TOP STORIES:
Parties Get Busy Over This Recess; Toeplitz, McArdle ROLL CALL
Democrats Present Hurdles for Obama; Bendavid, Hitt WALL STREET JOURNAL
Liberal Agenda Back on Deck; Bendery, Dennis ROLL CALL
Obama Opposes Trade Sanctions in Climate Bill; Broder NEW YORK TIMES
Climate Plan Faces Challenge After Narrow U.S. House Victory; Woellert, Lomax BLOOMBERG NEWS
Health Care Ads Could Pick Up After the Break; Ackley ROLL CALL
White House open to new tax on health benefits; Elliott ASSOCIATED PRESS
Acorn Role in Census Challenged; Sherman WALL STREET JOURNAL
U.S. Commander Says Iraq Forces Ready; Henry NEW YORK TIMES
Romney rising: Mitt’s team awaits 2012; Martin POLITICO
HOUSE:
Fixing Abuses of State Secrets; Editorial WASHINGTON POST
Axelrod accuses GOP of using inaction a strategy; ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amnesty makes no sense; Rep. Lamar Smith USA TODAY
Members Lost Big on Real Estate; Yachnin ROLL CALL
Dems instructed to hold recess events; Soraghan THE HILL
Obama gives a pass to Democratic energy defectors; Youngman THE HILL
The lawmakers who pushed climate bill to passage; Cusack THE HILL
Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill Gathers Steam; Cadei CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
HOUSE ELECTIONS:
GOP Hopes for Big Smack on the Kissell; Comisar ROLL CALL
Florida: Race Against Kosmas Attracts More Interest; McArdle ROLL CALL
Alabama: Second Republican to Enter 5th District Race; McArdle ROLL CALL
Illinois: It’s Official: Biggert Has Rematch With Harper; Toeplitz ROLL CALL
Northeastern 2010 GOP picture taking shape; Blake THE HILL
SENATE:
Ky. Schools’ Healthy Example Could Shape a National Policy; Black WASHINGTON POST
Obama Praises Climate Bill’s Progress but Opposes Its Tariffs; Mufson WASHINGTON POST
Obama Wary of Tariff Provision; Hitt, Bendavid WALL STREET JOURNAL
Axelrod: Senate will pass energy; Allen POLITICO
Lawmakers Face Growing Pressure as U.S. Health Issues Unsettled; Jensen, Litvan BLOOMBERG NEWS
GOP Senators Pledge to Fight Climate Bill; Newmyer ROLL CALL
Bipartisan Health Bill Gets Cold Shoulder; Pierce ROLL CALL
Graham: Dem tactics like Rove, DeLay; Brush, Zimmermann THE HILL
Chambliss blocks regulatory pick over animal lawsuits; Bolton THE HILL
Seven cross aisle for health care ‘coalition’; Haberkorn WASHINGTON TIMES
A Debt The Founders Wouldn’t Believe; Sen. Judd Gregg INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
SENATE ELECTIONS:
Portman the Insider: Will Mr. Washington Go to Washington?; Cillizza WASHINGTON POST
Hurricane Charlie; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
Kentucky: Canceled Bunning Event Could Be Bad Sign; McArdle ROLL CALL
Pawlenty may certify Franken if battle drags out; Brush THE HILL
Schiff Polling for Potential Senate Run Against Dodd in Connecticut; Cadei CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
Anti-tax group at odds with Crist; Lambro WASHINGTON TIMES
POLITICS/CAMPAIGNS:
South Carolina Politics Looks Past Affair to Its Effects on Governor Race; Dewan, Rutenberg NEW YORK TIMES
Sanford: sex scandal, political twist; Martin POLITICO
Mitt: Govs to live by ‘higher standard’; Allen POLITICO
SC governor resolves to stay put despite scandal; Lush ASSOCIATED PRESS
Big States Set to Host Hottest Contests Next Year; Gonzales ROLL CALL
Aide’s tale of John Edwards sex tape; NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
ADMINISTRATION:
Colombia’s Uribe Faces a More Wary U.S.; Forero WASHINGTON POST
Obama adviser not ready to back a second stimulus; Elliott ASSOCIATED PRESS
For modest earners, relief repaying student loans; Choi ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCOTUS:
Supreme Court bidding goodbye to Souter; ASSOCIATED PRESS
GOP leader says time needed for Sotomayor records; ASSOCIATED PRESS
Harmonious week for the Roberts court; Savage LOS ANGELES TIMES
BAILOUT/ECONOMY:
A Plan to Stem Foreclosures, Buried in a Paper Avalanche; Goodman NEW YORK TIMES
Panics ‘R’ Us!; Samuelson WASHINGTON POST
How a Loophole Benefits GE in Bank Rescue; Gerth, Dennis WASHINGTON POST
GM to Allow Some Product Liability Claims; Tse, Marr WASHINGTON POST
Wary Banks Hobble Toxic-Asset Plan; WALL STREET JOURNAL
Rising national debt raises prospects of eventual inflation; Waggoner USA TODAY
EXCLUSIVE: Fed seeks millions from ball players in Ponzi scheme; Conery WASHINGTON TIMES
LABOR/EFCA:
No Coverage
HEALTHCARE:
Insurance Company Schemes; Editorial NEW YORK TIMES
White House Won’t Rule Out Benefits Tax; Shear WASHINGTON POST
Time for Iron Man; Dionne WASHINGTON POST
Axelrod: No ultimatum on public plan; Allen, Siegel POLITICO
Stimulus money boosts health clinics serving poor; Wyatt ASSOCIATED PRESS
Small businesses wary of health care legislation; Fritze USA TODAY
Axelrod: Obama flexible on health care; LoBianco WASHINGTON TIMES
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT:
Betraying the Planet; Krugman NEW YORK TIMES
The Dirty War Against Clean Coal; Easterbrook NEW YORK TIMES
States Consider Gas and Oil Levies; Casselman WALL STREET JOURNAL
Analysis: Obama scores major victory on climate; Sidoti ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cap and frown; Editorial WASHINGTON TIMES
DEFENSE/WAR ON TERROR:
Pakistan Treads Warily as New Fight Looms; Constable WASHINGTON POST
1st Pullout Deadline Stirs Anxiety, Pride in Iraq; Londoño WASHINGTON POST
Will Obama Follow Bush Or FDR?; Wittes, Goldsmith WASHINGTON POST
Unease Mounts as U.S. Troops Leave Iraq’s Cities; Chon WALL STREET JOURNAL
Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent; Sen. Jon Kyl, Richard Perle WALL STREET JOURNAL
Target: Hawaii; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama and Cyber Defense; Crovitz WALL STREET JOURNAL
New Rift Opens Over Rights of Detainees; Bravin WALL STREET JOURNAL
NKorea criticizes US missile defense for Hawaii; Kim ASSOCIATED PRESS
As U.S. troops move on, Iraqis fear the coming turmoil; Hammoudi, Hussein, Issa, MCCLATCHY NEWS
More than 20 die in Pakistan’s northwest; Khan ASSOCIATED PRESS
Troops exit Iraq cities, fan into countryside; Madhani USA TODAY
Corruption plays key role in Iraqi justice; Parker LOS ANGELES TIMES
U.S. LOCAL:
Two Meals and Not Always Square; Editorial NEW YORK TIMES
God, Firearms and America Come Together at a Church in Kentucky; Seelye NEW YORK TIMES
Democratic Lock Seen on 2013 Albany Senate; Roberts NEW YORK TIMES
Gay Marriage Lost in Shuffle of Divided Senate; Peters NEW YORK TIMES
California Bills Seek to Lift Home Sales; White WALL STREET JOURNAL
Washington to California: Drop dead; McGrane POLITICO
OF NOTE:
Iran Arrests Iranian Employees of British Embassy as Protests Return; Slackman NEW YORK TIMES
Honduran President Is Ousted in Coup; Malkin NEW YORK TIMES
Billy Mays, Enthusiastic TV Pitchman, Dies at 50; Creswell NEW YORK TIMES
Honduran Military Ousts President; Booth, Forero WASHINGTON POST
Crackdown In Iran Puts Mousavi in Tight Spot; Erdbrink WASHINGTON POST
A Letter to Ali Khameini; Vahidmanesh WALL STREET JOURNAL
TOP BLOGS:
Axelrod waffles on Obama no-middle-class-tax-hike vow; Gerstein POLITICO LIVE
McConnell ducks Sanford questions; Frates POLITICO LIVE
Pawlenty praises Jennifer, blasts Mark Sanford; Gerstein POLITICO LIVE
GOPers fret over young voters; Gerstein POLITICO LIVE
Grassley: Republicans are not going to be hoodwinked; Siegel POLITICO LIVE
Obama golfs fourth week straight; POLITICO 44
Terry J-walks, F-bombs; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Sebelius: Public plan won’t ration; Frates POLITICO LIVE
All Politics Wasn’t Local on Climate Vote; TAEGAN GODDARD’S POLITICAL WIRE