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Herb Jackson / NorthJersey.com:
US Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89 — Frank R. Lautenberg, who rose from a poor Paterson boyhood to become a multimillionaire businessman and New Jersey's longest-serving U.S.senator, died Monday at 89 of viral pneumonia, his office said. — The oldest member of the Senate …
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Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Frank Lautenberg, 5-Term Senator From New Jersey, Dies at 89 — Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought the alcohol and tobacco industries and promoted Amtrak in more than 30 years as a United States senator from New Jersey, died on Monday morning in Manhattan. He was 89.
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Politico:
Sen. Frank Lautenberg dies at 89 — Sen. Frank Lautenberg, a World War II veteran who served nearly three decades in the Senate, died early Monday morning in New York at 89. — The New Jersey Democrat - the oldest member of the Senate - had been ill and was a rarely-seen presence in Washington in recent months.
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Frank Lautenberg's Senate Seat To Be Filled By Special Election This Year — The passing of the longtime Democratic fixture will push a Senate race into high gear. Christie has the option to appoint an interim replacement. — Via: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
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Yahoo! News:
Sen. Lautenberg dies, Christie expected to name successor — Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., died overnight of complications from viral pneumonia, his office said Monday. — At 89, Lautenberg was the oldest senator—and the last World War II veteran serving in that legislative body.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
David Plouffe rips Darrell Issa ‘loose ethically’ — Former White House senior adviser David Plouffe took to Twitter to question Rep. Darrell Issa's ethics after the California Republican trashed press secretary Jay Carney. — “Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler.
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
IRS controversy turns personal, nasty — (CNN) - An unusually harsh and personal war of words erupted on Sunday, even for the current hyper-partisan atmosphere in Washington, DC, with one of President Obama's top advisers bringing up the 40-year-old criminal record of the Republican congressman leading …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Robert Gibbs: Darrell Issa must apologize
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House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform:
Oversight & Government Reform
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
HOUSE PANEL: REPORT FINDS $50M FOR IRS CONFERENCES
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Report: How GOP lost young voters — A new postmortem on the November elections from the nation's leading voice for college Republicans offers a searing indictment of the GOP “brand” and the major challenges the party faces in wooing young voters, according to a copy given exclusively to POLITICO.
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Politico:
Immigration reform deal hangs on border security — The Gang of Eight's hopes for a Senate supermajority is running into the GOP's push for a dramatic crackdown on border security — testing the limits of the bipartisan coalition that's propelling the bill through Congress.
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
GOP immigration supporters face back-tax dilemma
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Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
The Decline of the Obama Presidency — His second term is coming undone not because of scandal but because of decisions made in the previous four years. — John Dos Passos, the novelist and historian, once said: “Often things you think are just beginning are coming to an end.”
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The friends of Richard Windsor
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Oliver Wright / The Independent:
‘Constitutional crisis’ if Lords reject gay marriage, senior peer warns — The Government could be plunged into a “constitutional crisis” if members of the House of Lords reject plans for gay marriage this week, a senior peer has warned. — Opponents of the Same Sex Couples Bill …
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John Bingham / Telegraph:
Bishops under pressure to abstain in gay marriage vote
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Geezers Are All Right — Last month the Congressional Budget Office released its much-anticipated projections for debt and deficits, and there were cries of lamentation from the deficit scolds who have had so much influence on our policy discourse. The problem, you see …
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NY Daily News:
Mayhem in the city: 25 people shot in 48 hours — Three killed Sunday after three were killed Saturday. One of the wounded includes an 11-year-old girl who will never walk again. — Cops check the scene of a deadly gun battle at Bedford Ave. and Lenox Road in Brooklyn on Sunday.
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Devoted to Politics, MSNBC Slips on Breaking News — At MSNBC they view it as rooting against death and destruction: the last thing the channel wants is more months like the last two, filled with terror bombings, tornadoes and plant accidents. — It's not all altruism.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Inside The Meltdown At America's Most Conservative, Most Christian Political Consulting Firm — Rex Elsass build a Republican empire on his faith. But he found himself battling his closest allies over his immortal soul. — DELAWARE, Ohio — About 30 miles north of Columbus …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / New York Post:
Scandalpalooza — Is Team O trying to tire us out? — The Obama Scandalpalooza continues. It's gotten so bad that some pundits have even suggested that they're bringing everything out at once to induce “scandal fatigue” and make it all fade away. Well, maybe — there's certainly a lot:
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New York Times:
China Is Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom — BAGHDAD — Since the American-led invasion of 2003, Iraq has become one of the world's top oil producers, and China is now its biggest customer. — China already buys nearly half the oil that Iraq produces, nearly 1.5 million barrels a day …
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