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New York Times:
Senate Defeats Bill on Keystone XL Pipeline in Narrow Vote — WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, by a single vote, stopped legislation that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, one of the most fractious and expensive battles of the Obama presidency.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Oops! New York Times Accidentally Publishes Unedited Keystone Story — It is every journalist's nightmare. May the media gods spare TPM. — But the New York Times on Tuesday accidentally published an unedited version of a story about the Senate's vote on the Keystone pipeline at about 4:40 p.m. ET …
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Politics:
Louisiana's Landrieu Silent at Almost 70% of Energy Hearings
Louisiana's Landrieu Silent at Almost 70% of Energy Hearings
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Washington Post and Hot Air
Reuters:
Keystone XL pipeline supporters scramble for Senate votes
Keystone XL pipeline supporters scramble for Senate votes
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Hot Air, Florida Today and InsideClimate News
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Sen. King to vote against Keystone bill
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
It's Time For Leftist Gruber Truthers To Give It A Rest — Jonathan Gruber was a key architect of Obamacare who was intimately involved in the drafting of the legislation. — That is a fact. It is not arguable. It is not assailable. It is backed up by overwhelming contemporaneous evidence long …
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Hot Air, Hit & Run, Reason, Weekly Standard, Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine and The Daily Caller
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Aaron Sharockman / PolitiFact:
Jonathan Gruber mentions on TV: Fox News 779, MSNBC 79
Jonathan Gruber mentions on TV: Fox News 779, MSNBC 79
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Mediaite, ThinkProgress, The Dish, Washington Post and Talking Points Memo
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
University of Rhode Island Removes Gruber Video After It Goes Viral
University of Rhode Island Removes Gruber Video After It Goes Viral
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Fox News, National Review and BlackListedNews.com
JONATHAN TURLEY:
TURLEY AGREES TO SERVE AS LEAD COUNSEL FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE — As many on this blog are aware, I have previously testified, written, and litigated in opposition to the rise of executive power and the countervailing decline in congressional power in our tripartite system.
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Pity the Republicans — If the GOP had partnered with President Obama …
Pity the Republicans — If the GOP had partnered with President Obama …
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The Colorado Independent, Pew Research Center's …, Hot Air, Immigration Reform and The Dish
The Hill:
White House prepares activists for Obama's immigration order — The White House held calls with activist groups on Tuesday to prepare them for President Obama's executive action on immigration, sources tell The Hill. — Administration officials didn't go into detail on what would be included …
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Obama's Agenda Threatens to Divide the Democratic Party — Hillary Clinton's ability to win the White House in 2016 depends on the president moving to the middle, not playing to his base. — President Obama's biggest problem over the next two years may not be coming from recalcitrant Republicans …
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Politico, Washington Post and New York Times
Jonathan Strong / BREITBART.COM:
GOP Rep. Hal Rogers Floats ‘Rescission’ Plan To Combat Executive Amnesty — The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee pitched GOP colleagues on a plan to rescind funding for targeted programs in the next Congress to respond to President Obama's planned executive amnesty, throwing a new idea into a ring already full of them.
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Townhall.com, New York Times and National Review
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
House Approps Chairman Proposes Canceling Amnesty Funds Next Year
House Approps Chairman Proposes Canceling Amnesty Funds Next Year
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Hot Air and National Review
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
McConnell looks to create super PAC dedicated to GOP Senate — CONGRESS SENATE REPUBLICAN PARTY MITCH MCCONNELL KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN FINANCE 2014 ELECTIONS 2016 ELECTIONS PENNAVE SUPER PACS 2014 MIDTERMS — Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is exploring the creation …
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
K Street to cash in on GOP ties — A cadre of former congressional staffers on K Street stands to gain influence with the rise of a new crop of GOP chairmen in the Senate. — Lobbyists whose stock is about to skyrocket include those with ties to new leadership on the Banking, Finance …
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Prairie Weather
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A Walker '16 boom: He looks great — on paper — Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wisc. — The Republican nomination for the presidency in 2016 may be Scott Walker's to lose. If your response, as it might be, is “Scott Who?” then you're not paying attention yet. — I just spent a week among people who are …
Catalina Camia / OnPolitics:
Congresswoman on transgender son: I love my child no matter what — Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.. (Handout via Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen) — Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has words of advice for other parents with transgender children: Don't reject them, and always show your love.
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FOX News Radio
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem anger flares over pregnant lawmaker — A meeting of House Democrats flared up on Tuesday over the increasingly thorny issue of whether a pregnant member should be allowed to vote from afar in the party's leadership elections this week. — Democratic leaders, including Rep. Nancy Pelosi …
Jerusalem Post:
Palestinians in Gaza celebrate terror attack at Jerusalem synagogue — Hamas: Jerusalem synagogue attack in response to deat... Police chief: Lone wolves apparently carried out dead... Abbas twice condemns deadly attack on Jewish worshipe... Revelers in Rafah hand out sweets, brandish axes and posters in praise of terrorists.
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Guardian, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Washington Free Beacon and The PJ Tatler
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Hamas Endorses a Massacre
Hamas Endorses a Massacre
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Jerusalem Post, American Spectator, The Dish and Israel Matzav
HAMPTON ROADS NEWS:
NAACP responds to racial school administrator retweet — UPDATE: The NAACP sent 13News Now the following statement: … NORFOLK — A retweet has stirred up controversy at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk. — The tweet, allegedly sent from the account of a school administrator …
Discussion:
Mediaite, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Stephanie McNeal / Fox News:
Key ObamaCare official used threats, ‘tantrums’ to push website launch despite concerns, email claims — This Nov. 5, 2013 file photo shows Medicare chief Marilyn Tavenner testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP) — A key ObamaCare official engaged in a “cruel and uncaring march” …
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The Daily Caller
BuzzFeed:
“God View:” Uber Investigates Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations — In the wake of a BuzzFeed News story, the transit company is looking into the official's tracking of a journalist's location. — BuzzFeed News — Uber said Tuesday that it is investigating its top …
National Journal:
McConnell Pushes Republicans to Silence Senate Debate on NSA Reform Bill — The Republican leader said the measure would help ISIS kill Americans. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is asking his fellow Republicans to block a bill that would curtail the government's domestic spying powers.
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New York Times, The Daily Caller, American Spectator, The World's Greatest …, The Intercept and Washington Post
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