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• Furor on dictate over contraception coverage intensifying

  There are no signs the national furor is ebbing over the Obama administration's plans to require that either employers or their insurance companies provide birth-control services at no extra cost to their female employees.

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  Forum hears rallying cry against birth-control rule

  Disdain for President Obama's controversial new mandate that religious institutions pay for their workers' birth control emerged as a unifying rally cry at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Thursday, suggesting Republicans will hit the president hard on the issue during this year's presidential campaign.

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  Worried conservatives descend on Washington's CPAC

  Bound by a common desire to deny President Obama a second term, restive activists gathering Thursday for the 39th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington find themselves lacking a clear champion in the suddenly scrambled Republican race to choose an alternative.

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  Inside the Beltway

  "The gift of being underestimated is a great gift."

• Senate Republicans aim to ease defense cuts under sequestration

  Senate Republicans on Thursday introduced a bill that would undo the first year of automatic defense spending cuts set to begin in 2013 under sequestration.

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  Inside the Beltway

  While magnifying Republican gaffes and infighting, the mainstream press also delights in political cliffhangers, speculating on which presidential hopeful will finally blink and drop out of the race, who's flirting with a surprise announcement, who faces the impending doom of scandal.

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  Hispanics out West a tougher sell for Romney

  Mitt Romney took a hard line on illegal immigration, was labeled anti-immigrant and had a national network of Hispanic Republicans come out against him, yet he won Florida's primary by carrying more than half of Hispanics who voted - better than he did among whites.

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  Romney wins big among Hispanics in Florida primary

  Mitt Romney took a hard-line position on immigration into the Florida primary Tuesday and emerged victorious, signaling that his stance isn't costing him yet, though it could still be a problem if he's the GOP's presidential nominee in November.

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  Inside the Beltway

  Even the most connected Democrats are not above handicapping the potential Republican ticket and the likeliest team to seriously challenge President Obama come November.

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  Obama to senators: Change the way you do business

  President Barack Obama is pressing his case for changes in how the Senate does business, hoping to ease the partisan gridlock, and he wants to bar lawmakers from profiting from their service.

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  Romney, Gingrich clash over immigration in Florida debate

  Newt Gingrich played the role of political pinata in the debate here Thursday as his Republican rivals whacked away at his stances on immigration, previous support of a federal health care mandate and recent call for a new moon base — all just five days out from the state's all-important presidential primary.

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  Inside the Beltway

  The name of Jeb Bush has been bandied about for months as a jump-in candidate for president; the former governor of Florida is described as "the last dream date that Republicans may have at their disposal."

• INFLUENCE GAME: Online companies win piracy fight

  Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entertainment industry and other old guard business interests, leaving them bitter and befuddled.

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  Support wanes in Senate for anti-piracy bill

  Support for an anti-online piracy bill — drafted with rare bipartisan support — is eroding in the face of mounting public and corporate backlash.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Now or Never'

  Is there a more influential conservative in Congress than Sen. Jim DeMint? The South Carolina Republican has emerged as a kingmaker in GOP nominating contests, irritating the party establishment by supporting conservative challengers against big-spending incumbents.

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