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New York Times:
G.O.P. Forces New House Vote on Package of Health Bill Changes — WASHINGTON — With the Senate working through an all-night session on a package of changes to the Democrats' sweeping health care legislation, Republicans early Thursday morning identified parliamentary problems with at least …
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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 …
Fox News:
Senate Will Have to Return Health Bill to House — Republicans succeed in forcing a change in a measure altering Obama's newly enacted health care overhaul, meaning the bill will have to return to the House for final congressional approval.
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Healthcare bill headed back to the House after marathon Senate push — Senate Democrats defeated 29 straight Republican amendments to the Democratic healthcare reconciliation bill before losing a key parliamentary ruling in Thursday's early hours that will force the legislation back to the House of Representatives.
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Dems: No public option amendment
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 Now that President Obama has signed the legislation into law, most voters want to see it repealed.
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most Want GOP to Keep Fighting on Health Bill — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — A CBS News poll released Wednesday finds that nearly two in three Americans want Republicans in Congress …
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John / Power Line:
What Was That Line About the Tree of Liberty and the Blood of Tyrants? — Today's big news story, along with the epic debate on health care taking place in the Senate, is the Democrats' claim that some of their Congressmen have been threatened with violence after voting for the government's takeover of health care.
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Janelle Rucker / The Roanoke Times:
Perriello's brother attacked after Tea Party posts wrong address for health care protest — A number of federal legislators are under tighter security because of threats they've received since Sunday. — 981-3159 — Opposition to massive health care reform has been building since …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Democrats fear for their families
Democrats fear for their families
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Fox News:
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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Chad Pergram / The Speakers Lobby:
EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's Richmond Office Shot at Wednesday Night
EXCLUSIVE: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's Richmond Office Shot at Wednesday Night
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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.
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.
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Tony Coelho / The Politico:
How Dems can win with health care
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 …
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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 …
BBC:
‘Bin Laden in 9/11 trial threat’ — A message said to be from Osama Bin Laden threatens to kill Americans if the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is executed by the US. — Al-Jazeera news channel broadcast an audiotape reportedly from the al-Qaeda leader talking about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects.
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Gibbs slams McCain, compares to six-year-old
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
GOP Lawmaker Darrell Issa Poised to Call for Special Prosecutor to Investigate White House — Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House Oversight committee, told CBS News Wednesday that he will call for a special prosecutor to investigate the White House if it does not address …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
What Republicans Should Do Now — Repeal and reform will be a winning issue this fall. — Democrats are celebrating victory. The public outcry against what they've done doesn't seem to bother them. They take it as validation that they are succeeding at transforming America.
Joe Solmonese / The Huffington Post:
New “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” Regulations a Positive Step Toward Repeal This Year — Today, the Department of Defense released regulations that will limit the circumstances under which a service member can be investigated and discharged from the military under “Don't Ask, Don't Tell.”
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The Politico:
Health bill may exempt top Hill staffers — Tonight, as the Senate moved toward the process of debating the reconciliation bill, Grassley offered yet another amendment to force all congressional staffers, as well as the president, vice president, cabinet members and top White House staff to buy coverage through the exchanges.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
W.H., labor to vote-switchers: We won't forget — Senior White House and organized labor officials are warning the handful of House Democrats who supported health care legislation last year only to oppose the final measure on Sunday that they shouldn't expect assistance for their reelection campaigns this fall.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Exclusive: Steny Hoyer explains taxing Americans for lack of health insurance — Well, actually, he doesn't, although he should. My good friend Jason Mattera graciously allowed us first crack at publishing his brief interview with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, taped by his colleague Alyssa Cordova …
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.
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
MSNBC's Schultz: Time For A Government Takeover Of Talk Radio — VIVA HUGO! — Libtalker: Time For Socialism In Broadcasting — *** CAUGHT ON TAPE EXCLUSIVE *** — Feeling emboldened by the Democratic Party's success in imposing ObamaCare on the American public …