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Dems pull tax-deal rule off House floor after liberal revolt
"Speed bump"? The Senate passed its version of the tax deal by a wide margin this week, but in the House, the plan appears to be in jeopardy. Democratic leadership had to pull the rule governing the...
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Video: Michael Vick wants a dog to help his rehabilitation
"Run, Fido, run!" Michael Vick has done an impressive job thus far in his rehabilitation. His return to the NFL has been so successful that Vick now leads in Pro Bowl voting and has the Philadelphia...
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Where is the Democratic pro-growth message?
Drowned out by special interests and social engineers. Two Democrats take a look today at the electoral catastrophe of the midterms and ask a good question of their compatriots. Jay Eisenhofer serves...
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Victory: Reid pulls earmark-packed omnibus spending bill
Game over. No surprise, but still darned sweet. Speaking now on the Senate floor, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) says he is “sorry and disappointed” to announce that he does not have the votes...
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Open thread: Tax cuts armageddon in the House; Update: Estate tax amendment...
No margin for error. Am I mistaken or is this the biggest vote in the House since ObamaCare in March? Surely it’s the biggest for The One himself, whose last vestiges of prestige are on the line. As I...
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House GOP may require constitutional test for all new legislation
Hmmm. Insofar as this sort of thing might encourage the public to think more critically about constitutional limits on government, I like it. Insofar as it’s aimed at reining in Democratic legislative...
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Quotes of the day
Hoity-toity? “After making attacks on what she memorably labeled ‘the lamestream media’ one of her signature issues, Sarah Palin has started to experiment with a new strategy toward the press —...
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Poll: Obamateurism of the Year, Flight 2
Math is hard. It’s time for Flight 2 of the year’s Obamateurisms of the Week, and your opportunity to choose the biggest gaffe, blunder, or misstep as the Obamateurism of the Year! In Flight 1...
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Politico: Say, that tax vote in House was big win for … Obama?
Uh ... sure. Their headline is accurate enough — “Barack Obama makes the sale.” Obama did put his prestige on the line to twist arms in his own party, and had his efforts failed, the President’s...
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TSA’s “checkpoint-heavy” approach not effective?
Consensus. Can you guess how many terrorists have been caught at checkpoints in American airports? Given all of the effort by TSA to reach out and touch as many people as possible — at least those...
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Parties no longer equal on pork
The 50-1 difference. The defeat last night of the OmniPorkulus bill, as the Boss Emeritus calls it, gives us a chance to revisit the long-held — and long-true — belief that both parties are equally...
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Video: The crime-fighting priest of Youngstown
Operation Redemption. I wanted to write about this yesterday, but we had an exceptionally busy news day. The story of Fr. Greg Maturi shouldn’t be missed, however, as two murders almost on the doorstep...
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Senate Dem to propose two-year block on climate-change regs
Plus, Homeland Security has a new priority other than .. homeland security. Have I woken up in a parallel universe? More Democrats than Republicans vote to endorse the Bush tax rates as I was falling...
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Fox poll shows Obama approval at new low, 40/51
Double dip. A new poll by Fox News and Opinion Dynamics shows the job approval rating for Barack Obama hitting a new low, 40%, while disapproval hits 51%, just one point below his previous record set...
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North Korea threatens more strikes over South Korean military exercises
Nuts. Almost four weeks after North Korea shelled a South Korean island and killed a number of civilians, they have threatened to retaliate even further if South Korea proceeds with a military...
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The Ed Morrissey Show: Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson & the Week in Review
3 pm ET, 90 mins! Today, on the Ed Morrissey Show (3 pm ET), we’ll take a look at the past week with Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show. Duane and I will discuss the week’s events,...
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Video: Crowder visits Cancun
"A great time for all self-important people." Steven Crowder is back, both on YouTube and from the global-warming conference in Cancun, Mexico, where he did a little of his own investigating into the...
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Transparency Killed The Earmarking Stars?
Vindication. How often do omnibus spending bills go down to defeat? Approximately … never, as Dave Weigel reminds us, and pork is usually the reason why. Not only do omnibus bills appear only when...
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Employer-based health coverage drops to new low
Government plans on the rise. A new Gallup poll shows a drop in employer-based health care coverage over the last three years, although leaves open the question of why. Since January 2008, Gallup has...
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Judge in 20-state ObamaCare case expresses skepticism over mandate
"A giant leap." If the White House hoped for a better outcome from the 20-state lawsuit over ObamaCare in Florida than it got this week from the federal court in Virginia, early observations from the...
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