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3:45 AM ET, March 3, 2010

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John Stanton / Roll Call:
Bunning Accepts Deal Allowing Benefits Bill to Advance  —  Under increasing pressure from Democrats and members of his own party, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Tuesday night abandoned his one-man filibuster of a one-month extension to unemployment benefits and other programs.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Bunning ends his one-man filibuster  —  Sen. Jim Bunning's (R-Ky.) one-man filibuster ended on Tuesday.  —  Bunning agreed to stop blocking legislation to extend benefits and COBRA health plan subsidies to the unemployed after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
Discussion: Open Left and The Politico
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Splits on Senator's Move to Block Benefits  —  WASHINGTON — The effort to end a Senate standoff over unemployment benefits and health coverage for the jobless escalated on Tuesday morning as Senator Susan Collins, the moderate Republican from Maine, became the latest lawmaker …
John Stanton / Roll Call:
Democrats May Force All-Night Session  —  Democrats are hoping to turn the procedural tables on Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) and use Senate rules to break his blockade against an extension of unemployment insurance, including possibly forcing a round-the-clock session.
The Hill:
Speaker Pelosi on Rangel: ‘I guess he is still chair of Ways and Means’  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday night told The Hill that Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) is still chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.  —  After huddling with Rangel for 45 minutes, Pelosi initially said …
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The Politico:
Rangel on the brink  —  Charlie Rangel emerged from a closed-door meeting in Nancy Pelosi's office Tuesday night to declare that he's still the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and hasn't agreed to give up his gavel - even as some media outlets were reporting that he'd done just that.
msnbc.com:
NBC: Rangel to give up tax committee gavel  —  Sources: Ways and Means head to ‘temporarily’ leave post amid ethics woes  —  WASHINGTON - After being admonished by an ethics panel for accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean, Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., will give up his chairmanship …
Hasani Gittens / NBC New York:
Rangel Giving Up the Gavel  —  Could step down as early as tonight  —  Harlem Democrat Charles Rangel now says he will step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, NBC News has learned.  —  He may make the move as early as tonight and Michigan Democratic …
New York Times:   Under Fire, Rangel Appears to Be Losing Grip of Committee
CBS News:
Romney Tells Letterman: Palin “Has a Rifle, You Know”  —  Posted by Brian Montopoli 5 comments - Share - - - Share - E-mail - Print - Font Likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appeared on CBS's “Late Show with David Letterman” Tuesday as part of his tour to promote his new book …
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The Note:
‘The View’ Couch Not So Cozy for Romney  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis reports:  —  Mitt Romney bounded onto the set of ABC's “The View” this morning, perhaps expecting a light chat about his new book and possible presidential run.  —  But once the former Massachusetts governor settled onto the couch …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
It's Jay Leno's new ‘Tonight Show’ starring Sarah Palin
Discussion: Liberal Values and Ruby Slippers
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
'Sarah Palin's primaries:' 55 party fights
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Rick Perry, Bill White win Texas primaries for governor  —  Gov. Rick Perry cruised to a victory tonight in a three-way Republican primary fight, crushing Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and setting the stage for a run for a third full term this fall.  —  Hutchison conceded the race …
Discussion: Swing State Project and The Page
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Wall Street Journal:
Perry Rolls to Victory in Texas Primary
Discussion: Pajamas Media
R.G. Ratcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
Perry to face showdown against White in November
Discussion: FrumForum
David Catanese / The Politico:
Perry trounces Hutchison in Texas
Discussion: CNN
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama to Say Democrats Will Use Reconciliation to Pass Senate Health Care Reform Fix, If Not Given Up or Down Vote  —  White House officials tell ABC News that in his remarks tomorrow President Obama will indicate a willingness to work with Republicans on some issue …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
AR-Sen: Public Option Proves Enduring Democratic Campaign Issue  —  Bill Halter's support for the public option symbolizes a thread of liberal politics that will last well beyond this current Congress, regardless of what happens with health care.  The public option now becomes a litmus test …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Open Left
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Little Room On Lincoln's Left As Democrats Prep To Rally Behind Arkansas Conservadem
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Liz Cheney group accused of McCarthyism  —  My colleague Ben Smith has word this morning of a video from the Liz Cheney-backed group Keep America Safe questioning the loyalty of Justice Department attorneys who previously represented Guantanamo detainees.  —  The video provocatively calls …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Justices signal they're ready to make gun ownership a national right  —  A high court majority reviewing a handgun ban in Chicago indicates that it sees the right to ‘bear arms’ as national in scope, and can be used to strike down some state and local gun regulations.
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NY Daily News:
Mortimer Zuckerman announces he will not run for the Senate  —  Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman has announced he will not run for the Senate  —  The field in the battle for a New York Senate seat became a little clearer Tuesday when Mortimer B. Zuckerman announced he would not join the race.
Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Remarks With Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner  —  La Casa Rosada  —  Buenos Aires, DC, Argentina  —  PRESIDENT DE KIRCHNER: (Via interpreter) (In progress) meeting with Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State of the USA, where we addressed different matters of common interest to our countries.
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Alex Massie / The Daily Dish:
Hillary's Falklands Provocation
Discussion: Eunomia and FP Passport
Telegraph:
Taliban cave network found in Pakistan mountains  —  Pakistan's army has discovered a complex network of 156 caves used by the Taliban and al-Qaeda dug into rocky mountains close to the Afghan border.  —  The tunnels, which are thought to have been created over five to seven years …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Coffee Party Parasites  —  The New York Times and Washington Post are promoting a group called the “Coffee Party” organized by filmmaker Annabel Park.  —  The Coffee Party is a political parasite which presents itself as something it is not.  As reported in the NY Times [see update below] …
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John Cook / Gawker:
Roger Ailes Is a Self-Loathing Liberal  —  Roger Ailes, corpulent prick and president of Fox News, has come out of the closet as a liberal who opposes the war in Afghanistan and thinks wearing lapel pins to prove that you care about something is shallow.  —  In a 7-minute interview …
Domenico Montanaro / msnbc.com:
REPUBLICAN COMPARES OBAMA TO SNOOKI  —  From NBC's Luke Russert and Domenico Montanaro  —  What do Barack Obama and Snooki from MTV's “Jersey Shore” have in common?  —  Not a whole lot.  But a Georgia congressman actually found a way to draw the comparison, taking the rhetoric on Capitol Hill — incredibly — to a whole new low.
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and NewsReal Blog
 
 
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Joel Kotkin / Forbes:
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