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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senators near a deal on background checks for most private gun sales — A bipartisan group of senators is on the verge of a deal that would expand background checks to all private firearms sales with limited exemptions, but significant disagreements remain on the issue of keeping records …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Leahy: Immigration, gun bills can pass Congress this year — Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that immigration and gun control measures could pass this year if the two parties work together. — “I think we will, if people want to come together …
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Washington Post:
The big sequester gamble: How badly will the cuts hurt? — Evan Vucci/AP - President Barack Obama speaks in Chicago Feb. 15, 2013. The president and congressional Republicans each seem content with the political ground they hold and are prepared to let across-the-board spending cuts take effect on March 1.
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
On the sequester, the American people ‘moved the goalposts’ — I don't agree with my colleague Bob Woodward, who says the Obama administration is “moving the goalposts” when they insist on a sequester replacement that includes revenues. I remember talking to both members of the Obama administration …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Woodward Misses The Mark
Woodward Misses The Mark
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Political movies look to win big at Oscars — Political movies are expected to rake in the trophies at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony. — “Argo,” a film about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, is favored to win the biggest prize of the night: Best Picture.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
McCain: Backing immigration reform won't hurt GOP lawmakers in primaries — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that he didn't think Republican lawmakers would be hurt in GOP primaries if they supported a comprehensive immigration overhaul. — McCain said he thought that GOP office holders …
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New York Times:
Violent, Drunk and Holding a Gun — Multiple mass shootings by deranged young men have made keeping firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people a big part of the gun debate. — Given the enormity of those crimes, that is understandable. Federal law does, in fact …
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Associated Press:
Court Finds No Right to Conceal a Firearm — DENVER (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that permits allowing people to carry concealed weapons are not protected by the Second Amendment. — The ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit was issued Friday …
Catherine Deveney / Guardian:
UK's top cardinal accused of ‘inappropriate acts’ by priests — Three priests and former priest report Cardinal Keith O'Brien to Vatican over claims stretching back 33 years — Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Michael Goldfarb Gleeful Provocateur at Intersection of Many Worlds — At 11:42 a.m. on Feb. 14, a conservative online magazine called The Washington Free Beacon posted a dispatch about a speech Chuck Hagel gave in 2007 in which it said he called the State Department “an adjunct to the Israeli foreign minister's office.”
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Fox News:
Proposed design of NC illegal immigrant licenses sparks concern — RALEIGH, N.C. - A new driver's license expected to be issued to some illegal immigrants in North Carolina has prompted state lawmakers and immigrant rights groups to voice concerns over the proposal.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
McCain predicts Hagel likely to get up-or-down Senate vote this week — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday that he expected President Obama's nominee for Defense secretary, Chuck Hagel, to get an up-or-down vote in the coming days. — “I think it will happen, barring …
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Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Rick Perry: Texas Will Never Go Blue — For many, it's the country's ultimate over-the-horizon electoral question: Could Texas become a blue state? — To which Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry emits a hearty guffaw. Texas going blue, he says, “is the biggest pipedream I have ever heard.”
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
13 GOP Pennsylvania Senators Introduce New Plan To Rig The Electoral College For Republicans
13 GOP Pennsylvania Senators Introduce New Plan To Rig The Electoral College For Republicans
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