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Defense trumps poverty in Republican House - David Rogers - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “American soldiers learned the hard way not to walk down enemy trails in Vietnam — and certainly not twice. But here come the House Republicans, marching into the sunlight by shifting billions from poverty programs to the Pentagon, all within hours of adopting an entirely new round of tax cuts for those earning more than $1 million a year. Is...” View full resource at politico.com
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Good read in @Politico ahead of Congress' return next week: Defense trumps poverty in Republican House http://t.co/joI1Czs8
House passes student loan bill, health fund cuts - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “The House on Friday approved a bill that would prevent a large increase in student loan interest rates, but only by wiping out a preventive health care fund in the health reform law — a nonstarter with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats. The bill now moves to the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats would block...” View full resource at politico.com
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House passes student loan bill, would eliminate #HCR's prevention & public health fund http://t.co/sMef6FoF (via @politico)
Subtle play for Jewish vote? - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “(AP Photo)TAMPA, Fla. -- When President Barack Obama toured the Port of Tampa Friday morning to highlight trade with Latin America, he was surrounded by shipping containers that hailed not from the Americas or as one might expect at many ports, China, but—get ready for it—Israel. Most of the containers were labeled with logos of the Zim...” View full resource at politico.com
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My nominee for the worst example of "clicky" online headline editorial in 2012. http://t.co/wwenW5gJ
Scalia: Reading entire health care law would be cruel and unusual punishment - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “Arguing about whether the court could keep some provisions of the health care law intact, Justice Antonin Scalia says that reading all 2,700 pages of the statute would constitute, basically, torture: JUSTICE SCALIA: Mr. Kneedler, what happened to the Eighth Amendment? You really want us to go through these 2,700 pages? (Laughter.) JUSTICE SCALIA:...” View full resource at politico.com
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Scalia: Reading health bill 'cruel and unusual' punishment http://t.co/nDq0Dl8G via @politico
CNN's Toobin ruins SCOTUS for POTUS - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, likely ruining the White House's day.It's a safe bet that the White House is none too pleased with CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who called today's Supreme Court hearings "a train wreck for the Obama administration." "This law looks like it's going to be struck down," Toobin...” View full resource at politico.com
Most Recently Shared on March 27, 2012 at 11:40 pm By:
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I'm with Toobin on this, the #hcr case is done. Hearing Kennedy's questions was just gut wrenching for liberals. http://t.co/TvdIsf8V
Supreme Court health care: Court hears arguments on individual mandate - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “Conservative justices attacked the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care law Tuesday, expressing deep skepticism that the government can force Americans to buy insurance. On the second day of oral arguments, the Supreme Court grappled for two hours with that central element of the landmark legislation: the so-called individual mandate....” View full resource at politico.com
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Supreme Court health care: Court hears arguments on individual mandate - http://t.co/XRUJnZqA: http://t.co/P4xiAHl3 via @POLITICO
Gallup: Obama better on environment than energy - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “(AP Photo)POLITICO's MJ Lee reports: President Barack Obama receives a better rating for protecting the environment than for his handling of the national energy policy or for his effort to make the country prosperous, according to a new Gallup poll Monday. The majority of Americans, 56 percent, said the president is doing a good job of protecting...” View full resource at politico.com
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Gallup: Obama better on environment than energy http://t.co/tFUFGi7c
Pick an ending: 6 ways the Supreme Court might rule - David Nather - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “The health reform law is complex, and the Supreme Court has a lot of options, ranging from upholding the entire law to overturning it completely. Based on the arguments being made by the law’s opponents and the Justice Department, these are the likely scenarios:Uphold the lawThe court could rule that Congress had the power to enact this law,...” View full resource at politico.com
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Pick an ending: 6 ways the Supreme Court might rule - David Nather - http://t.co/XRUJnZqA: http://t.co/xJGHj1Lu via @POLITICO
Opinion: Killing the mandate won't fix health care - Tom Daschle - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “With hearings starting Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deliver a pivotal decision that will profoundly affect the future of our country. At stake is whether millions of Americans can have greater access to affordable health care coverage — or whether the nation’s health care system will be plagued by uncertainty, imbalance and...” View full resource at politico.com
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Opinion: Killing the mandate won't fix health care - Tom Daschle - http://t.co/XRUJnZqA: http://t.co/i6MXG8RI via @POLITICO
Plouffe hits Gingrich on Martin talk - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “White House senior adviser David Plouffe lashed out Sunday at Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich for calling President Barack Obama's comments on the Trayvon Martin killing "disgraceful" and accused him of using the race card. "Those comments are reprehensible," Plouffe said on ABC's "This Week." "Speaker...” View full resource at politico.com
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Plouffe hits Gingrich on Martin talk http://t.co/ytaaJRGI via @POLITICO
Plouffe: Romney 'godfather' of health law - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “White House senior adviser David Plouffe on Sunday called Republican Mitt Romney the "godfather" of the administration's health care plan. "Mitt Romney is the godfather of our health care plan," Plouffe said on NBC's "Meet the Press. "If he is president, remarkably he is running away from that past, and he says...” View full resource at politico.com
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Plouffe: Romney 'godfather' of health law http://t.co/3sS2UphZ via @POLITICO
How the legal assault on Obama’s health law went mainstream - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “When President Barack Obama signed the health care bill two years ago, the legal challenges to the law were widely belittled as long shots — at best. But as the cases head to the Supreme Court this week, what looked to many like far-out legal arguments to undo “Obamacare” don’t seem so zany anymore. “If you don’t...” View full resource at politico.com
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How the legal assault on Obama’s health law went mainstream - Josh Gerstein - http://t.co/XRUJnZqA: http://t.co/qgJE0MzM via @POLITICO
Obama campaign reclaims 'Obamacare' - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “There's always been some debate over what to call President Obama's signature health care law — Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act doesn't really roll off the tongue and neither does the acronym PPACA. One writer even quipped "Puh-pack-uh? Is that some kind of llama?" Affordable Care Act, or ACA, are a bit more pronounceable...” View full resource at politico.com
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Obama campaign reclaims 'Obamacare' http://t.co/RtY7WXWx via @POLITICO
Jim Yong Kim's lighter side - Patrick Gavin - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “President Barack Obama’s decision to pick Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim took many by surprise, considering that Kim isn’t a regular in Washington circles. “Dr. Kim’s name was closely held and not among those widely bandied about since Mr. Zoellick announced his plans to move on,” the New York Times wrote in its story...” View full resource at politico.com
Most Recently Shared on March 23, 2012 at 7:59 pm By:
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Jim Yong Kim's lighter side http://t.co/lZEjMIWj #mindfulness
Jim Yong Kim Wikipedia page scrubbed - POLITICO.com
politico.com — “Jim Yong Kim's Wikipedia page was scrubbed this morning of unflattering references to his time at Dartmouth, after President Obama nominated him to succeed Robert Zoellick as World Bank President. Before:After:To be fair: there's no evidence the White House was involved. None of the IP addresses lead back to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. And some...” View full resource at politico.com
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Kent Bottles, MD Doctor, Pathologist, and Physician
Jim Yong Kim Wikipedia page scrubbed http://t.co/ehI2DezY via @POLITICO
