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Donovan Slack / Politico:
W.H. gets unexpected backup: Romney camp says it's a penalty, not a tax — Prominent Dems including White House chief of staff Jack Lew and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have repeatedly argued in recent days that the fee for not buying insurance under the health care law is in fact a penalty and not a tax.
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney team agrees with Obama, individual mandate not a tax — A spokesman for Mitt Romney said the former Massachusetts governor agrees with President Obama that the individual mandate upheld by the Supreme Court last week is a penalty or a fine, rather than a tax.
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Ruling ups support for Obama healthcare, still unpopular — (Reuters) - Voter support for President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul rose after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld it but most people still oppose the law, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Sunday.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Pelosi almost calls health law penalty a tax
Pelosi almost calls health law penalty a tax
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Anderson Cooper: “The Fact Is, I'm Gay.” — Last week, Entertainment Weekly ran a story on an emerging trend: gay people in public life who come out in a much more restrained and matter-of-fact way than in the past. In many ways, it's a great development: we're evolved enough not to be gob-smacked when we find out someone's gay.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell: Covering 30 million uninsured is ‘not the issue’ — Mitch McConnell's appearance today on Fox News Sunday was remarkably revealing — it showed as clearly as you could want that the Supreme Court decision is finally forcing Republicans to declare what, exactly …
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
McConnell Can't Answer How GOP Will Insure Americans After Repealing ObamaCare: ‘That Is Not The Issue’
McConnell Can't Answer How GOP Will Insure Americans After Repealing ObamaCare: ‘That Is Not The Issue’
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Wall Street Journal:
A Vast New Taxing Power — The Chief Justice's ObamaCare ruling is far from the check on Congress of right-left myth. — The commentary on John Roberts's solo walk into the Affordable Care Act wilderness is converging on a common theme: The Chief Justice is a genius.
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Roberts switched views to uphold health care law
Roberts switched views to uphold health care law
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Austin Frakt / The Incidental Economist:
Obamacare is the biggest tax increase in history ... if you ignore history — Maybe you'e heard that Obamacare is the biggest tax increase in history. Not so. Not even close. Kevin Drum posted the evidence in a table. I turned it into a chart. More here and here.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
No, Obamacare Isn't the Biggest Tax Increase in History
No, Obamacare Isn't the Biggest Tax Increase in History
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Associated Press:
Armando Montano, AP summer intern, dies in Mexico City at age 22 — Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press - In this June 4, 2012 photo, Armando Montano, 22, poses for an ID photo at the Associated Press office in Mexico City. Montano, an aspiring journalist who was working this summer …
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Christie Calls Reporter “Idiot” at Press Conference — When a reporter tried to ask Chris Christie an off-topic question at a press conference, the governor snapped at him — New Jersey's governor is known for speaking his mind when something displeases him.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Europe's Great Illusion — Over the past few months I've read a number of optimistic assessments of the prospects for Europe. Oddly, however, none of these assessments argue that Europe's German-dictated formula of redemption through suffering has any chance of working.
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Lexi Stemple / Fox News:
Gov. Scott: Florida will not implement insurance exchanges or expand Medicare — Florida, the state the led the fight against President Obama's health care law, will not comply with the Supreme Court opinion. — Gov. Rick Scott tells Fox News that he and his Attorney General, Pam Bondi …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Vice president hopefuls play the name game — The vice-presidential selection process is not merely the act of each nominee picking a running mate. It's also the political equivalent of the Oscars. — Just as aspiring movie stars covet being among the nominees for cinema's ultimate prize …
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Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Economy Cuts Into Obama's Youth Support — Maria Verdugo, a 20-year-old graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, barely remembers the presidential election of 2008 — the one that spawned a youth movement that was singular in its scope and political effectiveness — except for …
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Meghashyam Mali / Ballot Box:
Dems target vulnerable GOP lawmakers over health law repeal vote — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is launching a new campaign Monday targeting vulnerable GOP lawmakers on healthcare ahead of the House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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