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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 reject Patriot Act — 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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Washington Monthly, Threat Level, The Nation, ThinkProgress 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, The Impolitic, Booman Tribune and Hit & Run
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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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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Washington Post:
Patriot Act extension fails in the House by seven votes
Patriot Act extension fails in the House by seven votes
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Examiner, The Foundry, Weigel, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather and Bloomberg
Reuters:
House seen blocking healthcare funds
House seen blocking healthcare funds
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YID With LID, Weasel Zippers and The Daily Caller
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Arianna Huffington's ideological transformation — Did Arianna Huffington just sell out her fellow progressives? — In the literal sense, she undoubtedly has: The sale of Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million (including a large pile of cash going to Huffington herself) …
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The New Republic and Online NewsHour
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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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Brett Pulley / Bloomberg:
AOL's Armstrong Wagers on Arianna Huffington in ‘Shoot The Moon’ Purchase
AOL's Armstrong Wagers on Arianna Huffington in ‘Shoot The Moon’ Purchase
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John Vidal / Guardian:
Saudi oil reserves ‘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 to prevent oil prices escalating …
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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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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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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
White House Plans to Revamp Mortgage Market
White House Plans to Revamp Mortgage Market
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The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post:
Obama Administration Won't Endorse Calls For Immediate Resignation Of President Mubarak — AP/The Huffington Post … WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is urging Egyptian leaders to include more people in a national dialogue on reform but won't endorse demands from protesters …
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Aljazeera:
Mass protests continue in Egypt
Mass protests continue in Egypt
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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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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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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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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Rick Santorum: Sarah Palin 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
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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Raw Story and Angry Black Lady Chronicles
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Unbiasing Academia — I'm not surprised that John Tierney's new article on Jonathan Haidt has gotten a lot of attention from conservatives; it involves a liberal academic telling them something they already know: that academia discriminates against them. … In blog years, this is an age-old argument.
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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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Bloomberg:
Brown, BP Cleared of Lobbying Scots to Free Bomber — Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) — Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government and BP Plc were cleared of lobbying Scottish politicians to free Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Al-Megrahi in a report that said U.K. officials helped Libya seek his release.
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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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Jim O'Sullivan / NationalJournal.com:
Brown Hopes to Raise $25 Million for Reelection — The current media tour of Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., is about more than hawking a book. It's a launching point for his goal of raising an eye-popping $25 million for his 2012 reelection bid, more than twice what Massachusetts Democrats have figured he would have on hand.
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Nicholas Ballasy / CNSNews:
Lautenberg to Pro-Life Republicans: 'Don't Go Near My Daughters' — “If they want to make a choice, that's up to them and it's with the advice of a doctor and loving parents and a loving family.” — (CNSNews.com) - In expressing opposition to the House Republicans' “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act …
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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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Yglesias, Mother Jones and Modeled Behavior
Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Electronic Flaws Did Not Cause Toyota Problems, U.S. Says — WASHINGTON — A federal investigation into the recall of Toyota vehicles found no electronic flaws to explain sudden, unintentional acceleration, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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