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January 28, 2015

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Real Clear Politics Wednesday

Obama Is Setting Up Clinton to Fail - Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Democratic Party Suddenly a Fount of Ideas - Doyle McManus, LA Times
The Appalling SOTU - Conrad Black, New York Sun
Czar Putin's Next Moves - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
How Student Debt Harms the Economy - Mitch Daniels, Wall Street Journal
The "War on Women" Isn't Over Yet - Alex Roarty, National Journal
Why the March for Life Matters to Me - Ashley Bateman, The Federalist
Politicians Went Overboard on Snowmageddon - John Podhoretz, NY Post
Reminder: Weather & Climate Are Different - Rebecca Leber, New Republic
Apocalypse Soonish Redux - Kevin Williamson, National Review
Inside Hillary Clinton's 2016 Plan - Mike Allen, Politico
2016 and the Coalition of the Uninspired - Wes Anderson, RealClearPolitics
Will Bush Deport 4 Million Illegal Immigrants? - Byron York, DC Examiner
Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint - Charles Blow, New York Times
On Joni Ernst and Bread Bags - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Millennials: A New Victorian Generation? - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
The Room Where Holocaust Survivors Share Stories - Fiona Harari, SMH

Editorials

Awakening to the Damage Done by Teachers' Unions - DC Examiner
Record Temps + Cheap Gas = Time for Carbon Tax - Tampa Bay Times
Government by Flakes - New York Post
Defeating Islamic State Means a Deal With Assad - Bloomberg

More From Real Clear

Policy: Update Privacy Laws for Digital Age - Sens. Leahy & Lee, RCPolicy
Science: Didn't Vaccinate Your Kids? Go to Jail - Alex Berezow, USA Today
Religion: Pope Francis vs. Free Speech? - Pat Callahan, RealClearReligion
World: New Drivers of Europe's Geopolitics - George Friedman, Stratfor
Defense: The 5 Most Deadly Attack Aircraft - Robert Farley, Natl Interest

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Real Clear Politics Tuesday

Morning Update
The GOP Bracket Challenge - Charlie Cook, National Journal
Hillary Stands Alone - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Obama's Illusory Economic Recovery - Stephen Moore, Washington Times
Netanyahu's Distasteful Contempt for Obama - Richard Cohen, NYDN
Iran, Obama, Boehner and Netanyahu - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Is Obamacare About Controlling Our Lives? - Theresa Brown, CNN
Here Comes the Next Obamacare Showdown - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
Blizzards Boost, Bury Political Careers - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Culture Wars, Old and New - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
The Growth Imperative - James Piereson, RealClearPolitics
"Selma" vs. "Selma" - Sam Tanenhaus, The New Yorker
The United States of "American Sniper" - Rorke Denver, Wall Street Journal
Save the New Ukraine - Bernard-Henri Levy & George Soros, New York Times
President Obama's Bloody Yemen Disaster - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Why Iowa Caucuses Are So Un-Iowan - Mark Salter, RealClearPolitics
Bobby Jindal's Love Affair With Hate - Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast
Will Next Attorney General Stand for Rule of Law? - Katie Pavlich, Hill

Afternoon Update
Boehner and McConnell Can Veto Obama - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
The Netanyahu Disaster - Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
Middle-Class Savings Like Blood in the Water - Glenn Reynolds, USAT
The Progressive President Voters Wanted - Katrina vanden Heuvel, WP
Language Police Are Perverting Liberalism - Jonathan Chait, NY Magazine
Jeb Bush's Prospects - Henry Olsen, Ethics and Public Policy Center
The Cost-Cutting Power of Medicare - Peter Orszag, Bloomberg
President Obama, Corporate Liberal - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Putin Is Winning Ukraine War on 3 Fronts - Weiss & Miller, Daily Beast
Beginning of the End for the Euro? - Chris Matthews, Fortune
The Knickerbocker Theatre Tragedy - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics

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Real Clear Books

Rube Goldberg, M.D. - Jeremy Lott, Washington Times
The Case for Policing - Sudhir Venkatesh, Los Angeles Times
How Animal Rights Killed 'Free Willy' - Angela Logomasini, Washington Times
Is the Creative Class in Crisis? - Andrew Keen, Los Angeles Times
France, Homesick at Home - Rachel Donadio, New York Times

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Gallup: 48% Approve - 46% Disapprove
Rasmussen: 47% Approve - 51% Disapprove
RCP Average: 45.4% Approve - 49.3% Disapprove

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S. 250 - A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats against former Vice Presidents and members of their families, and for other purposes. more »
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. - Jan 26, 2015
S. 251 - A bill to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education. more »
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Jan 26, 2015
S. 252 - A bill to prohibit the consideration of any bill by Congress unless a statement on tax transparency is provided in the bill. more »
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. - Jan 26, 2015
S. 253 - A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1943 to consolidate the reporting obligations of the Federal Communications Commission in order to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens. more »
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. - Jan 26, 2015
S. 254 - A bill to lower health premiums and increase choice for small businesses. more »
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. - Jan 26, 2015
S. 255 - A bill to restore the integrity of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. more »
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. - Jan 26, 2015
H.R. 357 - Human Trafficking Prevention Act more »
Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. - Jan 26, 2015
H.R. 468 - Enhancing Services for Runaway and Homeless Victims of Youth Trafficking Act of 2015 more »
Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. - Jan 26, 2015
H.R. 514 - Human Trafficking Prioritization Act more »
Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. - Jan 26, 2015
H.R. 515 - International Megan's Law to Prevent Demand for Child Sex Trafficking more »
Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. - Jan 26, 2015

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