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4:20 PM ET, December 13, 2014

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz center of Senate meltdown  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, the firebrand conservative freshman from Texas, has blown up the Senate leadership's plans to have a peaceful weekend by forcing round-the-clock votes on President Obama's nominees and the $1.1 trillion omnibus.
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
First Dems, Now Senate GOP Object to Spending Bill  —  First it was objections by House Democrats that stood in the way of passage of a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill.  Now it's the Senate Republicans' turn, specifically Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Reid Announces Weekend Votes After Blockade (Updated)  —  Conservatives late Friday stalled action on the Senate floor as leaders scrambled to wrap up the 113th Congress.  —  Senators will reconvene at noon Saturday for a series of up to 40 roll call votes after conservatives sought …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Warren makes her mark
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Cops tell de Blasio: Stay away from our funerals  —  Not over their dead bodies.  —  Cops are warning Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to stay away from their funerals should they be killed in the line of duty.  —  The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association distributed …
Danielle Avitable / WJTV:
Pastor Dresses Horse in Wedding Dress to Protest Same-Sex Marriage  —  It's not something you see every day, a horse in a wedding dress standing outside the federal courthouse.  —  “I thought it was laughable and I believe he was going for a ridiculous protest and he certainly got one,” says Eddie Outlaw, LGBT advocate.
Joanne Lipman / Wall Street Journal:
Women at Work: A Guide for Men  —  Even the most well-intentioned male managers can be clueless when dealing with women in the workplace  —  We are flooded with career-advice books for women.  There are women's networking groups and leadership conferences galore.
Discussion: Dr. Helen and Vox Popoli
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
G.O.P. Angst Over 2016 Led to Provision on Funding  —  The secret negotiations that led to one of the most significant expansions of campaign contributions in recent years began with what Republican leaders regarded as an urgent problem: How would they pay for their presidential nominating convention in Cleveland in two years?
Associated Press:
Police Arrest Suspect in Shooting Near High School  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Police in Portland have arrested a suspect in the shooting that injured three people outside an alternative high school.  —  Authorities said they stopped a vehicle around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at North Interstate Avenue …
Discussion: Liberaland, FOX News Radio and Gawker
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Amid Details on Torture, Data on 26 Who Were Held in Error  —  One quiet consequence of this week's sensational release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the C.I.A. detention program was a telephone call that a human rights lawyer, Meg Satterthwaite, placed to a client in Yemen, Mohamed Bashmilah.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
Why America's middle class is lost  —  The middle class took America to the moon.  Then something went horribly wrong.  —  DOWNEY, CALIF. — One day in 1967, Bob Thompson sprayed foam on a hunk of metal in a cavernous factory south of Los Angeles.  And then another day, not too long after …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
New York Times:
Another Baseless Attack on Health Law  —  The opponents of the Affordable Care Act have filed another long-shot lawsuit that could undermine health care reform and force many consumers to pay more for health insurance if the suit succeeds.  —  The Supreme Court has already agreed to hear a separate case …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results  —  (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Bing search engine on its social networking site.  —  The move, confirmed by a company spokesperson, comes as Facebook has revamped its own search offerings …
Discussion: Mashable and The Verge
 
 
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Cruel Reality: Obama Paying for Illegal Amnesty With Fees Paid by Legal Immigrants
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Early federal sentencing recommendation for McDonnell: At least 10 years in prison
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Worst year: President Obama, for losses at home and crises abroad
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