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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
LOCKED IN THE CABINET — The worst job in Barack Obama's Washington. — Steven Chu is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a brilliant innovator whose research fills several all-but-incomprehensible paragraphs of a Wikipedia entry that spans his achievements in single-molecule physics …
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CNN:
First on CNN: Obama to push administrative fix for insurance cancellations — (CNN) - President Barack Obama will lay out an administrative solution to address the problem of people getting cancellation notices from their health insurance providers due to the Affordable Care Act …
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USA Today:
Obamacare credibility going up in smoke: Our view — New HealthCare.gov data show just how broken it is. — CONNECT — The health insurance signup numbers the White House released Wednesday afternoon were deeply disappointing, though not particularly surprising.
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Allow Insurers to Continue Canceled Health Plans — Obama to Deliver Statement — WASHINGTON—The White House on Thursday will announce a plan for allowing insurance companies to continue offering existing individual insurance policies even if they fall short …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge — Well, here we are again—the Democrats are ‘in disarray,’ flailing on Obamacare. It's a potent story line, but this time Obama must crack the whip, stop the panicking, and make it work.
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The Hill:
House Dems about to ‘go crazy’ — House Democrats on Wednesday expressed increasing frustration at the Obama administration's inability to improve the rollout of ObamaCare. — Democrats said they're worried about “being dragged into this non-stop cycle” of bad news about the ObamaCare rollout …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
It's a Trap! — Republicans are walking into a trap and they don't even realize it. — They are about to consider, in the House of Representatives, legislation by Congressman Upton that would allow people to keep their insurance plans. — There's a problem though.
Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's big Obamacare trap: Not as brilliant as they think! — GOP has set several, but fortunately it's done them poorly — Democrats on Capitol Hill are badly in need of a lodestar. — Their hysteria over the state of the Affordable Care Act plays to stereotype, but it's actually somewhat justified in this case.
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
How Obamacare Accomplishes The Unthinkable
How Obamacare Accomplishes The Unthinkable
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Wall Street Journal:
The GOP starts to offer Americans a better alternative.
The GOP starts to offer Americans a better alternative.
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James C. Capretta / Weekly Standard:
The Upton Bill Is No Small Matter
The Upton Bill Is No Small Matter
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Darrell Issa's Obamacare kangaroo court
The Hill:
Vulnerable Dems scramble to keep distance from ObamaCare
Vulnerable Dems scramble to keep distance from ObamaCare
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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
House Democrats Have Lost Their Patience With The White House Over Obamacare
House Democrats Have Lost Their Patience With The White House Over Obamacare
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Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
Democrats Fume at White House Over Affordable Care Act's Troubles
Democrats Fume at White House Over Affordable Care Act's Troubles
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Ring of House Republicans to call for impeachment of Holder — Washington (CNN) - A group of 11 House Republicans will introduce a resolution Thursday calling for the impeachment of Eric Holder, saying the Attorney General has lost credibility and trust over a string of issues in recent years.
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GOP plan: Don't blow it
GOP plan: Don't blow it
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans' Approval of Healthcare Law Declines — Currently 40% approve and 55% disapprove — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans' views of the 2010 healthcare law have worsened in recent weeks, with 40% approving and 55% disapproving of it. For most of the past year, Americans have been divided on the law …
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Obamacare Schadenfreudarama — To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at the unraveling of Obamacare. — First, the obligatory caveats. It is no laughing matter that millions of Americans' lives have been thrown into anxious chaos as they lose their health insurance …
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Washington Post:
Two Secret Service agents cut from Obama's detail after alleged misconduct — A call from the Hay-Adams Hotel this past spring reporting that a Secret Service agent was trying to force his way into a woman's room set in motion an internal investigation that has sent tremors through …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Voters May Cancel Democratic Coverage in 2014 — In a Quinnipiac poll, just 30% of independents approve of ObamaCare. — A few minutes into last Thursday's interview with NBC's Chuck Todd, President Obama said of the millions whose health insurance was canceled, “I am sorry that they …
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: Chris Christie Won Because ‘He Got A Lot Of Federal Money For His State’ — An ongoing feud between potential 2016 contenders bubbled to the surface again Wednesday when Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took a pointed shot at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's (R) use of federal funds for Hurricane Sandy relief.
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Rand Paul / CBS Philly:
Sen. Rand Paul: Christie Reelected Because ‘He Got A Lot Of Federal Money’ Following Sandy
Sen. Rand Paul: Christie Reelected Because ‘He Got A Lot Of Federal Money’ Following Sandy
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama open to health-law change — The government released numbers Wednesday showing that far fewer Americans had enrolled in private insurance plans under the new health law than expected and, in a marked shift, the Obama administration signaled it was open to legislation to fix the troubled rollout.
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Marisa Taylor / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Americans' personal data shared with CIA, IRS, others in security probe — McClatchy Washington BureauNovember 14, 2013 Updated 48 minutes ago — Facebook Twitter Google Plus Reddit E-mail Print — WASHINGTON — U.S. agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands …
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Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Boehner: Upton Bill a Step On Path to Obamacare Repeal — Before the government shutdown in July, as the defund push from Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee was just starting to gain steam, Speaker John Boehner laid-out his preferred Obamacare strategy to House Republicans in a closed-door conference meeting …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Republican Senators Slam Administration's Briefing On Iran — “I was very disappointed,” Sen. Bob Corker said. Sen Mark Kirk. said today is the day he witnessed “the future of nuclear war in the Middle East.” — Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Sen. Joe Manchin as they arrive …
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