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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 …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan Slams Medicaid's Middle Class Beneficiaries As The New Welfare Queens — The essence of Paul Ryan's Ryan Ripoff budget is hiding the ball. Steep cuts in Medicare—but not for anyone who's old today! Giant tax cuts for the rich—but tax hikes for the middle class!
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Washington Monthly, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, AmSpecBlog and Daily Kos
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, American Power and The Hill
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin offers praise for Ryan's budget
Palin offers praise for Ryan's budget
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Conservatives4Palin and Ben Smith's Blog
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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The Incidental Economist and TPMDC
M.S. / Democracy in America:
You put the load right on me
You put the load right on me
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The Atlantic Online, Economist's View, Paul Krugman, EconLog, The Incidental Economist and National Review
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
The Poor Are Easy Targets
The Poor Are Easy Targets
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The New Republic and Truthout
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Choice-based Medicare cost controls
Choice-based Medicare cost controls
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Yglesias, National Review, Washington Post, The Incidental Economist and The Atlantic Online
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, Cubachi, RedState, Big Government, Yglesias and Hot Air
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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Pajamas Media, 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, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Fox News, The Hill, Open Congress, LifeNews.com, Say Anything, Washington Post and National Review
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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Washington Monthly, The Moderate Voice, The Hill, ABCNEWS and Swampland
The Daily Caller:
‘Good’ not great: No deal as Boehner talks to Obama about shutdown — Democratic President Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner have not reached an agreement on a spending bill to fund the government for the rest of the year according to a statement from Boehner's office.
Discussion:
Pajamas Media, Hot Air and Say Anything
New York Times:
Shutdown Looms as Talks on Stopgap Budget Fail
Shutdown Looms as Talks on Stopgap Budget Fail
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The Politico, Philly.com, Swampland and Althouse
George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Behind Closed Doors, House Republicans Cheer A Possible Shutdown
Behind Closed Doors, House Republicans Cheer A Possible Shutdown
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Washington Post, The Caucus and The Note
The Huffington Post:
Budget Deal Would Give Pentagon Extra Funds In Exchange For Social Program Cuts
Budget Deal Would Give Pentagon Extra Funds In Exchange For Social Program Cuts
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Taylor Marsh, Daily Kos and AMERICAblog News
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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Nice Deb, The Lonely Conservative, Doug Ross, Pundit & Pundette and The Politico
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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Washington Monthly, Outside the Beltway, msnbc.com, USA Today, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Parody gets more views than real Obama launch — The National Republican Senatorial Committee's parody of Obama's 2012 campaign, released Friday, now has 665,000 views on YouTube. — Obama's real launch video, released yesterday: Just 168,000. — YouTube's metrics tend to lag a bit …
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JustOneMinute, techPresident and The Daily Caller
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
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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The Reaction, 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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Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress, Hot Air, The AfPak Channel, CBS News and The Raw Story
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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, Israpundit, Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit, YID With LID, Pajamas Media, Israel Matzav and Weasel Zippers
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Tim Kaine launches Virginia Senate bid — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine launched Tuesday his campaign for Senate. — Kaine, in a video recounting his previous work in Virginia, principally as governor, said what had long been suspected: that he'd run to succeed retiring Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.).
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CNN, The Politico and Ben Smith's 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 …
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.
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
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Senate finally votes to repeal 1099 measure in health care reform law — The Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal the health care overhaul's 1099 tax reporting requirements, finally ending months of debate and votes over a provision that, by the end, had few defenders.
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CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Coburn vs. Norquist — The Senator is right on ethanol and, in this case, on tax subsidies. — Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has a fighting chance to begin reforming Washington's bonehead ethanol policy. That is unless one prominent conservative organization manages to sabotage his effort.
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The Foundry and Pajamas Media