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Paul D. Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Path to Prosperity — Our budget cuts $6.2 trillion in spending from the president's budget over the next 10 years and puts the nation on track to pay off our national debt. — Congress is currently embroiled in a funding fight over how much to spend on less than one-fifth of the federal budget for the next six months.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Moment of Truth — It was a season of fiscal perestroika. Last fall, the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission released a bold report on how to avoid an economic catastrophe. For a few weeks, the think tanks and government offices were alive with proposals to reduce debt and reform entitlements …
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
The Ryan Budget: Big Cuts, Bigger Questions — House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's 2012 budget is estimated to cost $6.2 trillion less over 10 years than President Obama's plan, with an initial deficit of $950 billion next year that decreases, along with government debt, over time.
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Eschaton
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan's Plan Counts On Reducing Unemployment To Below “Full Employment” Level — By Magic!
Paul Ryan's Plan Counts On Reducing Unemployment To Below “Full Employment” Level — By Magic!
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TPMDC
Washington Post:
GOP 2012: overhauls on entitlements and taxes, $6.2 trillion in cuts over decade
GOP 2012: overhauls on entitlements and taxes, $6.2 trillion in cuts over decade
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Crooks and Liars, Yglesias, Washington Monthly, Angry Bear, No More Mister Nice Blog, Booman Tribune, Betsy's Page, AmSpecBlog and The Hill
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Truly Pathetic — Why on earth did the Democrat speaking …
Truly Pathetic — Why on earth did the Democrat speaking …
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Paul Krugman, Don Surber, That Mr. G Guy's Blog and The Moderate Voice
Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Paul Ryan is Not Jesus, But His Path To Prosperity Gospel is Really Good
Paul Ryan is Not Jesus, But His Path To Prosperity Gospel is Really Good
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The Politico, Washington Monthly, Yglesias, Big Government, National Review and RedState
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Ex-NPR chief: House Republicans have thrust NPR into ‘turmoil’ — The change of power in the House has thrust NPR into “turmoil,” according to the former chief executive of the organization. — Vivian Schiller said NPR has been through a “very difficult” time in the past several months.
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Fox Nation and Weasel Zippers
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appropriations.house.gov:
Another Continuing Resolution Introduced to Prevent Government Shutdown, Cut $12 billion in Spending — WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced another temporary funding measure - known as a Continuing Resolution (CR) - to prevent a government shutdown …
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The Politico, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, The Hill, Washington Post, Hot Air and National Review
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
House GOP to distribute shutdown plan — Republican leaders are preparing the House for a government shutdown, as they plan to distribute a pamphlet about the mechanics of a partial congressional work-stoppage to all lawmakers' offices Tuesday morning, according to several senior House aides.
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Behind Closed Doors, House Republicans Cheer A Possible Shutdown — Today, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders from both parties in an attempt to hammer out a budget deal and prevent the government from shutting down at the end of this week.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Caucus, The Note and NationalJournal.com
The Huffington Post:
Budget Deal Would Give Pentagon Extra Funds In Exchange For Social Program Cuts … WASHINGTON — While media attention focuses on the cuts to government spending demanded by House Republicans and broadly accepted by Democrats, the Pentagon is poised to reap billions more in federal funds, according to sources close to the discussions.
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Daily Kos and AMERICAblog News
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
GOP Leadership: White House Has Rejected Emergency One-Week Funding Measure … WASHINGTON — Congressional GOP leaders said on Tuesday that the Obama administration has informed them that it will oppose a last-ditch stopgap funding measure proposed by House Republicans to keep the government running for an additional week.
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Swampland
Andrew Stiles / National Review:
BREAKING: GOP Readies Short-Term CR as Budget Talks Break Down
BREAKING: GOP Readies Short-Term CR as Budget Talks Break Down
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Doug Ross, The Lonely Conservative and Pundit & Pundette
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P. Budget Proposal Cuts $5.8 Trillion in Spending
G.O.P. Budget Proposal Cuts $5.8 Trillion in Spending
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Althouse
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Countdown to Shutdown: Federal Agencies Make Preparations
Countdown to Shutdown: Federal Agencies Make Preparations
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The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Details and deadlines test budget negotiators
Details and deadlines test budget negotiators
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Washington Monthly, Roll Call, Jay Bookman, Hot Air and AMERICAblog News
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Warning Signs Among the GOP — It's not inconceivable that Republicans might start seeing things go against them in the court of public opinion, starting with the current spending debate. — Until recently, Republicans were taking solace in a number of things as they looked forward to 2012.
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msnbc.com, Hullabaloo, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads in NH, Trump makes things interesting — Mitt Romney's still the clear early front runner to take the Republican primary in New Hampshire next year but for the first time in our polling of the race PPP finds someone within single digits of him...Donald Trump.
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The Politico, GOP 12, Taegan Goddard's …, Wonkette and Ballot Box
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP keeps its powder dry as Obama runs unopposed
GOP keeps its powder dry as Obama runs unopposed
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Moe Lane and The Hoosierpundit
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Maine Mural Controversy: U.S. Labor Department Says Put It Back Up Or Repay The Money … Department Of Labor , Department Of Labor Maine , Labor Mural , Labor Protests , Maine Mural , Paul Lepage , Paul Lepage Maine , Paul Lepage Maine Governor , Paul Lepage Mural , Politics News
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Portland Press-Herald, Daily Kos and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Department Of Labor steps into battle over Maine mural
Department Of Labor steps into battle over Maine mural
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Kennebec Journal and Weasel Zippers
Tom Bowman / NPR:
Gen. Petraeus Being ‘Seriously Considered’ For CIA Director, NPR Reports — General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is expected to leave that job by early fall. And the question has been, where does he go from there? — Several sources, including government officials …
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ThinkProgress, Hot Air, The Raw Story, The AfPak Channel and CBS News
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Paul Kengor / American Thinker:
Obama, The God That Failed — As someone who has studied, taught, and written about the Middle East for years, I'm the first to concede that President Obama has a tough task. What would I do about Libya if I were president? How about Egypt? — I'm not exactly sure.
Ynetnews:
ElBaradei: We'll fight back if Israel attacks Gaza — In interview with Arab newspaper, former IAEA chief says if elected as Egypt's next president he will open Rafah crossing in case of an Israeli attack — Former International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei …
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RedState, Right Wing News, Israpundit, The Gateway Pundit, Pajamas Media, Israel Matzav and Weasel Zippers
Hannah Hess / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Racial slur led to fight with Illinois trooper, student says — CARLINVILLE • The politically connected head of Gov. Pat Quinn's Southern Illinois security detail used a racial slur against a black college student in a Carlinville bar, starting a fight that preceded the officer's resignation, the student says.
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Big Government, Moe Lane and That Mr. G Guy's Blog
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Bloody pig's foot sent to Rep. Peter King — Authorities intercepted a parcel this morning addressed to Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) containing a bloody pig's foot and a derogatory message, a source has confirmed to CBS News. — The parcel was intercepted at the Congressional mail facility in Landover …
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
A Cigarette for 75 Cents, 2 for $1: The Brisk, Shady Sale of ‘Loosies’ — By 8:30 a.m., amid the procession of sleepy-eyed office workers and addicts from the nearby methadone clinic, Lonnie Loosie plants himself in the middle of the sidewalk on Eighth Avenue in Midtown.
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Runnin' Scared, That Mr. G Guy's Blog, City Room and Gothamist
CNN:
Radiation in water rushing into sea tests millions of times over limit — Tokyo (CNN) — Japanese utility and government authorities suffered fresh setbacks Tuesday with the detection of radiation in a fish and news that water gushing from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific …
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Runnin' Scared and The Jawa Report
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels to give education speech in Washington — Mitch Daniels has been mostly tethered to Indianapolis during a contentious legislative session, but he's planning a trip to Washington next month to deliver what's sure to be a high-profile speech on education.
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Associated Press, GOP 12, The Page and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
New York Times:
Cowardice Blocks the 9/11 Trial — Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. described a federal court trial for the self-professed mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, as “the defining event of my time as attorney general.” On Monday, Mr. Holder's dream for demonstrating …
Ballot Box:
Bachmann begins to overshadow Palin as more-likely White House contender — The vacuum created by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) absence from the 2012 campaign trail presents a major opportunity for the woman she once hinted might share a presidential ticket with her: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.).
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msnbc.com and The Political Carnival