memeorandum: House GOP flubs vote, inches closer to shutdown (Steve Benen/Washington Monthly)

10:10 AM ET, September 22, 2011

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Kim Severson / New York Times:

Davis Is Executed in Georgia — Protesters outside the prison after Troy Davis was executed on Wednesday night. Reporters who witnessed his death said Mr. Davis remained defiant about his innocence until the end. More Photos » — JACKSON, Ga. — Proclaiming his innocence …

Discussion: Democracy in America, TigerHawk, No More Mister Nice Blog, TalkLeft, The BLT, The Moderate Voice, Crooks and Liars and The Reaction

Ann Coulter / Official:

COP-KILLER IS MEDIA'S LATEST BABY SEAL — For decades, liberals tried persuading Americans to abolish the death penalty, using their usual argument: hysterical sobbing. — Only when the media began lying about innocent people being executed did support for the death penalty begin to waver …

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Colleen Curry / ABCNEWS:

Troy Davis Execution Delayed — Troy Davis' execution was delayed tonight as the Supreme Court weighed arguments by Davis' legal team and the state of Georgia over whether he deserves a stay. — At 7:05 p.m. tonight, five minutes after his scheduled death, Davis' supporters erupted in cheers …

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Associated Press:
Troy Davis executed, supporters cry injustice

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Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Troy Davis, from gurney, proclaims innocence before execution

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Fox News, Slate Magazine, The Raw Story, The Jawa Report, Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times

The Politico:

Vote shows Boehner's lack of control — House Republicans tried a fresh strategy Wednesday night: Go it alone on a spending bill. — The result was an embarrassing setback. — Wednesday night's rank-and-file rebuke of GOP leadership — with 48 Republicans bolting on a temporary spending bill …

Discussion: Opinion L.A. and Balloon Juice

Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:

Shutdown? House votes to reject short-term spending measure — The House on Wednesday afternoon surprised Republican leaders by rejecting a temporary spending bill allowing the government to operate through November 18. — The defeat was due to strenuous objections from Democrats …

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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

GOP House leaders rebuked on spending — The surprise defeat in the House Wednesday of a special funding measure to keep the federal government functioning past Sept. 30 was a sharp rebuke of the GOP leadership that controls the chamber and a testament to the fragility of the majority itself.

Discussion: The Maddow Blog and New York Magazine

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
House GOP flubs vote, inches closer to shutdown

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New York Times:
In a Rebuke, House Rejects Spending Bill

Discussion: Daily Kos

Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:

Handicapping the GOP Debate — The candidate with the best economic platform likely will prevail. — As Republicans gather in Florida for Thursday's Fox News-Google presidential debate in Orlando, the contest remains very fluid, raising the stakes (and hopes) for all nine candidates.

Discussion: The Hill, Politics and Hot Air

Fox News:

Fox News-Google Debate Draws Nearly 20,000 Viewer Questions — With online submissions now closed for Thursday's Fox News-Google debate, more than 18,000 questions and 100,000 votes have been offered via text and videos on YouTube. — About a dozen of the questions will be delivered …

Discussion: The Official Google Blog, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Indecision Forever, Blogcritics and Top of the Ticket

Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Perry, Romney feud on Social Security

Discussion: The Politico

Juana Summers / The Politico:
Mitt Romney strong in New Hampshire, Jon Huntsman gaining

Discussion: CNN

Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Rick Perry: Mitt Romney is ‘Obama lite’

Discussion: CNN and Connecting.the.Dots

Susan Page / USA Today:
Interview: Romney doubts Perry's ability to win, govern

Discussion: National Review

Anne Bayefsky / Weekly Standard:

Palestine Logo Suggests Elimination of Israel — The logo of “the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations” - on their website and on top of their official statements at the U.N. - shows the Palestinian Authority's claim to a Palestine that stretches throughout …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

The White House:
Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly

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Evelyn Gordon / Commentary Magazine:
“Palestine” to Deny Citizenship to 45 Percent of its Palestinian Residents

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Joel Gehrke / Campaign 2012:
Hatch: Defund UN if it votes for Palestinian state

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Washington Post:

Solyndra employees: Company suffered from mismanagement, heavy spending — Former employees of Solyndra, the shuttered solar company that exhausted half a billion dollars of taxpayer money, said they saw questionable spending by management almost as soon as a federal agency approved …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers and National Review

Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Stimulus could haunt Sheriff Biden

Discussion: JammieWearingFool

Publications:

Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas? — A Look at Employment Gains for Immigrants and the Native-Born, 2007 to 2011 — Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research and Ashley Monique Webster a demographerat the Center for Immigration Studies. — Governor Rick Perry (R-Texas) …

Discussion: Business Insider, Campaign 2012 and National Review

Paul Krugman:

Millionaires, The Middle Class, and Taxes — Actual Numbers — Further to this post about whether the Obama/Boo-Fay — sorry, Obama/ Buffett with two t's - claim is true: the Tax Policy Center has new numbers about the distribution of average tax rates by income class.

Discussion: Economist's View

Sarah B. Boxer / CBS News:
Romney calls for a tax policy that will help “us” in the middle class

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, Wonkette, The New Republic and Business Insider

Washington Examiner:

Soros turns up in Obama's LightSquared imbroglio — Investor George Soros speaks during a program hosted by the New America Foundation September 13, 2006 in Washington, DC. “Soros-funded groups — Free Press, Media Access Project, the New America Foundation, and Public Knowledge …

Discussion: Campaign 2012 and National Review

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

‘The underlying social contract’ — This clip of Elizabeth Warren on the campaign trail in Massachusetts is making the rounds today, and for good reason. First-time candidates don't usually articulate a progressive economic message quite this well. (via Thers)

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David Catanese / The Politico:
The Warren announcement bump

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Hope Yen / Associated Press:

Census: Recession taking toll on young adults — WASHINGTON (AP) — Call it the recession's lost generation. — In record-setting numbers, young adults struggling to find work are shunning long-distance moves to live with Mom and Dad, delaying marriage and buying fewer homes, often raising kids out of wedlock.

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Mj Lee / The Politico:

DNC chair: Jews will vote for Obama — The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee says President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party will own the Jewish vote in 2012. — Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Thursday pushed back hard against the claim that Democrats recently lost …

Discussion: CNN