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• Budget talks aimed at avoiding shutdown resume (AP)
• Obama sets ambitious goal to reduce US oil imports (AP)
• The Fast Fix: Jon Huntsman, Obama’s biggest rival? (The Newsroom)
• President Obama’s approval rating hits a new low (The Ticket)
• Wisconsin judge's stern rebuke: collective-bargaining bill is not law (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Poll shows unfavorable view of tea party rising (The Ticket)
• The era of sound-bite political warfare (The Daily Beast)
• Analysis: US still lacks border strategy (AP)
• House passes D.C. voucher bill (Politico)
• Bradys continue gun-control push (Politico)
• AP-GfK Poll: Americans souring more on economy (AP)
• Lawmakers press administration officials on Libya (AP)
• Belgian parliament backs report on church abuse (AP)
• US rips Assad's speech but can't do much about it (AP)
• Ongoing Budget Fight Threatens to Shut Down U.S. Government (ContributorNetwork)
• Judicial Watch suing DHS for ’stealth amnesty’ documents requested under FOIA (Daily Caller)
• Nancy Travis to play Tim Allen’s wife in ABC comedy (Daily Caller)
• Palin Claims to Be Done 'Whining' About Media (ContributorNetwork)
• Source: Bachmann to Form Exploratory Committee for 2012 Presidential Run (ContributorNetwork)

Budget talks aimed at avoiding shutdown resume (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PDT AP - Congressional negotiators struggling to prevent a government shutdown next week are working on a proposal built around $33 billion in spending cuts over the next six months — considerably less than tea party activists demanded.

Obama sets ambitious goal to reduce US oil imports (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a one-third reduction in U.S. oil imports by 2025, reviving a long-elusive goal of reducing America's dependence on foreign supplies as political unrest rocks the Middle East and gasoline prices rise at home.

The Fast Fix: Jon Huntsman, Obama’s biggest rival? (The Newsroom) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:44 AM PDT The Newsroom - Who is Jon Huntsman, and why does he make Obama nervous? Five facts about the former Utah governor and Ambassador to China, who may be preparing a bid for 2012. To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. …

President Obama’s approval rating hits a new low (The Ticket) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:27 AM PDT The Ticket - After a brief resurgence earlier this year, President Obama's poll numbers are back in the dumps. A new Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday finds Obama's approval rating at the lowest point in his presidency, thanks in part to voter angst over the economy and his handling of the situation in Libya. Just 42 percent of those [...]

Wisconsin judge's stern rebuke: collective-bargaining bill is not law (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 05:28 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The Wisconsin circuit court judge who issued an injunction to prevent the state's controversial collective-bargaining bill from becoming law, issued a second order late Tuesday to stop the state from violating her original ruling.

Poll shows unfavorable view of tea party rising (The Ticket) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:41 AM PDT The Ticket - A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Wednesday suggests that the number of Americans who have negative views of the tea party is rising. Forty-seven percent of respondents indicated they hold an unfavorable view of the tea party movement, up four points from December and 21 points from January 2010. The party pulled a 32 percent [...]

The era of sound-bite political warfare (The Daily Beast) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 08:36 PM PDT The Daily Beast - Mike Huckabee's remarks about Natalie Portman's out-of-wedlock pregnancy weren't incendiaryâ€"until Eric Hananoki got his hands on them and found just the right snippet to get the media fired up. Howard Kurtz on how partisan groups are deploying sound bites to discredit public figures.

Analysis: US still lacks border strategy (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:00 AM PDT AP - The federal government hasn't come up with a comprehensive strategy to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, even as an all-out war between Mexico and its violent drug gangs has claimed 35,000 lives and pushed hundreds of thousands of immigrants into the United States.

House passes D.C. voucher bill (Politico) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:22 PM PDT Politico - Republicans re-open a $20 million school program that Democrats let lapse in 2009.

Bradys continue gun-control push (Politico) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:12 PM PDT Politico - Jim Brady appears on Capitol Hill, thirty years after taking a bullet meant for Ronald Reagan.

AP-GfK Poll: Americans souring more on economy (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PDT AP - For all the talk of recovery, Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy as soaring gas costs strain already-tight budgets. But so far, people aren't taking it out on President Barack Obama, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows.

Lawmakers press administration officials on Libya (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:33 PM PDT AP - The White House said Wednesday it is assessing options for "all types of assistance" to rebels battling Col. Moammar Gadhafi's troops in Libya, while frustrated lawmakers quoted senior Obama administration officials as saying the U.S. military's role will be limited.

Belgian parliament backs report on church abuse (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:25 PM PDT AP - Belgium's parliament on Wednesday called for an independent arbitration committee to deal with years of child abuse by Roman Catholic clergy and possible compensation for victims.

US rips Assad's speech but can't do much about it (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration sharply criticized Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for failing Wednesday to address any of the reforms demanded by anti-government protesters, saying his widely anticipated address to the Syrian parliament lacked substance and would not satisfy calls for change or ease unrest.

Ongoing Budget Fight Threatens to Shut Down U.S. Government (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The U.S. 2011 federal budget should have been approved and in place on Oct. 1, but intransigent congressmen and congresswomen have made a deal almost impossible as the new April 8 deadline for a government shutdown approaches. Without a spending bill in place or another extension, the government again faces a massive shutdown of services. Because "each party sees its soul at stake" it is difficult to see who the real intransigents are.

Judicial Watch suing DHS for ’stealth amnesty’ documents requested under FOIA (Daily Caller) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:56 PM PDT Daily Caller - On the eve of a key hearing about political interference with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the conservative group Judicial Watch announced Tuesday it is suing DHS for documents requested under FOIA relating to the Obama administration's plans on immigration regulation.

Nancy Travis to play Tim Allen’s wife in ABC comedy (Daily Caller) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:51 PM PDT Daily Caller - Nancy Travis will star alongside Tim Allen in an as-yet untitled ABC comedy pilot, which follows the life of guy who is fighting for his manhood in a female-dominated world, reports the Hollywood Reporter.

Palin Claims to Be Done 'Whining' About Media (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:17 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Sarah Palin in a recent interview with Fox News claimed she was done whining about the liberal media. She was complaining that conservatives, especially women, are attacked unfairly in the liberal media.

Source: Bachmann to Form Exploratory Committee for 2012 Presidential Run (ContributorNetwork) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:16 PM PDT ContributorNetwork - It appears the tea party movement might have a voice at the GOP debates in May and June.

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