Top Items:
Washington Post:
House may try to pass Senate health-care bill without voting on it — After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it.
Discussion:
Firedoglake, The New Republic, The Hill, Mediaite, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, CNN, Doug Ross, Ezra Klein, TPMDC, msnbc.com, The Huffington Post, The Hill, Daily Kos, Repository, USA Today, The Atlantic Online, Media Matters for America, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, Roll Call, Wall Street Journal, The Awl, The Fix, Maggie's Farm, The Swamp, Hit & Run, Washington Examiner, NewsBusters.org, MyDD, Left Coast Rebel, The Political Carnival, AmSpecBlog, Cato @ Liberty, Scared Monkeys, The Note, And So it Goes in Shreveport, Another Black Conservative, Althouse, Jules Crittenden, Snapped Shot, The Caucus, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, QandO and Politics Daily
RELATED:
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Key Dem: Using ‘deem and pass’ health plan is ‘wrong’ — A plan that would allow House Democrats to bypass a direct vote on the Senate's healthcare bill is causing “discomfort,” a key centrist Democrat said Tuesday. — Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.), a member of the Blue Dog and New Democrat Coalitions …
Wall Street Journal:
Slaughter House Rules — How Democrats may ‘deem’ ObamaCare into law, without voting. — We're not sure American schools teach civics any more, but once upon a time they taught that under the U.S. Constitution a bill had to pass both the House and Senate to become law.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, Richmond Times-Dispatch, RedState, Hot Air, The Corner on National …, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Maggie's Notebook, Sense of Events, Taylor Marsh, Commentary, The Atlantic Online, Riehl World View, The Foundry, msnbc.com, Daily Kos, Fausta's Blog, Real Clear Politics and Pundit & Pundette
Norman J. Ornstein / The Enterprise Blog:
Hypocrisy: A Parliamentary Procedure — Any veteran observer of Congress is used to the rampant hypocrisy over the use of parliamentary procedures that shifts totally from one side to the other as a majority moves to minority status, and vice versa. But I can't recall a level …
Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
Pelosi, Slaughter went to court against GOP's self-executing rule in 2005
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
What Obama is Actually Trying to Do in Israel — There is much speculation that this kerfluffle over 1,600 theoretical apartments on the wrong side of the green line in Jerusalem will lead to a rupture in American-Israeli relations, but analysts who suggest this are missing the point of President Obama's maneuverings.
RELATED:
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin: Hit ‘reset’ — with Israel — Former Governor Sarah Palin, increasingly willing to criticize Obama on foreign policy grounds, is joining the chorus of Republican critics of his confrontation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, contrasting his policy of engaging enemies with the tough talk to an ally.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THIS IS CNN?.... If I didn't get independent confirmation of this, I honestly would have assumed the announcement was some elaborate practical joke. Alas, it's true. … This is easily the worst decision CNN has ever made. That the network probably reviewed Erickson's work before hiring him …
Discussion:
Sadly, No!, The Moderate Voice, The Reaction, The Impolitic, Liberal Values, Riehl World View, TBogg, American Power and Obsidian Wings
RELATED:
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Here's My News: Erick Erickson Joins CNN's Roster of Political Contributors — A week after Christy decided to be a stay at home mom back in December, I got a call from CNN and was asked to meet some people in Atlanta. — Since that time, as you all know, I've been on more than a few times.
Ezra Klein:
Everything David Brooks says about reconciliation is wrong — Jon Chait did a very funny job taking apart David Brooks's column on reconciliation. I want to do a serious job on it. The factual statements Brooks uses in his argument are wrong. Not arguable, or questionable, or suspicious.
Discussion:
Grasping Reality …, Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, The Other McCain and The Corner on National …
RELATED:
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Spirit of Sympathy — Human beings, the philosophers tell us, are social animals. We emerge into the world ready to connect with mom and dad. We go through life jibbering and jabbering with each other, grouping and regrouping. When you get a crowd of people in a room …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
David Brooks At His David Brooksiest — Today David Brooks has written the platonic ideal of a David Brooks column. It is in some sense the template for nearly every David Brooks column, but it captured the major elements so perfectly that it almost feels as if every previous David Brooks column has been an homage to this one.
Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog:
Dems Still Don't Have the CBO Score They Want — As Democrats have delayed releasing their final health care reconciliation bill, they've consistently tried to create the impression that they're essentially finished, but are merely waiting on the Congressional Budget Office.
Discussion:
The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, Hit & Run, Pundit & Pundette, The Corner on National … and Riehl World View
RELATED:
Wall Street Journal:
Opinions Harden on Health — Nearly half call plan a ‘bad idea’ in latest Journal/NBC poll, but Democrats who oppose it risk alienating base — Democratic lawmakers may be tempted to vote against the health-care overhaul plan pending in Congress because it remains unpopular with a broad swath of the public.
RELATED:
Mary Lu Carnevale / Washington Wire:
WSJ/NBC News Poll: Throw 'Em All Out — Congress has managed to get its approval ratings back down to the pre-election level, with just 17% of voters saying they approve of the job Congress is doing, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll out later today.
Discussion:
Newsweek Blogs
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Dick Armey's ‘tea party’ history is a strange brew — Dick Armey is intellectually versatile: The former leader of House Republicans went from being a rainmaker for a Washington lobbying firm to being the unofficial leader of the anti-Washington “tea party” movement.
Discussion:
Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Cato @ Liberty, Firedoglake, A plain blog about politics and Riehl World View
RELATED:
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Reid wary of earmark restrictions; defends Congress's constitutional authority — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) sounded a cautious note today on banning earmarks, suggesting restrictions could limit Congress's constitutionally-mandated authority.
RELATED:
Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Barack Obama threatens to withdraw support from wavering Democrats — Barack Obama has said he will not campaign for any Democratic congressmen who fails to support health care reform. — The president will refuse to make fund-raising visits during November elections to any district whose representative has not backed the bill.
Igor / Wonk Room:
Petraeus: 'I Believe The Time Has Come To Consider A Change To Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — “I believe the time has come to consider a change to Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” General David Petraeus told the Armed Services Committee today, in his most direct public comments about the policy.
RELATED:
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Limbaugh prompts healthcare calls, ties up House phone lines — The congressional switchboard was nearing overload Tuesday after Rush Limbaugh asked listeners to phone in their objections on healthcare. — The House e-mail system was also deluged on Tuesday in what the House's technology office called …
Discussion:
Michael Calderone's Blog, TPMDC, CNN, Michelle Malkin, The Political Carnival and And So it Goes in Shreveport
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
US forces not flying the flag in Haiti? — With apologies to Cole Porter — France does it, the UK does it, and even humanitarian Croats do it. The only one who won't do it is the country that has sent the overwhelming majority of supplies and resources to Haiti after their devastating earthquake.
Output Producer, CA — 
News Publishing Specialist, Bengaluru — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Switzerland Bureau Chief, Zurich — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
Copy Editor, Remote US — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, FL — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Reporter, FL — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Politics Editor, TX — 
Local Editor - Midwest, Remote — 
Staff Writer, ME — 
L.A. Issues Reporter, CA — 
Senior Editor, Remote — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Audience Dev. Editor, NY — 
Climate Finance Reporter, VA — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
Business Reporter, WA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Network TV Features Journalist, OR — 
