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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.
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Bobbyclark / ColoradoPols.com:
Open letter to Senators Bennet and Udall: “No” on amendments is a “Yes” for healthcare reform — Earlier this morning, I helped deliver a letter to Senators Udall and Bennet from 11 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Coloradans. These are groups that have been working tirelessly …
David M. Herszenhorn / Prescriptions:
G.O.P. Forces Another House Vote on Package of Changes to Health Bill
G.O.P. Forces Another House Vote on Package of Changes to Health Bill
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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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Hoyer: Members are at risk
Hoyer: Members are at risk
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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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Des Moines Register:
Guest opinion: Why Republicans will fight to repeal health-care takeover — U.S. REP. JOHN BOEHNER, R-OHIO, IS THE MINORITY LEADER IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. CONTACT: HTTP://GOPLEADER.GOV • MARCH 24, 2010 — It's fitting that President Obama returns to Iowa City today …
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.
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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 …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Pentagon prepares to relax enforcement of 'don't ask, don't tell' — The Pentagon is scheduled to announce Thursday that it will relax enforcement of the “don't ask, don't tell” rules that prevent gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the military, a decision that officials described …
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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 …
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 …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Meet your site host, 4 [updated] — More on yours truly, this time from the soft left pole of the progressive-"pragmatic conservative" axis of Jeff Hate. “What do you do in the wake of a crushing political defeat?”: … Two things. First, and for the record, I never declared myself to be “way cooler than everyone else.”
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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.
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Krauthammer's Take — By: NRO Staff — On Vice President Biden's profane utterance at the signing ceremony for Obamacare ["This is a big f**n deal"]: … On Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week: … On how Israel was treated by President Obama during the Netanyahu visit:
Mark Steyn / The Corner on National Review Online:
Bienvenue au Canada — By: Mark Steyn — A couple of days ago, I mentioned François Houle, the leftist apparatchik and provost of the University of Ottawa who threatened Ann Coulter with criminal prosecution before she'd even set foot on Canadian soil. — M. Houle warned Miss Coulter not to “promote hatred.”
Washington Post:
United States and Russia reach nuclear-arms deal — The United States and Russia have reached a deal on their most extensive nuclear arms-control agreement in nearly two decades, the Kremlin announced Wednesday. The pact appeared to represent President Obama's first victory in his ambitious agenda to move toward a nuclear-free world.
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Bob Tita / Wall Street Journal:
Caterpillar Profit Hit by Health Care Law — Caterpillar Inc. said Wednesday it will take a $100 million charge to earnings this quarter to reflect additional taxes stemming from newly enacted U.S. health-care legislation. — The world's largest construction equipment manufacturer by sales …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Gibbs slams McCain, compares to six-year-old — White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took a swipe at Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today, comparing the Arizona Republican to a child who wanted to “take his toys and go home.” — The dust up started Monday when McCain said the healthcare reform …
Brendan Nyhan / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: Myths About Health Care Reform Remain — AT the White House signing ceremony for health care legislation on Tuesday, President Obama declared, “In a few moments, when I sign this bill, all of the overheated rhetoric over reform will finally confront the reality of reform.”
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Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Petraeus Sets the Record Straight on Israel — Earlier this month, a posting on the Foreign Policy website caused a firestorm by reporting that in January, Gen. David Petraeus “sent a briefing team to the Pentagon with a stark warning: America's relationship with Israel is important …
Tony Coelho / The Politico:
How Dems can win with health care — President Barack Obama and the Democrats have won the battle for health care reform. Thanks to their leadership and perseverance, 32 million uninsured Americans emerged as victors from last weekend's ugly war of words on Capitol Hill.
Dan Gilgoff / CNN:
Blasted by left and right, Stupak appears safe back home — (CNN) — Inside the Washington beltway, Rep. Bart Stupak is taking heat from the left and right. — Three days after a major anti-abortion group took back its “Defender of Life” award from the Michigan Democrat over his support …
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