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Conservative Dems balk at jobless benefits package (AP)
New $23B for teacher subsidies falters in House (AP)
Candidate: GOP in danger in Nevada Senate race (AP)
GOP senators: Obama stiffs us (Politico)
McCain gets rejected troop request back in Senate (AP)
Tea party candidate is Nevada hopeful on the rise (AP)
AP sources: White House cooling on Clapper for DNI (AP)
Money for favors? House ethics files go to Justice (AP)
Obama: Nothing improper in Pa. lawmaker's claim (AP)
Obama urges Republicans join him on immigration (Reuters)
Poll: Blumenthal still popular among Conn. voters (AP)
Romney to campaign with McCain next week in Ariz. (AP)
Obama family in Chicago for Memorial Day weekend (AP)
Harry Reid's Re-Election Hopes on the Rise in Nevada (Time.com)
Obama, Abbas to meet at White House on June 9 (AP)
Fixing oil spill my responsibility, Obama says (AP)
Dems in Senate race: Let's go to the videotape (AP)
Obama lauds Duke, takes heat over 2009 NC pick (AP)
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Conservative Dems balk at jobless benefits package (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:55 PM PDT

AP - The Senate moved forward Thursday with an almost $60 billion war funding bill, but anxiety over out-of-control budget deficits led House leaders to propose dropping more than $30 billion in spending from a catchall bill anchored by an extension of jobless benefits.

New $23B for teacher subsidies falters in House (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:43 PM PDT

AP - A $23 billion payout to save thousands of educators' jobs faltered Thursday — perhaps for good — to election-year jitters among moderate Democrats over deficit spending and only lukewarm support from the White House.

Candidate: GOP in danger in Nevada Senate race (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:26 PM PDT

AP - In an ominous warning for Republicans, a U.S. Senate candidate in Nevada said Thursday that the party's chances of ousting Majority Leader Harry Reid are slipping away and his leading GOP rivals would be unlikely to beat him in November.

GOP senators: Obama stiffs us (Politico)

Posted: 27 May 2010 02:39 AM PDT

Politico - In this week’s closed-door session with Senate Republicans, President Barack Obama told Sen. John Barrasso he could stop playing for the TV cameras because there weren’t any in the room.

McCain gets rejected troop request back in Senate (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:16 PM PDT

AP - Sen. John McCain resurrected a proposal to send an additional 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S-Mexico border just hours after President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate killed the plan.

Tea party candidate is Nevada hopeful on the rise (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 03:46 PM PDT

AP - Sharron Angle wants to wipe out Social Security, shutter the Education Department and return to the days almost a century ago when the federal income tax was unconstitutional.

AP sources: White House cooling on Clapper for DNI (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 03:01 PM PDT

AP - Faced with stiff congressional opposition, the White House is having second thoughts about nominating James R. Clapper to be the next national intelligence director, a senior congressional staffer and a former U.S. official say.

Money for favors? House ethics files go to Justice (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT

AP - The Office of Congressional Ethics is turning over evidence to the Justice Department that suggests some defense contractors thought their campaign donations were influencing the award of special-interest projects, the ethics office announced Thursday.

Obama: Nothing improper in Pa. lawmaker's claim (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 03:03 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama says that "nothing improper" happened in the case of a Pennsylvania lawmaker who claims the administration offered him a job to drop his primary challenge against Sen. Arlen Specter.

Obama urges Republicans join him on immigration (Reuters)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:55 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Republicans on Thursday to help him develop a comprehensive U.S. immigration overhaul even as they pushed for tougher border security measures.

Poll: Blumenthal still popular among Conn. voters (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:41 PM PDT

AP - There may have been predictions of his political demise in Washington, but Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal's campaign on Thursday proudly pointed to a new statewide poll that shows Connecticut voters still strongly support their attorney general.

Romney to campaign with McCain next week in Ariz. (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:23 PM PDT

AP - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will campaign with John McCain in Arizona next week.

Obama family in Chicago for Memorial Day weekend (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 05:15 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama has arrived home in Chicago for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Harry Reid's Re-Election Hopes on the Rise in Nevada (Time.com)

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT

Time.com - Though he remains unpopular, Senate majority leader Harry Reid is having some success by touting his record of delivering for the state

Obama, Abbas to meet at White House on June 9 (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:30 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (mahk-MOOD' ah-BAHS') at the White House on June 9.

Fixing oil spill my responsibility, Obama says (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT

AP - Thrown on the defensive, President Barack Obama acknowledged that his administration could have done better in dealing with the biggest oil spill in the nation's history and misjudged the industry's ability to cope with a worst-case scenario. Obama will make his second tour of the battered Gulf Coast on Friday.

Dems in Senate race: Let's go to the videotape (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 04:06 PM PDT

AP - If Democrats need any help running against former wrestling executive Linda McMahon in Connecticut, they need look no further than one-time Republican rival Rob Simmons' website.

Obama lauds Duke, takes heat over 2009 NC pick (AP)

Posted: 27 May 2010 03:42 PM PDT

AP - This is what you get for ever picking North Carolina, Mr. President.