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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Republicans, Led by Rand Paul, Finally End Filibuster — Updated WASHINGTON — A small group of Republicans, led by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, stalled the Senate on Wednesday by waging a nearly 13-hour old-school, speak-until-you-can-speak-no- more filibuster over the government's use …
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Washington Post:
Paul's filibuster in opposition to Brennan, drone policy ends after nearly 13 hours — One of the oldest and most storied traditions of the Senate made a sudden return to Capitol Hill on Wednesday when a junior senator seized control of the chamber with an hours-long filibuster involving …
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Jim Michaels / Associated Press:
Rand Paul ends epic filibuster over Brennan
Rand Paul ends epic filibuster over Brennan
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
McConnell extends Rand Paul filibuster: It'll take 60 votes to proceed with Brennan nomination
McConnell extends Rand Paul filibuster: It'll take 60 votes to proceed with Brennan nomination
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Hit & Run and Patterico's Pontifications
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Absent During Rand Paul Filibuster Of John Brennan Nomination
Democrats Absent During Rand Paul Filibuster Of John Brennan Nomination
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Taylor Marsh, ProfessorBainbridge.com and Post Politics
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Democrats Threaten To Reignite Filibuster Reform
Senate Democrats Threaten To Reignite Filibuster Reform
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Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Longest Senate filibusters went on and on ... and on
Longest Senate filibusters went on and on ... and on
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Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
Rand Paul vows to speak ‘as long as it takes’ to block Brennan
Rand Paul vows to speak ‘as long as it takes’ to block Brennan
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Ashley Parker / The Caucus:
Rand Paul Leads Filibuster of Brennan Nomination
Rand Paul Leads Filibuster of Brennan Nomination
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Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
Barack Obama ‘has authority to use drone strikes to kill Americans on US soil’
Barack Obama ‘has authority to use drone strikes to kill Americans on US soil’
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Republicans emerge from Obama dinner optimistic about deficit deal — Senate Republicans are more optimistic about the prospect of a grand bargain on the deficit after an intimate dinner with President Obama Wednesday evening in downtown Washington. — Obama and a dozen Republicans discussed …
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Obama invites Paul Ryan to lunch — President Barack Obama —seeking to sell Republicans on a revival of “grand bargain” talks — has invited 2012 GOP veep candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Budget Committee, over to the White House for lunch on Thursday, POLITICO has learned.
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ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Balances New Budget By Embracing Obama Policies — But next week, just four months after losing the November election, Ryan plans to unveil a budget that incorporates many of the policies he campaigned against, since the very changes he opposed as a vice presidential candidate …
Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
G.O.P. Senators Give Obama Dinner Thumbs Up
G.O.P. Senators Give Obama Dinner Thumbs Up
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Washington Post:
House votes to avert shutdown as Obama looks for big deal
House votes to avert shutdown as Obama looks for big deal
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Obama takes GOP lawmakers out on a deficit dinner date in downtown DC
Obama takes GOP lawmakers out on a deficit dinner date in downtown DC
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
North Korea Warns of Pre-emptive Nuclear Attack — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday threatened for the first time to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States and South Korea, issuing the warning as the United Nations was preparing tough new sanctions over its nuclear program.
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Jack Kim / Reuters:
North Korea warns U.S. of preemptive nuclear strike — SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened the United States on Thursday with a preemptive nuclear strike, raising the level of rhetoric while the U.N. Security Council considers new sanctions against the reclusive country.
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Al Gore Sued Over Current TV Sale to Al Jazeera (Exclusive) — A $5 million lawsuit claims Gore was “adamant” about not selling his network to oil-rich Qataris but had a “change of heart,” then stiffed the man who came up with the idea for the deal. — Current TV's $500 million sale …
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Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
‘A Big New Power’ — Years from now, when the Supreme Court has come to its senses, justices then sitting will look back on the spring of 2013 in bewilderment. On what basis, they will wonder, did five conservative justices, professed believers in judicial restraint, reach out to grab …
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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
RAND PAUL, IN DRONE FILIBUSTER, TELLS OBAMA TO REVISIT LOCHNER CASE
RAND PAUL, IN DRONE FILIBUSTER, TELLS OBAMA TO REVISIT LOCHNER CASE
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Samuel Tadros / Weekly Standard:
Michelle Obama and John Kerry to Honor Anti-Semite and 9/11 Fan — On Friday March 8, Michelle Obama will join John Kerry at a special ceremony at the State Department to present ten women the Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award. The award, says the press release …
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Arkansas Adopts Strictest Abortion Law in the U.S. — In the sharpest challenge yet to Roe v. Wade, Arkansas adopted Wednesday what is by far the country's most restrictive ban on abortion, at 12 weeks of pregnancy, around the time that a fetal heartbeat can be detected by abdominal ultrasound.
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Kathryn Smith / Reuters:
Legal fight brewing over strict Arkansas abortion law
Legal fight brewing over strict Arkansas abortion law
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Jim Messina / CNN:
Why we're raising money to support Obama agenda — Jim Messina says among the policies that Organizing for Action has pushed support to is Obama's plan to curb gun violence … (CNN) — You can't change Washington from the inside. President Obama was criticized for stating that simple truth during …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
How the White House silenced gun control groups — President Barack Obama's gun control agenda is looking more doomed by the day, but gun control advocates still haven't said a word to complain. — That's no accident. — The White House knew its post-Newtown effort would require bringing key gun-control groups into the fold.
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Texas GOP: Planned Parenthood Is Convincing Teens To Get Pregnant So It Can Perform Their Abortions — Texas has already spent the past year targeting Planned Parenthood, effectively defunding the organization's affiliates and forcing thousands of women to search for new doctors.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
In U.S., 71% Back Raising Minimum Wage — Most Democrats and independents, and half of Republicans, favor increase to $9 — PRINCETON, NJ — Seven in 10 Americans say they would vote “for” raising the minimum wage to $9 per hour if given the opportunity, while 27% would vote against such a bill.
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Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
GOP Governor Begs Her Party To Expand Medicaid: 'The Human Cost Of This Tragedy Can't Be Calculated' — Jan Brewer (R), Arizona's combative GOP governor, stunned political observers and health care reform advocates when she became the third Republican governor to endorse Obamacare's expansion of the public Medicaid program.
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