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10:05 AM ET, April 10, 2013

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John Gramlich / Roll Call:
Manchin, Toomey Prepare to Unveil Gun Deal  —  A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators signaled Tuesday night that it has reached a deal in principle on expanding background checks to include more gun sales, in what was widely seen as the major sticking point on the biggest gun control legislation to reach the floor since 1994.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
James Inhofe: Gun Debate Has Nothing To Do With Families Of Newtown Victims  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said Tuesday that the gun control debate doesn't have anything to do with the families of the Newtown, Conn., shooting victims, and that the only reason those families …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid plows ahead on gun control legislation
Wall Street Journal:
The GOP's Gun Control Misfire
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:   Senator To Newtown Families: The Gun Debate Has Nothing To Do With You
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
The gun control vote and Harry Reid's problem
Discussion: Roll Call and Power Line
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Threats To Filibuster Gun Bill Appear To Be Falling Apart
CNN:
Top Dem to force vote on gun debate
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.
Discussion: Hot Air and Right Wing News
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Who likes taxes?  Democrats, and no one else.  —  A clear majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of the federal income tax system, according to new Washington Post-ABC News polling.  But, in a somewhat remarkable finding, a majority of Democrats view the tax system in a positive light …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
President Obama's budget revives revenue fight  —  President Barack Obama is releasing a new budget Wednesday, but he's still looking for the same old fight for more revenues.  —  The budget itself represents some level of concession, White House aides say, arguing that Obama still would prefer …
Discussion: The Daily Beast, CNN and Taylor Marsh
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Seeks Compromise in Mix of Cuts and Spending  —  WASHINGTON - In his fifth annual budget proposal to Congress on Wednesday, President Obama once again has put forward a fiscal mix of investments in infrastructure, education and research with further deficit reduction through tax increases …
Reuters:
Obama budget targets millionaires, replaces sequester cuts  —  (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday proposed a budget that sharply trims the U.S. deficit over three years by forcing millionaires to pay more in taxes and enacting spending cuts that replace the “sequester” reductions that went into place last month.
Discussion: USA Today, Politico and The Week
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama to unveil $1.058T budget
Discussion: Politico
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Bernie Sanders: Obama Owns Chained CPI
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
Obama To Nominate Three Candidates To Labor Board
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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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Anthony Weiner gives tearful confessional, eyes comeback  —  In a sweeping confessional interview published Wednesday, Anthony Weiner provided his first explanation of the bizarre behavior that led to his downfall, compared his wife's circumstance to that of Hillary Clinton's …
Andrei Lankov / New York Times:
Stay Cool.  Call North Korea's Bluff.  —  NORTH KOREA is a tiny dictatorship with a bankrupt economy, but its leaders are remarkably adept at manipulating global public opinion.  In recent weeks, we have been exposed to yet another brilliant example of their skill.
Discussion: CNN and Guardian
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Pacific commander: US ‘ready today’ to respond to any North Korean aggression
Discussion: CNN
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare architect Rockefeller: It's ‘beyond comprehension’ … West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, one of the towering architects of Obamacare, on Tuesday openly criticized program managers for not moving quickly enough to build the system, warning that if it gets off to a bumpy start it will just get worse.
Discussion: americanthinker.com
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Sebelius: Obamacare rollout more complicated than anticipated
Melissa Harris-Perry / msnbc.com:
Why caring for children is not just a parent's job  —  My inbox began filling with hateful, personal attacks on Monday, apparently as a result of conservative reactions to a recent “Lean Forward” advertisement now airing on MSNBC, which you can view above.  What I thought was an uncontroversial comment …
Erin McPike / CNN:
Treasury says Beyoncé and Jay-Z's trip was approved  —  (CNN) - Beyoncé and Jay-Z's recent controversial trip to Cuba was approved by the Treasury Department in advance of their travel, new documents show.  —  According to a letter obtained by CNN Tuesday …
Discussion: Politico
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Did Beyoncé, Jay-Z pull a Rodman?
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Reuters
CNN:
Student stabs 14 at college  —  (CNN) — The 20-year-old student accused in a stabbing rampage at a Texas college campus told investigators he had fantasies of killing people and had planned the attack, sheriff's officials said late Tuesday.  —  Dylan Quick, 20, was charged with three counts …
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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
At least 14 hurt in Lone Star College stabbings
Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Obama's drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders  —  WASHINGTON — Contrary to assurances it has deployed U.S. drones only against known senior leaders of al Qaida and allied groups, the Obama administration has targeted and killed hundreds of suspected lower-level Afghan …
Oliver Darcy / Campus Reform the #1 Source …:
Prof at public univ under investigation for allegedly forcing students to make anti-gun posters  —  A professor at a public university in Texas is under investigation from school administrators for allegedly forcing students in her graphic design class to create anti-gun posters for a personal anti-gun campaign she had launched.
Ariel Kaminer / New York Times:
Law School Group Incites Fury With Choice to Honor Carter  —  When editors of The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, a scholarly publication from the Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, decided to bestow this year's International Advocate for Peace award on former President Jimmy Carter …
 
 
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