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8:45 PM ET, March 24, 2010

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Charlottesville Daily Progress / Daily Progress:
Severed gas line found at home of Perriello brother  —  Updated: 4:55 p.m. U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello's brother received a threatening letter in the mail on the same day that someone apparently severed a gas line at the home in Ivy.  —  Two conservative Tea Party activists posted the address …
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
FBI investigates Virginia incident  —  Law enforcement authorities are investigating the discovery of a cut propane gas line at the Virginia home of Rep. Tom Perriello's (D-Va.) brother, whose address was targeted by tea party activists angry at the congressman's vote for the health care bill.
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Bart Stupak Received Threatening Messages for Health Care Vote (Listen)  —  In the wake of his vote in favor of health care reform legislation, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), a strong opponent of abortion rights, has been on the receiving end of a string of extremely hostile and threatening messages, including death threats.
Boston Herald:
Republicans feeling blue as Scott Brown win backfires  —  Republican folk hero Sen. Scott Brown is being taunted by triumphant Democrats - and slammed by irked conservatives - after the historic health-care bill he was elected to kill was signed into law by President Obama yesterday.
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Quinnipiac University:
Tea Party Could Hurt GOP In Congressional Races, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Dems Trail 2-Way Races, But Win If Tea Party Runs  —  Only 13 percent of American voters say they are part of the Tea Party movement, a group that has more women than men; is mainly white and Republican …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
A Tea Party Without Nuts
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Hoyer: Members are at risk  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is warning that some of his Democratic colleagues are being threatened with violence when they go back to their districts — and he wants Republicans to stand up and condemn the threats.  —  The Maryland Democrat …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Hoyer: Dem, GOP leaders worried about spike in lawmaker threats  —  House Democratic and Republican leaders have conferred to discuss a response to a “significant” number of threats against lawmakers.  —  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said that he, along with Democratic and Republican leaders …
The Politico:
The backlash: Reform turns personal  —  Reps. Louise Slaughter and Bart Stupak have received death threats.  —  A tea party participant published what he thought was Rep. Thomas Perriello's home address and urged disgruntled voters to “drop by” for a “good face-to-face chat.”
CNN:
House Democrats report rise in threats
Discussion: Riehl World View and Making Light
Paul Thompson / Breitbart.tv:
SHOCKING AUDIO: REP. DINGELL SAYS OBAMACARE WILL EVENTUALLY ‘CONTROL THE PEOPLE’  —  “It takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps.”
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Gap in health care law's protection for children  —  WASHINGTON — Hours after President Barack Obama signed historic health care legislation, a potential problem emerged.  Administration officials are now scrambling to fix a gap in highly touted benefits for children.
Jackson Diehl / PostPartisan:
Obama and Netanyahu: pointless poison  —  So it's now been two weeks since President Obama chose to seize on a poorly-timed Israeli announcement about new Jewish housing in Jerusalem to launch another public confrontation with the government of Binyamin Netanyahu.  The results, so far, are these:
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The Politico:
After meeting, deafening silence
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner on National …:
Israel: One of Many — By: Victor Davis Hanson
Discussion: Eunomia
The Huffington Post:
Wyden: Health Care Lawsuits Moot, States Can Opt Out Of Mandate  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has a message for all the attorneys general and Republican lawmakers who are threatening lawsuits and claiming that an individual mandate for insurance coverage is unconstitutional …
Discussion: Hot Air, Wonk Room and The New Ledger
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Ezra Klein:
Senate Republicans refuse to work past 2 p.m. [Updated!]  —  “There is a little-known rule in the Senate stating that hearings can't happen after 2:00 p.m. each day without unanimous consent,” explains Amanda Terkel.  “However, every day, at the start of business, the Senate generally agrees …
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Senate sliding inexorably toward procedural reform
Discussion: Eschaton
Patrick Yoest / Washington Wire:
Work to Rule: GOP Nixes Hearings to Protest Health Bill
Discussion: ACS Blog
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most Want GOP to Keep Fighting on Health Bill  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  A CBS News poll released Wednesday finds that nearly two in three Americans want Republicans in Congress …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Grassley: Look How Great This Health Care Bill Is  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has long been a vocal critic of the Democrat's health reform efforts, but today he started taking credit for some provisions of the bill, and talking up his own role in crafting the legislation.
Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
George W. Bush Wipes Hand On Bill Clinton's Shirt, After Meeting Haitians  —  Former President's George W. Bush and Bill Clinton made their first joint visit to Haiti this week, touring and helping out in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital city devastated by the January earthquake.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Gothamist
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Bush wipes his hand on Clinton's shirt after shaking hands with Haitian residents.
Discussion: Jack & Jill Politics
Forbes:
Resisting ObamaCare, Gandhi Style  —  Americans will lose control over basic decisions if this law stands.  —  President Barack Obama came into office promising hope and change.  But he might get more change than he hoped for.  By foisting ObamaCare on a deeply unwilling country he might …
Discussion: Riehl World View
Alex Ben Block / Hollywood Reporter:
James Cameron trashes Glenn Beck  —  ‘Avatar’ director wants to debate Fox News host  —  “Avatar” director James Cameron lashed out at Glenn Beck at a news conference Tuesday, offering to debate the Fox News personality on environmental and political issues.
Milton Wolf / Wolf Files:
HERE'S MY AMA REQUEST FOR MEMBERSHIP DUES:  —  Sunbeam?  Read this.
Ezra Klein:
The risk of health-care reform  —  The polarizing forces of a legislative debate have a tendency to amplify the certainty of supporters and magnify the doubts of advocates.  So I'd recommend Ruth Marcus's skeptical, pro-reform column.  I think she actually overstates the amount of disagreement …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Huffington Post
Pat G. / Wonk Room:
Chief Justice Roberts: Why Isn't Obama Making Recess Appointments To The NLRB?  —  For two years now, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) — which is responsible for mediating disputes under the National Labor Relations Act — has been stuck with only two of its five members in place.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Don't Get Demoralized!  Get Organized!  Take Back the 20!  —  With the president signing this unwanted and “transformative” government takeover of our health care system today with promises impossible to keep, let's not get discouraged.  Don't get demoralized.  Get organized!
Joel Provano / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Coulter speech canceled amid fears of violence  —  A speech by conservative pundit Ann Coulter was canceled at the University of Ottawa late Tuesday amid concerns that protesters would become violent.  —  The speech was called off moments before it began by organizers of the event …
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama signs executive order on abortion out of sight of media glare  —  There were no glaring lights or TV cameras when President Obama signed an executive order this afternoon affirming the continuing ban on federal funding for abortion.  No East Room speeches.  Not even a photo op handshake.
Fox News:
Terrorists Could Use Explosives in Breast Implants to Crash Planes, Experts Warn  —  Plastic surgeons using explosive-laden breast implants in homicide bombers could be a new terror tactic that current airport scanning methods may miss.
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Patrick Ruffini / The Next Right:
The Republican Health Care Failure  —  Much ink and many pixels are being expended on writing health care's political postmortems, but the focus should rightly be on the policy front — in the think tanks and in the legislative priorities of recent Republican administrations and Congresses.
Discussion: Riehl World View
The Politico:
POLITICO Interview: Rep. Paul Ryan  —  ALLEN: Congressman, I was in the gallery when you gave your speech during the final debate and you were a little worked up.  —  RYAN: I was.  —  ALLEN: Are you surprised they finally sold this and why do you think the president clinched this?
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Kathleen Pierce / Boston Globe:
Men leave their own mark on veganism  —  SOMERVILLE — For most of his life Joe McCain subsisted on pepperoni and sausage pizza, steak bomb subs, and anything “fried, fried, or fried.”  In other words, says the Somerville police detective with a shaved head, snowy beard, and tattoos cascading up his arms …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Senate kicks off vote-a-rama  —  The Senate Wednesday evening begun the so-called “vote-a-rama” on the package of fixes to the new healthcare law, setting in motion the final step before a vote on the measure.  —  Senate leaders are considering the fix-it bill under the budget reconciliation rules …
Discussion: The Politico
 
 
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Rep. Artur Davis seeks to become Alabama's first African American governor
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Dick Cheney, Trey Grayson and the Fix endorsement hierarchy
Discussion: AmSpecBlog
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Are health care reform suits unripe?
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Gates Will Relax 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Enforcement This Week
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Pelosi: Keeping a Democratic House in November ‘too important to the country’
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
Harkin: Public option backers eyeing second reconciliation bill
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