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• Gov't shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts (AP)
• Pentagon is cautious on military moves in Libya (AP)
• Wis. governor proposes deep cuts for schools (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Huckabee claims Obama grew up in Kenya (AP)
• House Republican fires aide over leaked e-mails (AP)
• As federal investigation winds down, John Edwards vanishes from public eye (The Ticket)
• Newt Gingrich prepares for likely White House bid (AP)
• Two ‘shadow GOP’ groups plan to spend $120 million on the 2012 campaign (The Ticket)
• House passes bill to avoid shutdown (Politico)
• Dodd to lead MPAA (Politico)
• GOP looks to cut IRS budget despite returns (AP)
• Urging Gadhafi to go, US suggests exile (AP)
• Survey: pollution down because of cap and trade (AP)
• Western Republicans decry Obama wilderness policy (AP)
• Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution Passes Democratic National Committee Without Dissent (The Nation)
• Tim Kaine is ‘Cheerleader in Chief’ says NRSC (Daily Caller)
• House Dems turn up the heat on conservative Supreme Court justices (Daily Caller)
• Nikki Haley is not exactly a big fan of Newt Gingrich (The Ticket)
• First-term Republicans press Obama on trade deals (Reuters)

Gov't shutdown averted as House votes $4B cuts (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:02 PM PST AP - The House passed emergency short-term legislation Tuesday to cut federal spending by $4 billion and avert a government shutdown. Senate Democrats agreed to follow suit, handing Republicans an early victory in their drive to rein in government.

Pentagon is cautious on military moves in Libya (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:41 PM PST AP - Top Pentagon officials strongly suggested Tuesday that American military intervention in Libya is unlikely, even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a congressional panel that the Obama administration was looking at "every single lever it can use" to push Moammar Gadhafi out of power.

Wis. governor proposes deep cuts for schools (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:17 PM PST AP - After focusing for weeks on his proposal to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights, Gov. Scott Walker on Tuesday presented his full budget proposal — a plan that cuts $1.5 billion in aid to public schools and government but avoids any tax or fee increases, furloughs or widespread layoffs.

FACT CHECK: Huckabee claims Obama grew up in Kenya (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:11 PM PST AP - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee suggested in a radio interview that President Barack Obama's childhood in Kenya shaped his worldview — even though Obama did not visit Kenya until he was in his 20s.

House Republican fires aide over leaked e-mails (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:50 AM PST AP - Rep. Darrell Issa said Tuesday he had fired his deputy communications director after learning that he shared e-mail correspondence from other reporters with a New York Times journalist.

As federal investigation winds down, John Edwards vanishes from public eye (The Ticket) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:07 AM PST The Ticket - Even with his political image shattered and his private life in shambles, John Edwards used to be a regular at the bars and restaurants near his home in North Carolina. But as federal prosecutors wind down their investigation into whether Edwards broke campaign finance laws trying to cover up an affair with a former campaign [...]

Newt Gingrich prepares for likely White House bid (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:05 AM PST AP - The biggest obstacle to a Newt Gingrich presidential bid might be Gingrich himself.

Two ‘shadow GOP’ groups plan to spend $120 million on the 2012 campaign (The Ticket) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:22 AM PST The Ticket - A pair of conservative groups with ties to former Bush advisers Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie plans to nearly double what they spent in 2010 to boost Republicans in next year's elections. American Crossroads and its sister group, Crossroads GPS, plans to raise and spend at least $120 million on the 2012 campaign. That eclipses [...]

House passes bill to avoid shutdown (Politico) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:20 PM PST Politico - Republicans reject a late bid by President Obama to stretch out a spending extension to 30 days.

Dodd to lead MPAA (Politico) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:24 AM PST Politico - The former senator is named chair and CEO of movie industry’s lobbying arm.

GOP looks to cut IRS budget despite returns (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:33 PM PST AP - Every dollar the Internal Revenue Service spends for audits, liens and seizing property from tax cheats brings in more than $10, a rate of return so good the Obama administration wants to boost the agency's budget.

Urging Gadhafi to go, US suggests exile (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:18 AM PST AP - U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice on Tuesday urged defiant Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to consider exile, saying she's worried the African nation could plummet into a "humanitarian disaster."

Survey: pollution down because of cap and trade (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PST AP - The European system for putting a price on carbon emissions is gaining wider acceptance and is making a small dent in the amount big energy companies are polluting, according to a survey of more than 2,500 companies released Tuesday.

Western Republicans decry Obama wilderness policy (AP) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PST AP - Republican governors and members of Congress vowed Tuesday to fight an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection.

Afghanistan Withdrawal Resolution Passes Democratic National Committee Without Dissent (The Nation) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:58 PM PST The Nation - The Nation -- The Democratic National Committee—whose leader, after all, is President Barack Obama—passed a resolution at last weekend’s Washington, DC, conference calling for an acceleration of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan more rapidly than the president’s current 2014 timeline.

Tim Kaine is ‘Cheerleader in Chief’ says NRSC (Daily Caller) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:01 PM PST Daily Caller - The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a new website Tuesday: CheerleaderInChief.com.

House Dems turn up the heat on conservative Supreme Court justices (Daily Caller) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:57 PM PST Daily Caller - House Democrats unveiled legislation Tuesday that would place mandates on Supreme Court justices to disclose any potential conflicts of interests in cases they rule on and launch an independent panel to investigate justices if conflicts appear.

Nikki Haley is not exactly a big fan of Newt Gingrich (The Ticket) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:45 PM PST The Ticket - As Republicans ramp up their 2012 campaigns, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is certain to be one of the most sought-after endorsements in the country, considering she's a rising star GOPer who presides over a key early primary state. Haley, like other politicians, has been cagey about who she will support, but she's already giving [...]

First-term Republicans press Obama on trade deals (Reuters) Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:14 PM PST Reuters - Sixty-seven freshmen Republican lawmakers swept into office with help from the Tea Party movement told President Barack Obama on Tuesday they wanted to work with him to approve long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.

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