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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
House rejects measure that would extend key Patriot Act provisions through December — A measure to extend key provisions of the Patriot Act counterterrorism surveillance law through December failed the House Tuesday night, with more than two-dozen Republicans bucking their party to oppose the measure.
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The Politico:
Rank-and-file take down Patriot Act in House — House Republicans Tuesday night got a harsh introduction to the majority, as more than two dozen rank-and-file GOP lawmakers voted against reauthorizing the Patriot Act. — And just hours before the vote on the Bush-era homeland security measure …
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Threat Level, ThinkProgress, The Nation and Hot Air
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House fails to extend Patriot Act surveillance as Republicans defect — The House on Tuesday night failed to approve legislation to extend surveillance authorities in the Patriot Act. — In a 277-148 vote, the House fell just seven votes short of the two-thirds majority of voting members necessary …
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Fox News, Raw Story, Booman Tribune and Hit & Run
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
White House wants longer extension of Patriot Act than House Republicans — The Obama administration said Tuesday it wants a three-year extension of Patriot Act surveillance authorities, far longer than the timeline proposed by House Republicans. — The White House released a Statement …
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Political Punch, The Nation, Firedoglake and The Note
Teddy Partridge / Firedoglake:
Tea Party Meets Kucinich Halfway, Foils PATRIOT Act Extension — Did Dennis Kucinich convince Tea Party Republicans to join him in defeating the Patriot Act extension? (D-OH) — Too clever by half, the House GOP leadership allowed only 40 minutes of debate on the extension of the PATRIOT Act today …
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Mark Mellinger / WANE-TV:
Lugar to Tea Party: “Get real.” — WASHINGTON, DC (WANE) - He's an institution in Washington, DC. Over the years, few senators have garnered more respect on Capitol Hill than Indiana's Richard Lugar . He's been a fixture in the Senate since 1977; seemingly unbeatable at the ballot box.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boehner: ‘I should be’ considered a member of the Tea Party
Boehner: ‘I should be’ considered a member of the Tea Party
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Lugar tells Tea Party to ‘get real’
Lugar tells Tea Party to ‘get real’
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The Fix, Hotline On Call and Weasel Zippers
Laurence H. Tribe / New York Times:
On Health Care, Justice Will Prevail — THE lawsuits challenging the individual mandate in the health care law, including one in which a federal district judge last week called the law unconstitutional, will ultimately be resolved by the Supreme Court, and pundits are already making bets on how the justices will vote.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
I have to take a 3rd shot at Larry Tribe's op-ed: That big word “choice.”
I have to take a 3rd shot at Larry Tribe's op-ed: That big word “choice.”
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Patterico's Pontifications
Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Barack Obama: “I didn't raise taxes once.” — President Barack Obama says he didn't raise taxes once. — In an interview on Super Bowl Sunday, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly asked President Barack Obama to react to a Wall Street Journal editorial that accused Obama of being …
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Wall Street Journal:
'I Didn't Raise Taxes Once'
'I Didn't Raise Taxes Once'
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Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Christine O'Donnell Will Use Committee To ‘Investigate’ Left-Wing Groups — Failed GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is back, and she's telling supporters she wants her newly formed political action committee ChristinePAC to “investigate and counter attack leftwing groups.”
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
O'Donnell pledges PAC will counter ‘liberal’ GOP establishment
O'Donnell pledges PAC will counter ‘liberal’ GOP establishment
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The Note and The Politico
CBS News:
Planned Parenthood Video Fuels Abortion Debate — Undercover Video Shows Fake Pimp Seeking Abortions for Underage Sex Workers, Getting Advice from Planned Parenthood Employees — (CBS) In Washington Tuesday the House began hearings on the controversial subject of abortion.
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Lila Rose / Big Government:
Planned Parenthood NY: Giving Pimps Discounts, on the Tax Payers' Dime
Planned Parenthood NY: Giving Pimps Discounts, on the Tax Payers' Dime
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TPMMuckraker, Weasel Zippers and New York Times
Aljazeera:
Mass protests continue in Egypt — Pro-democracy supporters hold fresh rallies in Cairo, just hours after the release of a detained Google executive. — Protesters in the Egyptian capital are holding mass demonstrations, with a new wave of optimism reaching the pro-democracy camp following …
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Taylor Marsh, Politics Daily, Al Jazeera Blogs, Washington Post, AMERICAblog News and The Daily Dish
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
As Egypt Protest Swells, U.S. Sends Specific Demands
As Egypt Protest Swells, U.S. Sends Specific Demands
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BAGnewsNotes, The Lede, The Huffington Post, Wonk Room, Gawker and Politics
John Vidal / Guardian:
US fears Saudi oil may have been overstated by 40% — US diplomat convinced by Saudi expert that reserves of world's biggest oil exporter have been overstated by nearly 40% — The US fears that Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, may not have enough reserves …
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The Nation, Weasel Zippers and Philly.com
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Rick: Sarah skips CPAC for C-notes — Rick Santorum knocked Sarah Palin's decision to skip CPAC, saying on Tuesday that she must have “business opportunities” that are keeping her from the annual conservative conference that is a showcase for potential presidential contenders.
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Cubachi and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Reuters:
House seen blocking healthcare funds — (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote to block funding for President Barack Obama's signature healthcare overhaul when it takes up a budget plan next week, House Republican Leader Eric Cantor said on Tuesday.
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YID With LID, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
Matt Welch / Hit & Run:
NYT Outsources Editorial Space to Democratic Party — The New York Times has an editorial today complaining that the GOP's plan to snip $41 billion out of the federal non-defense spending this year amounts to “unimaginably steep reductions.” This in itself is no surprise.
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New York Times:
Parrying the Big Cuts
Parrying the Big Cuts
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The Politico, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and The Note
Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
My Farewell* Post to Politics Daily Readers … For the last couple of years, I have been honored and privileged to be a part of the superb Politics Daily team. It is with some reluctance that I announce my imminent departure from PD for The Daily Caller. — PD remains a unique place on the Web …
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Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Fred Upton On Global Warming: ‘I Do Not Accept That It Is Man-Made’ — At a public forum today, Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), the new head of the House energy committee, denied that climate change is manmade. Upton, who received $20,000 from Koch Industries in his most recent campaign …
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Climate Progress
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
There will be blog — Conservatives To Beck: You're Doing It Wrong. — As much as I'm enjoying the feud between Bill Kristol and Glenn Beck over Beck's paranoid theory that the upheaval in Egypt will lead to a caliphate in Eastern Europe, I'm not entirely sure why Kristol is objecting.
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Plans Near for Freddie and Fannie — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and House Republicans are settling into a game of chicken over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with each side daring the other to advance a plan for replacing the two housing finance companies.
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Market Urbanism and Calculated Risk
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Tim Pawlenty Refuses To Say Whether Gays Should Be Allowed To Serve In The Military At All — In his quest to win the Republican presidential nomination, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) has made reinstating the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy a key part of his campaign.
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Sam Rolley / CullmanTimes.com:
Beason: Dems don't want to solve illegal immigration problem — CULLMAN — Alabama Sen. Scott Beason (R-District 17) spoke at the Cullman County Republican Party breakfast on Saturday, focusing on the topic of illegal immigration and how he believes lawmakers can resolve the issue.
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Charles J. Dean / The Birmingham:
Sen. Scott Beason catching flak over “empty the clip” comment
Sen. Scott Beason catching flak over “empty the clip” comment
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Felix Salmon:
The silver lining to occupational licensing — Stephanie Simon's WSJ article on the rise of jobs needing a license of some description has resulted in a predictable rash of approving comments, especially from Matt Yglesias, for whom the issue is something of a hobby-horse.
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Mother Jones and Modeled Behavior
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Welfare Reform for the whole country — What could go wrong? … Make that “shared sacrifice for everyone but rich people who will not feel any of this personally.” Let's try to be accurate. — But I think the Obama administration may have found a comparison that will make the Villagers' eyes roll …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Announces $53 Billion Rail-Funding Plan — WASHINGTON—Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a $53 billion plan Tuesday to upgrade and build intercity passenger-rail networks. — Mr. Biden, along with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, announced the plan at Philadelphia's 30th Street Station.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Budget cuts take hits from both sides — Facing a two-front war on the left and right, the House Appropriations Committee voted, 27-22, Tuesday evening to move ahead with Republican plans for cutting close to $40 billion from domestic and foreign aid spending over the last seven months of this fiscal year.
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National Review
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Senate intel chair: No warning signs of Egypt uprising — The chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday that there had been little warning from American intelligence in the run-up to the Egyptian protests. — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that there wasn't any real heads …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Politico and CNN