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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pandemonium! Dems Jam Republicans With Even More Conservative Budget — What was supposed to be a routine vote in the House — to knock down an amendment authored by conservative Republicans — turned into pandemonium on the House floor Friday, as Democrats tried to jam the plan through, and hang it around the GOP's necks.
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Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Obama: GOP tried to “sneak” agenda into budget — In what he thought was a private chat with campaign donors Thursday evening, President Obama offered the most revealing behind-the-scenes account to date of his budget negotiations with GOP leaders last week.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Drama erupts on House floor as conservative budget goes down — House lawmakers defeated a proposal by conservative Republicans to make deeper cuts to spending and tax rates than those proposed in the Republican budget, but only after last-minute maneuvering by Democrats on the House floor.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama signs bill to keep government open, but protects ‘czars’ — President Obama signed into law on Friday the hard-fought legislation to fund government and keep it running through the end of September. — The president signed the legislation he negotiated last week with House Speaker John Boehner …
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Political Punch:
Obama Uncensored: President Caught on Open Mic at Fundraiser
Obama Uncensored: President Caught on Open Mic at Fundraiser
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Ed Hornick / CNN:
Political Circus: Barney Frank in Playboy
Political Circus: Barney Frank in Playboy
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Washington Post and Mediaite
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner responds to Obama's ‘hot mic’ jab
Boehner responds to Obama's ‘hot mic’ jab
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Yahoo! News and Taylor Marsh
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
How Democrats Railroaded Republicans Into Almost Passing A Budget Too Conservative For Them
How Democrats Railroaded Republicans Into Almost Passing A Budget Too Conservative For Them
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Daily Kos
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP and Tea Party deserve kudos …
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — GOP and Tea Party deserve kudos …
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Hot Air, The Note, National Review and AmSpecBlog
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Chaos on House floor as Democrats try to unsettle GOP budget
Chaos on House floor as Democrats try to unsettle GOP budget
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TPMDC
David Brooks / New York Times:
Ultimate Spoiler Alert — President Obama and Paul Ryan are two of the smartest, most admirable and most genial men in Washington. It is sad, although not strange, that in today's Washington they have never had a serious private conversation. The president has never invited Ryan over even for lunch.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Who's Serious Now? — Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, sounds upset. And you can see why: President Obama, to the great relief of progressives, has called his bluff. — Last week, Mr. Ryan unveiled his budget proposal, and the initial reaction of much of the punditocracy …
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Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Will Anyone Even Insure Seniors if Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Passes?
Will Anyone Even Insure Seniors if Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Passes?
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Hot Air, Yglesias, Talking Points Memo, FrumForum and The Daily Dish
CEPR:
Brooks Bemoans the Lack of a Free Lunch for Representative Ryan
Brooks Bemoans the Lack of a Free Lunch for Representative Ryan
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TalkLeft, Hullabaloo and Washington Post
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Ellison Stumps Republican On House Floor By Asking Him When Paul Ryan's Plan Would Balance The Budget
Ellison Stumps Republican On House Floor By Asking Him When Paul Ryan's Plan Would Balance The Budget
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The grand compromise
The grand compromise
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Sadly, No!, Don Surber, Betsy's Page and Bloomberg
JSOnline:
Ballots are now totaled: Prosser wins by 7,316 — By Mike Johnson and Larry Sandler of the Journal Sentinel — State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser emerged as the winner Friday over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg in an election that drew national attention because of the fight …
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Associated Press:
Canvass shows conservative wins Wis. court race — MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative justice has weathered attempts to link him to Wisconsin's governor and a divisive union rights law to win re-election, according to county vote totals finalized Friday. — Tallies from each …
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The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Cubachi and Liberty Pundits Blog
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Labor falls short in Wisconsin race — Liberal and pro-union groups failed to oust a conservative judge from Wisconsin's Supreme Court in an April 5 election, according to state vote totals finalized Friday. — Based on county canvassing totals, Judge David Prosser leads challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg …
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Game Over - Kloppenburg Loses to Prosser (and Truman)(and Palin)
Game Over - Kloppenburg Loses to Prosser (and Truman)(and Palin)
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WisPolitics.com, RedState, Althouse and TPMDC
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump takes the lead — Only 38% of Republican primary voters say they're willing to support a candidate for President next year who firmly rejects the birther theory and those folks want Mitt Romney to be their nominee for President next year. With the other 62% of Republicans- 23% of whom …
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Mira Oberman / Agence France Presse:
Republicans will make US ‘Third World’ nation: Obama
Republicans will make US ‘Third World’ nation: Obama
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The Gateway Pundit, Ironic Surrealism and Vox Popoli
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Foolish poll finding of the day
Foolish poll finding of the day
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Outside the Beltway and Wake up America
Roger Ebert / Chicago Sun Times:
Atlas Shrugged — I feel like my arm is all warmed up and I don't have a game to pitch. I was primed to review “Atlas Shrugged.” I figured it might provide a parable of Ayn Rand's philosophy that I could discuss. For me, that philosophy reduces itself to: “I'm on board; pull up the lifeline.”
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Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
Atlas Winced — Ayn Rand's work has been described as …
Atlas Winced — Ayn Rand's work has been described as …
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Outside the Beltway
Tiffany Hsu / Money & Company:
Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI — The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to a thriving industry. — Eleven executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and a number …
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Gautham Nagesh / Hillicon Valley:
FBI shuts down poker sites in major online gambling crackdown
FBI shuts down poker sites in major online gambling crackdown
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FrumForum
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
G.O.P.-Led House Votes to Cut Trillions Over 10 Years — WASHINGTON — House Republicans forced through a partisan budget blueprint on Friday that, if enacted into law, would pare federal spending by an estimated $5.8 trillion over the next decade while reshaping Medicare, a proposal certain to instigate a fierce clash with Democrats.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: House Republicans Overwhelmingly Vote To Phase Out Medicare
BREAKING: House Republicans Overwhelmingly Vote To Phase Out Medicare
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Sky Dancing and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
The Daily Caller:
Jon Huntsman's love letters — Jon Huntsman, President Obama's outgoing ambassador to China, is considering running against his boss in 2012 as a Republican. — But two handwritten letters from Huntsman obtained by The Daily Caller raise the question of why he's not campaigning for Obama instead.
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CNN:
Security griping a red flag for TSA — Washington (CNN) — Don't like the way airport screeners are doing their job? You might not want to complain too much while standing in line. — Arrogant complaining about airport security is one indicator Transportation Security Administration officers consider …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Job Approval at 41%, Tying His Low — Independents' approval rating down to 35% — PRINCETON, NJ - The latest Gallup Daily tracking three-day average shows 41% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. That ties his low as president …
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C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Qaddafi Troops Fire Cluster Bombs Into Civilian Areas — MISURATA, Libya — Military forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, who have surrounded this city and vowed to crush its anti-Qaddafi rebellion, have been firing into residential neighborhoods with heavy weapons …
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New York Times:
Libya's Pathway to Peace
Libya's Pathway to Peace
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New York Times:
This Lady Liberty Is a Las Vegas Teenager — As if further proof were needed that New York is not the center of the universe. — The United States Postal Service has issued a new stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty. Only the statue it features is not the one in the harbor …
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Issues “Signing Statement” Indicating He Won't Abide by Provision in Budget Bill — In a statement issued Friday night, President Obama took issue with some provisions in the budget bill - and in one case simply says he will not abide by it.
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protein wisdom and Hot Air