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Chris Frates / The Politico:
CBO deals new blow to health plan — For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat's health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.
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The White House:
CBO and IMAC — This morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analyzed proposals to shift more decision-making out of politics and toward a body like the Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) put forward by the Administration. CBO noted that this type of approach could lead …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Thank God The CBO Works On Saturdays — The Congressional Budget Office once again has poked a massive hole in the Democratic health care “reform” bubble, in a report issued today. — One of the key elements of the Democratic proposals is to hand over the power to make cost cuts to an unelected …
Washington Post:
The Health-Care Sacrifice — What President Obama needs to tell the public about the cost of reform — PRESIDENT OBAMA sometimes presents health-care reform as a pain-free proposition, as simple as choosing the red pill over the blue — one that's no more effective but costs twice as much.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
House to consider resolution demanding Obama apologize to Crowley — Congress would demand that President Obama apologize to the officer the president said had “acted stupidly” in the arrest of a prominent Harvard professor under a resolution set to be introduced by one Michigan lawmaker.
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Nycoordinator / Gathering of Eagles: NY:
Acorn Meets Their Waterloo in Commack! They are NOT Happy Campers! — Another Outstanding Day for Tea Party Patriots! — ACORN and their new front group Act Now were pwned by Tea Party Patriots again on Long Island! — When they couldn't win their arguments with facts …
CBS News:
Palin: “Bigger” Than Obama, or Quitter? — GOP Operatives in Heated Exchange, on “The Early Show Saturday Edition” — (CBS) Is Sarah Palin still a star, or a fading quitter? What does the future hold for her? — If a three-way discussion among Republican pundits on …
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Paul Krugman:
Why markets can't cure healthcare — Judging both from comments on this blog and from some of my mail, a significant number of Americans believe that the answer to our health care problems — indeed, the only answer — is to rely on the free market. Quite a few seem to believe that this view reflects the lessons of economic theory.
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Debate Intensifies Over Federal Deportation Policy — HOUSTON — The Obama administration is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails. But here in the city where the effort got a trial start eight months ago …
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Sasquatchian — Is the only word to describe the carbon footprint of the Thomas Friedman estate:
Yochi J. Dreazen / Wall Street Journal:
A Class of Generals — The cadets of 1976 graduated from West Point at a low moment for the Army and its storied training ground. But that year produced the generals running the nation's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as their key deputies. What happened? — Printer — Friendly
BBC:
Colombia ‘bombs Farc jungle camp’ — Colombian forces have bombed a rebel camp in the jungle, killing at least 16 suspected guerrillas, officials say. — The aerial bombing, south of the capital Bogota, was part of a hunt for the military chief of the Farc rebels, Jorge Briceno - known as “Mono Jojoy”.
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