memeorandum: TRANSCRIPT: President Obama Asks Congress to Avoid Sequestration Cuts, Says 'We Can't Just Cut Our Way to Prosperity' (Fox News Insider)

7:55 AM ET, February 6, 2013

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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

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Associated Press:
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner throws cold water on Obama sequester plan

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Fox News Insider:
TRANSCRIPT: President Obama Asks Congress to Avoid Sequestration Cuts, Says 'We Can't Just Cut Our Way to Prosperity'

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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama calls on Congress to pass spending cuts, tax changes to delay sequester

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New York Times:
Obama Urges Congress to Reach Deal on Spending Cuts

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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
CBO Sees Rising U.S. Debt, Economic Rebound in 2014

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Frank Newport / Gallup:

Americans Widely Support Immigration Reform Proposals — Greatest support for employers' verifying new hires' legal status — PRINCETON, NJ — At least two-thirds of Americans favor each of five specific measures designed to address immigration issues — ranging from 68% who would vote …

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Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:

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Arthur C. Brooks / AEI:

Remarks by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (as prepared for delivery) — MAJORITY LEADER ERIC CANTOR, R-Va.: Thank you Arthur. Arthur, you've been an inspiration for me, and so many of my colleagues. — The work of Arthur and his colleagues at AEI has demonstrated an incredible understanding …

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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Republicans Are Upset That Obama Is Giving Remarks At The Same Time As Eric Cantor's Speech

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Jason Koebler / US News:

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett Declines Medicaid Expansion — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) announced Tuesday that his state will turn down the Medicaid expansion, becoming the first governor of a blue state to officially say no to the coverage provision of the Affordable Care Act that the Supreme Court made optional.

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:

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Janet Lorin / Bloomberg:

Yale Suing Former Students Shows Crisis in Loans to Poor — Needy U.S. borrowers are defaulting on almost $1 billion in federal student loans earmarked for the poor, leaving schools such as Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania with little choice except to sue their graduates.

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Breanna Edwards / Politico:

Brown on Perry's ad: ‘Barely a fart’ — Gov. Jerry Brown publicly scoffed at Gov. Rick Perry's attempt to draw Californians to Texas for better business, saying that the ad campaign is “barely a fart.” — “It's not a serious story, guys,” the Californian Democrat told reporters at a business event …

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Geoffrey Dickens / Author Feed:

ABC, CBS, NBC Slant 8 to 1 for Obama's Gun Control Crusade — At next week's State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama is likely to continue his ongoing push for more gun control. It's a push first spurred on by Obama's gun control allies in the liberal media.

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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:

MPs vote in favour of gay marriage: Politics live blog — Sort by: — 9.18pm GMT — Evening summary — • Britain is on course to adopt gay marriage after the House of Commons voted to give the marriage (same sex couples) bill a second reading by a majority of 225.

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Joel Griffith / BREITBART.COM:

KRUGMAN: U.S. NEEDS DEATH PANELS, SALES TAXES — Nobel Prize winning “economist” Paul Krugman spoke at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in Washington, D.C. last week. During the Q&A session following the lecture, an audience member asked him about the rising national debt.

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CNN:

Hagel approval all but certain — Washington (CNN) - CNN has learned there are now at least five Republican senators who would oppose a filibuster of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense, all but ensuring the embattled nominee will be confirmed in the coming days.

Amie Parnes / The Hill:

Carney: Drone strikes are ‘fully consistent’ with the Constitution — The White House on Tuesday defended the guidelines for targeting Americans in drone strikes as “fully consistent” with the Constitution. — Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, White House spokesman Jay Carney …

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Trevor / EAGnews.org:

Three-year-olds chant ‘union power’ after reading new children's book — OAKLAND - Is your three-year-old preschooler chanting ‘union power’ these days? She might, if author Innosanto Nagara has his way. — Nagara wrote “A is for Activist,” a book supposedly geared for the children of the “99 percent.”

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