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10:45 PM ET, October 29, 2009

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Ryan Ellis / Americans for Tax Reform RSS:
BREAKING: Comprehensive List of Taxes In House Democrat Health Bill  —  H.R. 3962, the “Affordable Health Care for America Act” has been introduced—all 1990 pages of it.  This gargantuan beast contains thirteen new tax hikes.  Here they all are, with description and page number (PDF version):
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
House health-care reform bill includes public option, Medicaid expansion  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will unveil a health-care reform bill on Thursday that includes a government insurance option and a historic expansion of Medicaid, although sticking points in the legislation involving abortion and immigration remain unresolved.
Philip Klein / AmSpecBlog:
Pelosi Drops 1,990 Page Health Care Bill  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi just unveiled the House Democrats' health care bill, which is 1,990 pages (PDF here).  You'll forgive me if I haven't yet read all of it, but the clear takeaway is that as expected, the bill is to the left of the Senate version.
Discussion: Hot Air, Weekly Standard and RedState
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
McConnell: The Public Option ‘May Cost You Your Life’
Discussion: TPM LiveWire
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
House Health Reform Bill Outlaws Treating Domestic Violence …
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Health Care Budgeting 101: Fiscal Scolds Earn an “F-”
Discussion: Ezra Klein and TalkLeft
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Democrats in House Present $894 Billion Health Package
Discussion: Truthdig
The Politico:
In shift, GOP leaders embrace Hoffman  —  The House Republican leadership is prepared to welcome Doug Hoffman into its ranks, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said Thursday, a sign that the GOP establishment is recalibrating its approach toward …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
The Outlook for the 2009 Elections  —  We are still a few days away from Election Day, but party strategists, operatives and local activists are already blaming their own nominees for their defeats.  —  The clearest evidence that the Virginia gubernatorial race is over …
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Christie: 'Man up and say I'm fat'  —  Chris Christie, New Jersey's Republican nominee for governor, said Thursday that Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine should quit hinting at his weight with unflattering ads and “man up and say I'm fat.”  —  Christie declared that he will be “a big fat winner” …
Discussion: The Awl and Wonkette
Wayne Slater / TRAIL BLAZERS:
Rick Perry endorses Conservative over Republican in NY race
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Iowa Republicans wince at Palin fee  —  A conservative Iowa group's effort to lure Sarah Palin to its banquet next month has had an unintended effect: Rather than exciting conservatives about the prospect of a visit from the former Alaska governor, the group's plan to raise a six-figure sum …
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Holly Bailey / Newsweek Blogs:
Sarah Palin Charging $100K for Iowa Speech?  Not Exactly.  —  Palin in Iowa, November 2008.  Photo by Mark Hirsch / Getty Images  —  Politico's Jonathan Martin has a good story today about an Iowa conservative group's efforts to lure Sarah Palin to a fundraising dinner in Des Moines next month.
Discussion: Hot Air
People-Press.org:
Fox News Viewed as Most Ideological Network  —  Swine Flu Tops Weekly News Interest  —  The Fox News Channel is viewed by Americans in more ideological terms than other television news networks.  And while the public is evenly divided in its view of hosts of cable news programs having …
Blue Texan / Firedoglake:
Disgraceful: In 8 Years, George W. Bush Never Greeted Fallen Troops  —  This is what a president does. … NPR notes that, … Why? … Bush also preferred to go bed early, but apparently, could never get his ass out of bed early enough to honor the soldiers he so recklessly sent off to die.
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Anill / Think Progress:
New Jersey Police: Reports Like Lou Dobbs' ‘Not At All Uncommon’ During Hunting Season  —  Several media sources have reported that shots were fired at the residence of CNN's Lou Dobbs.  While Dobbs and his anti-immigrant supports were quick to jump to conclusions about the motive of the shooting …
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Eric Jackson / TheStreet.com:
Evan Bayh: Hypocrisy on the Public Option  —  Stock quotes in this article: WLP , EMMS , LLY  —  WASHINGTON (TheStreet) — Evan Bayh, the junior senator from Indiana, is in the middle of a heated debate in the Senate on whether a public option should be included as part of President Obama's health care reforms.
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Began to Grow Again in the Third Quarter  —  Ending the longest contraction since World War II, the United States economy finally grew in the third quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.  —  The nation's gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate …
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David Plouffe / Time:
‘Audacity to Win’: Excerpt by Plouffe on Obama Campaign  —  In a new memoir, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama's 2008 race for the White House, provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside the campaign.  Here's an excerpt:  —  Agony.  Ecstasy.
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Bayh reversal?  —  Hours after POLITICO posted results of a poll showing a possible backlash by Indiana Dems, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) backed off of previous statement saying he was considering siding with the GOP on a public option filibuster.  —  A spokesman emailed me the following statement just now:
Los Angeles Times:
Iran response to proposed nuclear deal called inadequate  —  A Western diplomat says Tehran seeks to send its uranium abroad for enrichment in smaller batches and over a longer timetable than foreseen by the U.S.-backed proposal.  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears …
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Boston Weather, Breaking News and Sports from WBZ-TV:
Gates, Crowley Spotted Together In Cambridge Bar  —  CAMBRIDGE (WBZ) ― Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley were spotted at a pub in Cambridge Wednesday night.  —  The owner of “River Gods” told WBZ the two sat in a booth together and talked for about an hour.
David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Orly Taitz Smacked Down: Birther Lawsuit Dismissed  —  Central District of California Judge David O. Carter has dismissed Barnett et al v. Obama et al, Orly Taitz's most successful lawsuit — that is, the one that got the furthest through the legal system — demanding proof of the president's citizenship.
ACLU:
President Signs Law Giving Defense Department Authority To Exempt Photos From Freedom Of Information Act  —  ACLU Renews Call For Secretary Gates Not To Block Release Of Torture Photos  —  CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org  —  WASHINGTON - President Obama today signed into law …
Mark Trumbull / Christian Science Monitor:
Report: Cash for Clunkers was a lemon  —  A study by Edmunds.com released Wednesday suggests that Cash for Clunkers mostly gave money to people who were going to buy a new car anyway.  —  American taxpayers paid a lot of cash for those clunkers: $24,000 for each new car sold, according to a study released Wednesday.
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Ethics to investigate Reps. Richardson, Waters; Graves criticizes the OCE  —  The House ethics panel voted Thursday to launch investigative subcommittees into separate charges against California Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters and Laura Richardson.  —  The moves signal the panel believes …
Discussion: The Politico and TPMMuckraker
 
 
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David Lat / Above the Law:
Brooklyn Law Won't Proactively Rat Out Its Students
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Top Obama fundraisers get posts
Chris Frates / The Politico:
How Democrats can say the bill costs less than $1 trillion
Discussion: The Note
Megan McArdle:
GDP Growing Again: Are We Finally Okay?
Wall Street Journal:
Obama and the Old Hat People
Discussion: Newshoggers.com and Commentary
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
The Mob That Wasn't Greets Arrival Of Pelosi Bill
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Corker Amendment Shall Not Be Introduced
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Perry on Palin vs. Cheney
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Houston Chronicle:
Colleagues ‘devastated’ by lawyer O'Quinn's death in crash
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Jim Geraghty / National Review Online:
Democrats Ask New Jersey Secretary of State to Ignore Mismatched …
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