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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Democrats: Cede the House to save the Senate — With Democrats' grasp on the Senate increasingly tenuous — and the House all but beyond reach — some top party donors and strategists are moving to do something in the midterm election as painful as it is coldblooded: Admit the House can't be won and go all in to save the Senate.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Wire:
GOP Has Choices - None Easy - on Debt Ceiling — House Republicans are meeting Thursday at a hotel in Cambridge, Md., to map out their legislative strategy for the year, but they face a near-term decision that could dictate everything else that follows - what to do with the debt ceiling.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Unpopularity of the House Could Turn Senate Races
Unpopularity of the House Could Turn Senate Races
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — January 30, 2014 - Crist Tops Florida's Scott On Almost Every Measure, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters See Crist Better On Top Priority - Economy — Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist …
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Anthony Weiner / NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner's advice to Rep. Michael Grimm on how to get along with reporters — Help from a former embattled congressman to a current one. — Former Congressman Anthony Weiner is no stranger to strife between policians and the press — giving him unique insight into the brouhaha …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Dustup could hurt Michael Grimm's reelection
Dustup could hurt Michael Grimm's reelection
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Paige Lavender / The Huffington Post:
Michael Grimm Gets In Reporter's Face: ‘I Will Break You In Half’ (VIDEO)
Michael Grimm Gets In Reporter's Face: ‘I Will Break You In Half’ (VIDEO)
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Henry Waxman to retire at end of congressional session — Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), one of the most prolific and successful lawmakers of the modern era, has decided to retire at the end of this congressional session. — “Forty years have gone by very quickly.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Henry Waxman, 20-Term Democrat, Leaving House — WASHINGTON — Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, a diminutive Democratic giant whose 40 years in the House produced some of the most important legislation of the era, will announce on Thursday that he is retiring at the end of the year.
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Washington Post:
For 2016, Hillary Clinton has commanding lead over Democrats, GOP race wide open — Hillary Rodham Clinton holds a commanding 6 to 1 lead over other Democrats heading into the 2016 presidential campaign, while the Republican field is deeply divided with no clear front-runner, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Ben White / Politico:
Why the rich are freaking out — NEW YORK — The co-founder of one the nation's oldest venture capital firms fears a possible genocide against the wealthy. Residents of Manhattan's tony Upper East Side say the progressive mayor didn't plow their streets as a form of frosty revenge.
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Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Gallup Obama approval numbers suggest shifting Electoral College map — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA POLLS CAMPAIGNS APPROVAL RATINGS ELECTORAL COLLEGE — Gallup has released President Obama's approval numbers for 2013 for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
No Smoking Guns Yet, But the Noose is Tightening Around Chris Christie — The New York Times is pretty clearly expending a lot of resources on the various Chris Christie scandals. So far they haven't produced any smoking guns, but they're sure digging up some stuff that doesn't look good for Team Christie.
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Lisa Schencker / Salt Lake Tribune:
Lunches seized from kids in debt at Salt Lake City elementary — Education » School officials cite unpaid balances on students' meal accounts. — | The Salt Lake Tribune — Up to 40 kids at Uintah Elementary in Salt Lake City picked up their lunches Tuesday …
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Wall Street Journal:
Liberal vituperation makes our letter writer's point. — Five days on, the commentariat continues to drop anvils on Tom Perkins, who may have written the most-read letter to the editor in the history of The Wall Street Journal. The irony is that the vituperation is making our friend's point …
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Hanna Rosin / Slate:
You know that “women make 77 cents to every man's dollar” line you've heard a hundred times? It's not true. — How many times have you heard that “women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men”? Barack Obama said it during his last campaign.
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
77 cents not worth a plug nickel
77 cents not worth a plug nickel
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kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2014 — January 1st may have been a monumental date for those working on and closely following the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds little change in the public's knowledge and views of the law.
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Laura Meckler / Washington Wire:
Former Speaker Hastert Calls for Immigration Overhaul — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has a message for his former colleagues: Pass an immigration overhaul. — In an interview, he said there are two imperatives: secure the border and give legal status to the estimated 11.5 million people living in the U.S. illegally.
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Laura Meckler / Washington Wire:
Rep. Ryan: GOP Looking at Legal Status, Chance for Citizenship
Rep. Ryan: GOP Looking at Legal Status, Chance for Citizenship
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Damon Linker / The Week:
Is National Review doomed? — The conservative movement's leading magazine faces a lawsuit that could bring it to its knees — N — ational Review, founded by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955, has had an enormous impact on the nation's politics. Its writers formulated the ideology …
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ABC News:
President Barack Obama is focusing on training workers for in-demand jobs, another theme from his State of the Union address. — The White House says Obama, while in Wisconsin on Thursday, will make good on a promise to act on his own to help the middle class by directing Vice President Joe Biden …
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Derrik J. Lang / Associated Press:
JOHANSSON STEPPING DOWN AS OXFAM AMBASSADOR — You are here — Home » SodaStream International Ltd. » Johansson stepping down as Oxfam ambassador — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Scarlett Johansson is ending her relationship with a humanitarian group after being criticized over her support …
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S.E. Cupp / CNN:
A Republican with a message for 2016 — Editor's note: S.E. Cupp is co-host of the new “Crossfire,” which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET weekdays on CNN. She is also the author of “Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity,” co-author of “Why You're Wrong About the Right,” …
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