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Bloomberg:
Health-Law Employer Mandate Said to Be Delayed to 2015 — Businesses won't be penalized next year if they don't provide workers health insurance after the Obama administration decided to delay a key requirement under its health-care law, two administration officials said.
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Mark J. Mazur / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Continuing to Implement the ACA in a Careful, Thoughtful Manner — Over the past several months, the Administration has been engaging in a dialogue with businesses - many of which already provide health coverage for their workers - about the new employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
ObamaCare employer mandate delayed until after 2014 midterms — The ObamaCare employer mandate requiring businesses to provide their workers with health insurance will be delayed by a year, the administration said Tuesday in a stunning announcement. — Delaying the requirement until 2015 represents …
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Valerie B. Jarrett / White House.gov Blog:
We're Listening to Businesses about the Health Care Law — From the start, this Administration has encouraged an ongoing dialogue with the leaders of our nation's businesses, large and small. There's more to do, but working together we've helped rebuild our economy.
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Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Obamacare's employer mandate shouldn't be delayed. It should be repealed. — Delaying Obamacare's employer mandate is the right thing to do. Frankly, eliminating it — or at least utterly overhauling it — is probably the right thing to do. But the administration executing …
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New York Times:
Crucial Rule Is Delayed a Year for Obama's Health Law
Crucial Rule Is Delayed a Year for Obama's Health Law
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: ObamaCare employer mandate to be delayed until 2015
Breaking: ObamaCare employer mandate to be delayed until 2015
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Egypt's Morsi defiant under pressure as deadline looms — CAIRO — Sporadic bursts of automatic gunfire shut down streets in central Cairo overnight as supporters of President Mohamed Morsi clashed violently with opposition protesters outside Cairo University, where the president's supporters had gathered.
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New York Times:
Morsi and Egyptian Generals Edge Closer to Conflict — By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, BEN HUBBARD and ALAN COWELL — CAIRO — Egypt's top generals summoned civilian political leaders to an emergency meeting Wednesday just hours before the deadline they have set for President Mohamed Morsi to leave power.
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Reuters:
Mursi, Egypt army ready to die in ‘Final Hours’ showdown
Mursi, Egypt army ready to die in ‘Final Hours’ showdown
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Egypt army plan would scrap constitution, parliament - sources
Exclusive: Egypt army plan would scrap constitution, parliament - sources
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New York Times:
Depth of Discontent Threatens Muslim Brotherhood and Its Leader
Depth of Discontent Threatens Muslim Brotherhood and Its Leader
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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People?
How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People?
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Carlos Valdez / bigstory.ap.org:
BOLIVIAN LEADER'S PLANE REROUTED ON SNOWDEN FEAR — You are here — Home » Evo Morales » Bolivian leader's plane rerouted on Snowden fear — LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday …
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Dan Roberts / Guardian:
Bolivian president's jet rerouted amid suspicions Edward Snowden on board — France and Portugal accused of refusing entry to their airspace, while plane lands in Vienna with no sign of Snowden — • Read live updates on the diplomatic crisis — Bolivia reacted with fury …
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Angelika Gruber / Reuters:
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Rubio to Introduce Senate Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks — Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today agreed to be the lead sponsor of a Senate bill to ban abortion after an unborn child is 20 weeks old. A similar measure passed the House last month and a state version is now being debated …
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Could Perry be a player in 2016? — (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has found himself squarely in the middle of the national political conversation as he clashes with Democrats over a restrictive anti-abortion bill that has drawn thousands of protesters to Austin.
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Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Texas Democrats Use Wendy Davis Filibuster To Register New Voters
Texas Democrats Use Wendy Davis Filibuster To Register New Voters
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Daily Kos and Off the Kuff
Mark Binker / @NCCapitol:
Senate tacks sweeping abortion legislation onto Sharia law bill — RALEIGH, N.C. — Senators tacked a suite of new restrictions and regulations pertaining to abortion clinics onto a bill dealing with the application of foreign laws in North Carolina family courts Tuesday.
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Raleigh News & Observer:
NC Senate gives preliminary approval to bill restricting abortions — The state Senate has approved a measure that would add restrictions on abortions. — Under the bill, abortion clinics would have to meet standards for licensure of ambulatory surgical centers.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
No pressure on House Republicans to tackle immigration reform — House Republicans aren't feeling pressure to tackle comprehensive immigration reform — not from the Senate, not from the business and religious communities and not from the many GOP-aligned groups backing the effort.
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Caitlin MacNeal / The Huffington Post:
OFA Rallies For Immigration Reform With Mixed Success
OFA Rallies For Immigration Reform With Mixed Success
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Alan Duke / CNN:
Paula Deen invokes same-sex marriage ruling in lawsuit defense — (CNN) — Celebrity chef Paula Deen hopes the Supreme Court's ruling allowing same-sex marriage to be legal in California will help in her defense against a racial discrimination lawsuit. — The woman alleging that she was subjected …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Paula Deen Cites Prop 8 Ruling To Defend Herself Against Racism Lawsuit
Paula Deen Cites Prop 8 Ruling To Defend Herself Against Racism Lawsuit
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Intelligence director Clapper apologizes for lying to Congress on snooping — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has apologized for a “clearly erroneous” statement he made to Congress over the National Security Agency's surveillance activities.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Fox News wouldn't discuss state of GOP — Rush Limbaugh says Fox News did not want him to talk about the state of the Republican Party on the network and he called the move “quite telling.” — “They asked me, what do you want to talk about, I didn't want to talk about Egypt …