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5:25 AM ET, January 20, 2011

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Russell Berman / The Hill:

House repeals healthcare law, 245-189 — The House voted on Wednesday to repeal the sweeping healthcare law enacted last year, as Republicans made good on a central campaign pledge and laid down the first major policy marker of their new majority. — The vote was 245-189.

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, The Nation, NewsReal Blog, Sister Toldjah, Pirate's Cove, JustOneMinute, The Other McCain, TPMDC, GayPatriot and Donklephant

David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:

House Repeals Obama Health Care Law in Symbolic Act — WASHINGTON - The House on Wednesday voted to repeal the Democrats' landmark health care overhaul, in a largely symbolic step that the new Republican majority said marked the beginning of an all-out effort to dismantle President Obama's signature domestic policy achievement.

Discussion: CBS News, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic Online, Gawker, Power Line, Raw Story, SCOTUSblog, FiveThirtyEight, Booman Tribune, The Moderate Voice and The Democratic Daily

Ezra Klein:
Repeal, but no replace — As expected, House Republicans …

Discussion: The New Republic, Budget Committee and The Daily Dish

Michael O'Brien / The Hill: McConnell ‘assures’ Senate vote on repealing health reform

Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
House passes health law repeal

Discussion: Hot Air, Cubachi, Gawker, Wake up America and Scared Monkeys

Bradford Plumer / The New Republic:
Republicans Learn To Hate The Senate

Discussion: Yglesias and Washington Monthly

The Note:

Say What? Democrat Compares Republicans to Nazis — ABC News Jonathan Karl reports: — The newfound civility didn't last long. Political rhetoric in Congress doesn't get much nastier than the words of one House Democrat during the debate on repealing the health care law.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Comments from Left Field, The Politico, National Review, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, TPMDC, The Impolitic, Taylor Marsh, Politics Daily, The Plum Line, protein wisdom, Commentary, Memphis Commercial Appeal, In Session, FrumForum, The Other McCain and Examiner

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

House Dem exemplifies New Tone by comparing GOP to Nazis on House floor — Steve Cohen (D-TN) has merely updated his repertoire on his attacks against the Tea Party and Republicans. Nine months ago, they were the Klan with better fashion sense; now they're Nazis using the tactics of Josef Goebbels.

Discussion: TPMDC, Indecision Forever, msnbc.com, Outside the Beltway, Pajamas Media and RedState

David Streeter / NJDC: NJDC Criticizes Comments of Representative Steve Cohen

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
House Democrat compares Republican ‘lies’ to Nazi propagandist

Discussion: Sense of Events, Swampland, Hot Air and New York Magazine

Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dem Rep: No apology for saying GOP mendacity is worthy of Goebbels

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com and AmSpecBlog

Michelle Malkin:
Civility Watch: Nazis and crosshairs and killers, oh my; Update …

Discussion: The Hill, Weasel Zippers, Doug Ross, Theo Spark and National Review

Mark Murray / msnbc.com:

NBC/WSJ poll: Obama bouncing back — The president's approval rating returns to the 50s, but challenges remain, according to the latest poll — Below: — Deputy political director — WASHINGTON — What a difference a few weeks can make. — Last month, Republicans were celebrating …

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, AOL News, Daily Kos, The Fix, Salon and The Page

Wall Street Journal:

President's Ratings Climb — President Barack Obama is riding a surge of public support into next week's State of the Union address, with more Americans approving of his performance and more seeing him as a political moderate, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Politics Daily, American Power, Taegan Goddard's … and Cheat Sheet

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

Business Leaders Make Cut at State Dinner With Hu — WASHINGTON - Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter made the cut. So did Bill Clinton and his wife, the secretary of state. The heads of Microsoft, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Boeing and Walt Disney were on the list.

Discussion: The Caucus, Taylor Marsh, Gawker and New York Magazine

Annie Groer / Politics Daily:
Obamas Host China's President Hu at Glitzy White House State Dinner

Discussion: News Hounds

The Hill:
Boehner, McConnell skipping state dinner with Chinese leader

Discussion: Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Shanghaiist and HotAirPundit

Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:

Hawaii governor can't find Obama birth certificate — Suggests controversy could hurt president's re-election chances — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie suggested in an interview published today that a long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate for Barack Obama may not exist within …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Bare Naked Islam's Weblog, The Democratic Daily, Liberal Values, Moonbattery, Gawker, Classical Values and Vox Popoli

ThinkProgress:

Glenn Beck And Sean Hannity Dropped From Philadelphia Radio Station — Yesterday, hate radio hosts Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity had their nationally syndicated radio shows dropped from WPHT in Philadelphia, which is the second radio station to drop both of the conservative commentators.

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Feministing

New York Post:

Doctor says Rep. Giffords stood on her own two feet — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) stood on her own two feet with the assistance of others Wednesday, KVOA-TV reported. — Dr. Peter Rhee at the University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., confirmed that Giffords was able to stand with assistance …

Discussion: New York Magazine

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Gabrielle Giffords to be released from hospital Friday

Discussion: Salon, TPMDC, Donklephant and Outside the Beltway

Sarah Boesveld / National Post:

Heritage Minister orders Library and Archives Canada to show controversial film — The Harper government sent a diplomatic note to Iran Wednesday, as Heritage Minister James Moore lashed out at Tehran for its part in a campaign that cancelled the screening of a movie critical of the Iranian regime at Library and Archives Canada.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Gates of Vienna and Jihad Watch

Sarah Boesveld / National Post:
Archives Canada cancels screening of Iranian film

Discussion: Fox News, Iranium, Harry's Place, AmSpecBlog, The Volokh Conspiracy and Blazing Cat Fur

Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:

Our Second Annual TV News Trust Poll — PPP's annual look at the public's trust in various TV news outlets finds that Fox News' credibility is on the decline, that the traditional networks are seeing an up tick in their numbers, and that PBS is at the top of the heap.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story, Washington Monthly, AOL News and FrumForum

Craig / CNSNews:

Rep. John Lewis Says Declaration's ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ Language and 14th Amendment Authorize Congress to Force People to Buy Health Insurance — (CNSNews.com) -Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said on Tuesday that the government should require individuals to buy health insurance and cited the Preamble …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Blast, Outside the Beltway and The Other McCain

Terry / CNSNews:
27 of 50 States Now Challenging Constitutionality of Obamacare in Court

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Jamila Trindle / Washington Wire:

Pandas Can Stay in D.C. 5 More Years — On a day full of carefully choreographed events to announce incremental progress on thorny political and economic issues in the U.S.-China relationship, one big diplomatic issue has been put to rest: the pandas can stay at the National Zoo.

Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:

Group: Scalia, Thomas had Citizens United conflict — To mark Friday's anniversary of a court decision that allowed corporations to sink millions into politics, Common Cause, a reform group, is asking the Department of Justice to investigate alleged conflicts of interest involving …

Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:

Steele: GOP relieved I'm gone — (CNN) - Michael Steele, the newly ousted chairman of the Republican National Committee, said he's “disappointed” he lost the recent election but that many in his party are relieved. — “I think the people in the party, particularly the establishment …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit

WSFA-TV:

Gov. Bentley apologizes for ‘Christian Brother’ comments — MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Before a crowd of reporters and Jewish leaders Wednesday afternoon, Governor Robert Bentley apologized for comments that many considered offensive towards non-Christians. — Bentley, just hours after taking office …

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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:

Jared Lee Loughner indicted in Gabrielle Giffords shooting — A federal grand jury in Arizona on Wednesday indicted Jared Lee Loughner on charges of attempting to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and two of her aides, Ron Barber and Pamela Simon, during a shooting rampage Jan. 8 in Tucson.

Discussion: FrumForum

Kevin / Daily Ructions:

Murphy To Announce Senate Candidacy Thursday. — United States Representative Christopher Murphy will announce Thursday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate from Connecticut in 2012, Daily Ructions has learned. Murphy's declaration follows …

Discussion: Capitol Watch

Associated Press:

DA: Pa. abortion doc killed 7 babies with scissors — PHILADELPHIA — A doctor who provided abortions for minorities, immigrants and poor women in a “house of horrors” clinic has been charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies who were born alive …

Discussion: Law Blog, The Mahablog, American Power, TalkLeft, Moonbattery, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Other McCain and theblogprof

Mary C. Curtis / Politics Daily:

Nikki Haley: Government ‘Never Intended to Be All Things to All People’ … In her first State of the State address, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley promised to make the “tough but right decisions” to overcome challenges that include budget shortfalls of $1 billion.

The White House:

Press Conference with President Obama and President Hu of the People's Republic of China East Room — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to welcome President Hu to the White House and to return the hospitality that he showed when I visited China last year. This is our eighth meeting.

Discussion: NPR, New York Times, FP Passport, Firedoglake, TechCrunch, The Hill and The Caucus

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

U.S. Prepares to Lift Ban on Guantánamo Cases — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to increase the use of military commissions to prosecute Guantánamo detainees, an acknowledgment that the prison in Cuba remains open for business after Congress imposed steep new impediments to closing the facility.

Discussion: TalkLeft and New York Magazine