TOP STORIES:
Blown deadline, blown chance?; Brown, Frates POLITICO
Health Talks Break Without Deal; Dennis, Newmyer ROLL CALL
Dems demand more coordination from leaders; Bolton THE HILL
GOP, in Attack Mode, Tries to Avoid Obstructionist Label; McKinnon WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama’s Health Expert Gets Political; Meckler WALL STREET JOURNAL
The professor, policeman and president; Johnson, Gomez, Bello USA TODAY
Jobless Checks for Millions Delayed as States Struggle; DeParle NEW YORK TIMES
Tax System Needs Overhaul of Its Own; Seib WALL STREET JOURNAL
HOUSE:
Pelosi Puts Onus on Industry; Romano WASHINGTON POST
Time for the Blue Dogs to Show Their True Colors; Pearlstein WASHINGTON POST
Transportation Bill Not Likely to Pass Soon; Conkey, Mitchell WALL STREET JOURNAL
House panel axes DoD ‘propaganda’; Rogers POLITICO
Congress needs to pass Pay-Go; Rep. Steny Hoyer POLITICO
Tanner pushes redistricting reform; McGrane POLITICO
House passes increase for housing, high-speed rail; Taylor ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lobbyists get power access via caucuses; Schouten USA TODAY
Republicans Force Lengthy Bill Reading During Boehner Fundraiser; Dennis ROLL CALL
Republicans Say Franking Dispute Bumped Up to Leadership; Kucinich ROLL CALL
Members Acknowledge Problems During House Continuity Hearing; Coyner ROLL CALL
CBC Critical of Blue Dogs’ Role in Delaying Health Care Bill; Newmyer ROLL CALL
Deadline push dropped after health momentum fizzles; Soraghan, Allen THE HILL
Michigan lawmakers look to Gitmo for stimulus; Alarkon THE HILL
Dems mull skipping panel, bringing healthcare to floor; Allen THE HILL
Boehner says GOP health alternative is coming; Hooper THE HILL
Murtha: Healthcare reform will hit floor next week; Bolton THE HILL
CREW Seeks Ethics Probe Of Cantor; CONGRESS DAILY
HOUSE ELECTIONS:
New York race blurs party lines; Kraushaar POLITICO
Former NFL coach mulls House run; Kraushaar POLITICO
Aubertine Won’t Run for McHugh’s Seat; Kurtz ROLL CALL
State Legislator Launches Bid Against Schmidt; Toeplitz ROLL CALL
EMILY’s List Backs Buchanan in Calif. Special; Kurtz ROLL CALL
N.Y. GOP nominates new kind of Republican; Blake THE HILL
Dems lose top contender for McHugh seat; Blake THE HILL
SENATE:
As Health Bill Is Delayed, White House Negotiates; Herszenhorn, Zeleny NEW YORK TIMES
Health Reform Deadline In Doubt; Murray, Kane, Fletcher WASHINGTON POST
In the Hart Building, Reform’s Pulse Weakens; Milbank WASHINGTON POST
What Palin Got Wrong About Energy; Sens. Barbara Boxer, John F. Kerry WASHINGTON POST
Senate Won’t Hit August Deadline; Adamy, Weisman WALL STREET JOURNAL
Deadline broken, talks continue for health bill; Werner ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senate sides with Obama, defunds jet engine; Abrams ASSOCIATED PRESS
Reid amends disclosure reports; Freking ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baucus: Removing Health Care Deadline Should Help Process; Drucker ROLL CALL
Coburn Successfully Filibusters Retirement Benefits Amendment; Brady ROLL CALL
AARP Criticizes Reid’s Decision to Postpone Health Care Vote; Ackley ROLL CALL
Freshman Senators Urge Baucus to Continue Health Talks; Pierce ROLL CALL
Freshman senators back Baucus on healthcare; Young THE HILL
Senate, House To Turn To Spending Bills; Friedman, House CONGRESS DAILY
Moderate GOP Senators: Climate Timeline Too Ambitious; Goode CONGRESS DAILY
SENATE ELECTIONS:
Reinventing Chris Dodd; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
Staff hired for possible run at N.H. Senate seat; Wilson THE HILL
Dems Face Recruiting Setbacks In Half-Dozen Key Races; McPike CONGRESS DAILY
BACK OFF, GILLY; Retter NEW YORK POST
POLITICS/CAMPAIGNS:
Palin Favorability Rating Dips As She Nears Exit, Poll Finds; Cohen, Rucker WASHINGTON POST
Obama Visits Chicago for DNC Fundraisers; Lydersen WASHINGTON POST
An Obama accident: nation of lobbyists; Coller POLITICO
Wilder rejects W.H. overture in Va. Race; Martin POLITICO
Exiting the Sarahsphere; Libit POLITICO
Obama returns to Chicago; Lee POLITICO
ADMINISTRATION:
Global Views of U.S. Helped by Obama, Survey Says; Knowlton NEW YORK TIMES
Clinton Trades Jibes With North Korea; Landler NEW YORK TIMES
Biden Pledges Support for Georgia, but Warns Against Militarism; Barry NEW YORK TIMES
Obama Complains About the News Cycle but Manipulates It, Worrying Some; Baker NEW YORK TIMES
A $4 Billion Push for Better Schools; Shear, Anderson WASHINGTON POST
‘Best Practices, With Money Behind It’; President Barack Obama WASHINGTON POST
Biden Offers Georgia Solidarity; Pan WASHINGTON POST
N. Korea Escalates War of Words, Calls Clinton Vulgar, Unintelligent; Kessler WASHINGTON POST
Education Reform’s Moon Shot; Sec. Arne Duncan WASHINGTON POST
Obama to Unveil Guidelines for New Education Fund; Tomsho WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Police and the President; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
President Obama steps on third rail of race; Smith, Henderson POLITICO
Schools to compete for $5B from stimulus law; Quaid ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama remark on black scholar’s arrest angers cops; Trujillo ASSOCIATED PRESS
White House tempers Obama remark about police; Babington ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama May Disqualify New York, California From Education Grants; Peterson BLOOMBERG NEWS
Obama comment on cop throws message off track; Youngman THE HILL
Hiding budget numbers; Editorial WASHINGTON TIMES
BAM IN A RACIAL UPROAR; Soltis NEW YORK POST
SCOTUS:
N.R.A. to Count Sotomayor Votes; Lewis NEW YORK TIMES
Graham gives as good as he gets; Raju POLITICO
NRA steps up Sotomayor fight as Chamber backs her; Davis ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAILOUT/ECONOMY:
Dow Closes Over 9,000; First Time Since January; Shih NEW YORK TIMES
Where the Jobs Are; Editorial NEW YORK TIMES
Hope Builds for the Economy As Positive Reports Pile Up; Irwin WASHINGTON POST
Focus on the Fed; Editorial WASHINGTON POST
A Humane Trade Reform; Gerson WASHINGTON POST
The Economy Has Hit Bottom; Alan S. Blinder WALL STREET JOURNAL
Claims Drop as Jobless Exhaust State Benefits; Evans WALL STREET JOURNAL
Fed Unveils Rules to Protect Borrowers; Holzer WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama defends economic agenda; Lee POLITICO
Treasury, Fed dispute on display in Congress; Flaherty ASSOCIATED PRESS
Labor secretary says wage hike will boost spending; ASSOCIATED PRESS
HEALTHCARE:
For Public, Obama Didn’t Fill in Health Blanks; Sack NEW YORK TIMES
Costs and Compassion; Krugman NEW YORK TIMES
Kill the Rhinos!; Brooks NEW YORK TIMES
Bush Official Sees Peril in Health Plan; Hilzenrath WASHINGTON POST
Why Obamacare Is Sinking; Krauthammer WASHINGTON POST
Common Sense May Sink ObamaCare; Noonan WALL STREET JOURNAL
How Obama Stumbled on Health Care; Strassel WALL STREET JOURNAL
Massachusetts Firms Pare Costs Elsewhere to Pay for Coverage; Flandez WALL STREET JOURNAL
A Better Health Reform; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
Health Reform’s Hidden Victims; Fund WALL STREET JOURNAL
Move over, David Beckham. Bend it like Peter Orszag!; Libit, Abrahamson POLITICO
Obama Is ‘OK’ With Senate Health Bill Delay; Koffler ROLL CALL
Sebelius Reiterates Obama’s Support for Public Plan; Drucker ROLL CALL
MoveOn to Hold Rallies to Pressure Senators on Health Care; Drucker ROLL CALL
Liberals uneasy about dimming prospects for public plan option; Wilson THE HILL
AARP, unions target Blue Dogs on healthcare target; Young THE HILL
DISASTER DELAYED; Editorial NEW YORK POST
STIMULUS:
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LABOR/EFCA:
Business Groups Reject Card-Check Deals; CONGRESS DAILY
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT:
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DEFENSE/WAR ON TERROR:
U.S. Recruit Reveals How Qaeda Trains Foreigners; Powell NEW YORK TIMES
U.S. Officials Say a Son of bin Laden May Be Dead; Schmitt NEW YORK TIMES
Serious Challenger Emerges in Afghan Race; Gall NEW YORK TIMES
Afghanistan’s Leader Skips an Election Debate, Claiming Bias; Gall, Wafa NEW YORK TIMES
Biden Warns of More ‘Sacrifice’ in Afghanistan; Cowell NEW YORK TIMES
U.S. Shifts Afghan Narcotics Strategy; Shanker, Bumiller NEW YORK TIMES
Turkmens in Contested Oil-Rich Province Vow to Boycott Iraq’s National Census; Williams NEW YORK TIMES
Air Force Report Envisions a Broader Use of Drones; Drew NEW YORK TIMES
U.S. Officials Negotiated With Iraqi Insurgent Groups Twice in Spring; Bakri WASHINGTON POST
Surviving, but Hardly Thriving; Londoño WASHINGTON POST
Afghan Incumbent Misses First Presidential Debate; Constable WASHINGTON POST
Army Brass Conduct Before Afghan Attack Is Questioned; Jaffe WASHINGTON POST
Holbrooke: Securing Swat top priority; Burns POLITICO
Iraq’s Maliki: We may still need help after 2011; Talev MCCLATCHY NEWS
Poll details: Majority in US oppose both wars; ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iraqi leader may ask U.S. to prolong stay; Lake WASHINGTON TIMES
U.S. LOCAL:
44 Charged by U.S. in New Jersey Corruption Sweep; Halbfinger NEW YORK TIMES
California Budget Woes to Persist; Woo WALL STREET JOURNAL
Calif. lawmakers vote on deal to close $26B gap; Lin ASSOCIATED PRESS
OF NOTE:
Hamas Shifts From Rockets to Public Relations; Bronner NEW YORK TIMES
TOP BLOGS:
GOP seizes on Obama cops remark; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Did GOP stall for Boehner “Beach” party?; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Boehner: No remorse; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Chamber endorses S’mayor; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Black Caucus blasts Blue Dogs; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Spam tsunami hits Dem chiefs of staff; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Pawlenty blasts Obama plan; Smith POLITICO’S SMITH BLOG
Presser draws 24.7 million; 14 percent drop; Calderone POLITICO’S CALDERONE BLOG
GA-Gov, NJ-Gov: Big Leads for Barnes, Oxendine, Christie; SWING STATE PROJECT
Gallup: Americans Increasingly Worried About Bigger Government; RED STATE