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  White House says contraception compromise will stand

  White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew said Sunday the Obama administration has no plans to compromise further on its controversial mandate that religious organizations provide contraception services in their employee insurance plans.

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  McConnell wants vote on birth-control mandate

  Conservatives said Sunday the flap surrounding President Obama's birth-control mandate was far from over, with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell saying he'll push to overturn the requirement because it was another example of government meddling.

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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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  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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  Oklahoma's Coburn questions more funding for 9/11 museum

  Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma who isn't afraid of questioning federal spending for popular projects, is challenging $20 million a year in new funding for the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City.

• House votes to repeal part of health care law

  The House voted Wednesday to repeal a part of President Obama's health care law deemed unsustainable by his own administration, sending the bill to the Senate, where Democrats have indicated they aren't ready to kill the long-term care program.

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  McConnell won't say no to tax increases

  The Senate's top Republican said Sunday he is confident Congress will pass an extension of the expiring payroll-tax break, and he wouldn't rule out increases in taxes elsewhere to help pay for it.

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  Crackdown on 'insider' profits may be lone plus for campaign-mode Obama

  Senate Democrats plan to vote Monday on a bill to prevent members of Congress from profiting from inside knowledge gained from their officials duties — a swift response to President Obama's State of the Union directive.

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  Senate clears way for hike to $16.4T debt limit

  The debt fight that dominated Congress last year whimpered to a close Thursday as the Senate voted to clear the way for President Obama to raise the federal government's borrowing limit by another $1.2 trillion to $16.4 trillion, which he hopes will last past the November election.

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  Senate paves way for final debt increase

  The debt fight that dominated Congress last year whimpered to a close Thursday as the Senate voted to clear the way for President Obama to raise the federal government's borrowing limit by another $1.2 trillion to $16.4 trillion, which he hopes will last past the November election.

• LOHMAN: American strategy, values coincide in Asia

  America's strategic interests in Asia go hand in hand with democratic values. Not by accident, all of our formal security allies in Asia - Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand - are democracies. And events are trending further in this direction.

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  PARISI: Non-response to non-recess appointments

  Now that the Senate has returned from its non-recess, it will be interesting to see what, if anything, Senate Republicans will do about the non-recess recess appointments President Obama made in their non-absence.

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  State of the Union: Obama to say U.S. must reclaim fairness

  President Obama is pledging an economic revival that will work for everyone and not just the rich, declaring that "the defining issue of our time" is the endangered promise of the American dream.

• Daniels to deliver GOP response to Obama

  Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a popular fiscal conservative who flirted with a presidential bid, will deliver the Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

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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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