TOP STORIES:
House Committee Approves Health-Care Package; Kane, Bacon WASHINGTON POST
Obama’s Pledge to Tax Only the Rich Can’t Pay for Everything, Analysts Say; Calmes NEW YORK TIMES
GOP blasts Democrats’ health care legislation; Werner ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pelosi outlines August plan of attack; Rogers POLITICO
Democrats Show Strain of Heated Battles; Bendavid, Weisman WALL STREET JOURNAL
House Approves $2 Billion to Extend ‘Clunker’ Plan; Wald NEW YORK TIMES
House Passes Bill to Curb Executive Pay; Crittenden WALL STREET JOURNAL
HOUSE:
Health Bill Clears Hurdle, and Hints at Consensus; Pear, Herszenhorn NEW YORK TIMES
House Approves Limits on Executive Pay; Fuller NEW YORK TIMES
Health Reform Is Messy Business; Achenbach WASHINGTON POST
Dealers Hope to Get More Mileage Out of ‘Clunkers’; Hedgpeth, Heath WASHINGTON POST
Lobby Shop Says Ex-Staffer Forged Letter to Lawmaker; Fahrenthold WASHINGTON POST
Lawmaker ‘Skeptical’ Of Anthrax Results’; Warrick, Johnson WASHINGTON POST
House Backs Greater Say On Pay by Shareholders; Cho, Tse WASHINGTON POST
New Cash Steered to Clunkers; King, Grossman WALL STREET JOURNAL
House Panel Approves Sweeping Health Bill; Hitt, Adamy WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama health plan passes key hurdle; O’Connor POLITICO
House passes $2B ‘cash for clunkers’; O’Connor, Kady POLITICO
Rep. Gene Taylor calls anti-tax group ’scum’; DiMascio POLITICO
Energy and Commerce Gives Its Blessing to Health Bill; Dennis ROLL CALL
Altercation Prompts New Concerns About Bachus’ Leadership; Kucinich ROLL CALL
Earmark Case Yields Guilty Verdict; Yachnin ROLL CALL
Waxman Health Care Deal Hits Insurance Companies; Dennis ROLL CALL
House panel approves healthcare reform bill; Shalleck-Klein THE HILL
Pelosi doesn’t gaurantee Blue Dog provisions; Soraghan THE HILL
Liberals will get single-payer vote on House floor; Soraghan THE HILL
Liberals strike healthcare deal with Blue Dogs; Soraghan THE HILL
House passes executive-pay restrictions; Brush THE HILL
House easily passes ‘cash for clunkers’ lifeline; Allen, Brush THE HILL
HOUSE ELECTIONS:
Bond Drops Out of Race for Kirk’s Seat; Toeplitz ROLL CALL
Add Another GOP Heavy-Hitter to Georgia’s 9th; Kapochunas CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
Another Republican Vies To Challenge Nye; CONGRESS DAILY
SENATE:
Dodd to Have Surgery for Prostate Cancer; Hernandez NEW YORK TIMES
Detained and Abused; Editorial NEW YORK TIMES
Have Gun, Will Travel; Collins NEW YORK TIMES
Sen. Dodd to Undergo Cancer Surgery; Bacon WASHINGTON POST
Pulling No Punches; Moore WALL STREET JOURNAL
The Schumer Proxy; Donohue WALL STREET JOURNAL
See you in September; Brown POLITICO
Franken feuds with T. Boone Pickens; Javers POLITICO
Governor to senator: ‘Put up or shut up’ on Yucca; Chereb ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bipartisan Senate Health Talks Face Sept. 15 Deadline; Pierce, Drucker ROLL CALL
‘Cash for Clunkers’ Faces Uncertain Fate in Senate; Brady ROLL CALL
SENATE ELECTIONS:
No Coverage
POLITICS/CAMPAIGNS:
Partisan fracas at lawmakers summit; Falcone POLITICO
Newt’s big cash haul: $8 million; Vogel, McGarr POLITICO
Alaskans divided on Palin after exit; Falcone POLITICO
Governor hopefuls woo rural Virginia; Szkotak ASSOCIATED PRESS
‘Throw the bums out’ is national mood; Huffstutter LOS ANGELES TIMES
Steele raised campaign cash from RNC vendors; Wilson THE HILL
RNC looks inward after months of negotiation; Wilson THE HILL
RNC eliminates states from convention contention; Wilson THE HILL
GOP PACs Dominate; Knott CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
RNC puts off vote on ethics proposal; Hallow WASHINGTON TIMES
NOT AGAIN, RUDY; Editorial NEW YORK POST
ADMINISTRATION:
Familiar Face Reappears for Key Role in Nevada; Friess NEW YORK TIMES
Despite a Decade of Controversy, the ‘Faith-Based Initiative’ Endures; Steinfels NEW YORK TIMES
Federal Agencies Diverted Earmark Money; Nixon, Southall NEW YORK TIMES
America’s Not-So-Fast Trains; Editorial NEW YORK TIMES
Obama Nominates Fired U.S. Attorney; Wilson WASHINGTON POST
Can We Talk?; Editorial WASHINGTON POST
When Law Flies Out the Door; Schumacher-Matos WASHINGTON POST
Why Israel Is Nervous; Abrams WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama: ‘Spirit of innovation’ key to the future; Superville ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama, Cabinet meet for mid-year assessment; Superville ASSOCIATED PRESS
SCOTUS:
Texas Sen. Hutchison explains no vote on Sotomayor; Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baucus quickly backtracks, will support Sotomayor quickly; Rushing THE HILL
BAILOUT/ECONOMY:
U.S. Economic Contraction Slowed in Quarter; Rampell, Healy NEW YORK TIMES
Dealers Welcome Clunker Traffic, Even if It’s No Cure-All; Vlasic NEW YORK TIMES
Economy Turning Out of Steep Dive; Irwin, Mui WASHINGTON POST
Regulator Accidentally Names Imperiled Bank; Appelbaum WASHINGTON POST
Businesses Are Poised to Lead Way Out of Recession; Lahart WALL STREET JOURNAL
Poised for a Rebound; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
Obama says many months before U.S. exits recession; REUTERS
HEALTHCARE:
Talk Radio Campaign Frightening Seniors; Connolly WASHINGTON POST
The Fat of the Land; Editorial WALL STREET JOURNAL
Veterans groups have ‘grave concerns’ on health bill; Tiron THE HILL
Axelrod: White House Will Step Up Effort; CONGRESS DAILY
STIMULUS:
Bluenoses Take Note: Stimulus Money Allots Millions for LUST; Cooper NEW YORK TIMES
Trying to Recover; Editorial NEW YORK TIMES
Agencies Seek to Use Stimulus Funds to Find Cheaper Health Care; Zhang WALL STREET JOURNAL
GOP: Give ‘kick in pants’ to stimulus bridge work; ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama Links Economy’s Uptick to Stimulus; Koffler ROLL CALL
LABOR/EFCA:
No Coverage
ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT:
Chevron’s Profit Declines 71%; Gonzalez WALL STREET JOURNAL
DEFENSE/WAR ON TERROR:
Troops May Be in Iraq, but Military’s Focus Is Afghanistan; Bumiller NEW YORK TIMES
Bombs in Baghdad Kill at Least 29; Dagher NEW YORK TIMES
Civilian Toll Rising in Afghanistan, U.N. Says; Otterman NEW YORK TIMES
Blasts Near Mosques Kill 29 Across Baghdad; Bakri WASHINGTON POST
Maliki Keeps Foes, Friends Guessing; Shadid WASHINGTON POST
Americans Detained By Iran; Levinson WALL STREET JOURNAL
Kuwait alarmed by Iraqi failure to pay reparations; Elias ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. LOCAL:
Washington Supports Exchange of Needles; Urbina NEW YORK TIMES
California Is Still Not Out of Its Budget Hole; Fund WALL STREET JOURNAL
OF NOTE:
No Coverage
TOP BLOGS:
Huck pays daughter $29k; Vogel POLITICO’S SMITH BLOG
58 percent of GOP not sure/doubt Obama born in US; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Maloney “leaning” against Gillibrand challenge; Thrush POLITICO’S THRUSH BLOG
Health care offensive for the DCCC; Kraushaar POLITICO’S SCORECARD BLOG