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Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
ECONOMY
House Vote Counts On Rescue Going Down To The Wire As Members Switch
Democratic and Republican House leaders showed progress in whipping their caucuses in advance of today's vote on legislation to provide a $700 billion rescue to at-risk financial institutions, trying to prevent a repeat of Monday's vote that sent stock exchanges downward and placed added pressure on tight credit markets.
IMMIGRATION
Dems Target Criminal Illegal Immigrants
The Homeland Security Department has been given an infusion of cash to carry out controversial immigration enforcement operations around the country, but the Democratic-controlled Congress wants the agency to prioritize finding and deporting the most dangerous illegal immigrants.
ETHICS
Judge Rejects Motion To Dismiss Charges Against Stevens
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan refused Thursday afternoon to dismiss the case against Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, or declare a mistrial despite pleas by the defense that prosecutors withheld vital information.
SENATE RACES
Some Challengers Roasted For Delaying Views On Bailout
Some Democrats challenging endangered Republican senators waited until after Wednesday night's approval of the economic rescue package to say how they would have voted, a move some Republican strategists said might allow the incumbents they are running against to attack them for failing to show leadership.
POLITICS
Both Parties Court Military Vet Candidates As Wars Continue
With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan hot issues in the national elections, both parties have tried to recruit military veterans to run in congressional races.
TRADE
Senate Passes Preferences Program, House To Vote Today
The Senate passed a one-year extension of expiring trade preferences programs for developing nations Thursday, after Majority Leader Reid and Finance Chairman Max Baucus brokered a deal with Finance ranking member Charles Grassley that would condition benefits for Bolivia and Ecuador on their good behavior.
HOUSE
Committee Adopts New Third-Party Web Site Regulations
Members of the House will be permitted to use third-party Web sites like YouTube to communicate with constituents as long as the content is for official purposes, and not personal, commercial or campaign communication, according to rules adopted Thursday by the House Administration Committee.
HEALTH MATTERS
Not Dead Yet
Rarely has a single event caused health policy pundits to reach such a singular conclusion on such a momentous health issue.
POLITICAL ROUNDUP
McCain's Campaign Concedes Michigan
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain conceded battleground Michigan to the Democrats Thursday, GOP officials said.
POLITICAL ROUNDUP
Drake Defends Record, Questions Nye's Work
Rep. Thelma Drake, R-Va., defended her record Wednesday on veterans' issues and launched an attack on her Democratic rival, Wednesday, following the release of an ad by the Service Employees International Union, the Newport News Daily Press reported.
POLITICAL ROUNDUP
DCCC Spent $146K To Support Teague In Open Seat Contest
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent $146,355 last week on television advertising to support oilfield businessman Harry Teague and attack his Republican opponent, Ed Tinsley, a rancher and restaurant chain owner, the Associated Press reported.
POLITICAL ROUNDUP
Risch Says Campaign Phone Mix-Up Was A Simple Mistake
Republican Lt. Gov. Jim Risch said one of his law-office employees made a simple mistake Wednesday when she answered a phone call from a reporter about his bid for the seat held by retiring Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, the Associated Press reported.
HILL BRIEFS
Report On Attorney Firings Shows Deception, Dems Say
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers and two other committee Democrats cited new evidence Tuesday that the White House and Attorney General Mukasey have been stonewalling the panel's probe of the dismissals of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006.
HILL BRIEFS
Senate Confirms Donley As Air Force Secretary
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Michael Donley as the next secretary of the Air Force and approved the naming of the first four-star general as head of the Pentagon's National Guard Bureau.
HILL BRIEFS
Farm Credit Board Nominee Unlikely To Be Confirmed
The Senate will not move President Bush's nomination of Agriculture Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Mark Keenum to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration board, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Reid said Thursday.
HILL BRIEFS
Google-Yahoo Ad Pact Raises Kohl's Eyebrows
Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl, D-Wis., urged the Justice Department Thursday to intervene in a controversial advertising agreement between rivals Google and Yahoo, if over time, regulators determine that Google is gaining a dominant market position as a result of the deal.
