The Hill Articles: April 7, 2008

GOP blocks surveillance extension Bush forces trade fight Homeowners’ bankruptcy creates a split Tauzin answered call for help from McCain Cost of immigration enforcement bill could deter Blue Dog support Motions filed in Gorbey shotgun case Vets to press lawmakers on Iraq Absence of troop withdrawal from Pelosi letter irks anti-war members Sides entrench for Petraeus’s Iraq testimony Weyant’s World: April 8, 2008 Housing, foreclosures notably absent in House GOP recess kits Superdelegates give themselves wiggle room on Clinton-Obama More Than Pride Riding On Tonight’s Game For Cohen & Moore In taking judicial nomination fight to Dems, Specter mends fences with conservatives Sex worker measure splits DOJ, Baptists As summer nears, seasonal businesses feeling the heat Bottom Line House Republicans look to plug holes in recruiting as election approaches State by state DAY’S END ROUNDUP Andrews’ Wife Will Run For Husband’s Seat Former Democratic aide reaches out Raising Arizona New president means big change for Big Pharma Petraeus hearings made for TV Being seen and heard Flip-flop on death tax could come back to haunt Landrieu Harvest of shame Dangerous in defeat Human punching bag More Members May Face Scrutiny in Iraq Trip Probe Sensenbrenner won’t be on Stupak’s Christmas card list House Dems: FTA Is DOA Vitter mum about inclusion on witness list Fire alarm at House page dorm McConnell Up With Ad In Fight For Seat McCain Raised $15 Million Last Month Clinton calls for Olympics ceremony boycott McCain Calls for Honesty on Iraq Clinton’s Wealth & Debt Clinton Says Bush Should Boycott Olympics Opening Ceremony Kerry: Foreign Leaders Want U.S.-Iran Diplomacy Penn Only the Tip of Lobbying Iceberg MIDDAY BLOG ROUNDUP McCain touts Iraq progress Waxman Investigates Fed’s Contract with BlackRock Bush sends Colombia trade pact to Congress Colombia Free Trade McCain Comment Sparks More Condi VP Talk Power Line Bush Sends Colombia FTA to Congress All Tied Up in Pa., Poll Says Axelrod: Martin Luther King Jr. DNC Releases McCain vs. McCain Part II Despite Recent Polls in Pa. & N.C., Bill Clinton Heads to Puerto Rico MORNING READ firedoglake The Fix Daily Kos Drudge Report The Huffington Post Matthew Yglesias MyDD Weekly Standard TalkingPointsMemo RedState Glenn Greenwald The Corner The Caucus