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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Boehner Gains Strong Backing of House G.O.P. — WASHINGTON — With a daunting fiscal crisis looming and conservatives outside the House torching him at every turn, Speaker John A. Boehner might be assumed to have a shaky hold on his gavel. Instead, it appears he is enjoying the broadest support …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
WH ‘Absolutely’ Willing To Go Off ‘Fiscal Cliff’ — President Obama's lead negotiator in the “fiscal cliff” talks said the administration is “absolutely” willing to allow the package of deep automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax hikes to take effect Jan. 1, unless Republicans drop …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Obama-friendly business group given great White House access — A business group considered friendly to President Obama has been granted high-level access to senior White House officials as “fiscal cliff” negotiations have gripped Washington. — Business Forward on Thursday will host …
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Justin Menza / CNBC:
Geithner: Ready to Go Over ‘Cliff’ If Taxes Don't Rise — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geither told CNBC Wednesday that Republicans are “making a little bit of progress” in “fiscal cliff” talks but said the Obama administration was “absolutely” ready to go over the cliff if the GOP doesn't agree to raise tax rates on the wealthy.
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Washington Post:
Some in GOP urge lawmakers to back tax hikes for changes in safety-net programs
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New York Times:
Don't Use Debt Ceiling as Weapon, Obama Tells G.O.P.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Pelosi: Dems must say No to raising Medicare eligibility age
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Obama Rejects GOP ‘Doomsday’ Plan
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Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed:
Senate Democrats: Republicans Won't Put Up A Fight On Debt Ceiling
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Geithner: ‘Absolutely’ willing to go off the fiscal cliff
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Louie Gohmert Casts Lone Vote To Keep ‘Lunatic’ In Federal Code … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, Flat Tax, Louie Gohmert, Gohmert Lunatic, Louie Gohmert Flat Tax, Louie Gohmert Lunatic, Louie Gohmert Tea Party, Politics News — WASHINGTON — The House voted on Wednesday to strike the word …
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
TRENDING: Lone vote cast for keeping term ‘lunatic’ in federal law
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Josh Tyrangiel / Business Week:
Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks — Prior to his death on Oct. 5, 2011, Steve Jobs made sure that the elevation of Tim Cook—his longtime head of operations and trusted deputy—to Apple chief executive officer would be drama-free. “He goes, ‘I never want you to ask what I would have done,’” recalls Cook.
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World News:
Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order — So far, intelligence sources say, bombs loaded with the components of sarin haven't yet been loaded onto planes. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. — The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons …
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Donal Griffin / Bloomberg:
Citigroup to Cut 11,000 Jobs, Take $1 Billion Charge — Citigroup Job Cuts Not Surprising, Cohan Says — Citigroup Inc. (C)'s Michael Corbat, who took over as chief executive officer less than two months ago, will cut more than 11,000 jobs and pull back from some emerging markets to drive …
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Wall Street Bank Cuts 11,000 Jobs After Paying Ousted Executives $14 Million
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Alexis Levinson / The Daily Caller:
Conservative group launches campaign to ‘depose’ Boehner from speakership — The backlash against Speaker of the House John Boehner's removal of several conservative members of Congress from committees continued Wednesday, with one conservative group calling for Republicans to “depose” Boehner from his speakership.
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Hunter Walker / Politicker:
The Lesbian Past of Bill de Blasio's Wife — Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray. (Photo: Getty) — Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, an all-but-officially announced mayoral hopeful, has prominently featured his wife Chirlane McCray in his campaign literature and on his web site.
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Olive Garden Suffering From Bad PR After Anti-Obamacare Comments — Darden Restaurants, Inc. — owner of Red Lobster and Olive Garden — is battling back negative press attention in light of its October announcement that the company will use Obamacare as a reason to shift to part-time employees.
New York Times:
U.S.-Approved Weapons Transfer Ended Up With Libyan Jihadis — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration secretly gave its blessing to arms shipments to Libyan rebels from Qatar last year, but American officials later grew alarmed as evidence grew that Qatar was turning some of the weapons …
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday offered an amendment to force a vote on President Obama's deficit-reduction plan, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was having none of it.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Harry Reid Denies Senate Chance to Vote on Obama's Plan
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Lawmaker chews out staffer for riding on members-only elevator — Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) chewed out a House staffer after catching her riding on a “members only” elevator, according to an ITK tipster who was on the scene. — But Foxx's office is calling our lookout's description of events in the elevator an “exaggeration.”
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Ben Ratliff / New York Times:
Dave Brubeck | 1920-2012: Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 — Dave Brubeck, the pianist and composer who helped make jazz popular again in the 1950s and '60s with recordings like “Time Out,” the first jazz album to sell a million copies, and “Take Five,” the still instantly recognizable hit single …
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Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Dave Brubeck, worldwide ambassador of jazz, dies at 91
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Erika Johnsen / Hot Air:
If U.S. hikes taxes, high-income Californians might pay almost 52 percent — Whether it's because we end up going over the fiscal cliff or because Republicans agree to President Obama's plan of not extending the Bush tax cuts on America's wealthiest earners, the possibility of an effective tax hike means …
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