AP - Most lawmakers dream of getting their names linked to legislation. That won’t be so when the Senate takes up what is unofficially being called the “Coburn Omnibus.”
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AP - A Republican state senator is being criticized for a post on his blog that shows photos of Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden wearing similar clothing, along with a line that says the difference between them is “a little B.S.”
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AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has found a refuge in the nation’s preoccupation with record energy prices.
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Reuters - The U.S. Congress is discussing a
second economic stimulus bill that could include nearly $15
billion in infrastructure spending, a senior member of the
House of Representatives told Reuters on Tuesday.
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AP - Is there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?
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AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain says Democrat Barack Obama is wrong about the Iraq war.
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AP - Yet another town-hall meeting isn’t doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president. So just what can John McCain do to draw attention away from his showy Democratic rival? Pick a running mate, perhaps.
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AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Tuesday, declaring in Jordan that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace.
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CQPolitics.com - House Democrats’ campaign arm raised more than $10 million in June, once again outpacing its Republican counterpart committee in fundraising while plotting to augment its 236-199 majority in the November elections.
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AP - President Bush is hoping that this will be the year his party ousts Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall from Congress and he came to Georgia on Tuesday to pump money into the campaign of Marshall’s challenger.
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