Spending cuts rile Christie, who blasts lack of 'leadership'
(CNN) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't kidding when he said last year that "when the president does things that deserve scorn, I'll give him scorn."
Those comments were made after the Republican governor received some blowback from members of his party for praising the president following Superstorm Sandy. He defended himself by saying "When the president does things that deserve praise, I will give him praise," adding he would also freely criticize Obama if he disagreed with his actions.
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Dominican woman says she was paid to say she had sex with U.S. senator
(CNN) - After asserting in a video that U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez paid her for sex, a Dominican woman now says she was paid to make those claims and has never met the New Jersey Democrat, a court document states.
According to a notarized document, Nexis de los Santos Santana said she was filmed without her knowledge when she claimed to have had sex with Menendez.
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National Rifle Association to sponsor NASCAR race in Texas
(CNN) - The National Rifle Association will sponsor the NASCAR Sprint Cup event in Texas on April 13, Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage announced Monday.
The race will be called the NRA 500 and will be run during prime time.
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Arkansas governor vetoes bill to ban abortions past 12 weeks
(CNN) - Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe vetoed a bill Monday afternoon that would have prohibited abortions if a fetus's heartbeat could be detected 12 or more weeks into a pregnancy.
Called the "Arkansas Human Heartbeat Protection Act," the bill would have required testing to determine "whether the fetus that the pregnant woman is carrying possesses a detectible heartbeat."
After Scott's endorsement, Medicaid expansion rejected by Florida House panel
(CNN) – Republicans sitting on a Florida House committee bucked their state's GOP governor Monday by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid included in President Barack Obama's health care law.
By a party-line vote, the members of Florida's Select Committee on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act decided against writing a bill expanding Medicaid in the Sunshine State, despite Gov. Rick Scott's pledge last month that Florida would accept the provision.
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House GOP unveils bill to avoid shutdown, lessen pain for defense programs from forced spending cuts
Washington (CNN) - House Republicans unveiled a government spending bill on Monday that keeps federal agencies funded through the end of September and attempts to remove the specter of a government shutdown.
The GOP bill doesn't replace the forced spending cuts, but lessens the pain for the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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CNN's GUT CHECK for March 4, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK | for March 4, 2013 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle
BREAKING: BIDEN ON IRAN: 'OBAMA IS NOT BLUFFING'… Vice President Joe Biden stressed the importance of a nuclear free Iran in a speech before AIPAC… “We have a shared strategic commitment. Let me make clear what that commitment is. It is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Period. Period. End of discussion. Period. Prevent not contain. Prevent. … Big nations can't bluff and Presidents of the United States cannot and do not bluff and President Barack Obama is not bluffing. He is not bluffing. We are not looking for war. We are looking to and ready to negotiate peacefully but all options, including military force, are on the table but as I made clear at the Munich Security Conference … the world's preference is for a diplomatic solution.
ATHEISTS APOLOGIZE TO PALIN: BUT STAND BY BILLBOARD’S INTENT… An atheist group that misquoted former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a billboard in Texas is apologizing to the Republican and correcting the mistake. But it continues to defend the “intent and context” of the effort.
CNN's GUT CHECK for March 4, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK | for March 4, 2013 | 5 p.m.
– n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle
BREAKING: BIDEN ON IRAN: 'OBAMA IS NOT BLUFFING'… Vice President Joe Biden stressed the importance of a nuclear free Iran in a speech before AIPAC… “We have a shared strategic commitment. Let me make clear what that commitment is. It is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Period. Period. End of discussion. Period. Prevent not contain. Prevent. … Big nations can't bluff and Presidents of the United States cannot and do not bluff and President Barack Obama is not bluffing. He is not bluffing. We are not looking for war. We are looking to and ready to negotiate peacefully but all options, including military force, are on the table but as I made clear at the Munich Security Conference … the world's preference is for a diplomatic solution.
ATHEISTS APOLOGIZE TO PALIN: BUT STAND BY BILLBOARD’S INTENT… An atheist group that misquoted former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a billboard in Texas is apologizing to the Republican and correcting the mistake. But it continues to defend the “intent and context” of the effort.
Atheist group apologizes for misquoting Palin, but defends billboard's intent
Washington (CNN) – An atheist group that misquoted former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a billboard in Texas is apologizing to the Republican and correcting the mistake. But it continues to defend the “intent and context” of the effort.
CNN first reported on Sunday that American Atheists, a group known for its in-your-face tactics, was sponsoring a billboard calling out Palin for something she said while on Fox News.
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Education boss apologizes for 'pink slips' remark
(CNN) – Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he should have been clearer when describing the effects automatic spending cuts would have on one particular school district in West Virginia, saying Monday he was sorry for using the faulty example.
Duncan told reporters at the White House last Wednesday that the Kanawha County school system was already handing out pink slips in anticipation of the automatic cuts that, among other things, will impact the amount of federal money states get through September.
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