memeorandum: ObamaCare Day One — Companies are already warning about higher health-care costs. (Wall Street Journal)

3:50 PM ET, March 25, 2010

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Cantor Says Campaign Office Was Shot At, Accuses Dems of Exploiting Threats — Republican Rep. Eric Cantor said Thursday that his Richmond campaign office has been shot at and that he's received “threatening e-mails” — but at the same time accused top Democrats of trying to exploit …

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

GOP lawmaker now reports threat over healthcare stance — U.S. Capitol Police are investigating a threatening voicemail left in the office of Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio), her chief of staff said Thursday. — Schmidt's office was left a voicemail late Wednesday night in what appears …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Gateway Pundit, The Moderate Voice, CNN, TPMMuckraker and TPM LiveWire

Associated Press:
Cantor says shot fired at campaign office building

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Washington Monthly, TPMDC and TPM LiveWire

The Politico: Cantor: Dems ‘fanning flames’

Chad Pergram / The Speakers Lobby:
EXCLUSIVE: Shot Fired at House Minority Whip Cantor's Richmond Office

Discussion: Think Progress, News Hounds, Wake up America and No More Mister Nice Blog

Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Congressman Eric Cantor's Office Shot At

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Cantor Slams Dems For Politicizing, “Fanning Flames” Of Violence

Discussion: Salon, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Dish and Daily Kos

Rasmussen Reports:

55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Bill — Just before the House of Representatives passed sweeping health care legislation last Sunday, 41% of voters nationwide favored the legislation while 54% were opposed. Now that President Obama has signed the legislation into law, most voters want to see it repealed.

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Quinnipiac University:

Obama Gets Small Bounce From Health Care Win, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Net Disapproval Of Health Reform Drops 9 Points — Despite passage of his signature health reform bill, President Barack Obama still gets a split 45 - 46 percent approval from American voters …

Discussion: TPMDC, FiveThirtyEight, The Caucus, Politics Daily, Hotline On Call and The Other McCain

Wall Street Journal:

ObamaCare Day One — Companies are already warning about higher health-care costs. — Democrats dragged themselves over the health-care finish line in part by repeating that voters would like the plan once it passed. Let's see what they think when they learn their insurance costs will jump right away.

Discussion: The Corner on National … and Commentary

John / Power Line:
Repeal It! — I've written elsewhere that we should wait …

Discussion: Jules Crittenden and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog

New York Times:

Senate Passes Set of Changes to Health Care Overhaul — WASHINGTON — After running through an obstacle course of Republican amendments and procedural objections, the Senate on Thursday afternoon approved of a package of changes to the Democrats' sweeping health care overhaul …

Ezra Klein:

Senate passes reconciliation fixes 56-43 — Of the Democrats, Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, and Mark Pryor voted against the package. Now, because it's slightly changed from the version the House considered, it will held back there for final passage. The House vote is expected to be fairly smooth …

Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Senate sends healthcare ‘fixes’ bill back to House

Discussion: The Politico, TPMDC and Washington Monthly

Ann Althouse / Althouse:

Real problems of violence against members of Congress or self-victimization for the purpose of political argument. — I'm seeing all these stories about threats to members of Congress and wondering what to make of it. An unpopular bill was passed, and the protests continue.

Discussion: Congress Blog, The Politico, RedState, Outside The Beltway, Questions and Observations, thedanashow.wordpress.com, CNN, Neptunus Lex and The Hill

Janelle Rucker / The Roanoke Times:
Perriello's brother attacked after Tea Party posts wrong address …

Discussion: TPM LiveWire

Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Pelosi: Congress ‘undaunted’ by threats

Discussion: D.C. Now

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DCCC accuses NRCC of encouraging violence

Discussion: Think Progress, The Plum Line, Riehl World View, Hullabaloo and TPM LiveWire

John / Power Line:
What Was That Line About the Tree of Liberty and the Blood of Tyrants?

Discussion: Sadly, No!, New York Times, Michelle Malkin, The Strata-Sphere, Riehl World View, Pajamas Media, Shot in the Dark, The Corner on National … and The Daily Caller

Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:

Social Security Payout to Exceed Revenue This Year — The bursting of the real estate bubble and the ensuing recession have hurt jobs, home prices and now Social Security. — This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Atlantic Online, Politics Daily, Hit & Run, The Moderate Voice, Outside The Beltway, Questions and Observations, OpEdNews, Big Government, DailyFinance, Washington Post, Betsy's Page, The Corner on National …, The Huffington Post, Cato @ Liberty, RaceWire and Gawker

Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
In Funds We Trust — Every time I write anything about Social Security …

Discussion: The Liberty Papers

Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:

Coward Russ Carnahan Pushes Bogus Tea Party Lie to Media- Claims Prayer Service With Coffin Was a Violent Threat (Updated) — Remember as you read this: There is nothing the democratic-media complex will not do to lie about the tea party patriots or to prop up these horrid leftists …

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Jake Sherman / The Politico:

Coffin placed on Carnahan's lawn — A coffin was placed on a Missouri Democrat's lawn, another in a string of incidents against lawmakers after their vote Sunday on a health care overhaul. — Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) had a coffin placed “near his home,” a spokesman said Wednesday evening.

Discussion: Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View, Gawker, Mediaite, 24thState, Swampland, CBS News, Sister Toldjah, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Lonely Conservative, St. Louis Tea Party and Confederate Yankee

Jonathan Dienst / NBC New York:

“White Powder” Package Sent to Congressman Weiner's Office — Letter references “health care” vote — Law enforcement officials say a package with white powder was sent to Congressman Weiner's Queens office today. — A preliminary review shows the letter in part complained …

Discussion: The Awl, Ben Smith's Blog and The Political Carnival

CNN: House GOP leader: Someone shot at my office

The Huffington Post:

Byrd Rule To Send Health Care Back To House, Rules Parliamentarian — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Senate Republicans succeeded early Thursday morning in finding two flaws in the House-passed health care reconciliation package. Neither is of any substance, but the Senate parliamentarian …

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The Politico:
Reconciliation must return to House

Discussion: Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The New Republic, Swampland and Gothamist

Aaron Gould Sheinin / Gold Dome Live:

Breaking: Perdue will sue feds over health care on his own — By Jim Tharpe/jtharpe@ajc.com and Aaron Gould Sheinin/asheinin@ajc.com — Gov. Sonny Perdue said Thursday he will appoint a “special attorney general” to challenge federal health care legislation signed into law this week by President Obama.

Discussion: The Hill, The Washington Independent and Riehl World View

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT.... When it comes to health care reform …

Discussion: Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog!

Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:

Vatican Declined to Defrock U.S. Priest Who Abused Boys — Top Vatican officials — including the future Pope Benedict XVI — did not defrock a priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even though several American bishops repeatedly warned them that failure to act on the matter …

Paul Haven / Associated Press:

Cuban leader applauds US health-care reform bill — HAVANA — It perhaps was not the endorsement President Barack Obama and the Democrats in Congress were looking for. — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Thursday declared passage of American health care reform “a miracle” …

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Townhall.com, Left Coast Rebel and Weekly Standard

Joe Klein / Time:
Obama Health Care Bill: Political Victory for President

Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Note

Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:

Fair and Balanced — Having gone from trying to obstruct passage of the Affordable Care Act, Senate Republicans have now decided that they're just bitter that they lost and in retaliation are going to prevent the Senate from conducting any business whatsoever after 2PM.

Gail Collins / New York Times:
Brave New Health Care World

Discussion: Washington Post and Obsidian Wings

David Frum / FrumForum:

AEI Says Goodbye — I have been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute since 2003. At lunch today, AEI President Arthur Brooks and I came to a termination of that relationship. — Below is the text of my letter of resignation.

Discussion: The Page

Ian Urbina / New York Times:

Mobs Are Born as Word Grows by Text Message — PHILADELPHIA — It started innocently enough seven years ago as an act of performance art where people linked through social-networking Web sites and text messaging suddenly gathered on the streets for impromptu pillow fights in New York …

Discussion: Philly.com, Michelle Malkin, Prairie Weather and Sweetness & Light

Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:

Tea partiers air doubts about Armey — It seemed a strange fit to begin with — a former House Republican leader turned $750,000-a-year Washington lobbyist who resurfaced as perhaps the single most identifiable leader of a populist, anti-Washington movement.

Discussion: The Corner on National …