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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Will Boehner's speakership survive until Plan C? — Has there been a House speaker in modern American history with less control over his members than John Boehner? — Sad trombone. (Charles Dharapak / AP) — Over the past three days, Boehner has focused all attention on “Plan B” …
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Behind the scenes of a GOP meltdown — Things were so bad for Speaker John Boehner Thursday night, support for his Plan B tax bill so diminished, the limits of his power with his own party laid bare, that he stood in front of the House Republican Conference and recited the Serenity Prayer.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Inside the Meltdown — “How the hell can you do this?” — • followers — At a quarter to 8 p.m. on Thursday night, House Republicans gathered in the Capitol basement for an urgent, closed-door conference meeting. The scene was hushed and confused.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Boehner Tax Plan in House Is Pulled, Lacking Votes — WASHINGTON - House Republican leaders abruptly pulled their fallback tax bill from the floor Thursday night, conceding that they did not have the votes to pass it. — “The House did not take up the tax measure today …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Playing Taxes Hold 'Em — A few years back, there was a boom in poker television — shows in which you got to watch the betting and bluffing of expert card players. Since then, however, viewers seem to have lost interest. But I have a suggestion: Instead of featuring poker experts …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Crush Boehner's Plan B — Plan B was supposed to have been John Boehner's masterstroke — and the only legislative tactic protecting him from an embarrassing defeat in fiscal cliff negotiations with President Obama. — But late Thursday, after a brief but contentious meeting …
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Does A Speaker Survive This? — The likely truth is that John Boehner never had the votes to cut a deal with President Obama. Any deal. Not a grand bargain of deficit reduction. Not a piecemeal deal that might have lessened the blow of all the Bush tax cuts expiring on Jan. 1. Nothing.
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Washington Post:
How Boehner's Plan B for the ‘fiscal cliff’ began and fell apart — View Photo Gallery — The ‘fiscal cliff’: Meet the key players: With the election behind them, Obama and lawmakers have turned their attention to the fiscal cliff. Here's a look at some of the leaders …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
URGENT: Last few hours to stop the Boehner Tax Hike
URGENT: Last few hours to stop the Boehner Tax Hike
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Wall Street Journal:
Boehner's Budget ‘Plan B’ Collapses
Boehner's Budget ‘Plan B’ Collapses
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Calls Off Plan B Vote
Boehner Calls Off Plan B Vote
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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
‘Plan B’ Vote Postponed In House
‘Plan B’ Vote Postponed In House
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Politico:
GOP calls emergency meeting to save ‘Plan B’
GOP calls emergency meeting to save ‘Plan B’
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
AFL-CIO to White House: Time to rescind your offer to Boehner
AFL-CIO to White House: Time to rescind your offer to Boehner
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Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Bloomberg: No One Has ‘Defended the Second Amendment as Much as I Have’ — Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have risen to become the country's chief critic of lax firearm laws, but on his weekly radio show, he argued that has nothing to do with the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Larry Alan Burns / Los Angeles Times:
A conservative case for an assault weapons ban
A conservative case for an assault weapons ban
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Lauren Effron / ABCNEWS:
Bloomberg Blasts NRA: ‘Connecticut Is Because of Some of Their Actions’
Bloomberg Blasts NRA: ‘Connecticut Is Because of Some of Their Actions’
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Huelskamp holds heated exchange with Scarborough on gun control — Talk show host Joe Scarborough and Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kanses) engaged in a heated discussion Friday over gun control. — Scarborough and Huelskamp both shouted over one another after Huelskamp said those arguing …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama calls on Americans to help fight gun violence
Obama calls on Americans to help fight gun violence
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Chuck Hagel Is Criticized Over Gay Rights Record — WASHINGTON — Chuck Hagel, the former Nebraska senator on President Obama's short list for defense secretary, came under fire again on Thursday, this time for his record on gay rights and remarks he made 14 years ago about an openly gay nominee for a diplomatic post.
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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Is Chuck Hagel toast?
Is Chuck Hagel toast?
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Michael Moore: Americans' desire to own guns stems from racial fears — Friday night, on the heels of last week's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., the left-leaning Current TV is planning to air progressive filmmaker Michael Moore's ten-year-old Columbine documentary …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Mark Sanford plans to run for Congress — Richmond, Virginia (CNN) - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is launching a political comeback that may begin within days. — Sanford is planning to run for the Congressional seat he held almost a decade ago …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Report: Ex-S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford to launch congressional bid
Report: Ex-S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford to launch congressional bid
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Kristina Wong / Washington Times:
U.S. on alert for Islamist ire to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ — Film depicts harsh interrogation methods — Could the release of “Zero Dark Thirty” provoke violent protests against the U.S. in response to the film's searing depictions of “enhanced interrogation” — the coercive …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Mosque arsonist tells court: ‘I only know what I hear on Fox News’ — An Indiana man convicted of setting fire to a mosque in Ohio told a judge on Wednesday that he committed the crimes because Fox News and conservative talk radio had convinced him that “most Muslims are terrorists.”
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Hal Brown / Sentinel-Tribune:
Randolph Linn pleads guilty to Islamic Center of Greater Toledo arson
Randolph Linn pleads guilty to Islamic Center of Greater Toledo arson
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Tom Cotton / Wall Street Journal:
A Soldier's-Eye View of Chuck Hagel — His record on Iraq alone should disqualify the former senator from leading U.S. troops in time of war. — Chuck Hagel, who is reportedly on the White House's shortlist of nominees for secretary of defense, served our country admirably in Vietnam.
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Marie Cusick / StateImpact Pennsylvania:
Ethics Filing Shows Corbett Took Free Vacation from Businessman with Ties to Gas Industry — Documents recently filed with the State Ethics Commission show that Governor Corbett and his wife took a free trip to Rhode Island in July 2011, which was paid for by a friend who does business with the natural gas industry.
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