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11:40 PM ET, February 6, 2009

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Latest Cuts To The Stim Package: Head Start, Child Nutrition, Food Stamps Public Transit  —  I've just obtained an internal Senate committee memo detailing the latest cuts being eyed by the gang of Senators being led by Dem Ben Nelson and GOPer Susan Collins.  Here is what's being eyed in the bill right now:
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The Politico:
Pelosi dismisses bipartisanship calls  —  In a statement sure to rile Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday dismissed calls for bipartisanship as “process” arguments extraneous to passing a stimulus bill — and warned Senate Democrats against slashing proposed increases to education spending.
New York Times:
Senators Reach Accord on Stimulus Plan as Jobs Vanish  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats reached an agreement with Republican moderates on Friday to pare a huge economic recovery measure, clearing the way for approval of a package that President Obama said was urgently needed in light of mounting job losses.
Dana Bash / CNN:
$780 billion stimulus deal reached, sources say  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic and Republican senators have reached a tentative agreement for a $780 billion stimulus package, according to two Democratic sources and a GOP negotiator.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has taken the list …
The Huffington Post:
Reid Proposes His Own Stimulus Cuts, Collins Disappointed  —  Sens. Ben Nelson and Susan Collins just wrapped up a meeting with Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate Democratic leadership meant to hammer out details of a compromise stimulus package.  —  Asked how she was feeling as she left …
Dan Gainor / Fox News:
Senators Reach Tentative Deal on $805B Economic Stimulus Bill
Elana Schor / TPMDC:
The Stimulus Plot Thickens: Tax Break Changes Now on the Table
Washington Post:
Senators Appear to Reach Tentative Deal on Stimulus Package
Big Tent Democrat / TalkLeft:
More On The “Bipartisan” Stimulus Negotiations
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Fox News:
In Stimulus Debate, Obama Drifts Into Campaign Mode
Discussion: The Jawa Report and TPMDC
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“Bristol”  —  I've given up counting, but I should note that none of her defenders on the right have really dealt with the documented fact of her repeated self-refutations and delusional assertions of “facts” that are indisputably non-facts.  Her unstable grip on reality, taken for granted in Alaska …
Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Reporter restrained after hearing  —  Following Leon Panetta's confirmation hearing Thursday, several reporters approached the CIA director-designate in the hallway outside room G-50 in the Dirksen Building.  —  There, CongressDaily reporter Chris Strohm — upon asking a question …
Discussion: At-Largely, 24Ahead and War and Piece
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
Newt: Obama speech was Carter-like  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich issued a sharp critique of President Barack Obama's speech before House Democrats in Williamsburg, Va.  —  “It shrinks his presidency,” said Gingrich Friday at the American Enterprise Institute.
ABCNEWS:
CEOs, Bankers Used Corporate Credit Cards for Sex, Says New York Madam  —  Wall Street Exposed as Convicted Escort Boss Reveals Client List of 9,800  —  Wall street lawyers, investment bankers, CEOs and media executives often used corporate credit cards to pay for $2,000 an hour prostitutes …
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Think Progress:
REPORT: GOP Lawmakers Outnumber Dem Lawmakers By Almost 2 To 1 In Cable News Stimulus Debate Again  —  Last week, ThinkProgress released a report showing that, in the debate over the House economic recovery bill on the five cable news networks, Republican members of Congress outnumbered …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
NO LIBERALS ON THE TEEVEE, REDUX.... In late January …
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Karen Tumulty / Swampland:
How Bad Is It?  —  This bad, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office shows us:  —  If you are having trouble reading the fine print: The blue line shows job losses in the 1990 recession; the red line is 2001, and the green line is the path we are on now.  —  UPDATE: To clarify, these are not projections.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, D-Day and Eschaton
John M. Donnelly / CQ Politics:
Congressman Twitters an Iraq Security Breach  —  A congressional trip to Iraq this weekend was supposed to be a secret.  —  But the cat's out of the bag now, thanks to a member of the House Intelligence Committee who broke an embargo via Twitter.  —  A delegation led by House Minority Leader John …
Rep. Earl Blumenauer / The Huffington Post:
No, Seriously: Republicans Don't Get It  —  With this latest attempt to strip bike finding from the recovery bill, Republicans have once again demonstrated how out of touch they are with their pathologically short-sighted attacks on bicycles.  To their detriment, they are continuing their trend …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Chris Frates / The Politico:
HHS rumors spark Bredesen backlash  —  Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is under consideration by the Obama administration for health secretary, sources familiar with the process say - but talk of his possible appointment has sparked an outcry from the same advocates Obama would need to pass universal health care.
Discussion: Wonk Room and Nashville Scene
God & Country:
Exclusive Interview: Conservative Evangelical Leader Tony Perkins Sours on the GOP  —  Doing some reporting on how the religious right is greeting the election of Michael Steele—who's been portrayed as squishy on some social issues—as Republican Party chairman, I called Family Research …
Manu Raju / The Politico:
McCain blasts Obama  —  Sen. John McCain took his most direct shot at President Barack Obama since the presidential campaign on Friday morning, using a Senate floor speech to criticize the president for mocking the Republican concerns over the massive economic stimulus package.
Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:
Obama's Preemptive Strike  —  President Obama's desire to talk — and talk, and talk — to the American public could cost broadcast networks millions, and millions, and millions of prime-time TV dollars.  —  Broadcasters are bracing themselves for the likelihood of three prime-time interruptions …
Discussion: CBS News and Townhall.com
Agence France Presse:
Mamma Mia!  Putin denies mystery ABBA concert … Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's office moved on Friday to quash claims he attended a mystery concert featuring ABBA lookalikes singing to him from behind a veil at a military-style compound.  —  Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Corner
Nicholas Ballasy / CNSNews:
Cher: Republican Rule Almost ‘Killed Me’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Grammy award-winning singer and Academy award-winning actress Cher told CNSNews.com that living under Republican rule almost “killed” her, and she does not understand why anyone would want to be a Republican.
Rep. Aaron Schock / The Huffington Post:
Thank You, Readers  —  Thank you to the readers of the Huffington Post for voting me the “Hottest Freshman” of the 111th Congress.  It's about time politicians from Illinois were known for something other than bad haircuts or having the ability to walk on water.
Ernest Luning / Colorado Independent:
Pueblo manager for McCain campaign arrested on molestation charges  —  Jeffrey Claude Bartleson, 52, was arrested on separate charges of sexual assault on a child Jan. 28 and Feb. 4 in Pueblo.  (Photo/Pueblo County Jail)  —  Police arrested the former manager of Sen. John McCain's Pueblo …
Michelle Malkin:
The “compromise” is a crock of you-know-what; Sellouts on the Senate floor; Show us the bill  —  Scroll for updates...Sellouts on the Senate floor 7:30pm Eastern...  Gold-plated poop.  —  Details of GOP Sen. Susan Collins' “compromise” “stimulus” proposal are coming out.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Confidence in Obama Remains High After Cabinet Troubles  —  Public believes controversy a normal part of filling high government positions  — USA - Governance - Government and Politics - Leadership - The Presidency - Americas - Northern America  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack …
THE WEEK - Online:
Captives in our homes  —  In democracies the people get what they want.  In America, we've always dreamed of owning a house—a 1,500-square-foot stake in the community.  We demand roots—with a rec room.  So over the past decade our government obligingly delivered a heady brew of monetary policy …
Discussion: Will Wilkinson
Mark Blumenthal / pollster.com:
Is Support for the Stimulus Plan Falling?  —  Is support for the economic stimulus legislation falling?  Three polls provide data on point this week: Gallup says support is flat, while CBS News and Rasmussen Reports say support is declining.  —  While it is easy to plot the trends in a chart (as above), caution is in order.
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
How Theresa Hatt Caused The Financial Crisis  —  Last month, Theresa Hatt died at 52, after a brief struggle with cancer.  —  Hatt, who lived in Portland, Maine, and worked for the city of Scarborough, had had several credit cards in her name.  So, shortly after her death, Hatt's son …
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Obama vs McCain: ‘We had an election’  —  One curious contretempts of the stimulus debate is the conflict between Sen. John McCain, the losing Republican nominee for president, and President Barack Obama, the winner of an electoral landslide in an election which Obama portrayed as a matter of “change.”
Discussion: TIME.com
Dr. Melissa Clouthier:
Diane Feinstein “Reserves The Right To Vote Against” Stimulus Bill—UPDATED  —  Is Diane Feinstein an obstructionist?  —  It occurs to me that Barack Obama campaigned in language that made him sound like a small government guy.  No wonder people hate the Stimulus Bill.
MSNBC:
2 face death over Quran translation  —  4 more jailed over pocket-size book deemed a mistranslation of God's word  —  KABUL - No one knows who brought the book to the mosque, or at least no one dares say.  —  The pocket-size translation of the Quran has already landed six men in prison …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and A Blog For All
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
AFTER GINSBURG  —  Like Thurgood Marshall (and very few other Justices in the recent history of the Supreme Court), Ruth Bader Ginsburg had secured a major place in American history before she was even appointed to the high court.  As a principal architect of the legal strategy to end discrimination …
Discussion: Democracy in America
 
 
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Associated Press:
Iran: US must rethink policies for reconciliation
Discussion: Power Line
CNN:
Sen. Kennedy expected to vote on stimulus bill
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Iain Murray / The Corner:
Mark-to-Market Suspension Monday?
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
HEH.  REASON TV ON THE STIMULUS.
Discussion: Political Machine and TigerHawk
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
THE GOP'S WAR ON SOLIS.
Discussion: AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
On The Origins And Meaning Of The Term, “The Villagers”
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Michael Wolff / Off the Grid:
Would-Be Car Czar Silences Press Over DWI Wife
Ross Douthat:
Liberals, Ideology, and Big Government
San Francisco Chronicle:
Despite Obama's promises, rival views are scrubbed from White House
Discussion: Open Left