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

3:40 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 …

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Associated Press:
Cantor says shot fired at campaign office building

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

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

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

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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 Now that President Obama has signed the legislation into law, most voters want to see it repealed.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 …

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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.

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

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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most Want GOP to Keep Fighting on Health Bill

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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 …

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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:

Senate sends healthcare ‘fixes’ bill back to House — Healthcare reform's long, strange journey was just hours from an end Thursday after the Senate advanced “fixes” to the newly enacted law. — By a 56-43 tally, the Senate approved a budget reconciliation bill containing …

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Ezra Klein: Senate passes reconciliation fixes 56-43

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.

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

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

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

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

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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 …

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

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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.

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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.

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

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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

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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 …

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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.

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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:

GOP senators warn Obama of using recess appointment for labor board — All Senate Republicans wrote President Barack Obama on Thursday, demanding he not use a recess appointment to fill spots on a labor board. — Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), joined …

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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 …