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Lori Montgomery / Capitol Briefing:
Democrats to resolve abortion impasse on the House floor — House Democratic leaders agreed Friday night to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's health care system.
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The Hill:
Up-or-down vote on an amendment to block abortion funding approved — House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment blocking any money in its healthcare overhaul from funding abortions, risking the votes of members who support abortion rights.
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Bishops endorse the bill — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops delivered a critical endorsement to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday by signing off on late-night agreement to grant a vote on an amendment barring insurance companies that participate in the exchange from covering abortions.
Michelle Malkin:
Liveblogging: The new Imperial Congress votes on Pelosicare; Update: Female Democrats turn House resolution process into circus — The House is now in a rare Saturday session for the government health care takeover ram down. — Welcome to the new Imperial Congress.
On Politics:
Vulnerable Democratic freshman abandon the health care bill — Some of the most vulnerable Democrats in the House are starting to flake off the health care bill. — There are a dozen first-term Democrats representing districts that Republican presidential nominee John McCain won last year.
Dana Bash / CNN:
Obama to visit Hill as abortion issue looms — Washington (CNN) — President Obama will meet with members of the House Democratic caucus Saturday in a rare visit to Capitol Hill as he works to push forward proposed health care legislation. — But the contentious issue of abortion …
The Hill:
Health bill reaches moment of truth — The House healthcare bill has taken more twists and turns and has zig-zagged its way through more Democratic districts than the Mississippi River. — And after a month's worth of legislative wrangling and deal-making, the bill is approaching its final destination …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: THE EFFECTS OF THE ABORTION ‘COMPROMISE’.... As of late yesterday …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Reminds Nation of Military's Diversity — WASHINGTON — President Obama, extending condolences to the community at Fort Hood, Texas, reminded Americans on Saturday that people of “every race, faith and station” serve in the military — an oblique attempt to prevent a backlash against Muslims …
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
She Ran to Gunfire, and Ended It — KILLEEN, Tex. — The police officer who brought down a gunman after he went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base here was on the way to have her car repaired when she responded to a police radio report of gunfire at a center where soldiers …
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MyFox Boston:
Barney Frank present during marijuana bust — BOSTON (FOX25, myfoxboston) - FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready's home in Ogunquit, Maine. Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank.
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Republican Ways and Means:
PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail — Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained …
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Something Is Missing — Marc Ambinder, ever the willing recipient of White House spin, ponders, “Is Barack Obama's cool style of governing fundamentally incompatible with the furnace of modern politics?” This is a variation on the “We are not worthy” sort of punditry …
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!? — Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at the rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow): … Let's help Gibbs out with this in particular:
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John / Power Line:
Today's Unemployment Figure In Context — Unemployment has reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent. Today the House Republican Conference sent out this graphic, which is essentially the same as the chart that we've been following for some months now; click to enlarge:
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Broader Measure of Unemployment Stands at 17.5% — For all the pain caused by the Great Recession, the job market still was not in as bad shape as it had been during the depths of the early 1980s recession — until now. — With the release of the jobs report on Friday …
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