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10:00 AM ET, April 10, 2014

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
King may switch sides and join the Republicans after midterms  —  Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with the Democrats, will decide after the midterm elections whether to switch sides and join the Republicans.  —  He is leaving open the possibility of aligning himself with the GOP if control of the upper chamber changes hands.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Can Clever Campaigns Save the Democrats in 2014?
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
Senate Republicans Block Bill on Equal Pay
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Eric Holder strays from planned remarks  —  Attorney General Eric Holder strayed from prepared remarks to slam the way he was “treated” by a House committee the day before, calling it evidence of “ugly and divisive” civil rights challenges facing him and President Barack Obama
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Mediaite
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
More Republicans See Health Care Stance as ‘Very Important’ to Midterm Vote  —  Views of ACA Little Changed Following Enrollment Surge  —  In looking ahead to this fall's elections, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to view a candidate's position on the Affordable Care Act as very important to their vote.
Discussion: The Plum Line and Right Wing News
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The Hill:
Budget vote goes down to the wire  —  House Republican leaders expressed confidence on the eve of Thursday's vote on Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget, even as they made last-minute moves to prevent an embarrassing defeat.  —  “I feel comfortable about where the budget is,” GOP Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam (Ill.) said.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:   House Set for Vote on Ryan Budget With Big Cuts
New York Times:
The Truth About the Pay Gap  —  Women are the primary or co-breadwinner in 6 out of 10 American families.  That makes the economic imperative of addressing the wage gap between women and men important, as is every step President Obama can take in that direction.
Discussion: She The People
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
BREAKING: Emails Show Lois Lerner Fed True the Vote Tax Information to Democrat Elijah Cummings … New IRS emails released by the House Oversight Committee show staff working for Democratic Ranking Member Elijah Cummings communicated with the IRS multiple times between 2012 and 2013 about voter fraud prevention group True the Vote.
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New York Times:
Russia Didn't Share All Details on Boston Bombing Suspect, Report Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Russian government declined to provide the F.B.I. with information about one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that would most likely have led to more extensive scrutiny of him at least two years …
Wall Street Journal:
IRS at the Crossroads  —  New evidence that Lois Lerner targeted conservative groups.  —  Congress's investigation into IRS political targeting accelerated Wednesday, with a referral for the criminal prosecution of a former Treasury official and new evidence to back it up.
Discussion: Right Turn
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Men Hunt Together, Women Go To The Restroom Together  —  Mike Huckabee played up gender stereotypes in a speech delivered Tuesday night in Iowa.  —  As she live-tweeted the former Arkansas governor's speech at a fundraiser for Iowa's Faith and Freedom Coalition on Tuesday in Waukee …
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Smart power for the 21st century  —  By the turn of the 21st century, it was clear that a new approach to the use of American power to protect our national interests and values was necessary.  —  At the risk of some over-simplification, by the end of former President George W. Bush's second term …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali Speaks  —  Ayaan Hirsi Ali has just released this statement in response to Brandeis University's decision to rescind her invitation to receive an honorary degree:  —  “Yesterday Brandeis University decided to withdraw an honorary degree they were to confer upon me next month during their Commencement exercises.
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John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
The Shame of Brandeis
Discussion: Mediaite and Weekly Standard
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Watchdog finds IRS employees promoted Obama in 2012  —  Internal Revenue Service employees encouraged taxpayers to vote for President Obama during his 2012 reelection campaign and disparaged Republicans, a federal ethics watchdog said Wednesday.  —  One IRS customer representative urged people calling …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Main Justice
Amy Harder / Wall Street Journal:
Eleven Democrats Push Obama to Approve Keystone  —  Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats, including five up for re-election this year, are pressing President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, and they say they want a decision by the end of next month.
Discussion: ABC News and Capitol Report
Clare Sestanovich / The Atlantic Online:
Black Culture and Progressivism  —  What started as a discussion of Paul Ryan's comments by has turned into a revealing debate on the nature of liberal politics in the United States.  —  Some pieces of news precipitate a kind of journalistic pile-on.  This can be unfortunate …
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Monthly
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Missing 3.2 Million  —  A mixed verdict from the Rand Corp.  —  The Rand Corp. is out with a new study titled “Changes in Health Insurance Enrollment Since 2013,” and ObamaCare cheerleaders like Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times are dancing for joy.
Erik Wemple:
McConnell correction goes viral  —  When the New York Times issues a correction, the New York Times issues a correction.  The text attached to this Tuesday story by New York Times reporter Jonathan Weisman is unequivocal.  A mistake had occurred, it reported, in characterizing some quotes by Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Politico:
Vance McAllister's new problem: His own party  —  Republicans are beginning to nudge GOP Rep. Vance McAllister out of Congress.  —  Just two days after video footage of him in a romantic encounter with a staffer became public, the state Republican chairman has tried unsuccessfully …
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The News Star:
McAllister: 'Duck Dynasty's' Willie Robertson says work things out privately
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Jim DeMint Asserts The Federal Government Played No Role In Freeing The Slaves  —  Heritage Foundation head Jim DeMint appeared on Vocal Point with Jerry Newcombe of Truth In Action Ministries last week, where he insisted that “no liberal is going to win a debate that big government freed the slaves.”
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Heritage Chief: It's Really The Constitution That Freed The Slaves (AUDIO)
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
 
 
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Tim Alberta / NationalJournal.com:
House Conservatives Plot to Oust Boehner, Put Scare Into Cantor
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Why GOP Wins In 2014 Could Mean A Democratic President In 2016
ThinkProgress:
Carbon Dioxide Levels Just Hit Their Highest Point In 800,000 Years
Alan K. Ota / Roll Call:
GOP Considers Advancing Unemployment Extension With Jobs, Tax Provisions
Lambda Legal:
PENDING MARRIAGE EQUALITY CASES
Discussion: Washington Post
Francis Wilkinson / Bloomberg View:
Minneapolis-St. Paul.  San Francisco.  Chicago.  Even Madison, Wisconsin.
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Poll: Republican Guvs Trail Dem Challengers In 5 Races
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Fournier: ‘Shame on Media’ if We Let Harry Reid Get Away With Koch Crusade
Discussion: Power Line and NewsBusters
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Boyette / CNN:
Jonathan Fleming, convicted in killing despite vacation alibi, freed after 24 years
New York Times:
$772 Million Penalty for Bank of America Credit Card Practices
Discussion: The Week
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
My Questions to Juliet Eilperin, and a Message to Jeff Bezos
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House kills Obama budget 2-413
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House Defeats Bipartisan Fix to ‘Obamacare’
Discussion: Politico and The Reaction
Rolling Stone:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Is Naked on the New Cover of Rolling Stone
 

 
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