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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi says she doesn't know who Jonathan Gruber is. She touted his work in 2009. — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that, not only did Jonathan Gruber not play a significant role in drafting Obamacare, but that she doesn't even “know who he is.”
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Jon Gruber controversy and what it means for Obamacare, explained — Over the past three days, conservative news outlets have posted multiple videos of Jonathan Gruber, an MIT health economist who worked on Romneycare and Obamacare, crediting the “stupidity” of American voters as one reason that the health law passed.
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JakeTapper / CNN:
Obamacare architect discussed misleading public in 4th newly uncovered video — Washington (CNN) — As Congress voted on the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, in 2010, one of the bill's architects, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, told a college audience that those pushing the legislation pitched …
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Richard L. Hasen / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed History gives clues to Chief Justice Roberts' thinking on new Obamacare case
Op-Ed History gives clues to Chief Justice Roberts' thinking on new Obamacare case
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Pelosi on Jonathan Gruber: 'I don't know who he is. He didn't help write our bill.'
Pelosi on Jonathan Gruber: 'I don't know who he is. He didn't help write our bill.'
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House disagrees with ‘stupidity’ remarks
White House disagrees with ‘stupidity’ remarks
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New York Times:
Obama Aides Say Moves Will Avert 5 Million Deportations — WASHINGTON — President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million undocumented immigrants …
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Michael McAuliff / The Huffington Post:
Mitch McConnell Is ‘Very Disturbed’ By President Obama — WASHINGTON — In another sign that the country is in for a tough two years of battles between the White House and Congress, incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared Thursday that he was “very disturbed” …
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New York Times:
Obama's Moves Defying Label of Lame Duck — WASHINGTON — President Obama emerged from last week's midterm election rejected by voters, hobbled politically and doomed to a final two years in office suffering from early lame-duck syndrome. That, at least, was the consensus in both parties.
The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid Urges Obama Not To Take Immediate Action On Immigration
Harry Reid Urges Obama Not To Take Immediate Action On Immigration
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Reid to Obama: Wait on immigration orders until after CR passes
Reid to Obama: Wait on immigration orders until after CR passes
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Bloomberg Politics
Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
Is President Obama making the right call on immigration?
Is President Obama making the right call on immigration?
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The Daily Caller
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Americans' Cellphones Targeted in Secret U.S. Spy Program — Fake Cellphone Towers on Planes Used to Target Criminals, but Also Sift Through Thousands of Other Phones — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department is scooping up data from thousands of cellphones through fake communications towers deployed …
Mayor Betsy Hodges:
pointergate — A few days before the November 4th election, I took a photo with an organizer while doorknocking to get the vote out. In that photo, the organizer and I pointed at one another (after, it has often been remarked, an awkward moment of set-up).
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Secret Emails of Potential Clinton Campaign Managers Revealed … For the past five years, a prominent Democratic operative who is a leading contender to manage a Hillary Clinton presidential campaign has maintained a private email listserv for friends and associates that carries a provocative name: the “Mook Mafia.”
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New York Times:
Frustrated Democratic Senators Vent, but Re-Elect Reid to Be Their Leader — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats voted to retain Senator Harry Reid of Nevada and the other senior members of their leadership on Thursday, putting off for now the uncomfortable question of how to inject new energy …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Secret Service Blunders Eased White House Intruder's Way, Review Says — WASHINGTON — An intruder was able to climb a fence and enter the White House in September because of a succession of “performance, organizational, technical” and other failures by the Secret Service …
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Sabato's Crystal Ball:
14 From '14: Quick Takes on the Midterm — After going over the results from last week, we had a number of bite-sized observations to offer — 14, to be exact: — 1. The polls really were worse than usual — This cycle featured the largest average miss by the two major poll aggregators …
New York Times:
A Major Breakthrough on Climate Change — The deal jointly announced in Beijing by President Obama and China's president, Xi Jinping, to limit greenhouse gases well beyond their earlier pledges is both a major diplomatic breakthrough and — assuming both sides can carry out their promises …
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Washington Post:
Boehner weighs expanding suit over Obama executive powers to cover immigration — House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) is considering expanding a federal lawsuit on President Obama's executive orders to include immigration. Filing a separate lawsuit over the president's authority …