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8:45 PM ET, March 3, 2015

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Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress  —  Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the Joint Meeting of Congress:  —  “The unbreakable bonds between …
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Terri Rupar / Washington Post:
The complete transcript of Netanyahu's address to Congress  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing a joint meeting of Congress; here is a complete transcript of his remarks.  —  NETANYAHU: Thank you.  —  Thank you...  ... Speaker of the House John Boehner …
Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, although full of bombast, was carefully constructed to avoid revealing new information about the nuclear negotiations with Iran or specifying what a better deal would look like.
The Hill:
Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, saying the Israeli prime minister's speech to Congress was an “insult” to the country.  —  “The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our shared values …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Netanyahu, in Speech to Congress, Criticizes ‘Bad Deal’ on Iran Nuclear Program  —  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel used one of the most prominent platforms in the world on Tuesday to warn against what he called a “bad deal” being negotiated with Iran to freeze its nuclear program …
Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Iran calls Obama's 10-year nuclear demand ‘unacceptable’  —  MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Tuesday as “unacceptable” U.S. President Barack Obama's demand that it freeze sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years but said it would continue talks on a deal, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Lauren French / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: Netanyahu speech ‘insulting to the intelligence of the United States’  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed a speech Tuesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as full of “condescension” and an “insult to the intelligence of the United States.”
The Hill:
House approves Homeland Security funding in 257-167 vote  —  The House voted Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a months-long impasse over President Obama's immigration policies and averting a weekend shutdown at the agency.  —  The vote highlighted the rift in the GOP …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Political Wire and DCCC
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Where Congress excels: manufactured crises
Discussion: Horizons, Hullabaloo and BillMoyers.com
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Approves Security Budget, Without Strings
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Boehner Outfoxes His Critics. Again.
Scott Wong / The Hill:
The terrible, horrible, no good start for the Republicans
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Maybe Hillary Clinton Should Retire Her White House Dreams  —  Maybe she doesn't want to run in 2016, top Democrats wonder.  Maybe she shouldn't.  —  Perhaps Hillary Rodham Clinton shouldn't run for president.  —  Maybe she should stay at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation …
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J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
How Hillary Clinton Used E-mail at State
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Justice Department Finds Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson  —  WASHINGTON — Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., have routinely violated the constitutional rights of the city's black residents, the Justice Department has concluded in a scathing report that accuses the officers …
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Source: Probe Of Ferguson Police Uncovers Racist Comment About Obama
John C. Danforth / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth's eulogy for Tom Schweich: ‘Words do hurt.  Words can kill.’  —  (The following are remarks prepared for delivery by former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth at the funeral Tuesday for state Auditor Thomas A. Schweich at The Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton.  They have been lightly edited.)
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth, in eulogy, decries ‘whispering campaign’ against Schweich  —  CLAYTON  • In a eulogy that doubled as a stunning rebuke of a top official in his own party, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., declared Tuesday that “politics has gone so hideously wrong,” …
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-US Senator Calls Out Missouri GOP Leader During Funeral: ‘Words Can Kill’
New York Times:
Florida Records Raise Questions About Jeb Bush's 2008 Vote  —  In the final stretch of the 2008 presidential campaign, Jeb Bush appeared in a television ad urging Floridians to support John McCain, the Republican nominee, at the polls.  —  “Join me and vote for John McCain,” Mr. Bush said in the 30-second spot.
New York Times:
Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to Lover  —  WASHINGTON — David H. Petraeus, the best-known military commander of his generation, has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department that will allow him to avoid an embarrassing trial over whether he provided classified information …
Wall Street Journal:
An Off-Ramp From ObamaCare  —  If the Supreme Court follows the law, there will be an opening for a sane health-care alternative.  Here it is.  —  Editor's note: The following was written by Republicans John Kline, Paul Ryan and Fred Upton, chairmen, respectively, of the House committees …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP unveils replacement plan, if ObamaCare goes down
Anna Malpas / Agence France-Presse:
Edward Snowden ‘ready to return to States’  —  Moscow (AFP) - Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who has been given refuge in Russia, is willing to return to the United States if he is given a fair trial, his lawyer said Tuesday.  —  “He is thinking about it.
Los Angeles Times:
Man shot dead by LAPD on skid row was convicted bank robber  —  The 39-year-old man shot dead by Los Angeles police officers on skid row Sunday was convicted 15 years ago of an armed robbery at a Thousand Oaks bank and sent to federal prison, according to records and law enforcement sources.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Mashable
 
 
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