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Massachusetts Senate candidates spar on U.S. surveillance programs

   BOSTON (Reuters) - The Republican underdog fighting for Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat in a Tuesday debate attacked his rival, a veteran Democratic congressman, over recently revealed programs in which federal agencies track Americans' use of phones and the Internet. Full story

House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill

The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women. Full story

Boehner: No House immigration without GOP majority

   Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., joins Martin Bashir to discuss whether any meaningful immigration reform bill can pass the House if, as Speaker Boehner demands, it must represent the will of a majority of House Republicans.

Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House

Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week. Full story

Hillary Clinton’s officially unofficial campaign – and 2014 gun control politics

   MSNBC host Toure (“The Cycle”), Buzzfeed’s McKay Coppins and The Atlantic’s Garance Franke-Ruta debate whether the early steam building behind Hillary Clinton 2016, including an endorsement from Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, is wise – or shades of 2008; then the trio examine Vice President Bide

McCaskill endorses Ready for Hillary group

Sen. Claire McCaskill endorsed an outside political group encouraging Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016, saying it was important for Democrats to build a groundswell of support for the former secretary of state. Full story

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  Senate considering amendments to immigration legislation

Buzzfeed’s John Stanton joins The Cycle hosts to discuss the potential amendments to the Gang of 8’s immigration legislation.

  Sen. Claire McCaskill to support Hillary in 2016

Time's Mark Halperin breaks news that Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., along with a new superPAC, Ready for Hillary, will announce their support for Hillary Clinton for president in 2016.

  NSA Surveillance: What don't we know?

The Agenda Panel of Political Wire’s Taegan Goddard and Think Progress’ Judd Legum join Craig Melvin to discuss Tuesday's hearing on the NSA, and the poltics around it.

  Biden refocuses debate on gun control

After  the Obama administration’s defeat on the Senate background check vote, Vice President Joe Biden’s focus will be on the executive orders that the administration has pursued on guns. NBC’s Peter Alexander and Mark Murray discuss.

  House GOP follows states, prioritizes war on women

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., member of the House Judiciary Committee, talks with Rachel Maddow about the House Republican anti-abortion bill that echoes the extremist bills being pushed by state-level Republicans, and why House Republicans under John Boehner prioritize passing dead-end bills against

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