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Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’ — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) directly attacked state Sen. Wendy Davis (D) during a speech at the National Right To Life conference on Thursday, arguing that the state senator who filibustered for 13 hours to defeat …
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State Sen. Davis Responds To Rick Perry's ‘Small Words’ — Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis (D) responded to Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday, chiding him for using “small words” that tarnished Lone Star state values. — Perry invoked Davis' experience as a teenage mother at the National Right …
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Stand with . . . Death — Funnily enough, there is nothing in the American social contract that permits the disgruntled to scream their way to political victory. On Tuesday night, however, you could have been forgiven for thinking otherwise. When a speaking filibuster conducted by America's …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Wendy and the Boys — There is an old saying that Texas is …
Wendy and the Boys — There is an old saying that Texas is …
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Rick Perry Jabs Wendy Davis For Being A Teen Mom: Too Bad 'She Hasn't Learned From Her Own Example'
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Marjorie Owens / WFAA-TV:
Sen. Davis: 'Rick Perry's statement is without dignity'
Sen. Davis: 'Rick Perry's statement is without dignity'
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Texas senator hijacked Democratic process, says Perry
Texas senator hijacked Democratic process, says Perry
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Wendy Davis: 'We're still going to fight'
Wendy Davis: 'We're still going to fight'
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate votes 68-32 to end debate on immigration; 4 p.m. final vote — The Senate voted 68-32 Thursday to end debate on immigration legislation, clearing the way for the landmark bill to pass later in the day. — The bill's authors fell just short of their goal to win 70 votes for the legislation …
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Senate Passes Immigration Overhaul — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation with broad bipartisan support, sending the bill to the Republican-controlled House, where there is significant opposition …
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Paul Ryan: House won't take up Senate immigration bill — Rep. Paul Ryan says the House won't be taking up the Senate immigration bill, but it will be working on its own legislation that he says will create a “workable legal immigration system.” — The Wisconsin Republican told Sean Hannity …
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House Republicans may split farm bill in two — Moving further to the right, the House Republican leadership is actively pursuing a strategy now of splitting their failed farm bill into two parts so that the nutrition title and food stamps funding can be considered on its own.
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John Boehner: Hastert rule applies to immigration conference report — Speaker John Boehner says he will not bring up any eventual House-Senate immigration compromise for a vote unless it has the support of the majority of House Republicans. — “For any legislation — including the conference report …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate approves massive immigration bill
Senate approves massive immigration bill
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Senate passes sweeping immigration bill
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate approves immigration bill 68-32, sending battle to House
Senate approves immigration bill 68-32, sending battle to House
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NSA collected Americans' email records in bulk for two years under Obama — • Secret program launched by Bush continued ‘until 2011’ — • Fisa court renewed collection order every 90 days — • Current NSA programs still mine US internet metadata
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NSA inspector general report on email and internet data collection under Stellar Wind - full document — Top-secret draft report from 2009 by the NSA's inspector general shows development of ‘collection of bulk internet metadata’ under program launched under Bush
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The case for polygamy — Discussing the Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage recently, Sen. Rand Paul joked about bestiality. This was unwise. If Paul wanted to make the slippery slope argument, the case for polygamy is much more compelling — and realistic. — This is not some straw man argument.
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LOOK: Chick-Fil-A President Tweets Controversial Response To Gay Marriage Rulings.. Then Deletes It — Seems like not much has changed in the world of Chick-fil-A. After the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday, the restaurant chain's president and chief operating officer …
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Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Chris Christie Blasts SCOTUS For Striking Down DOMA: ‘Another Example Of Judicial Supremacy’
Chris Christie Blasts SCOTUS For Striking Down DOMA: ‘Another Example Of Judicial Supremacy’
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Treasury IG: Liberal groups weren't targeted by IRS like Tea Party — Liberal groups seeking tax-exempt status faced less IRS scrutiny than Tea Party groups, according to the Treasury inspector general. — Russell George, Treasury's inspector general for tax administration, told Rep. Sandy Levin …
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Supreme Court Throws Out Ruling Blocking Texas Voter ID Law — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has thrown out lower court rulings that blocked a Texas voter identification law and the state's political redistricting plans as discriminatory. — The court's action Thursday was a predictable result …
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Six States Already Moving Forward With Voting Restrictions After Supreme Court Decision
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John Fund / National Review:
Vetoing Democracy — Chief Justice John Roberts has done it again.
Vetoing Democracy — Chief Justice John Roberts has done it again.
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George Zimmerman Witness Can't Read Letter She ‘Wrote’ About Shooting — A teenage friend of Trayvon Martin was forced to admit today in the George Zimmerman murder trial that she did not write a letter that was sent to Martin's mother describing what she allegedly heard on a phone call with Martin moments before he was shot.
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Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Ex-NFL star linked to killings — (CNN) — Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL tight end charged with murder in the death last week of an acquaintance, is now being investigated in connection with a double homicide in Boston's South End in July 2012, a law enforcement source close to the investigation told CNN.
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Maria Cramer / Boston Globe:
Former Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is probed in two more murders, law enforcement officials say
Former Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is probed in two more murders, law enforcement officials say
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Senators begin drive for tax reform by wiping the slate clean — The Senate's top two tax writers accelerated the chamber's tax reform negotiations on Thursday, adopting a “blank slate” approach to reform that calls on all their colleagues to make the case for their favorite tax breaks.
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Kelsey Snell / Politico:
Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch to colleagues: ‘It is your turn.’
Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch to colleagues: ‘It is your turn.’
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Marty Lederman / SCOTUSblog:
The fate of same-sex marriage in California after Perry — Back before the oral arguments in Perry, I wrote a post explaining what might happen to same-sex marriage in California if the Supreme Court were to hold that the Proposition 8 sponsors did not have standing to appeal from Judge Vaughn Walker's judgment of August 4, 2010.
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There Is No War on Men: Claire McCaskill Replies to James Taranto — Wall Street Journal columnist James Taranto said Claire McCaskill was launching a “war on men” and being “histrionic” about sexual assault in the military. Now read the Missouri senator's response here.
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CFTC Charges MF Global Inc., MF Global Holdings Ltd., Former CEO Jon S. Corzine, and Former Employee Edith O'Brien for MF Global's Unlawful Misuse of Nearly One Billion Dollars of Customer Funds and Related Violations — Settlement of charges against MF Global, subject to court approval …
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