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9:00 AM ET, March 1, 2015

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Politico:
John Boehner allies fret coup attempt  —  Conservatives warn the speaker's fate could be determined by how he handles the next seven days.  —  Close allies of Speaker John Boehner are worried that his conservative rivals could move to oust him as soon as next week.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
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Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Republicans: We've Got No Plans to Oust Boehner  —  The standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security has exposed the House Speaker's weaknesses—but Republicans say they're not going after him.  —  Reports of Speaker John Boehner's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House chaos on DHS funding leaves GOP senators fuming  —  Senate Republicans are fuming over the House GOP's decision to extend the standoff over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that they say uses up political oxygen and burns precious time on the legislative calendar.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Politico and PoliticusUSA
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll, with Scott Walker right behind  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul won the straw poll at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference — his third such victory in a row.  But Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came in a strong second, reflecting his rising popularity among …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Washington Times
David Jackson / USA Today:
CPAC: Paul edges Walker in straw poll  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rand Paul won a high-profile straw poll for a third straight year Saturday, capping an annual conservative conference at which delegates argued about how to turn their ideas into a presidential victory in 2016.
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Jeb Bush: Read My Lips, No New Pledges … Anti-taxman Grover Norquist recently told ABC News he believes Jeb Bush will likely sign his no-new-taxes pledge if and when he officially becomes a candidate for president.  —  But, as Dana Carvey might say, “Not gonna happen.”
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
CPAC Reception Is Mixed for Jeb Bush, Despite Bused-In Backers
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
GOP urges Obama to sign college savings bill  —  President Obama should get on board with House Republican legislation passed this week expanding college savings plans, Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) said in the weekly Republican address.  —  “Why would we make saving for college even harder?
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Black pastors urge CBC not to skip Netanyahu speech  —  The message from a dozen prominent black pastors this week to the Congressional Black Caucus was loud and clear: Don't skip out on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuhu's speech.  —  About two dozen House and Senate Democrats …
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
At what price Netanyahu?  —  Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:   Former Obama Campaign Aide Now Works to Oust Netanyahu
Bob Williams / Episcopal News Service:
Malcolm Boyd, activist-writer priest, dies at 91  —  [The Episcopal News — Los Angeles] The Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd - whose human rights advocacy shaped most of his 30 books including the 1965 best-seller Are You Running with Me, Jesus? - died February 27 in Los Angeles while receiving private hospice care.
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Wills Robinson For / Daily Mail:
New York suffers coldest February in 81 years: Brutal winter continues to shatter records as parts of country experience coldest month in decades... but TWO more storms are on the way  — Average daily temperature in the city as been 24F - 11 degrees below normal- the coldest since February 1934
Laura Kipnis / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe  —  You have to feel a little sorry these days for professors married to their former students.  They used to be respectable citizens—leaders in their fields, department chairs, maybe even a dean or two—and now they're abusers of power avant la lettre.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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