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Minn. House finally passes daycare union bill

The Minnesota House has passed a bill that allows a union drive among home daycare providers and personal care attendants after about 10 hours of debate strung out over more than two days. Full story

First Read Minute: Competency in Question

  NBC’s Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro discuss the controversies surrounding the White House and whether the question of competency could damage Democrats, especially if Republicans use the argument that the government is too big.

Is the GOP overreacting to the scandals impacting the Obama administration?

  Top talker: Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relation joins the Morning Joe panel to discuss the controversies and the right’s reaction to them. Robert Gibbs cautions the GOP to stop using “impeachment” so freely.

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Obama agenda marches on despite controversies

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  Post Show Thoughts: A Week of Controversies

David Gregory analyzes this morning’s Meet the Press including interviews with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer.

  A warning to conservatives about how to treat a ‘scandal’

MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki talks about the three possible outcomes for the week that was: scandals will fire up the Republican base heading into the 2014 midterm elections, the controversies would have no impact at all or the base will get too caught up in “scandal fever.” Kornacki also shares examples

  Will current scandals affect the 2014 midterms?

Agenda killer? MSNBC Host Karen Finney and Former Press Secretary under George W. Bush, Tony Fratto, discuss President Obama’s second term agenda.  Both Finney and Fratto predict the outcomes of the 2014 election season and how the current scandals could influence the results.  They both discuss the

  Vetting Marco Rubio and Trey Radel’s street cred

Another Florida Republican is vying to be the face of hip hop in the GOP. Alex Wagner’s panelists look at the possibilities for a battle of the rhymes between Rep. Trey Radel and Sen. Marco Rubio.

  What’s a real scandal?

As the Obama Administration tries to put out fires about the IRS, Department of Justice, and Benghazi, House Republicans led their 37th attempt to repeal Obamacare. Sam Stein from The Huffington Post, Elizabeth Dwoskin from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, and Buzzfeed’s Ben

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