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Patriot Act extension fails in the House by seven votes — House Republicans suffered an embarrassing setback Tuesday when they fell seven votes short of extending provisions of the Patriot Act, a vote that served as the first small uprising of the party's tea-party bloc.
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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.
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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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House fails to extend Patriot Act surveillance as Republicans defect
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Teddy Partridge / Firedoglake:
Tea Party Meets Kucinich Halfway, Foils PATRIOT Act Extension
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Scott Butterworth / Washington Post:
GOP freshmen help derail Patriot Act extension
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
White House wants longer extension of Patriot Act than House Republicans
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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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Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
West: AOL-HuffPo merger threatens tea party groups — Florida Republican Rep. Allen West said Tuesday that AOL's purchase of the Huffington Post is a threat to tea party groups' online presence. — West suggested that the business deal gives the left-leaning site more control over federal regulations of the Internet.
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Matt Lewis / Politics Daily:
My Farewell* Post to Politics Daily Readers
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Obama's Approval Rating on Deficit Sinks to New Low — Egypt ranks among issues on which Obama is best rated — PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's approval rating for handling the federal budget deficit has gone from bad to worse in recent months, even as his ratings …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Just as things looked brighter for Obama, Americans' approval of his deficit handling craters — Oh, no! What a mid-week bummer for the White House. — Just when Americans appeared to be buying the rhetorical hoh-hah about President Obama realizing he had drifted way too far to the left side …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Rep. Allen West receives plum speaking slot at conservative gathering — Freshman Tea Party Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) will deliver the coveted closing speech on Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). — West, the headline-grabbing lawmaker and former Army officer …
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Freshman Florida Congressman Allen West Gets High-Profile CPAC Speaking Role
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Rachel Weiner / The Fix:
Orrin Hatch courts tea party activists, Tea Party Express divided
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Under Banner of Fiscal Restraint, Republicans Plan New Abortion Bills — WASHINGTON — All but invisible during the midterm elections, the abortion debate has returned to Congress. — Invoking the mantra of fiscal restraint that has dominated House action since lawmakers reconvened last month …
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Nicholas Ballasy / CNSNews:
Lautenberg to Pro-Life Republicans: 'Don't Go Near My Daughters'
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Charles Thomas / WLS-TV:
ABC7 poll: Emanuel leading mayor's race — ABC7's exclusive poll on the Chicago mayor's race provides a snapshot of how the candidates are doing as we head into the final two weeks of the campaign. — Rahm Emanuel's 54 percent share in the survey suggests an overwhelming lead …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Rahm Emanuel captures enormous polling lead
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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% — • Peak oil alarm revealed by secret official talks — • Datablog: Are we running out of oil?
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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
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The Huffington Post
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Source: Webb won't seek reelection — Virginia Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won't seek reelection, a senior Senate source said. — Webb appeared likely to face a rematch with former Senator George Allen, whom he beat in a bruising 2006 contest.
Washington Post:
Obama to propose relief for states burdened by debt from unemployment benefits — States that have borrowed billions of dollars from the federal government to cover the soaring cost of unemployment benefits would get immediate relief from the Obama administration under a plan to suspend interest payments for the next two years.
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Cantor plans to give Obama a business lesson at White House lunch
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Christian M. Wade / TBO Politics:
RNC's former Tampa convention team spent $1 million — TAMPA - They rented an exclusive waterfront mansion, wined and dined at five-star restaurants and hired family members and friends, all on the taxpayers' dime. — Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's 2012 convention team based …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Chris Matthews Calls Palin ‘A Cuckoo Clock’ and Gingrich ‘A Mortal Enemy to Our Civilization’ — Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey said Monday that MSNBC's Chris Matthews “seems to be slipping out of touch with reality.” — On Tuesday, the “Hardball” host proved Armey's point by calling Sarah Palin …
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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Wall Street Journal:
Apple's New iPad in Production — Apple Inc. has started manufacturing a new version of its iPad tablet computer with a built-in camera and faster processor, said people familiar with the matter. — The new iPad will be thinner and lighter than the first model, these people said.
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