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10:15 AM ET, June 28, 2013

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Politico:
House GOP's immigration playbook  —  Circle July 10 with red ink: It's now the most important day for immigration reform.  —  That Wednesday is when a hobbled, divided and raucous House Republican Conference will meet in the Capitol basement to figure out how to address the Senate-passed bill.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and First Read
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New York Times:
Senate, 68 to 32, Passes Overhaul for Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved the most significant overhaul of the nation's immigration laws in a generation with broad support generated by a sense among leading Republicans that the party needed to join with Democrats …
New York Times:
Immigration Reform, Finally  —  The Senate on Thursday approved the most ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration system in a generation.  The vote on the bill was 68 to 32, enough to overcome a Republican filibuster and to deliver, as its sponsors had hoped, a strong signal to the House …
Discussion: PostPartisan, Daily Kos and BBC
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Know who wants Republicans to pass immigration reform? Major Republican donors.
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Twitchy and Post Politics
Jonathan Strong / National Review:   Comprehensive Rejection  —  Perhaps the one thing that's certain …
Politico:
Is the Senate really working?
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Significantly Narrows Path To Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Susan Page / USA Today:
Pelosi: Dems are coalescing behind Hillary for 2016  —  In this clip from Capital Download, USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief asks Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton running for the Presidency in 2016.  Pelosi says Democrats are optimistic about it.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Will Present Liberty Medal To Hillary Clinton  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will receive the 2013 Liberty Medal this fall from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who many speculate could be a hypothetical 2016 presidential challenger to the former first lady.
Constitution Daily:   Hillary Rodham Clinton to receive National Constitution Center's 2013 Liberty Medal
Michael Isikoff / Investigations:
Ex-Pentagon general target of leak investigation, sources say  —  Retired Marine Gen. James “Hoss” Cartwright was the second-highest ranking member of the U.S. military, and a key Obama adviser who served as the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Legal sources tell NBC News Cartwright …
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Washington Post:   Justice Dept. targets general in leak probe
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Problem With Rick Perry's Comments About Wendy Davis  —  Keeping Track of All of Today's A-Rod Reports  —  If you're a pro-choice liberal like me, Wendy Davis is a hero, and Rick Perry is one of the most cartoonishly villainous public figures in America.
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Perry Stein / Talking Points Memo:
State Sen. Davis Responds To Rick Perry's ‘Small Words’
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Rick Perry Attacks Wendy Davis: ‘She Was A Teenage Mother Herself’
Marjorie Owens / WFAA-TV:
Sen. Davis: 'Rick Perry's statement is without dignity'
Culture Desk:
Cover Story: Bert and Ernie's “Moment of Joy”  —  “It's amazing to witness how attitudes on gay rights have evolved in my lifetime,” said Jack Hunter, the artist behind next week's cover, “Moment of Joy.”  Hunter, who originally submitted his image, unsolicited, to a Tumblr, continued …
Phillip Molnar / Monterey County Herald:
Restricted web access to The Guardian is Armywide, officials say  —  The Army admitted Thursday to not only restricting access to The Guardian news website at the Presidio of Monterey, as reported in Thursday's Herald, but Armywide.  —  Presidio employees said the site had been blocked since …
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Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Defense Department Blocks Access to Guardian News Website to Prevent Viewing of NSA Leaks
George Stark / Daily Mail:
Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife Hilaria TWEETS about Rachael Ray and anniversary gifts during James Gandolfini's funeral  — She later insisted: 'I don't believe in bringing phones into a funeral and I never did and I never would'  —  It may not be considered funeral etiquette …
New York Times:
The Criminal N.S.A.  —  THE twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans' phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism …
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Chief Justice Roberts Plays a Long Game on Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON — Viewed in isolation, the Supreme Court term that just ended had elements of modesty.  The court declined to do away with affirmative action, gave Congress another shot at salvaging the Voting Rights Act and refused …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
What's Really ‘Immoral’ About Student Loans  —  It's not so much the interest rates charged.  It is, rather, the principal of the thing.  —  Unless Congress acts, interest rates for government subsidized student loans will double to 6.8% from 3.4% on July 1.
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Meredith Shiner / The World's Greatest …:   Democrats' Split on Student Loans Breaks Into the Open
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
The most unfortunate anti-gay logo and slogan in the history of politics  —  In one of the most unfortunate moves in American politics since Republicans kept referring to the Tea Party “teabagging,” the anti-gay Family Research Council, which has been officially designated a “hate group,” …
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Nearly One in Five Members of Congress Gets Paid Twice  —  They draw government pensions from previous work in addition to their congressional salary.  The practice is called “double-dipping.”  —  To solve the debt crisis, Americans—who are already suffering in these tough economic times …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Timothy Egan / Opinionator:
The Up-in-the-Air President  —  It was cool, as media moments go, when President Obama called from Air Force One to congratulate the plaintiffs in the California gay marriage case on Wednesday.  They were in the middle of a live television interview when the voice of the president was delivered …
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Eric Schnurer / US News:   Conservative Constitutional Hypocrisy
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., 43% of Uninsured Unaware They Must Get Coverage  —  Awareness higher, at 81%, among all Americans  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The vast majority of Americans, 81%, say they are aware of the 2010 Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) requirement that most Americans must carry health insurance or pay a fine.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and CBS DC
 
 
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Rep. Campbell to retire in 2014
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Boston Globe:
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Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Laughter fills Senate chamber as Moran flubs immigration vote
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly
Maria Cramer / Boston Globe:
Former Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is probed in two more murders, law enforcement officials say