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11:25 AM ET, March 18, 2010

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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
CBO numbers  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) just released the first set of Congressional Budget Office numbers to reporters this morning.  —  The bill would cost $940 billion, and reduce the deficit by $130 billion over the first 10 years and $1.2 trillion in the second 10 years.
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The Hill:
CBO: Health package costs $940 billion; Hoyer says vote will come on Sunday  —  Democrats are lauding a CBO report that found their healthcare package will cut the deficit by $130 billion.  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer hailed the figures from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office during …
The Politico:
GOP plots Senate health roadblock  —  Democrats might like to think that health care reform is all but a done deal if it clears the House, but the Senate is where Republicans have been plotting for months to sentence it to a painful procedural death.  —  Republican aides have been mining …
Ezra Klein:
CBO: Health-care reform bill cuts deficit by $1.3 trillion over 20 years, covers 95%  —  Washington has spent the past week or so waiting for the Congressional Budget Office to release its preliminary estimate of the Senate bill with the reconciliation fixes.
The Politico:
CBO releases health bill estimates  —  The Democratic health care bill would cost $940 billion over 10 years and cut the federal deficit over the next two decades - figures that should help ease the worries of fiscal hawks who have been reluctant about supporting the sweeping measure.
Fox News:
Fate of Health Care Bill Rests on Looming Budget Office Estimate  —  The fate of the Democrats' health care reform effort hinges on a report expected Wednesday morning from the congressional budget scorekeepers — an estimate of what a follow-up bill could cost that already is running into trouble.
The Hill:
No CBO score released Wednesday; Saturday healthcare vote unlikely  —  House Democratic leaders on Wednesday night said the long-awaited Congressional Budget Office score of the reconciliation bill will not come out until Thursday, forcing an acknowledgement that a Saturday healthcare vote is likely off the table.
Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Dem Source: CBO Says Health Bill Cuts Deficit, Costs $940 Billion  —  They're here!  They're here!  —  A Democratic source provides TPM with the CBO's final top-line numbers on the health care reform bill—the cost-estimate of the Senate health care bill as amended by a soon-to-be-released reconciliation bill.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:   Waxman: CBO numbers ‘go a long way’ toward winning undecided votes
Fox News:
President Barack Obama Talks to Bret Baier About Health Care Reform Bill  —  This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Bret Baier” from March 17, 2010.  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.  —  BRET BAIER, “SPECIAL REPORT” HOST: Welcome to Washington.
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Seth Leibsohn / The Corner on National Review Online:
Bret Baier — By: Seth Leibsohn  —  Bret Baier just concluded the single best interview of President Obama in a year, by any reporter.  He was resilient in the face of the president's obvious attempts to run down the clock by stonewalling; Bret continually hammered a series of questions …
Discussion: Don Surber and Pundit & Pundette
Dave / Breitbart.tv:
PUZZLING STATEMENT: OBAMA SAYS ‘LOUISIANA PURCHASE’ …
Discussion: National Review
Cassy Fiano / Hot Air:
Obama: “The Louisiana Purchase would cover an earthquake in Hawaii”?
Jon Perr / Crooks and Liars:
Before Badgering Obama, Bret Baier Compared Bush to Lincoln
Discussion: Breitbart.tv and Gateway Pundit
The Hill:
Stupak: It's been ‘a living hell’  —  Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama's healthcare legislation over abortion has been a “living hell” for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).  —  The telephone lines in his Washington and district offices have been “jammed” and he's gotten …
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Obama's pitch: Fate of presidency on the line  —  President Barack Obama had exhausted most of his health care reform arguments with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus during a White House meeting last Thursday when he made a more personal pitch that resonated with many skeptics in the room.
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Jake Gibson / The Speakers Lobby:
Rep. Stupak Dismisses Letter from Nuns
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Don't Be Morose!  Get Even!  —  David Brooks says he's out on the ledge, morose, and about to have a “Howard Beale” moment.  Just last week he was telling us that Obama was a misunderstood moderate.  Now he confesses that Obama is aiding and abetting unlawfulness of the worst kind.  He explains:
Discussion: Pundit & Pundette
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Opinionator:   Is Passing the Health Care Bill Really a Bad Idea?
Fred Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
The Health-Care Wars Are Only Beginning
Pew Research Center:
Gloomy Americans Bash Congress, Are Divided on Obama  —  Health Care Reform - Can't Live With It, or Without It  —  As the day of reckoning for health care reform approaches, Americans have little to cheer about.  Nearly everyone (92%) gives the national economy a negative rating.
Discussion: Weekly Standard
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
‘Gloomy’ America: Congress, Obama  —  The public mood is, in a word, sour.  —  “As the day of reckoning for healthcare reform approaches, Americans have little to cheer about,” the Pew Research Center is reporting today of its newest findings.  —  “Nearly everyone (92 percent) …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Steve Levy Plans Switch to G.O.P., Stirring Governor's Race  —  ALBANY — A governor's race that seemed all but settled is about to be upended again, by a popular Democrat from Long Island who is set to announce that he is switching parties.  The move is certain to excite Republican leaders pessimistic …
New York Times:
U.S. Mulls Own Plan for Mideast Talks  —  WASHINGTON — The angry exchanges between the United States and the Israeli government have rekindled a White House debate over whether — and when — President Obama should propose an American plan to form the basis of negotiations between Israel …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Clinton, Bush Haiti-bound: $31 m so far  —  Remember Haiti?  —  Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are working to ensure that the world doesn't forget the suffering that remains from a catastrophic earthquake.  —  The two plan to travel to Haiti on Monday, according to the Clinton Foundation.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Bush, Clinton set to travel to Haiti
Discussion: CNN and D.C. Now
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Ailes to the DC Staff: No More Shooting Inside the Tent  —  Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes dropped in to the Washington Bureau this afternoon for an impromptu talk to the troops ahead of tonight's RTCA dinner.  —  Sources inside the packed newsroom tell TVNewser Ailes started …
Mark Jenkins / Central Florida News 13:
Homeowner Kills Attempted Robber In Driveway Shootout  —  OCOEE — An Orange County man is recovering after a shootout in front of his home.  —  It happened around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 1800 block of Pomegranate Court.  —  Police said the homeowner, Dave Henry, had just returned home …
Elizabeth Benjamin / The Daily Politics:
The Return Of Betsy McCaughey?  (Updated)  —  Just when you thought things couldn't possibly get any weirder in NYS politics...  A reader who lives in Manhattan reports he received a poll call last night that appeared to be testing the viability of former LG Betsy McCaughey as a statewide candidate …
Janet I. Tu / Seattle Times:
Walgreens: no new Medicaid patients as of April 16  —  Effective April 16, Walgreens drugstores across the state won't take any new Medicaid patients, saying that filling their prescriptions is a money-losing proposition — the latest development in an ongoing dispute over Medicaid reimbursement.
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
NYT changes politics team; new roles for Zeleny, Bai, Rutenberg  —  With chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney heading off to run the Los Angeles bureau, the New York Times is taking the opportunity to switch things up on the politics desk.  —  But instead of one reporter filling Nagourney's shoes …
 
 
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