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Tea Party Not Sold on Prez Bachmann

Politico reports : Michele Bachmann pumped up tea party activists with a fiery speech decrying the federal budget deficit Thursday — but those same activists don’t have a big appetite for her presidential flirtations. “She’s got great ideas and presents herself well, ” Janice Jolly …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Parents Blame Qaddafi For Airstrike Death

The New York Times reports: GHARYAN, Libya — Standing at the grave of an 18-month-old baby on Wednesday, officials of the Qaddafi government presented the first specific and credible case of a civilian death caused by Western airstrikes. But relatives speaking a few yards away said …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Newt to GOP House: Don't Compromise

Politico reports : As Congressional negotiators near a deal on funding the government for the remainder of the fiscal year, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said it would be a “profound mistake to go for a compromise without forcing the Senate Democrats to prove how liberal they are.” …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Tea Party Protests Budget Deal

CNN reports: Washington (CNN) - No surprise here, but many in the Tea Party movement are furious with a possible budget deal between Democrat and Republican lawmakers in Congress. And the anger is directed not just at congressional Democrats, but also at some Republican leaders in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

How Libyans Became Revolutionaries

The New York Times reports: On the evening of Feb. 8, Khalid Saih found himself in the back of a speeding car on the outskirts of Tripoli. It was not by choice. Saih, a lanky 36-year-old lawyer, was part of a small group of Libyan activists who were openly calling for a new constitution and …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Boehner Unsure On Dems' $33B Offer

The Hill reports: The $33 billion in spending cuts targeted by congressional negotiators is not a done deal, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) cautioned Thursday. At a news conference, Boehner said lawmakers still have no agreement on a top-line figure for cutting 2011 spending and remain …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Ryan Plan: $1T in Medicaid Cuts

Politico reports: House Republicans are planning to cut as much as $1 trillion over 10 years from Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor and disabled, when they unveil their fiscal 2012 budget early next month, according to several GOP sources. Though Budget …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

WTO: Boeing Subsidies Illegal

BBC News reports : US aircraft manufacturer Boeing received at least $5.3bn (£3.3bn) in unfair aid from Washington, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has concluded. The subsidies included money for research and development from the Nasa space agency, a panel of international trade …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Libyan Defector Faces Lockerbie Questions

The Daily Telegraph reports : Scottish prosecutors have requested an interview with Moussa Koussa over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, following the Libyan foreign minister's apparent defection to Britain. "We have notified the Foreign and Commonwealth Office that the Scottish …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Qaddafi Forces Continue Advance

Al Jazeera reports: Troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have continued their advance against pro-democracy fighters as they moved eastwards toward Brega. Brega is one of several oil towns along the fiercely contested coastal strip. Ras Lanuf and Es Sider, west of Brega, have both been retaken …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Radiation Found in U.S. Milk

CNN reports : There is no health risk from consuming milk with extremely low levels of radiation, like those found in Washington state and California, experts said Thursday, echoing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. "When we have a disaster like we've had with a nuclear power …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Trump: I'm Proud to Embrace Birtherism

MSNBC reports : Double down? This was more like triple down. The Donald was at it again, offering a full-throated defense of birtherism and birthers this morning on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie. Asked if he wants to be taken seriously, why he …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Congress Close to Budget Deal

Politico reports : Budget talks came to life Wednesday but not without tension between the White House and Senate Democrats, worried that the administration was too quick to agree to $33 billion in spending cuts to try to move Speaker John Boehner toward what remains a very uncertain …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

House Passes D.C. Voucher Bill

Politico reports : The House signed off Wednesday on reviving a school voucher program for low-income students in the District of Columbia. The House voted 225-195 Wednesday afternoon to allocate $20 million to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarships Program, which stopped accepting new …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Dems Consider Tax Hike Proposals

The Hill reports : Senate Democrats are discussing plans to introduce tax policy changes that they say would raise federal revenues and broaden the budget debate beyond discretionary spending cuts. Democrats feel they have been boxed by Republicans into a debate over cutting discretionary …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Frank: GOP Budget in 'Cuckoo Land'

The Hill reports : Even though budget negotiations between Democrats and Republicans have resumed on Capitol Hill, the war of words between the two parties is alive and well. Perhaps no better example came Wednesday night, when sharp-tongued Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) accused …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Radiation Level Hits New High

Kyodo News reports : In a sign that radiation is continuing to leak from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, radioactive iodine-131 at a concentration of 4,385 times the maximum level permitted under law has been detected in seawater near the plant, according to the latest …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

Giffords Backers Thinking Senate Run

The New York Times reports : Representative Gabrielle Giffords is still in the hospital, but some of her most ardent backers are so enamored of the idea of her running for the Senate that they describe the inevitable campaign commercials: the deep-voiced narrator recounting what happened …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011

CIA Agents In Operation In Libya

The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The  Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into  Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and to contact and vet the beleaguered rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s forces, according to American …

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Written by FrumForum News on Thursday March 31, 2011