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New York Times:
Senate, 68 to 32, Passes Overhaul for Immigration — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation with broad support generated by a sense among leading Republicans that the party needed to join with Democrats …
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Immigration Reform, Finally — The Senate on Thursday approved the most ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration system in a generation. The vote on the bill was 68 to 32, enough to overcome a Republican filibuster and to deliver, as its sponsors had hoped, a strong signal to the House …
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Politico:
House GOP's immigration playbook — Circle July 10 with red ink: It's now the most important day for immigration reform. — That Wednesday is when a hobbled, divided and raucous House Republican Conference will meet in the Capitol basement to figure out how to address the Senate-passed bill.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Know who wants Republicans to pass immigration reform? Major Republican donors.
Know who wants Republicans to pass immigration reform? Major Republican donors.
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BuzzFeed, Twitchy and Post Politics
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Does immigration reform stand a chance?
Does immigration reform stand a chance?
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Wonkblog, The Week, The Reaction and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Comprehensive Rejection — Perhaps the one thing that's certain …
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Significantly Narrows Path To Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Boehner Significantly Narrows Path To Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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The Hill, Quartz, Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner: Hastert rule applies to immigration conference report
John Boehner: Hastert rule applies to immigration conference report
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Paul Ryan: House won't take up Senate immigration bill
Paul Ryan: House won't take up Senate immigration bill
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The Atlantic Wire, New Republic, No More Mister Nice Blog and American Spectator
Susan Page / USA Today:
Pelosi: Dems are coalescing behind Hillary for 2016 — In this clip from Capital Download, USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief asks Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for the Presidency in 2016. Pelosi says Democrats are optimistic about it.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Will Present Liberty Medal To Hillary Clinton — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will receive the 2013 Liberty Medal this fall from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who many speculate could be a hypothetical 2016 presidential challenger to the former first lady.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Roberts Plays a Long Game on Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — Viewed in isolation, the Supreme Court term that just ended had elements of modesty. The court declined to do away with affirmative action, gave Congress another shot at salvaging the Voting Rights Act and refused …
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Eric Schnurer / US News:
Conservative Constitutional Hypocrisy
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Problem With Rick Perry's Comments About Wendy Davis — Keeping Track of All of Today's A-Rod Reports — If you're a pro-choice liberal like me, Wendy Davis is a hero, and Rick Perry is one of the most cartoonishly villainous public figures in America.
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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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Michael Isikoff / Investigations:
Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say — Retired Marine Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was the second-highest ranking member of the U.S. military, and a key Obama adviser who served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Legal sources tell NBC News Cartwright …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
What's Really ‘Immoral’ About Student Loans — It's not so much the interest rates charged. It is, rather, the principal of the thing. — Unless Congress acts, interest rates for government subsidized student loans will double to 6.8% from 3.4% on July 1.
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Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:
Democrats' Split on Student Loans Breaks Into the Open
George Stark / Daily Mail:
Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife Hilaria TWEETS about Rachael Ray and anniversary gifts during James Gandolfini's funeral — She later insisted: 'I don't believe in bringing phones into a funeral and I never did and I never would' — It may not be considered funeral etiquette …
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New York Times:
The Criminal N.S.A. — THE twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans' phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism …
Phillip Molnar / Monterey County Herald:
Restricted web access to The Guardian is Armywide, officials say — The Army admitted Thursday to not only restricting access to The Guardian news website at the Presidio of Monterey, as reported in Thursday's Herald, but Armywide. — Presidio employees said the site had been blocked since …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., 43% of Uninsured Unaware They Must Get Coverage — Awareness higher, at 81%, among all Americans — PRINCETON, NJ — The vast majority of Americans, 81%, say they are aware of the 2010 Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) requirement that most Americans must carry health insurance or pay a fine.
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The Huffington Post:
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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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
The most unfortunate anti-gay logo and slogan in the history of politics — In one of the most unfortunate moves in American politics since Republicans kept referring to the Tea Party “teabagging,” the anti-gay Family Research Council, which has been officially designated a “hate group,” …
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Laughter fills Senate chamber as Moran flubs immigration vote — Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) accidentally voted “yes” on the comprehensive immigration reform bill Thursday before correcting his mistake. — The error by Moran caused the chamber to erupt in laugher.
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Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice — They draw government pensions from previous work in addition to their congressional salary. The practice is called “double-dipping.” — To solve the debt crisis, Americans—who are already suffering in these tough economic times …
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