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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner: Let Senate get ‘off their ass’ this time — House Speaker John Boehner told Republicans in a closed meeting Tuesday that the House doesn't need to pass a third sequester replacement bill before the “Senate gets off their ass and passes it once.”
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner's big bet — House Speaker John Boehner has dug in. — If the let-the-cuts-happen approach on the sequester seems risky — especially with President Barack Obama blaming Republicans for everything from kids not getting vaccines to long lines at the airport — the alternative for Boehner is worse.
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Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Ron Johnson: John Boehner Would Lose Speakership If He Caves On Taxes To Avert Sequester — Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would lose his speakership if he agrees to new tax revenues to avert the across-the-board spending cuts that are set to kick in on March 1.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
I don't understand the Republican position on the sequester
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New York Times:
The States Get the Bad News
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage — WASHINGTON — Dozens of prominent Republicans — including top advisers to former President George W. Bush, four former governors and two members of Congress — have signed a legal brief arguing that gay people have a constitutional right to marry …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
5 things to watch in crowded Illinois primary — Guns, racial politics and a billionaire out-of-town mayor: The special House election to succeed disgraced former Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has featured all of those things in spades. — A National Rifle Association-friendly ex-congresswoman …
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Jessica Taylor / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Illinois 2 Special: The Real Range of Gun Control — Tuesday's special election in Illinois' 2nd District has been dominated by gun control — an issue magnified by the $2.2 million Michael Bloomberg's political action committee has dropped into the Chicago contest to attack two candidates.
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
In Chicago election dominated by gun violence, New York's mayor makes big imprint
NBC's Taylor Hiegel / First Read:
CPAC to feature potential presidential candidates, GOP internal battle, and no Christie — Just months after their losses in the 2012 election, Republicans and conservatives are setting a vibrant — and crowded — stage at next month's closely watched political cattle call.
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Chris Christie ‘Not Being Invited’ to CPAC
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
TRENDING: Christie not on CPAC's guest list
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Right cheers Bob Woodward ‘fact check’ — Conservatives in the media have found themselves armed with political ammunition in their battle with President Barack Obama over the impending sequester from a surprising source — Bob Woodward. — The journalism icon's fact check on the sequester …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
Obama plan: Divide, conquer
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Arlette Saenz / ABCNEWS:
First Lady Michelle Obama Sees ‘Movement’ in Improving Childhood Obesity — As she celebrates the third anniversary of her Let's Move! initiative, first lady Michelle Obama told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts that the country is seeing real “movement” on the issue of childhood obesity.
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Slate:
Entry 4: Forget Seth MacFarlane's sexist jokes. This was the End of Men Oscars.
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Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
FLOTUS prop flop: Michelle Obama's use of military as props sparks disgust
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Most Say Spending Cuts Would Have Major Impact on Economy, Military — Little Partisan Difference in Views of Sequester's Impact — OVERVIEW — While many Americans may be resigned to seeing automatic spending cuts in the budget sequester go into effect, the public is concerned about the potential impact of the reductions.
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Walter Jones, GOP Congressman, Hits Dick Cheney Over Iraq War — Dick Cheney, Video, HuffPolitics Blog, Walter Jones, Dick Cheney Water Jones, Walter Jones Dick Cheney, Walter Jones Iraq, Walter Jones Iraq War, Politics News — Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), an outspoken critic of the war in Afghanistan …
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Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
Farrakhan Cheers Hagel's ‘Jewish Lobby’ Comment — Chuck Hagel may not be having much luck winning over Republican senators, but at least someone is aware of his moral fiber — Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Yesterday he delivered his annual address at the Saviours …
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Yaakov Lappin / Reuters:
Gaza rocket slams South for first time since truce — Grad explodes in Ashkelon; first such attack by terrorists in Gaza since the ceasefire following Operation Pillar of Defense. — Palestinian terrorists broke a three month ceasefire on Tuesday and fired a rocket from Gaza into southern Israel.
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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Democrats Enjoy 2-1 Advantage Over GOP Among Hispanics — Democratic dominance consistent across all age groups — WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Hispanic adults are more than twice as likely to identify as or lean Democratic than Republican, according to Gallup Daily tracking data collected throughout 2012.
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Politico and The Daily Caller
USA Today:
Former surgeon general C. Everett Koop dead at age 96 … Koop was surgeon general from 1982 to 1989. — C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general who brought frank talk about AIDS into U.S. homes, has died at his home in Hanover, N.H., officials at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth said Monday.
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Denver Post:
Police: Man arrested for sending harassing e-mails to state Rep. Rhonda Fields — (Brennan Linsley, Associated Press file) — Denver police have arrested a Colorado Springs man for sending racially and sexually offensive e-mails to state Rep. Rhonda Fields, including one that said he hoped …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Our Second Adolescence — In Friday's column, I wrote that the Obama administration has no plan to avoid the sequester save raising taxes on the rich. That was unfair. The White House approach is not what I would like, but it is more balanced than I described. — Humiliation is a good teacher.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems, GOP tee up rival sequester bills in Senate as deadline nears — Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate are teeing up rival bills aimed at shielding their members from blame when an $85 billion cut to federal spending takes effect on Friday. — The Senate will vote this week …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Sotomayor chides prosecutor for ‘racially charged’ question — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused a Texas federal prosecutor Monday of tapping into a “deep and sorry vein of racial prejudice” in his questioning of a black man facing a drug charge.
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Politico:
Senate GOP debates sequester plan — Big Republican names in the Senate warned Monday against giving away congressional power in order to escape responsibility for the adverse impact of automatic spending cuts expected to go into effect Friday. — Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and John McCain …
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