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Anna Palmer / Roll Call:
Profanity, Anger Spill Over in House Democratic Caucus Meeting — The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday's House Democratic Caucus meeting. — One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Republicans Block U.S. Health Aid for 9/11 Workers — WASHINGTON — Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation on Thursday that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack.
Lbentzterp / CNN:
House Democrats defy Obama on tax cut bill — (CNN) - Defying President Obama, House Democrats voted Thursday not to bring up the tax package that he negotiated with Republicans in its current form. — “This message today is very simple: That in the form that it was negotiated, it is not acceptable to the House Democratic caucus.
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The Hill:
Pelosi pledges to win changes as House Dems reject tax deal — The House Democratic Caucus on Thursday rejected the tax deal negotiated between the White House and Senate Republicans. — The non-binding vote of the caucus held during a closed-door meeting puts tremendous pressure …
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Publius / Big Government:
Dems Gone Wild: ‘F*%k the President’ — From Roll Call: — The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday's House Democratic Caucus meeting. — One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” …
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Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
Gravel considering Obama primary challenge, calls for new 9/11 investigation — Former Alaska Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel told The Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that he is mulling a primary challenge to President Barack Obama in 2012.
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The Politico:
Obama ‘confident’ amid Dem tax revolt — The House Democratic Caucus voted Thursday to oppose President Barack Obama's tax plan, throwing into flux weeks of negotiations on an issue that has turned many congressional Democrats against the White House. — But in an interview with NPR Thursday …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Oh my: House Dem drops F-bomb on Obama at caucus meeting on tax cuts — I join with Ace in condemning this shocking example of extremist hatemongering incivility. — Seriously, though, look at it this way: If we had a parliamentary system, The One would be packing his bags by now.
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The Hill:
Centrist, conservative Dems up in arms over liberals' tax deal backlash
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Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
Gravel considering Obama primary challenge, calls for new 9/11 investigation
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David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
House Democrats Oppose Tax Cut Deal
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Why Harry Reid decided to move foward with DADT vote — Earlier this afternoon, just before Harry Reid went onto the Senate floor and gave a speech calling for a vote on repeal of don't ask don't tell — which has now failed — he turned to a Senate aide and shrugged his shoulders.
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Carrie Dann / msnbc.com:
Key vote on 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' repeal fails — *** UPDATE *** 4:45 PM ET: In a press conference after the vote, Sens. Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins announced that they will introduce a stand-alone bill to repeal “Don't Ask Don't Tell” and that Senate Majority Leader Reid has promised to support it.
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Lymari Morales / Gallup:
In U.S., 67% Support Repealing “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”
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Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
Senate fails on repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell' included …
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Jonathan Bernstein / A plain blog about politics:
DADT 2 — And How Information Flows Have Really Changed Things
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Crash and burn: DADT repeal fails, 57-40
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Ben Dimiero / Media Matters for America:
LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting — At the height of the health care reform debate last fall, Bill Sammon, Fox News' controversial Washington managing editor, sent a memo directing his network's journalists not to use the phrase “public option.”
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Howard Kurtz / The Daily Beast:
Fox News' Spin Game
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
If using the phrase government option is spinning the news …
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Ezra Klein:
Why liberals don't like the tax cut deal — in graphs — CAP's Michael Linden produced a nice chart showing why the tax deal is tough for liberals to swallow: — The red and blue on the chart are a bit confusing, so read it closely: On the left, you're seeing the amount of money Obama …
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Paul Krugman:
December 2011 — On the straight economics, the tax deal is worth doing.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Tea Party Patriots Reject Tax Cut Deal, Call For It To Be Destroyed
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CNN:
TRENDING: Palin goes to Haiti — (CNN) - It turns out that Sarah Palin's next overseas trip won't be to England or Israel, as was widely reported Thursday. — CNN has learned that the former Alaska governor will be traveling to Haiti this weekend with Franklin Graham and his relief organization Samaritan's Purse.
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Shushannah Walshe / The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Goes Abroad
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Barbara Walters Slams ‘Uninformed’ Sarah Palin: Many Find the Idea of You as President ‘Scary’ — Barbara Walters dismissed Sarah Palin as “uninformed” on Thursday, telling the former Republican governor, “...Many people find the thought of you as president a little scary.”
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Manchin votes against 'Don't ask' repeal, then apologizes — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) appeared to take a stand on the repeal of “Don't ask, don't tell” Thursday, becoming the only Senate Democrat to vote against a procedural motion to move the measure forward.
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Weighing Broad Overhaul for Income Tax — WASHINGTON — President Obama is considering whether to push early next year for an overhaul of the income tax code to lower rates and raise revenues in what would be his first major effort to begin addressing the long-term growth of the national debt.
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Speaker Pelosi / The Gavel:
On Senate Failure to Advance 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal — The failure of the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal, as part of the Defense Authorization bill, on a procedural vote in the Senate is a serious disappointment to the many who have worked so hard to close the door on a fundamental unfairness.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lieberman plans standalone repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
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Phil Mattingly / Bloomberg:
Ron Paul, Author of ‘End the Fed,’ to Lead Panel Overseeing Central Bank — Representative Ron Paul, Texas Republican and author of “End the Fed,” will take control of the House subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve. — House Financial Services chairman-elect Spencer Bachus …
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Ed Barnes / Fox News:
Stuxnet Worm Still Out of Control at Iran's Nuclear Sites, Experts Say — Aug 21: The first fuel is loaded into the reactor building at the Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. — EXCLUSIVE: Iran's nuclear program is still in chaos despite its leaders' adamant claim …
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Daily Mail:
Terrifying moment Charles and Camilla were surrounded by a baying mob and their car attacked in tuition fees riot — Anarchists protesting against the rise in student tuition fees attacked Prince Charles and Camilla's car outside the London Palladium tonight.
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Donna Leinwand / USA Today:
More states enter debate on sharia law — Muneer Awad's opponents label him “a foreigner” trying to change Oklahoma's laws. — Awad, 27, a recent University of Georgia law school graduate born in Michigan, says he's standing up for the U.S. Constitution.
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Sarah Palin / Wall Street Journal:
Why I Support the Ryan Roadmap — Let's not settle for the big-government status quo, which is what the president's deficit commission offers. — The publication of the findings of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was indeed, as the report was titled, “A Moment of Truth.”
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
President's Club Meets Friday: Obama, Clinton at the White House — Former President Bill Clinton is to meet on Friday with President Obama at the White House for a postelection conversation about moving the agenda forward in a new political environment, according to a senior Democrat told of the meeting.
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