The latest estimate from the majority whip’s office is that the House will vote by 8:30 tonight on the crucial piece of John Boehner’s Plan B — a bill that would extend the Bush tax cuts for income up to $1 million.

Full background on that bill here, and the analysis in that piece pretty much still stands.

Except now a huge deal of uncertainty hangs over that vote. Read More

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Lautenberg issues a curt “back off, we’ll get to that next year” to Cory Booker.

We’ve consulted the Senate parliamentarian and this translate from Senate to English as: “I’m too busy being Senator right now to talk about this, hot dog.”

Conservative judge who sentenced Jared Loughner makes pleas for gun control.

Josh is answering your questions on TPMPrime today at 4pm eastern. Get your questions in right now.

If I was still living in New Jersey, I’m not sure I’d support Cory Booker bum-rushing Frank Lautenberg out of the Senate.

Curious: would you?

I’m thinking the campaign platform might be: Dude, how you long do you expect me to be Mayor of Newark?

As of 9 a.m. ET today, FreedomWorks supported Speaker Boehner’s Plan B. But by 1:30 this afternoon, it was pulling the plug on its own support: “After review of the Boehner Plan B legislation, pending in the House today, FreedomWorks has found it must oppose the legislation, and will be urging House members to vote NO on the bill.”

Speaker Boehner, a short time ago: “I’m convinced the president is unwilling to stand up to his own party.”

Cory Booker is skipping quickly past the “exploratory” phase of his Senate campaign, judging by comments to TPM by one of his senior advisers.

TPM’s Eric Lach took a deep look at the history of the semi-automatic rifle used in last week’s Connecticut elementary school massacre.