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SenMikeLee

#Obamacare popularity plummeting in wake of #SCOTUS arguments. I discuss with @BillHemmer: http://ow.ly/advw1

SenLeeComs

Here are Republicans actually tackling tax policy instead of pushing messaging amendments http://on.wsj.com/HBi0Zy @wsj #BuffettRule

SenLeePressSec

Reminder: No Utah press teleconference today. Our next call will be held next Tuesday. Let me know if you need anything in the meantime.

SenLeeResearch

The #nationaldebt forces a burden of $684,330 upon every American family: http://bit.ly/znPyZc #tcot #tlot #debt #deficit

Around the Water Cooler

US budget deficit hits a record high for March

The U.S. budget deficit is running slightly lower than last year’s through the first six months of the budget year but is still on track to top $1 trillion for a fourth straight year.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the deficit in March totaled $198.2 billion, a record for that month. That left the gap through the first half of 2012 at $779 billion, down 6.1 percent from a year ago.

George Zimmerman to be charged in Trayvon Martin shooting, official says

Florida special prosecutor Angela Corey plans to announce as early as Wednesday afternoon that she is charging neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, according to a law enforcement official close to the investigation.