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With GOP Rifts On Cuts, McConnell Faces Test To Unite Colleagues
The Hill reports: “Rifts have already begun to emerge in the Senate Republican Conference over a House GOP proposal to cut $61 billion from the federal budget. Conservative and even some mainstream members are calling for Senate Republicans to go even further than the House in trimming government expenditures for the rest of this year. But centrists facing reelection in 2012 say it would be unwise to cut crucial funds for people who depend on federal assistance to heat their homes or feed their children.

Obama’s Day Ahead
President Obama and Vice President Biden will receive the presidential daily briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET. Obama will meet with senior advisers at 10 a.m. ET, and meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at 1:45 p.m. ET. Obama and Biden will meet at 2:20 p.m. ET with the Senate Democratic leadership. At 4:45 p.m. ET, Obama will deliver remarks on the America’s Great Outdoors initiative.

Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will attend President Obama’s daily briefing at 9:30 a.m. ET. Biden will meet at 1:15 p.m. ET with Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski of Macedonia. Obama and Biden will meet at 2:20 p.m. ET with the Senate Democratic leadership. At 6:30 p.m. ET, the Vice President and his wife Dr. Jill Biden will host a dinner for new senators at the Naval Observatory.

Duncan: Role for Teachers Is Seen in Solving Schools’ Crises
The New York Times reports: “Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, convening a two-day labor-management conference here on Tuesday, argued that teachers’ unions can help solve many of the challenges facing public schools. But as the conference opened, that view was under challenge in a number of state capitals…Education historians said the unions were facing the harshest political climate since states began extending legal bargaining rights to schoolteachers decades ago.”

Early Presidential Contests A Stage For Senators
Roll Call reports: “They don’t quite see themselves as gatekeepers to the Republican presidential nomination. But a trio of GOP Senators from the early presidential nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina made it clear Tuesday that they expect to play an influential role in the 2012 Republican primary contest.”

DCCC Chief Looks To 2010 Losers
The Washington Post reports: “Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) has formed an alumni association of members defeated in the landslide 2010 election in an effort to capitalize on their political knowledge and connections to help the party regain the House majority next November…The group amounts to part intelligence-sharing operation, part recruitment tool for Israel.”

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