey, a new survey conducted for Stan Greenberg and James Carville's organization Democracy Corps shows Democratic Governor Jon Corzine slightly expanding his lead over Republican Chris Christie to 5 points.
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David Lat / Above the Law:
Brooklyn Law Won't Proactively Rat Out Its Students — Yesterday we reported on this announcement by Brooklyn Law School: … This stance proved unpopular with BLS students, as well as ATL readers. In a poll, about 75 percent of readers answered “yes” when asked, “Should Brooklyn Law School …
Anill / Think Progress:
New Jersey Police: Reports Like Lou Dobbs' ‘Not At All Uncommon’ During Hunting Season — Several media sources have reported that shots were fired at the residence of CNN's Lou Dobbs. While Dobbs and his anti-immigrant supports were quick to jump to conclusions about the motive of the shooting …
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Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Disgraceful: In 8 Years, George W. Bush Never Greeted Fallen Troops — This is what a president does. … NPR notes that, … Why? … Bush also preferred to go bed early, but apparently, could never get his ass out of bed early enough to honor the soldiers he so recklessly sent off to die.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Tenacity Question — Today, President Obama will lead another meeting to debate strategy in Afghanistan. He will presumably discuss the questions that have divided his advisers: How many troops to commit? How to define plausible goals? Should troops be deployed broadly or just in the cities and towns?
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Defining Moment — O.K., folks, this is it. It's the defining moment for health care reform. — Past efforts to give Americans what citizens of every other advanced nation already have — guaranteed access to essential care — have ended not with a bang, but with a whimper …
Mallory Simon / CNN:
They make their mark in mug shot history — (CNN) — Police say guilt was written all over their faces. — Police received a call Friday night that two men with hooded sweatshirts and painted faces had tried to break into a man's home in Carroll, Iowa. — When police stopped …
Los Angeles Times:
Iran reply on nuclear deal called ‘inadequate’ — A Western diplomat says Tehran wants to send its uranium abroad for enrichment in smaller batches and over a longer period of time than foreseen by the U.S.-backed proposal. — U.N. nuclear inspectors arrive in Vienna after a visit …
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Guardian:
Blair hopes for EU presidency sinking fast — Ex-PM's chances of winning role slide as Sarkozy and Merkel fail to back him — Tony Blair's hopes of becoming Europe's first sitting president were receding fast last night as Britain admitted his chances of success were “fading” …
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