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3:45 PM ET, April 5, 2011

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Paul D. Ryan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Path to Prosperity  —  Our budget cuts $6.2 trillion in spending from the president's budget over the next 10 years and puts the nation on track to pay off our national debt.  —  Congress is currently embroiled in a funding fight over how much to spend on less than one-fifth of the federal budget for the next six months.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Moment of Truth  —  It was a season of fiscal perestroika.  Last fall, the Simpson-Bowles deficit commission released a bold report on how to avoid an economic catastrophe.  For a few weeks, the think tanks and government offices were alive with proposals to reduce debt and reform entitlements …
New York Times:
Obama Rejects Further Budget Stopgaps, With Shutdown Near  —  WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House veered toward a fiscal collision on Tuesday as the Obama administration rejected a short-term House Republican demand to cut $12 billion now in exchange for keeping the government open for one more week.
Free exchange:
Best budget ever  —  PAUL RYAN has officially revealed the House Republicans' budget proposal, and we will have a detailed analysis of it up in short order.  Reactions to the plan will vary (sharply, it's safe to say).  But whatever your take on the policy proposals, it's worth approaching …
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
The Ryan Budget: Big Cuts, Bigger Questions  —  House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's 2012 budget is estimated to cost $6.2 trillion less over 10 years than President Obama's plan, with an initial deficit of $950 billion next year that decreases, along with government debt, over time.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan Slams Medicaid's Middle Class Beneficiaries As The New Welfare Queens  —  The essence of Paul Ryan's Ryan Ripoff budget is hiding the ball.  Steep cuts in Medicare—but not for anyone who's old today!  Giant tax cuts for the rich—but tax hikes for the middle class!
M.S. / Democracy in America:
You put the load right on me  —  PAUL RYAN'S plan to replace Medicare with a system of vouchers for seniors to buy health care on the private market has only been vaguely described, as of this writing.  But there is one thing about it that's fairly clear, regardless of what's in the details …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Palin offers praise for Ryan's budget
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan's Plan Counts On Reducing Unemployment To Below “Full Employment” Level — By Magic!
Discussion: The Incidental Economist and TPMDC
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan …
Discussion: Salon and TPMDC
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
The Poor Are Easy Targets
Discussion: The New Republic and Truthout
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Choice-based Medicare cost controls
Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Ex-NPR chief: House Republicans have thrust NPR into ‘turmoil’  —  The change of power in the House has thrust NPR into “turmoil,” according to the former chief executive of the organization.  —  Vivian Schiller said NPR has been through a “very difficult” time in the past several months.
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appropriations.house.gov:
Another Continuing Resolution Introduced to Prevent Government Shutdown, Cut $12 billion in Spending  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced another temporary funding measure - known as a Continuing Resolution (CR) - to prevent a government shutdown …
The Daily Caller:
‘Good’ not great: No deal as Boehner talks to Obama about shutdown
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Warning Signs Among the GOP  —  It's not inconceivable that Republicans might start seeing things go against them in the court of public opinion, starting with the current spending debate.  —  Until recently, Republicans were taking solace in a number of things as they looked forward to 2012.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney leads in NH, Trump makes things interesting  —  Mitt Romney's still the clear early front runner to take the Republican primary in New Hampshire next year but for the first time in our polling of the race PPP finds someone within single digits of him...Donald Trump.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Parody gets more views than real Obama launch  —  The National Republican Senatorial Committee's parody of Obama's 2012 campaign, released Friday, now has 665,000 views on YouTube.  —  Obama's real launch video, released yesterday: Just 168,000.  —  YouTube's metrics tend to lag a bit …
New York Times:
Cowardice Blocks the 9/11 Trial  —  Last year, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. described a federal court trial for the self-professed mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, as “the defining event of my time as attorney general.”  On Monday, Mr. Holder's dream for demonstrating …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senate sends repeal of new Form 1099 requirement to Obama  —  Washington (CNN) - The Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a part of the health care reform law that would require businesses to file a 1099 tax form with the government for every purchase they make over $600.
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:   Senate finally votes to repeal 1099 measure in health care reform law
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Kaine enters Senate race in Virginia  —  Washington (CNN) - Democratic National Committee Chairman and former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine ended weeks of speculation Tuesday by announcing that he will seek his state's open Senate seat, which is being vacated by Sen. Jim Webb.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Tim Kaine launches Virginia Senate bid
Discussion: The Politico and Ben Smith's Blog
Paul Kengor / American Thinker:
Obama, The God That Failed  —  As someone who has studied, taught, and written about the Middle East for years, I'm the first to concede that President Obama has a tough task.  What would I do about Libya if I were president?  How about Egypt?  —  I'm not exactly sure.
Washington Times:
‘Kill Team’ Brigade commander given wrist slap  —  (U.S. Army photo) Col. Harry D. Tunnell  —  The investigation into those responsible for the Afghanistan “kill team” tactics led to “a letter of admonition” of Col. Harry D. Tunnell IV, reports the Military Times on Tuesday.  According to MT: (bolding is mine)
Hannah Hess / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Racial slur led to fight with Illinois trooper, student says  —  CARLINVILLE  • The politically connected head of Gov. Pat Quinn's Southern Illinois security detail used a racial slur against a black college student in a Carlinville bar, starting a fight that preceded the officer's resignation, the student says.
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Pawlenty latest to seek Christie nod  —  Tim Pawlenty made an undisclosed stop Thursday night for a pow-wow with one of the key players in the coming Republican presidential primary: He visited Drumthwacket.  —  That's not a small Iowa village or a cozy restaurant on Manchester's Elm Street — it's the New Jersey governor's mansion.
Discussion: The Hill and GOP 12
Anat Shenker-Osorio / Christian Science Monitor:
Do you think the poor are lazy?  —  Even if you said ‘No,’ the way we talk about wealth assigns moral superiority to the rich.  Terms like ‘the wealth gap’ obscure basic truths about inequality, casting it as a natural economic function.  Inequality is really a barrier made to keep others out.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Craig Wilson / USA Today:
Tina Fey puts on her big-girl ‘Bossypants’  —  It's not every day you read something that makes you laugh out loud every other page.  Then again, Tina Fey doesn't write a book every day.  Maybe she should.  —  If you're a fan of the Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock star …
Discussion: Mediaite, The Wire and CNN
 
 
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Amanda Carey / The Daily Caller:
Congress moves to repeal slush fund used for anti-obesity campaigns
Discussion: Moonbattery
Wall Street Journal:
Coburn vs. Norquist
Discussion: The Foundry and Pajamas Media
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Matthews: 'Maybe It's God's Will Obama Not Have a Reasonable GOP Opponent'
Discussion: Don Surber and Weasel Zippers
Robert Greenwald / The Huffington Post:
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
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CNN:
Radiation in water rushing into sea tests millions of times over limit
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Bloomberg:
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitch Daniels to give education speech in Washington