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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama to unveil $3.77 trillion spending plan  —  President Obama plans Wednesday to unveil a $3.77 trillion spending plan that proposes modest new investments in infrastructure and education, major new taxes for the wealthy and significant reforms aimed at reducing the cost of Social Security and Medicare.
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Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Grover Norquist: Chained CPI Violates Taxpayer Protection Pledge  —  WASHINGTON — Members of Congress who have pledged never to raise taxes will be breaking their promise if they support changing how the government measures inflation for Social Security and tax purposes.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
Politico:
President Obama's risky ‘goodwill’ gambit
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Erik Wasson / Ballot Box:
House GOP campaign chief: Obama budget is ‘shocking attack’ on seniors
Discussion: Politico
Brooklynbadboy / Daily Kos:
'We won't have the White House forever, folks!'
Discussion: Eschaton
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House to begin furloughs in May
Discussion: Politico
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Seeks Compromise in Mix of Cuts and Spending
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
At Howard University, Rand Paul Falsely Claims He Never Opposed 1964 Civil Rights Act  —  Following an awkward, earnest speech to an audience at Howard University, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) insisted several times that he did not oppose the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Rand Paul: GOP must reconnect with African Americans  —  (CNN) - Republican Sen. Rand Paul, who's considering a 2016 presidential bid, made a pitch for his party Wednesday at the historically black Howard University, arguing why the GOP and African Americans should fall in the same column.
Discussion: Politico
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul Ducks Record On Race In Awkward Howard Speech  —  As Rand Paul told it, the biggest problem keeping African Americans from voting Republican is that they didn't know Republicans have long been leaders on abolition and civil rights.  As students at Howard University heard it …
Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: 'I've Never Been Against The Civil Rights Act.  Ever.'  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a proponent of civil liberties, told a professor on Wednesday that he never opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  —  “I've never been against the Civil Rights Act.
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Howard Students Didn't Totally Hate Rand Paul
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:   Paul: 'I've never wavered in my support for civil rights or the Civil Rights Act'
Washington Wire:   Rand Paul Delivers Speech at Howard University
Jonathan Van Meter / New York Times:
Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin's Post-Scandal Playbook  —  One day in early February, I met Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin for breakfast at the Gramercy Park Hotel, one of their regular joints, just a few blocks from their apartment on Park Avenue South.  The first thing Weiner said when I sat …
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Top Republican Blasts Obama Budget As ‘Shocking Attack On Seniors’  —  Remember those warnings about how instead of welcoming President Obama's adoption of Chained CPI, Republicans would continue to deny him a budget deal and attack him for proposing to cut Social Security?
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Politico:
Senators unveil deal on background checks  —  Sens. Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey unveiled a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for commercial gun purchases — including those at gun shows and online — Wednesday morning, opening a pathway for the biggest change in U.S. gun laws in nearly two decades.
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Meredith Shiner / Roll Call:
Toomey Refused to Have Schumer at Gun Deal Presser
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
In Blow To NRA, Senators Reach Bipartisan Agreement Expanding Background Checks
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
NRA rejects deal on background checks
Discussion: Daily Kos and protein wisdom
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Republican Congressman Cites Biblical Great Flood To Say Climate Change Isn't Man-Made  —  “If you believe in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change.  That certainly wasn't because man had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.”  —  View Video ›
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Gun Control Misfire  —  The filibuster threat is giving political cover to Senate Democrats.  —  'This is about these families and families all across the country who are saying, 'Let's make it a little harder for our kids to get gunned down,'" President Obama declared Monday …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rubio joins GOP colleagues for Obama dinner at White House
Discussion: CNN
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:   Senate votes 87-11 to confirm Sally Jewell as secretary of the Interior
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
First lady chokes up during speech on gun violence in Chicago  —  Michelle Obama on Wednesday choked up as she delivered an impassioned speech about gun violence in her hometown of Chicago.  —  The first lady became emotional as she talked about addressing the classmates of Hadiya Pendleton …
Discussion: CNN
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Michelle Obama: ‘Hadiya Pendleton was me, and I was her’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Glen Stubbe Updated / Hot Dish Politics:
Photos: Bachmann aides hustle her out of Medicaid press conference  —  Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and State Senator Sean Nienow (R-Cambridge) held a joing news conference to discuss problems with Medicaid reimbursement rates paid to doctors in Minnesota.  Both are introducing legislation increasing accountability and transparency.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Bachmann Hustled Out Of Press Conference When Asked About Ethics Problems
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Grassley Proposes Eliminating 3 Seats On Powerful Court To Keep Obama From Filling Them  —  As ThinkProgress has previously explained, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is the second most powerful court in the country.  It's also a bastion …
Nathan Freed Wessler / ACLU:
New Documents Suggest IRS Reads Emails Without a Warrant  —  Everyone knows the IRS is our nation's tax collector, but it is also a law enforcement organization tasked with investigating criminal violations of the tax laws.  New documents released to the ACLU under the Freedom of Information Act reveal …
Tina Rosenberg / Opinionator:
The Power of Talking to Your Baby  —  By the time a poor child is one year old, she has most likely already fallen behind middle-class children in her ability to talk, understand and learn.  The gap between poor children and wealthier ones widens each year, and by high school it has become a chasm.
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Mitch McConnell aide: ‘Gestapo’ tactics  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell's campaign manager charged Wednesday that whoever obtained audio of the Kentucky Republican's strategists discussing opposition research on Ashley Judd was engaging in “Gestapo kind of scare tactics.”
David Rothkopf / Foreign Policy:
Mad Men  —  Who's more dangerous to Americans than Kim Jong Un?  —  America is rightly on edge.  When a man with the power to make life-or-death decisions affecting thousands of U.S. citizens recklessly shows contempt for decency and international norms of behavior, it is no wonder the American people would be both angry and fearful.
 
 
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