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• House votes to extend middle-class tax cuts, but real action is elsewhere (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• House votes to censure New York Rep. Rangel (AP)
• Anti-earmark Tea Party Caucus takes $1B in earmarks (Exclusive to Yahoo! News)
• Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama (AP)
• Napolitano urges Congress to pass DREAM Act (AP)
• End of term in sight, Schwarzenegger is a happy man (The Ticket)
• US congressman plans 'Do Not Track' bill for children (AFP)
• House extends middle-class tax cut (Politico)
• Rangel censure debate rages in House (Politico)
• Compromise to head off tax increases takes shape (AP)
• White House vows to strengthen ties with Dem govs (AP)
• Thieves in Spain rob art van, including Picasso (AP)
• Deficit-cutting plan attracts support (AP)
• Happy Hour Vid: John Boehner Holds His Breath Trying Not To Say 'Chicken Crap' (The Atlantic Wire)
• House passes bill to permanently extend some of the Bush-era tax cuts (Daily Caller)
• Feminists accuse Joe Scarborough of using sexist language (Daily Caller)
• Tea party caucus linked to $1 billion in earmarks (The Ticket)
• Morning Vid: Mitt Romney Always Says the Right Thing (The Atlantic Wire)

House votes to extend middle-class tax cuts, but real action is elsewhere (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Jane Sasseen Yahoo! News A sharply divided House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday afternoon to extend the George W. Bush tax cuts for individuals earning under $200,000 and couples earning less than $250,000. The vote, at 234 to 188, …

House votes to censure New York Rep. Rangel (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:54 PM PST AP - Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has been censured by the House for financial and fundraising misconduct.

Anti-earmark Tea Party Caucus takes $1B in earmarks (Exclusive to Yahoo! News) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:43 AM PST Exclusive to Yahoo! News - By Reid Wilson National Journal Members of the Congressional Tea Party Caucus may tout their commitment to cutting government spending now, but they used the 111th Congress to request hundreds of earmarks that, taken cumulatively, added more than $1 billion …

Congress sends child nutrition bill to Obama (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:03 PM PST AP - More children would eat lunches and dinners at school under legislation passed Thursday by the House and sent to the president, part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to end childhood hunger and fight childhood obesity.

Napolitano urges Congress to pass DREAM Act (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:54 PM PST AP - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urged Congress Thursday to pass legislation allowing some foreign-born young people who were illegally brought to the U.S. as children to become legal residents.

End of term in sight, Schwarzenegger is a happy man (The Ticket) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST The Ticket - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has less than a month before he leaves office, and nobody seems happier about it than he is. After seven years of ugly budget battles that left California nearly broke and sent his once sky-high popularity plummeting, Schwarzenegger has been on something of a goodbye tour in recent weeksâ€"and incipient retirement [...]

US congressman plans 'Do Not Track' bill for children (AFP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:58 PM PST AFP - A US congressman unveiled plans on Thursday to introduce legislation that would bar companies from tracking the behavior of children online.

House extends middle-class tax cut (Politico) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST Politico - Bill allows upper-income tax cuts to expire.

Rangel censure debate rages in House (Politico) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:59 AM PST Politico - The current speaker was described as "emotional" and "teary" in discussing a lesser punishment.

Compromise to head off tax increases takes shape (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:52 PM PST AP - A critical compromise to head off a year-end tax increase for millions of Americans took shape in private talks between the White House and congressional Republicans Thursday, and an extension of unemployment benefits for many others appeared likely to become part of any deal.

White House vows to strengthen ties with Dem govs (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:16 PM PST AP - The White House on Wednesday pledged to work more closely with the nation's Democratic governors after a tumultuous election year marked by a strained relationship.

Thieves in Spain rob art van, including Picasso (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 03:48 AM PST AP - Spanish police and media say hooded thieves have stolen a van containing some 20 pieces of art reportedly including works by Picasso, Colombian artist Fernando Botero and Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida.

Deficit-cutting plan attracts support (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:54 PM PST AP - In a likely symbolic victory for the leaders of President Barack Obama's deficit commission, a controversial deficit-cutting proposal that would raise the retirement age and scale back tax deductions appears on track to win support from a majority of the panel — but fall short of the votes needed to adopt it.

Happy Hour Vid: John Boehner Holds His Breath Trying Not To Say 'Chicken Crap' (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:48 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - John Boehner couldn't hide his feelings at a press conference today when asked about about this afternoon's House vote on extending tax cuts to the broader population. According to Talking Points Memo, House Democrats are planning a straight vote on the matter, avoiding regular House voting rules by attaching the tax plan to the Airport and Airway Extension Act which has already passed the house and cannot be resubmitted. In an expression of frustration with the plan, Boehner told reporters: "I'm trying to catch my breath so I don't refer to this maneuver going on today as chicken crap, all right? But this is nonsense." Duly noted: he's trying to make sure he doesn't say "chicken crap."

House passes bill to permanently extend some of the Bush-era tax cuts (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:02 PM PST Daily Caller - The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday to permanently extend the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals earning less than $200,000 and married couples earning less than $250,000 annually, but Republicans have vowed to keep any tax extension measure off the president's desk that does not include tax cuts for all income brackets.

Feminists accuse Joe Scarborough of using sexist language (Daily Caller) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:59 AM PST Daily Caller - In a scathing op-ed, Joe Scarborough told the GOP they needed to “man up” against Sarah Palin. Women advocates, however, have taken issue with the MSNBC host and former congressman's comments, telling Morning Joe to "STF Up."

Tea party caucus linked to $1 billion in earmarks (The Ticket) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:55 AM PST The Ticket - A new study from The Hotline found that members of the congressional tea party caucus are connected to $1 billion in earmarks. "The 52 members of the caucus, which pledges to cut spending and reduce the size of government, requested a total of 764 earmarks valued at $1,049,783,150 during Fiscal Year 2010, the last year [...]

Morning Vid: Mitt Romney Always Says the Right Thing (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:46 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - Memo to Jay Leno: Don't bother trying to bait Mitt Romney with leading questions about Sarah Palin. He won't bite. The ex-Massachusetts governor will just smile and give the least newsworthy praise possible about the budding reality TV star (she's a "remarkable," "qualified," and "capable" person). On Wednesday night, Leno triedâ€"again and againâ€"to keep prodding Romney to utter at least one veiled shot at his potential 2012 primary competitor.

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