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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Approval Drops to New Low of 40% — Similar to his approval rating for handling the debt ceiling negotiations — PRINCETON, NJ — President Obama's job approval rating is at a new low, averaging 40% in July 26-28 Gallup Daily tracking. His prior low rating of 41% occurred several times, the last of which was in April.
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The Politico:
The no votes: 22 GOPers who balked Boehner — Speaker John Boehner pushed his debt-ceiling bill through the House Friday night with the support of 218 Republicans. Here are the 22 no votes: Mick Mulvaney (S.C.) — CORRECTED: Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) voted YES on the Boehner bill.
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The Note:
Boehner gets standing ovation from Senate Rs — ABC News' Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports: — Speaker of the House John Boehner just quietly ventured over to the Senate side and dropped in on a closed lunch of Senate Republicans. — The lunch - pizza, again - was in the Strom Thurmond room.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Boehner's problem: His party doesn't like compromise — (Getty Images) John Boehner has a problem. He likes being Speaker of the House of Representatives. He would like to continue to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. But being Speaker of the House of Representatives means …
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The Hill:
Support shifts as Boehner adds balanced-budget amendment — House Republicans will attach a balanced-budget amendment to Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) last-ditch debt-ceiling plan, which GOP lawmakers said would move the measure to passage in a high-stakes vote later on Friday.
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Laura Ingraham pushes back on Sarah Palin primary threat — Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, one of the high-profile certified non-moderates urging the GOP to support John Boehner's debt ceiling bill, leveled criticism at Sarah Palin during today's show for raising the prospect of 2012 primary challenges to House Republicans.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Tea Party groups target ‘defectors’ on debt vote — Several Tea Party organizations are working to punish conservative Republicans who plan to vote yes on Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) debt ceiling proposal. — Tea Party leaders announced Thursday they are targeting Republican Reps. James Lankford …
The Politico:
Boehner builds momentum — House Republican leaders will tie a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution to their two-step debt-ceiling bill — a move that is all but certain to clinch the necessary votes to pass Speaker John Boehner's proposal a day after it stalled.
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Manu Raju / The Politico:
Scott Brown may support Reid plan — Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts told a radio station Friday that he may vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan to raise the debt ceiling. — “Sen. Brown tells WBUR parties need to work across the aisle to resolve debt-ceiling impasse …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Democrats Threaten Saturday Night Debt Fever — Get ready for Mr. Smith meets the debt ceiling. — Senate Democrats said Friday that they were prepared for an all-night battle on the Senate floor that could go into the wee hours of Sunday morning unless Republicans began negotiating on a bipartisan plan to raise the debt ceiling.
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The Note:
Senate Democrats Blast Revised Boehner Debt Bill as ‘Absurd’ — ABC News' Sunlen Miller(@sunlenmiller) reports: — After meeting with his caucus today for nearly two hours, Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, D-NV., declared , “the only compromise that there is —is mine” …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
How big is the House GOP's sane contingent?
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Boehner Still Controls The GOP (Updated)
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Gut Check Time for John Boehner
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin / National Review:
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Whom will the public blame for debtageddon?
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
What Boehner Should Do Now — Last night, Speaker Boehner toyed …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why no vote tonight — A House aide just e-mailed me: “Buckets of crazy.”
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Intense talks under way between Senate Dems, GOP on debt deal
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CNN:
House passes Boehner debt ceiling plan; focus shifts to Senate
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Washington Post:
Obama urges Senate to forge compromise on debt limit, rejects House efforts
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Kerry calls conservative House Republicans ‘small group of absolutists’
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
GOP leader: ‘I believe there will be a vote today’ on House debt ceiling plan
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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
Barack Obama Twitter Spams The Nation, Loses 10,000 Followers And Counting — You know that friend of yours who's always the first to get in on the hottest social media trends? The one who had a Tumblr before everyone? The one who first sent you a Google+ invite?
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Yvonne Wenger / The Post and Courier, Charleston SC:
Democrats criticize Haley's checking of ‘white’ on voter registration application — COLUMBIA — What box should Gov. Nikki Haley check when it comes to her race? — The South Carolina Democratic Party tried Thursday to make Haley out as a liar for checking “white” as her race …
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
Rep. Paul Ryan Destroys Reid Bill in Blistering Speech; 'Let's Cover the Moon with Yogurt!' — With a brilliant use of comical analogies, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) exposes the true nature of the “savings” in the Reid Debt Plan that President Obama was so quick to embrace.
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Weak growth raises concerns on economy — (Reuters) - The U.S. economy came perilously close to flat-lining in the first quarter and grew at a meager 1.3 percent annual rate in the April-June period as consumer spending barely rose. — The Commerce Department data on Friday also showed …
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Little Green Footballs:
Pamela Geller Edits Post to Conceal Violent Rhetoric in ‘Email from Norway’ — In June 2007, “counter-jihad” blogger Pamela Geller posted the following Email from Norway, from a reader who sounds a lot like the Oslo terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik. — This is what the post looks like today:
Matt Lewis / The Daily Caller:
According to official letters obtained by The Daily Caller, the gay conservative group GOProud and the ultraconservative John Birch Society won't be co-sponsoring the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2012. — The decision was reached by a full vote of the American Conservative Union's …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi declines to endorse the 14th Amendment solution — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday declined to endorse a 14th Amendment solution to the debt-ceiling impasse. — All of Pelosi's top lieutenants have urged President Obama to invoke the Constitution and hike …
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Andrew Harmon / Advocate:
Pelosi to Bachmann: Address the Teen Suicides in Your District
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