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3:10 AM ET, December 12, 2014

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Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Dear Democratic Colleague on CRomnibus  —  It is clear from this recess on the floor that the Republicans don't have enough votes to pass the CRomnibus.  This increases our leverage to get two offensive provisions of the bill removed: the bank bailout and big money for campaigns provision.
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The Hill:
Funding bill struggles for votes as government shutdown nears  —  A $1.1 trillion bill to keep the government open appeared to be teetering Thursday after House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) announced her opposition and the package narrowly survived a procedural vote.
Discussion: Politico, PoliticusUSA and ABC News
New York Times:
House Narrowly Passes Bill to Avoid Shutdown; $1.1 Trillion in Spending  —  WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a $1.1 trillion spending package that would fund most government operations for the fiscal year after a rancorous debate that reflected the new power held by Republicans …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dem: Don't be intimidated by Obama  —  Liberal House Democrats are fighting tooth and nail against President Obama over the fate of an enormous year-end government spending bill.  —  With just hours to go before a scheduled government shutdown, the Democrats launched a lobbying blitz …
The Hill:
House approves $1.1T bill to fund government despite Dem uprising  —  The House on Thursday approved a $1.1 trillion bill funding most of the government through September despite an outcry from Democrats and significant defections in both parties.  —  By a vote of 219-206 …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Bipartisan Revolt Imperils House Bill To Avert Government Shutdown  —  House Republican leaders are staking on thin ice with the government funding bill, facing stiff opposition from the left and the right that threatens passage just hours before a midnight deadline to avert a shutdown.
Discussion: Shakesville and Washington Monthly
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Republicans seek to cripple IRS  —  The GOP's moves will gut the tax agency, advocates warn.  —  Confused taxpayers, jammed help lines and tax cheaters running rampant — the IRS for months has warned that drastic budget cuts will disable an already troubled agency.  —  Republicans aren't buying it.
Discussion: RedState, Hit & Run and Daily Kos
Roll Call:
Lacking Sufficient Support, House GOP Leaders Delay ‘Cromnibus’ Vote
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
A Key Obama Treasury Nominee Now Needs Even More GOP Votes to Save His Job
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Open Carry Activist Charged With Shooting Ex-Husband And Stepdaughter Dead  —  A woman charged with shooting and killing her ex-husband and stepdaughter has strong connections to groups advocating for expanding open carry gun laws in Texas.  —  Local news outlets on Wednesday reported …
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Julie Fancher / Dallas Morning News:   Woman charged with capital murder after 2 found dead in Arlington home
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Scott Rudin Apologizes After Leak Of Sony's Hacked Racially Insensitive E-Mails On Barack Obama  —  EXCLUSIVE: Producer Scott Rudin has issued a public apology for the racially insensitive comments that surfaced last night in an exchange of hacked private e-mails between him and Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Amy Pascal.
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Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:
Sony Pictures Tries to Disrupt Downloads of Its Stolen Files
Matthew Zeitlin / BuzzFeed:
Scott Rudin On Obama's Favorite Movies: “I Bet He Likes Kevin Hart”
Politico:
Backers: Romney more open to 2016 run  —  He has sounded unimpressed with the emerging GOP field, associates say.  —  For most of the past year, Mitt Romney supporters have publicly said he should consider running again.  And for most of the past year, Romney has seemed uninterested.  —  Until recently.
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New York Times:
C.I.A. Director Defends Use of Interrogation Tactics, Avoiding Issue of Torture  —  Brennan on Tactics and Finding Bin Laden Brennan on Tactics and Finding Bin Laden  —  John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director, said that information obtained from detainees that were subjected …
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Reuters:
Psychologist says U.S. Senate's CIA report makes false charges
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Beast
Politico:
John Brennan defends CIA, won't say torture wasn't useful
Discussion: WhoWhatWhy, ABC News, The Dish and Mediaite
Beverly Johnson / Vanity Fair:
Bill Cosby Drugged Me.  This Is My Story.  —  Like most Americans, I spent the 60s, 70s, and part of the 80s in awe of Bill Cosby and his total domination of popular culture.  He was the first African American to star in a dramatic television series, I Spy, a show my family in Buffalo, New York, always watched.
Joel Gehrke / National Review:
Sources: Leadership Promised to Pull Cromnibus  —  I'm hearing from two sources, including one Republican lawmaker, that Representative Marlin Stutzman (R., Ind.) provided one of the final, decisive votes needed to clear a crucial procedural hurdle because House leadership promised to pull …
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Anthony Breznican / Inside Movies:
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ character names revealed (in coolest way possible) — exclusive  —  We finally got to meet some new characters in the teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but now we're getting to put some names with the faces.  —  J.J. Abrams, the film's co-writer …
Discussion: Screen Rant and Mashable
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Few See Quick Cure for Nation's Political Divisions  —  Large Majority Expects No Progress on Top Problems Facing U.S.  —  As 2014 draws to a close, the public is deeply pessimistic about the prospects for healing the nation's deep political divisions.  And most Americans …
Discussion: Washington Post
Texas Monthly:
And the Bum Steer of the Year Is . . .  Was 2014 the year of the Un-Bum Steer?  So many of our usual suspects behaved themselves (more or less) that we wondered if something was amiss.  Texas A&M didn't do anything too Aggie-like, the Dallas Cowboys were actually in the playoff hunt for a change …
 
 
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WFAA-TV:
Allen parents allege ‘racial bullying’ by coach
Discussion: Raw Story and Hinterland Gazette
Bloomberg:
Mysterious '08 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era
Discussion: Just Security
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Daniel Malloy / Political Insider blog:
Paul Broun to start his own tea party group — if an existing one won't hire him
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Associated Press:
Obama effort leads to surge in Guantanamo releases
Discussion: Associated Press and abc7news.com
Channel 4 News:
Unmasked: the man behind top Islamic State Twitter account
Discussion: Mashable, TalkLeft and The Jawa Report
Robert W. Wood / Forbes:
Obama Justice Department Was Involved In IRS Targeting, Lerner Emails Reveal
Discussion: Hot Air, Power Line and “The Lid”
George Will / National Review:
The Plague of Overcriminalization  —  America might at long …
Discussion: Power Line, Hit & Run and alicublog