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DEM PARTY EXEC BOARD UPHOLDS NOMINATION OF ALVIN GREENE FOR U.S. SENATE

New Jersey battles over tax on millionaires New Jersey politicians are due to battle on Monday over whether to slap a tax on millionaires or cut services for low-income senior citizens

After Stressing His ‘Respect’ For Gay People, Huckabee Jokes That He’s Repulsed By Them

High School Student Stumps AZ GOP Superintendent Candidate With Substantive Questions About Education

Rand Paul To Unemployed: Take A Pay Cut, Stop Asking For Handouts, And Get Back To Work

After Saying ‘I Would Fight All Of The Stimulus Money,’ Rick Scott Profits Off The Stimulus

Schwarzenegger bans welfare cards at casinos Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued an executive order barring California welfare recipients from using state-issued debit cards at casino ATMs.

Tea Partiers assail Rand Paul for taking D.C. money Last year, with Kentucky's Republican primary election still months away, Paul pledged not to accept contributions from any senator who voted for a federal bailout of the banking industry. Then he won the primary, and on June 24 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell hosted a $1,000 a plate fundraiser in D.C. Paul's supporters are livid. » read more

MN GOP Gov. Candidate’s Idea For Economic Growth: Cut The Minimum Wage Of Bartenders And Waiters

Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly

King Touts Project Funded By The Stimulus Package That He Opposed  “Today we celebrate a major milestone in the effort to complete a four-lane U.S. Highway 20 from Sioux City all the way to Dubuque and on to Chicago,” said King. “I supported this project before I was elected to the Iowa Senate and made it my number one transportation priority as a Member of Congress. In working with our state’s senators and House delegation, the Four-Lane Highway 20 Association, and local communities, I have networked the effort to secure millions in federal funds to help bring this project to western Iowa. I will continue to do all I can to keep it moving until the day we cut the ribbon on the final mile of four-lane Highway 20.”

Emanuel traded favors with Blagojevich

Health Insurance

Rand Paul Says He Opposes Medicare And Medicaid Cuts Because It Would Penalize The Poor And Elderly

VA quietly giving benefits to Marines exposed to toxic water

Calculation mistakes lead Aetna to withdraw rate-hike plans

8-year-old burn victim denied medical procedure by FDA

Did VA hospital infect 1,800 with HIV? 1,812 vets notified they're at risk of Hep B, Hep C, HIV from dental work.

Stimulus

After Balancing His Budget With The Stimulus, Perry Again Says He’ll Reject Federal Funding

U.S. Labor Secretary announces $40 Million in retraining grants for Michigan

Treasury/Federal Reserve/Bailouts/SEC/IRS

SEC said to end probe of AIG and executives

Fannie Mae to Penalize Homeowners Who Walk Away
Government-sponsored mortgage purchaser Fannie Mae says it is trying to encourage distressed homeowners to find alternatives to foreclosure by banning those who walk away from getting new loans for seven years.

Interest Rates Fall as Fed Holds Rates Steady
Interest rates fell in the bond market Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it will hold rates at a record low. The Fed also suggested Europe’s debt crisis poses risks to the U.S. economy.

SEC Uncovers $34M Ponzi Scheme That Targeted Government Employees

Lobbying

GUYS WITH THE GUNS MAKE THE LAWS: Lobbyists Win Extraordinary Campaign Finance Exemption

Congress

Senate

Sen. Scott Brown Blocks Wall Street Reform To Ensure That Taxpayers, Not Banks, Pay The $19 Billion Cost Of The Bill

Ben Nelson Blocks Extension Of Unemployment Insurance

(Sen-D) Lautenberg proposal would require relief wells for new offshore wells

Senate Medicare fix comes too late June payments to go out with 21% cut, can be resubmitted later.

McCaskill says she has votes to end Senate practice of secret holds

Senate Accepts Expanded Fed Audit

Republicans kill Senate jobless aid measure

Robert Byrd, Senate's longest serving member, is dead

Dem-Sponsored Loophole In Financial Reform Bill Could Hurt Seniors

GAO Study Finds Improper Burrowing During Bush Years

Congress votes to spare doctors from Medicare cuts

Congressman asks Attorney General to explain why US slapped power company with $12 million fine for $100 million fraud

Light cigarettes now officially banned

Cigarette Tax Hike Approved

Democrats May Cut $19 Billion Bank Fee From Bill

House

Dem Congressman Contrasts 'Minorities' with 'Good American People

White House

Obama

Obama announces $2 billion in contracts for solar energy

U.S. Recognizes Long Island Tribe The Obama administration approved the Shinnecock Indians on Long Island for federal recognition on Tuesday, culminating a court battle lasting three decades

Starbucksgate: Obama's Lobbyist/Email Scandal On Friday, the New York Times reported that Obama administration officials use their personal email accounts and hold "off-campus" coffee shop meetings with lobbyists in an apparent attempt to skirt disclosure rules.

Thousands Of Homeowners Improperly Denied Mortgage Modifications

Gates told Obama not to fire McChrystal

White House Moves To BLOCK Investors From Limiting CEO Pay

Borrowers exit troubled Obama mortgage program

Obama to agencies: Don't pay dead people

Tillman mother sought to warn Obama of McChrystal McChrystal has been accused of involvement in covering up of the fact that Tillman had been shot by his own comrades, having approved a citation for a posthumous medal that attributed his death to "enemy fire," though the general also penned a memo warning the White House against describing the circumstance of Tillman's death for fear of future embarrassment.

Auto Dealers Beat Obama, Win Exemption From Consumer Protection Agency

Obama officials still approving flawed Gulf drilling plans

Kagan sought secrecy in 4 of 5 open gov't cases Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's arguments as solicitor general in several cases on government secrecy were at odds with a promise of transparency made by her boss

Obama Decried, Used Bush Drilling PoliciesObama criticized the Bush administration for being too soft on the oil industry, but he has ended up backing offshore drilling, bowing to political and fiscal realties.

President Obama's Political Team Handcuffing Economic Recovery

Baraknaphobia

Republican Congressman Accuses Obama Of Racism: President 'Favors The Black Person

GITMO/Bahgram/CIA-Blacksites

Pentagon backs off ban on four Guantanamo reporters

Guantanamo plea deal could send bin Laden's cook home Ibrahim al Qosi has been a prisoner at Guantanamo since 2002. Now negotiations are under way that would allow him to plead guilty and be sent home to Sudan rather than face a possible life sentence for allegedly serving on a Taliban mortar crew. » read more

Spy vs. Lawyer: How Human Rights Advocates Ended Up Snooping On The CIA

Gitmo detainees asks court for psychiatrist

Government loses appeal in Guantanamo habeas case An appeals court put government prosecutors on notice that they must show evidence that an Algerian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for more than eight years is actually "part of" al Qaida, or set him free. » read more

UK PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES TORTURE INQUIRY

Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty at military commissionIbrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, 50, of Sudan, pleaded guilty today to charge of conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism. He's the first Guantanamo detainee to be convicted of war crimes during the Obama administration and the fourth since the camp was opened in 2002. » read mo

DOJ

10 Alleged Russian Secret Agents Arrested For Spying On U.S...Russia furious after US arrests 'spies'..Accused Spies Blended In, but Seemed Short on Secrets The suspected Russian spy ring rolled up by the F.B.I. this week had everything it needed for world-class espionage, except actual secrets to send to Moscow.Russian Spy Suspect Skips Bail, Vanishes..In Spy Case, 2 More Are Said to Have Made Admissions..Suspect 'admits being Russian spy'  Members of alleged spy ring operating in US appear in court for detention hearings. FBI Pursued Russian Spies For Nearly A DecadeObama administration sues Arizona over immigration l