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MICHAEL BARONE: An Oregon study casts doubt on whether health insurance improves health | WashEx
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 1:24 am
BY: MICHAEL BARONE JUNE 19, 2013 On key measurements, people on Medicaid did not achieve better outcomes than uninsured people Does having health insurance make people healthier? It's widely assumed that it does. Obamacare advocates repeatedly said that its expansion of Medicaid would save thousands of lives a year. Obamacare critics seldom challenged the idea ... Go To Article
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GUY BENSON: IMMIGRATION: Boehner Confirms Hastert Rule in House, Senate Kills Border Fence Measure –
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 1:16 am
Guy Benson | Jun 19, 2013 Yesterday was a busy day on the immigration front. Let's get you caught up. Earlier in the week, sources close to House Speaker John Boehner were indicating that he would respect the so-called 'Hastert rule' by ensuring that any immigration reform legislation brought to the floor would enjoy the backing of a majority of House ... Go To Article
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IS RAND PAUL going mainstream, or vice versa? – WaPo
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 1:12 am
By Karen Tumulty, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Rand Paul seems to be crossing over to the mainstream — or maybe it’s the other way around. When Kentucky’s junior senator arrived in Washington just over two years ago, he appeared destined to inhabit the role of perpetual outlier. But now, he’s in the mix on just about everything that is happening, and is talked ... Go To Article
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FBI tells Congress it uses drones in U.S. | McClatchy
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 1:08 am
By William Douglas and Kevin Thibodeaux | McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged Wednesday that the bureau has used unmanned aerial drones for surveillance in the United States and suggested that government needs to develop guidelines as their use grows. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mueller said the ... Go To Article
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JIHAD: Senator rips Pentagon over contract with company arming Syrian regime | Fox News
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 1:04 am
By Judson BergerPublished June 19, 2013FoxNews.com A Republican senator blasted the Pentagon after it entered into a new helicopter contract with a Russian company which is supplying the Syrian regime -- even as the U.S. moves to arm the Syrian opposition. The contract was announced Monday with Russian arms firm Rosoboronexport, for military helicopters that will go ... Go To Article
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UPDATED: Apology issued for naming of Boston bomber as a victim of gun violence at Concord rally | New Hampshire NEWS
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 12:56 am
June 19. 2013, By TIM BUCKLAND CONCORD— The organizers of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns campaign on Wednesday apologized for including Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev among a list of shooting victims' names that were read during a demonstration in Concord on Tuesday. The apology came after several groups, including the New Hampshire Republican ... Go To Article
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JEFF SESSIONS issues challenge to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg | The Daily Caller
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 12:35 am
06/19/2013, Jeff Poor Earlier this year, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg decided he was going to take up the pro-immigration reform side to make life easier for Silicon Valley’s skilled labor. Thanks to immigration reform legislation pending before the U.S. Senate, Zuckerberg and his efforts have attracted controversy. Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions ... Go To Article
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CRUZ JOKES: Abolish IRS, Send Agents to Southern Border
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 12:15 am
by TONY LEE 19 Jun 2013 Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said the IRS should be abolished and joked IRS agents should be sent to the Southern border to deter illegal immigrants from crossing the border. Speaking at the "Audit the IRS" rally on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Cruz joked that if the first thing illegal immigrants saw after crossing the border was an army of IRS ... Go To Article
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KAISER: Faith in Obamacare plummets to just 35% | WashEx
By MB Snow at June 20, 2013 | 12:05 am
WASHINGTON SECRETS, BY: PAUL BEDARD JUNE 19, 2013 The popularity of Obamacare has crashed to its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Kaiser's monthly tracking poll found that just 35 percent have a favorable view of the health reform being put into place Jan. 1 while 43 percent view it unfavorably. The favorability ... Go To Article
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DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. And ELIZABETH P. FOLEY: An ObamaCare Board Answerable to No One – WSJ
By MB Snow at June 19, 2013 | 5:10 pm
By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. And ELIZABETH P. FOLEY, OPINIONJune 19, 2013, 7:34 p.m. ET David Rivkin and Elizabeth Foley: An ObamaCare Board Answerable to No One The 'death panel' is a new beast, with god-like powers. Congress should repeal it or test its constitutionality. Signs of ObamaCare's failings mount daily, including soaring insurance costs, looming provider ... Go To Article
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