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12:55 PM ET, November 6, 2021

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Philip Klein / National Review:
Disgraceful House Republicans Rescue Biden's Flailing Agenda  —  Just before midnight on Friday, we witnessed an utterly disgraceful act by a group of 13 House Republicans.  Given the chance to deal a severe blow to President Biden's flailing agenda, they instead rescued him by providing Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
GOP erupts over its House members bailing out Biden  —  In Tuesday's election, Republicans served notice that the clock is ticking on Democrats' slim majorities in Congress.  On Friday, 13 House Republicans delivered the decisive votes to rescue a key part of President Biden's agenda — an agenda endangered by those in his own party.
Discussion: HotAir, BizPac Review, Twitchy and ABC7
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Roads, transit, internet: What's in the infrastructure bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $1 trillion bipartisan plan to rebuild roads and bridges, modernize public works systems and boost broadband internet, among other major improvements to the nation's infrastructure.
Discussion: Florida Politics and NPR
Andrew Solender / Axios:
The infrastructure Republicans  —  Some of the swing-district House Republicans who crossed party lines to help Democrats pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill told Axios they believe they can survive the political fallout from their own party — and that their vote strengthens …
Ricochet:
13 Republican Congressmen Save Pelosi, Biden on $1.2T Infrastructure Vote  —  Six Democrats voted against the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan (BIF) late Friday night, which should have killed the legislation.  Instead, 13 Republicans rode to Nancy Pelosi's rescue and voted yes.
Discussion: National Review
Axios:
House passes $1.2T bipartisan infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk  —  The House on Friday passed, 228-206, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, handing President Biden a major victory after months of party infighting and negotiations.  —  Why it matters …
Bloomberg:
House Passes Historic Infrastructure Bill in Win for Biden  — Passage came after day-long negotiations among Democrats  — Progressives conceded leverage on social spending bill  —  The House on Friday passed the biggest U.S. infrastructure package in decades …
Wall Street Journal:   How the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Aims to Affect Americans' Lives
NBC News:
House passes $555 billion infrastructure bill, sends legislation to Biden's desk
Thomas Barrabi / Fox Business:
House passes bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill after progressives drop opposition
Politico:
‘Whole day was a clusterf—’: Dems overcome distrust to send infrastructure bill to Biden
Washington Post:
Another intraparty revolt by Democrats imperils swift passage of infrastructure, spending bills
Matt Bonesteel / Washington Post:
Aaron Rodgers lashes out against NFL, ‘woke mob’ in defense of vaccination status  —  Decrying the “woke mob,” “cancel culture” and what he described as a “witch hunt” against him, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers vigorously defended his decision not to be vaccinated …
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Kylee Zempel / The Federalist:
9 Truths From Aaron Rodgers' Explosive Vaxx Interview You Aren't Allowed To Say  —  'For the media out there taking shots at me, you don't know my story.  Now you do.  So quit lying about me.'
Discussion: YouTube, SBNation.com and CBS News
New York Times:
F.B.I. Searches James O'Keefe's Home in Ashley Biden Diary Theft Inquiry  —  Authorities carried out a court-ordered search at the New York apartment of the Project Veritas founder two days after searching the homes of his associates.  —  Federal authorities on Saturday searched the home of James O'Keefe …
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Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
A spin doctor with ties to Russia allegedly fed the Steele dossier before fighting to discredit it  —  Charles Dolan Jr., a PR executive who cut his teeth in Democratic politics, provided anti-Trump information, according to the special counsel probing the Russia investigation
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Merrick Garland is caught in a pickle with Steve Bannon  —  (CNN)It's been 16 days since the Democratic-controlled House approved a contempt resolution against former Trump White House political Svengali Steve Bannon for his refusal to provide testimony to the January 6 committee.
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
'It's a walkout!' … BRADFORD, Pa. — Dustin Snyder was tired of the low wages, the 60-hour workweeks and the impossible-to-please customers, and so in early September the assistant general manager at a McDonald's here drafted a petition that laid bare months of building anger and frustration.
New York Times:
Trapped in a Pandemic Funk: Millions of Americans Can't Shake a Gloomy Outlook  —  Despite signals that the economy is improving and the virus is waning, many Americans said they were frustrated by polarized politics and a sense of stagnancy.  —  A year ago, Michael Macey …
Discussion: Political Wire
Susan Estrich / New York Post:
Terry McAuliffe's doom: Joe Biden and the price of eggs  —  “I have not seen any evidence that whether I am doing well or poorly, whether I have got my agenda passed or not, is going to have any real impact on winning or losing.”  —  So said President Joe Biden on the Monday before the Tuesday that proved how wrong he was.
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin's underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday's election, elections officials said  —  The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday's gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.
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NBC4 Washington:
Glenn Youngkin's Underage Son Tried to Vote in Virginia Governor's Election, Officials Say
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The Federalist:
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