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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Tax Bill Has Grown More Unpopular, Poll Shows — Overall, 41% of Americans in the survey said the tax plan was a bad idea, up from 35% in October. — The Republican tax-cut bill has grown more unpopular in the two months it has taken to usher it through Congress …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Public sours on GOP tax plan as Democrats regain lead on economy — WASHINGTON — The tax plan that Republicans are soon expected to pass has grown more unpopular in the last two months, with nearly two-thirds of Americans believing it's designed mostly to help corporations and the wealthy …
CBS News:
House must revote on approved final GOP tax bill, fearing Byrd Rule objections — The House will revote on the bill it passed to much fanfare Tuesday afternoon, fearing procedural violations in the version it already passed. — The vote will likely take place Wednesday.
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Chris Edwards / Cato Institute:
Final Tax Bill: Biggest Cuts for the Middle — The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has released its distributional analysis of the final Republican tax bill. The bill provides even larger percentage cuts for middle earners than previous versions of the legislation.
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The Daily Caller, Power Line, National Review, bizpacreview.com and America Rising PAC
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Senate Passes Sweeping Tax Reform, Trump Poised to Sign Historic Bill Into Law
BREAKING: Senate Passes Sweeping Tax Reform, Trump Poised to Sign Historic Bill Into Law
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CNBC
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Democrat wins Va. House seat in recount by single vote, creating 50-50 tie in legislature — NEWPORT NEWS — A Republican seat flipped Democratic in a wild recount Tuesday - with the Democrat winning by a single vote - creating a rare 50-50 tie between the parties in the House of Delegates …
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
In Virginia, a 11,608-to-11,607 Lesson in the Power of a Single Vote — The Democratic wave that rose on Election Day in Virginia last month delivered a final crash on the sand Tuesday when a Democratic challenger defeated a Republican incumbent by a single vote, leaving the Virginia House …
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Mashable, Business Insider, Raw Story and Daily Kos
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Outnumbered Guest Stuns Hosts After Suggesting FBI Deputy Director Plotted to Assassinate Trump — It appears there are some DEEP STATE conspiracies that are even too much for Fox News. — Over the past few weeks, we've witnessed a concerted effort by Fox News and conservative media figures …
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Fox News, The Daily Caller and Bloomberg
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Joseph A. Wulfsohn / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Hits Media Over Mueller: Journalists Shouldn't Be ‘Cheerleaders For Prosecutions’ — On Tuesday night, Tucker Carlson chided media critics who have slammed Fox News for their recent coverage of the Robert Mueller investigation. — The Fox News host began by mocking …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP chairmen seek to interview top FBI officials on Clinton, Trump
GOP chairmen seek to interview top FBI officials on Clinton, Trump
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Raw Story
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats unlikely to force DACA vote this week, probably averting shutdown — Democrats are backing away from a pledge to force a vote this month over the fate of thousands of undocumented immigrants brought to this country as children, angering activists but likely averting the threat …
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Senators, White House lay groundwork for Dreamers deal
Senators, White House lay groundwork for Dreamers deal
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CNN:
The House has to vote again on the tax bill. Here's why — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)House Republicans applauded and cheered after they voted for their long-anticipated tax reform plan Tuesday. — But just hours later, it was revealed they'd have to do the vote all over again Wednesday.
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Protests break out in Senate ahead of tax bill vote
Protests break out in Senate ahead of tax bill vote
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump Jr. suggests top government officials are undermining his father — President Donald Trump's son suggested Tuesday evening that “people at the highest levels of government” are conspiring against the Trump administration, evidence, he said, of the president's campaign claims about a “rigged” system.
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump Jr. suggests conspiracy of people who don't want to let ‘America be America’
Trump Jr. suggests conspiracy of people who don't want to let ‘America be America’
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Mediaite
New York Times:
How Republicans Rallied Together to Deliver a Tax Plan — WASHINGTON — The sting of failure on health care still lingered in the Senate on Aug. 3, when Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, summoned the Republican members of the Budget Committee to his office.
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
The Republican tax bill was the easy part. The next debate could be much uglier.
The Republican tax bill was the easy part. The next debate could be much uglier.
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Axios, Associated Press, New York Magazine, Mother Jones and The Stranger …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Collins decries coverage of her tax bill support as ‘unbelievably sexist’ — The Maine Republican decried the media coverage as premature and unfair. — Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday blasted coverage of her support for the GOP tax bill as “extremely discouraging” and “unbelievably sexist.”
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Internal Emails Show Twitter Struggled To Interpret Its Own Verification Rules While Hunting Trolls — Emails suggest that verification was never quite what Twitter said it was and that the company was aware it served as a tacit endorsement long before it admitted so publicly.
Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg:
Cornyn Says Tax Bill Mandate Repeal Makes Obamacare ‘Unworkable’ — The No. 2 Senate Republican said Tuesday that the GOP's tax bill will make Obamacare “unworkable,” which he hopes will force Democrats into negotiations to replace the law. — Asked about the failure of the GOP's efforts …
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Political Wire
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Mueller's little surprise (4) — Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson has now responded to Presidential Transition Team (or Trump for America) attorney Kory Langhofer's December 16 letter to him by letter to the Administrator of the General Services Administration.
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
What Does ‘Sexual Misconduct’ Actually Mean? — “Enough is enough,” proclaimed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand at a December 6 press conference. Whatever the details of her colleague Al Franken's sexual misbehavior, said Gillibrand, who has been aggressively pushing for Congress to tackle its harassment problem, he needed to step down.
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Haley: ‘The US will be taking names’ when UN votes on Jerusalem decision — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley — warned the international body on Tuesday that the U.S. “will be taking names” when the U.N. General Assembly votes this week on a resolution urging …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Hillary Clinton Favorable Rating at New Low — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hillary Clinton's image has declined since June and is now the worst Gallup has measured for her to date. Her favorable rating has fallen five percentage points since June to a new low of 36%, while her unfavorable rating has hit a new high of 61%.
Mary Ellen Klas / miamiherald:
Investigation concludes Florida Sen. Jack Latvala's conduct may be criminal — TALLAHASSEE — A Florida Senate investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Sen. Jack Latvala has been referred to law enforcement after a retired judge found that the Clearwater Republican …
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Raw Story
Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Suspected House Hackers Ran Car Dealership With Markings Of A Hezbollah Front — The used car dealership known as CIA never seemed like an ordinary car dealership, with inventory, staff and expenses. — On its Facebook page, CIA's “staff” were fake personalities such as “James Falls O'Brien …
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and IJR
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart News Helped Trump Win. Under Steve Bannon, It Might Also Help Him Lose … Breitbart News was the bright, shiny object of 2016, when the angry-populist, nationalist, right-wing web operation went all-in for Donald Trump, and the bet paid off with lavish winnings.
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