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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Senate Dems warn Boehner: Don't bother with healthcare repeal — The 112th Congress doesn't begin until Wednesday, but Senate Democrats are already vowing to block any attempts by the new GOP-led House to repeal the healthcare reform law. — The Senate's top Democrats, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Incoming House GOP chairmen have a long list of issues to investigate — House Republican leaders announced plans Monday for congressional investigations into a wide range of issues, from corruption in Afghanistan to Washington's regulation of private industries, using the power of their new majority …
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Aharding / CNN:
House GOP to move this week on health care repeal — Washington (CNN) - CNN has learned that Republicans plan to try to repeal the health care law almost immediately after taking control of the House, setting the stage for an early confrontation with President Obama.
Terry / CNSNews:
Republican Congressman: Ban Funding of Obamacare in Every Appropriations Bill This Year — (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa) says that House Republicans should include language that prohibits any funding for implementation of Obamacare in literally every appropriations bill that passes …
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Dems playing rough on health reform? — More signs Dems are going to get aggressive in the battle with the GOP over the repeal of health reform. — In an interview with me just now, Dem Rep. Anthony Weiner, who is one of the best there is at framing liberal arguments in pugnacious terms …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
House Republicans schedule vote on healthcare repeal for next week
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Bloomberg:
Obama Said to Consider William Daley for Top White House Post — President Barack Obama is considering naming William Daley, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. executive and former U.S. Commerce secretary, to a high-level White House post, possibly as his chief of staff, people familiar with the matter said.
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Lynn Sweet / Politics Daily:
William Daley at Top of Obama List for White House Chief of Staff … The Obama White House is considering William Daley as the new chief of staff, but no final decisions have been made, and interim chief of staff Peter Rouse still has not finalized whether he wants to stay.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Great news: New Obama chief of staff might be ... William Daley
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The Huffington Post:
Scalia: Women Don't Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? … WASHINGTON — The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against discrimination on the basis of gender or sexual orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
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callawyer.com:
THE ORIGINALIST — Last October marked the 24th anniversary of Justice Antonin Scalia's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Well known for his sharp wit as well as his originalist approach to the Constitution, Justice Scalia consistently asks more questions during oral arguments and makes …
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Raw Story and Pam's House Blend
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama May Bypass Guantánamo Rules, Aides Say — WASHINGTON — President Obama's legal advisers, confronting the prospect of new restrictions on the transfer of Guantánamo detainees, are debating whether to recommend that he issue a signing statement asserting that his executive powers …
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Dafna Linzer / ProPublica:
Administration Prepares to Defy Efforts to Limit Obama's Options for Guantanamo
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Mark Knoller / CBS News:
National Debt Tops $14 Trillion — The latest posting today of the National Debt shows it has topped $14 trillion for the first time. — The U.S. Treasury website today reported that as of last Friday, the last day of 2010, the National Debt stood at $14,025,215,218,708.52.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Debt-ceiling vote first test for new Republican majority?
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Daniel Foster / National Review:
Why the Republicans Will Get a Lot in Exchange for Raising the Debt Ceiling
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The Huffington Post, Power Line, Crooks and Liars and Right Turn
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
RNC Candidates: Marriage Is ‘Foundational In Our Lives,’ But Gay People Should Be Excluded — During today's RNC debate, all four candidates vying to replace current RNC Chairman Michael Steele reiterated their opposition to expanding marriage rights to gay and lesbian people …
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Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
RNC faces $20 million debt in 2011
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Michael Steele Defends RNC Expenditures on U.S. Territories
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Rachel Slajda / TPM LiveWire:
There's One Huge State Budget Crisis That Everyone Is Refusing To Talk About — You know the story and you know the names: states like Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and California are supposed to be in huge financial trouble thanks to bloated governments, business-unfriendly regulations, and strong public sector unions.
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The Moderate Voice and Arkansas Blog
Ronald Bailey / Hit & Run:
Women or Wine? Monogamy and Alcohol — The headline is the title of an intriguing new working paper [PDF] by two University of Leuven economists Mara Squicciarini and Jo Swinnen. The two note an interesting correlation between societies that practice monogamy and those that drink alcohol.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Pence for President — If confession is good for the soul, let me pour out my soul for you. As I stood at the beginning of 2008, I find myself in the same position here as we now begin the very real discussions of who should be the candidate for the GOP in 2012.
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Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin, Ballot Box, Salon and GOP 12
delawareonline:
(2 of 2) — The Marinis home is under construction at the entrance of Battery Park along the Delaware River. — Regina Marini said she wanted to move back to her hometown with her mother. But the fight over construction dragged and her mother died before the home was built.
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Ezra Klein:
Some thoughts — and graphs — on inequality and income — I've been spending some time thinking about income inequality for a piece I'm writing. As part of it, I made this graph comparing trends in inequality — as measured by the share of pre-tax income that goes to the top 1 percent …
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The Atlantic Online, The Moderate Voice and The Maddow Blog
Rachel Quigley / Daily Mail:
Met Office knew big freeze was coming but hushed it up — The Met Office warned ministers to expect an ‘exceptionally cold winter’ but then kept the prediction secret from the public. — The forecaster decided not to reveal the information because it was embarrassed after wrongly predicting …
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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Ahmadinejad Was Slapped by General, Leaked Cable Says — Last January, as Iran's leadership struggled to contain postelection protests, nerves frayed to such an extent that the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was slapped in the face by a military commander at one contentious meeting …
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Gideon Rachman / Foreign Policy:
Think Again: American Decline — This time it's for real. — “We've Heard All This About American Decline Before.” — This time it's different. — It's certainly true that America has been through cycles of declinism in the past. Campaigning for the presidency in 1960 …
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