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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
I knew the House Republicans couldn't be trusted managing the federal budget. But I had no idea it was this bad. — To great fanfare a group of House Republicans has announced what they call Operation Offset, an effort to make up for new Katrina spending and save the president's tax cuts …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly: THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON THE POOR....As it turns out, the Republican …
Will / Attytood:
They have learned nothing — MR. McCLELLAN: Sure. A couple of things — one, the President is focused on making sure we have the strongest possible coordination with state and local governments in the path of Hurricane Rita. We hope Rita is not devastating, but we must be prepared for the worst.
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Houston Chronicle:
Leaving Houston? Good luck — From staff and wire reports — Sixteen hours to San Antonio and Dallas. Eleven hours to Austin. With over a million people trying to flee vulnerable parts of the Houston area, Hurricane Rita will be a nightmare even if Galveston doesn't take a direct hit. .
Rhea Davis / Hurricane Rita:
'So many people, so few buses' — Hortense Davis, 73, waits at the downtown Greyhound station for someone to help her evacuate. — Hortense Davis is waiting at the Houston Greyhound station for a bus that may not be coming. — The 73-year-old woman called the Red Cross today to find out what she should do about the storm.
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Judiciary Committee Votes to Recommend Roberts's Confirmation — John G. Roberts Jr. moved a step closer to becoming chief justice of the United States today as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send his nomination to the full Senate with a recommendation for confirmation.
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thewbalchannel.com:
Feds Investigate Dems' Obtaining Steele's Credit Report — Lieutenant Governor Expects Recipients To Face Prosecution — BALTIMORE — Federal prosecutors have opened an inquiry into allegations that two Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee employees illegally tapped into Lt. Gov. Michael Steele's credit history.
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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Iraqi Forces Show Signs Of Progress In Offensive — TALL AFAR, Iraq — The Iraqi soldiers had already searched the house, according to a sticker plastered across its front gate. — But when their commanding general and a U.S. colonel arrived one afternoon last week to praise their performance …
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Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Abramoff Probe May Threaten Leading Republicans as It Expands — Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The widening investigation of lobbyist Jack Abramoff is moving beyond the confines of tawdry influence-peddling to threaten leading figures in the Republican hierarchy that dominates Washington.
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NewsMax.com:
Hillary, McCain to Meet with Cindy Sheehan — 2008 presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and John McCain have agreed to meet with anti-American war protester Cindy Sheehan when Sheehan travels to Washington, D.C. this weekend to cap her national tour. — Sheehan has meetings scheduled …
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
Bashing Bush in Aspen — ASPEN, Colo. — For two full days, George W. Bush was bashed. He was taken to task on his handling of stem cell research, population control, the Iraq war and, especially, Hurricane Katrina. The critics were no left-wing bloggers.
White House:
President Discusses War on Terror and Hurricane Preparation — THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate being back at the Pentagon. I just finished a briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and General Myers, and, obviously, members of my national security team, along with Generals Abizaid and Casey …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
'Whatever It Takes' — Is Bush's big spending a bridge to nowhere? — George W. Bush, after five years in the presidency, does not intend to get sucker-punched by the Democrats over race and poverty. That was the driving force behind his Katrina speech last week.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Hamas To Convert Synagogue to Weapons Museum — WASHINGTON - Emboldened by Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and part of the West Bank, Hamas yesterday announced its plan to turn a synagogue in Netzarim into a museum that would display weapons employed by the terrorist group's members against Israeli civilians.
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Washington Post:
For the Poor, Sudden Celebrity — DALLAS — All of a sudden the poor have emerged from the shadows of invisibility, lifted onto a temporary pedestal by natural disaster. Whether it is because of guilt, pity or the nation's generosity in times of crisis, those who lost everything …
