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Democratic Women Boycott House Contraception Hearing After Republicans Prevent Women From Testifying — This morning, Democrats tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for preventing women from testifying before a hearing examining the Obama administration's …
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All Male Contraception Panel Criticized — A Capitol Hill hearing that was supposed to be about religious freedom and a mandate that health insurers cover contraception in the United States began as an argument about whether Democrats could add a woman to the all-male panel.
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Female Dems walk out of House contraceptive panel — Two female Democrats walked out of a House oversight committee hearing on the contraceptive coverage rule Thursday morning, accusing Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) of manipulating committee rules to block female witnesses from testifying.
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Rory Sheehan / democrats.oversight.house.gov:
ISSA REJECTS MINORITY WITNESS FOR HEARING ON CONTRACEPTION
ISSA REJECTS MINORITY WITNESS FOR HEARING ON CONTRACEPTION
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Religion Dispatches, ECHIDNE of the snakes, The Maddow Blog, Taylor Marsh and Politico
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House Democrats Walk Out Of One-Sided Hearing On Contraception, Calling It An ‘Autocratic Regime’
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Cheyenne Steel / oversight.house.gov:
Chairman Issa Hearing Preview Statement
Chairman Issa Hearing Preview Statement
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Weekly Standard, Lynn Sweet, Right Wing Watch and Ricochet Conversations Feed
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Pelosi blasts dearth of women at contraceptives hearing: ‘Duh’
Pelosi blasts dearth of women at contraceptives hearing: ‘Duh’
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Weasel Zippers and Daily Kos
Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Catholic Bishops Fight Contraception Rule at House Hearing
Catholic Bishops Fight Contraception Rule at House Hearing
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Mitt Romney to skip March 1 CNN debate — Mitt Romney will skip the CNN Republican debate scheduled for March 1, just days before Super Tuesday. — “Gov. Romney will be spending a lot of time campaigning in Georgia and Ohio ahead of Super Tuesday,” Romney press secretary Andrea Saul said in a statement.
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Maine GOP recounting caucus votes — The Maine Republican Party, under fire from Ron Paul supporters for its mishandling of the state's recent caucuses, is now re-canvassing counties and municipalities to recount vote totals. — POLITICO obtained an email from the State Republican Party …
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Final pre-Super Tuesday debate falls apart
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Ron Paul / CNN:
Romney, Paul decline debate invite
Romney, Paul decline debate invite
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Santorum Sugar Daddy Foster Friess Gives ‘Gals’ Contraception Advice: Put An Aspirin Between Your Knees — Appearing of MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell today, Foster Friess, the main donor to the Super PAC backing Rick Santorum's presidential bid, dismissed the controversy surrounding President Obama's …
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TPM2012 — Santorum Funder Friess: ‘Gals’ Used To Put Aspirin Between Their Knees For Contraception — This whole contraception debate is just so new-fangled, says billionaire investor and mega-funder to the super PAC supporting former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) for President, Foster Friess.
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Ohio GOP Primary: Santorum 42%, Romney 24% — Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum continues to ride his polling momentum into Ohio where he leads Mitt Romney by nearly two-to-one in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of Republicans in the state. — The new statewide telephone survey …
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Poll: Rick Santorum leads Mitt Romney in Michigan
Poll: Rick Santorum leads Mitt Romney in Michigan
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Ben Domenech / Ricochet Conversations Feed:
The Best Candidate in a Losing Effort
The Best Candidate in a Losing Effort
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The Colbert Report suspended temporarily — The late-night comedy program hosted by Stephen Colbert will suspend production for at least two days this week, POLITICO has confirmed. — The Colbert Report, the home of relentless parodying of super PACs and the campaign finance system …
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Colbert Report Suspends Production For The Week, Reasons Unknown (Updated) — Update: The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Colbert has suspended his show temporarily due to an emergency in his family. — If you just flipped over to Comedy Central to catch Stephen Colbert after a new episode …
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Sam Schechner / Speakeasy:
Stephen Colbert Suspends Production of His Show
Stephen Colbert Suspends Production of His Show
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Marco Rubio “Is Supposedly Representing Hispanic Issues,” Harry Reid Says — A nonplused Rubio spokesman responds: “Rubio represents Florida. — Rubio at CPAC. — (Reuters / JONATHAN ERNST) — Majority Leader Harry Reid's suggestion that the job of Florida Senator Marco Rubio …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Marco Rubio and Obama duel on diplomacy
Marco Rubio and Obama duel on diplomacy
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THE NON-PROCREATIVE FUNCTIONS OF SEX: “If you're interested in the stability of families, then you should also be a fan of non-procreative sex (which, let's face it, is going to be a majority of sex any couple engages in, even if they're choosing to forgo birth control).
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Anti-abortion “personhood” bill clears Oklahoma senate — (Reuters) - Oklahoma lawmakers edged closer toward trying to outlaw abortion on Wednesday by approving “personhood” legislation that gives individual rights to an embryo from the moment of conception.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
The War on Lady Parts Continues in Congress, States
The War on Lady Parts Continues in Congress, States
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Red White & Blue blitz in Michigan (UPDATED) — Rick Santorum's super PAC is coming out of the gate strong in Michigan with a nearly $700,000 TV buy — packed into only a five-day period. — We reported last night that the Red White & Blue Fund was in the process of launching what looked …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Santorum super-PAC backer: Women ‘used Bayer aspirin for contraception’
Santorum super-PAC backer: Women ‘used Bayer aspirin for contraception’
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Victoria Jackson At CPAC: Former SNL Star On Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, GOP Candidates … LGBT Rights , Republican Party , Cpac , Gay Rights , Republicans , Video , Cpac 2012 , Victoria Jackson , Gay Voices News — “I'm here to save America from communism,” the former “Saturday Night Live” …
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New Phase and Shifting Balance — The latest national survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Democracy Corps and Women's Voices. Women Vote Action Fund shows a Republican Party in deepening trouble and emerging underlying trends that may have shifted the balance for 2012.
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Who Wants to See Tina Korbe's Thighs? — The title of this post is not a hypothetical question, because last week the aforesaid Miss Korbe joined her Hot Air colleague Ed Morrissey for a video interview with Rick Santorum, which I didn't see until somebody brought it to my attention yesterday:
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Chris Christie set to veto gay marriage bill — The New Jersey Assembly passed a bill recognizing gay marriage on Thursday, setting the stage for a veto by Gov. Chris Christie. — The state Assembly vote, 42-33, came after more than two hours of debate, The Associated Press reported.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Supreme Court should take on New York City's rent control laws — James and Jeanne Harmon reside in and supposedly own a five-story brownstone on Manhattan's Upper West Side, a building that has been in their family since 1949. But they have, so to speak, houseguests who have overstayed their welcome by …
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A Graphic Question: Where Are the Jobs? — Tomorrow, February 17, 2012, will be exactly 3 years since President Obama signed his infamous stimulus package into law. It was a plan designed to create jobs by growing the size of government, and its record has not been good.
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How Companies Learn Your Secrets — Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question: “If we wanted to figure out if a customer is pregnant, even if she didn't want us to know, can you do that? ”
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Senators pledge to back Obama if he attacks Iran to halt nuclear program — Sens. Graham and Lieberman introduced a resolution calling on the US to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. — A group of bipartisan senators said Thursday they would stand by President Obama if he decided …
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More Than a Touch of Malice — When Barack Obama first announced that he intended to force all employers, including Catholic institutions, to provide contraception and abortifacients as part of the healthcare package they offer their employees, my friend Michael Barone observed …
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