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Assault weapons ban loses steam — Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Monday that a controversial assault weapons ban will not be part of a Democratic gun bill that was expected to reach the Senate floor next month. — After a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Reid guts Senate gun control bill — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday he will not include a renewal of the federal assault weapons ban in a Senate gun control bill because it could not win even 40 votes on the Senate floor. — “Right now her amendment using …
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John Gramlich / Roll Call:
Feinstein Says Assault Weapons Ban Won't Pass
Feinstein Says Assault Weapons Ban Won't Pass
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Shameless Harry Reid Uses Dead Marines to Fearmonger on Sequester
Shameless Harry Reid Uses Dead Marines to Fearmonger on Sequester
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Reid explains gun bill decision
Reid explains gun bill decision
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
Assault weapons ban likely won't be included in Senate gun bill
Assault weapons ban likely won't be included in Senate gun bill
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The Last Letter — A Letter to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran — I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Tea Partier On Lead Up To Iraq War: ‘We Have To Trust Our Leaders’ (VIDEO)
Tea Partier On Lead Up To Iraq War: ‘We Have To Trust Our Leaders’ (VIDEO)
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Anna North / BuzzFeed:
For Iraq, The War Isn't Over — The war may have ended for the US …
For Iraq, The War Isn't Over — The war may have ended for the US …
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Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Cyprus Rejects Bank Deposit Tax, Scuttling Bailout Deal — NICOSIA — The Cypriot Parliament rejected an international bailout package on Tuesday that had sought to tax bank depositors to pay a big part of the bill, despite a revision that would have exempted small bank accounts from the levies.
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Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Is the House in Play? A District-by-District Assessment — Three weeks ago, I discussed whether the House is likely to flip control next year by looking at historical trends and “big picture” questions. Those trends show that the Democrats' task is a challenging one.
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Wall Street Journal:
Larry Sabato and Kyle Kondik: The Early Line on the 2014 Midterms — The Obama goal is to regain the House, but holding the Senate is no sure thing. — President Obama's greatest setback to date has been the 2010 midterm elections. Gains that Republicans scored in the House and Senate still circumscribe his agenda.
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The GOP Faces 2 Stark Choices: Change or Go Over the Cliff — As they head into the future, Republicans need to decide whether they will follow the path of hope or the road to ruin. — The past 96 hours should provide thinking Republicans both hope and despair about their party's future.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Associated Press stands by Rand Paul ‘pathway to citizenship’ report — The Associated Press is standing by its report that Sen. Rand Paul intended to back a path to citizenship in his speech Tuesday to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, despite the fact that he did not do so …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
Erica Werner of the Associated Press Reads More Into Rand Paul's Speech Than is There
Erica Werner of the Associated Press Reads More Into Rand Paul's Speech Than is There
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
Rand Paul: I didn't back faster path to citizenship
Rand Paul: I didn't back faster path to citizenship
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Assassination ‘Joke’ Sheriff Doubles Down, Compares Critics To Nazis — Plymouth County, MA Sheriff Joe McDonald (R) — A day after ThinkProgress and others reported that Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. (R), Sheriff of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, told a “joke” at a Republican St. Patrick's …
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Casey Meserve / Plymouth, MA Patch:
Sheriff Defends Joke, Calls Critics ‘Hypocrites’
Sheriff Defends Joke, Calls Critics ‘Hypocrites’
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP catfight: Michael Steele calls Reince Priebus ‘numb nuts’ … The catfight between former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and his replacement, Reince Priebus, has reached screech level, with Steele belittling the party's new focus on minorities as old news.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Progressive Shift — There is a statue outside the Department of Labor of a powerful, rambunctious horse being reined in by an extremely muscular man. This used to be a metaphor for liberalism. The horse was capitalism. The man was government, which was needed sometimes to restrain capitalism's excesses.
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The Atlantic Online:
What ‘Lean In’ Misunderstands About Gender Differences — There is much to admire in Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. It is full of funny stories about her brilliant career and helpful advice for workplace success. As former chief of staff …
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NBCNews.com:
Iraq, 10 years on: Did invasion bring ‘hope and progress’ to millions as Bush vowed? — This week marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. ITV's John Irvine in Baghdad assesses a country that remains gripped by the violence of its sectarian divide.
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Luis Martinez / ABCNEWS:
10th Anniversary of Iraq War Draws Same Lingering Questions
10th Anniversary of Iraq War Draws Same Lingering Questions
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Israelis to push Obama for release of spy — JERUSALEM—When President Barack Obama arrives in Israel on Wednesday, it'll be tough for him to miss the campaign pressing him to release an American-born man convicted of spying for Israel: Jonathan Pollard. — As buses carrying …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Scott trails Crist by 12 points — Rick Scott's approval numbers have seen no improvement over the last two months, even after his decision to allow Medicaid expansion in Florida. 33% of voters continue to approve of the job he's doing to 57% who disapprove.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
House GOP grills top Obama immigration official over release of illegal detainees — House Republicans grilled the Obama administration's top immigration official on Tuesday for releasing more than 2,000 illegal immigrants from detention facilities. — Republicans accused the administration …
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Paul C. Broun Jr / New York Times:
Paul Ryan's Ax Isn't Sharp Enough — THE latest budget proposal by Representative Paul D. Ryan, called “The Path to Prosperity,” is anything but. It fails to seriously address runaway government spending, the most pressing problem facing our nation. I cannot vote for something that would trick …
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Will Sommer / City Desk:
Staffers Told Washington Examiner Will Cease Daily Publication — Today's layoffs at the Washington Examiner extend beyond the Local section. Staffers are being told that the paper will cease daily publication in June to become a weekly political magazine and website, according to two sources who attended a meeting about the change.
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Emily Ramshaw / The Texas Tribune:
Houston-Area Tea Party Leader Had Ties to Fascist Party … As recently as 2003, the president of the Greater Fort Bend County Tea Party had a very different title: director of propaganda for the American Fascist Party. — James Ives, a prominent Tea Party activist who has hosted statewide rallies …
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Jungah Lee / Bloomberg:
Samsung Preparing Wristwatch as It Races Apple for Sales — Turf War: Samsung Races Apple for First Smartwatch — Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) is developing a wristwatch as Asia's biggest technology company races against Apple Inc. (AAPL) to create a new industry of wearable devices that perform similar tasks as smartphones.
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court to release same-day audio of marriage arguments — The Supreme Court will release audio recordings on the same day it hears oral arguments over same-sex marriage — a rare step reserved for especially high-profile cases. — The court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday …
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