The Hill Articles: April 20, 2009

Cloture motion passes on Hill nomination Ranking Senate partisans Lobby shops’ first quarter is mixed bag Dean claims he lit match for Obama Push to left seen ahead of 100th day RNC’s Michael Steele plots quiet comeback Amb. of Iraq nomination poised to pass Senate Kerry, Conyers to hold newspaper hearings Back in town and busy with legislative business Obama’s tax plan for oil industry unfair, unwise Tea parties foretell liberation from failures of Dems, GOP Pelosi, other Dem leaders pressure members to oppose ethics measure Obama planning fundraiser for Democratic campaigns Bipartisan and partisan Harman denies claims, questions wiretap Rival scrappage bills dividing Democrats Debate over fighter jets intensifies Republicans pick most bipartisan Democrats Senate panel to hold ‘Future of Journalism’ hearing President tries to reassure CIA officers Democrats pick most bipartisan Republicans Obama to speak at Holocaust remembrance event EPA Endangerment Finding Will Destroy Jobs, Harm Consumers (Sen. James Inhofe) McConnell: Obama, Bush hardly different on Iraq Under pressure: Parties aim to push their opponents into early retirement Visclosky wants to dip into fundraising to pay legal fees DAY’S END ROUNDUP House panel to hold hearing on future of media industry This man is no island Coleman taking Senate case to higher court 20 Questions with Montel Williams Cornyn puts Senate colleagues to work A note of goodbye DSCC uses MSNBC vids to whack Burr DNC emails for funds to retire Clinton’s campaign debt Israeli politician tells Emanuel to remember he’s Jewish Bank rage, Part 1 A glaring lack of outrage Weyant’s World: April 21, 2009 A Simple Lesson in Economics (Rep. Michele Bachmann) Obama’s Missed Chance with the GOP Scarborough on handshake: RELAX Obama calls CIA ‘indispensible’ after torture memo releases Harman denies allegations, questions wiretap Obama to deliver address on Holocaust Remembrance Day Kathleen Turner robocalls for Johnsen NIH Stem Cell Guidelines Will Enable our Best Scientists, For the First Time, to Fully Pursue the Promises of this Exciting Field (Sen. Tom Harkin) EPA Announcement is a Positive First Step to Combat Global Warming (Sen. Ben Cardin) Obama’s Insult of Fiscal Austerity Poll: New favorability numbers for Giuliani Klobuchar: Saberi at risk of becoming Iranian ‘pawn’ Obama plans fundraiser for Dem campaigns ‘Dick Cheney must be seething’ EPA Proposal Recognizes the Urgent Need to Act on Global Warming (Sen. Tom Carper) Swiss efforts for White House anger Israel ‘New media’ execs to travel to Iraq EPA Proposal is Power Grab by Administration to Pass Energy Tax (Rep. Steve Scalise) Gore to testify on climate change Towhall’s Matt Lewis is waiting by the phone Pence calls cap-and-trade a regional ‘economic war’ TOP TWEETS Baucus, Grassley want action on South Korea trade deal Obama ‘challenges’ Cabinet to cut fraction of spending McCaul well behind challenger in fundraising VIDEO: Rendell says Obama should read book, respond Obama to raise LOTS of money Clinton to vouch for $83B war supplemental Kos calls on Harman to resign MIDDAY ROUNDUP King in trouble for comments on Muslims Gingrich snubs Palin: Says she’s not a ‘national leader’ of GOP women RNC outraises DNC in March Fournier unimpressed by Obama budget cuts VIDEO: Gregg: Releasing stress test results a ‘mistake’ by Obama Legal expenses for Miller? Kos calls on Harman to resign Obama-Chavez meeting stirs up the right Kennedy, Baucus reaffirm: Health reform in ’09 RNC beats DNC in March fundraising A wife’s political pride on Twitter VIDEO: Paul says secession ‘very American’ Capitol Hill Agenda: April 20, 2009 Crist appears in WaPo advertising section Harman to speak at AIPAC next month From the Charleston, S.C. Post and Courier — Originally published Monday, April 20 Gingrich: handshake will become ‘propaganda’ From the Manchester, N.H. Union Leader — Originally published Monday, April 20 1600 layoffs at GM Teenager files lawsuit in Sanford standoff Franken begins staffing up for Senate seat Hugging Hugo A Jeffersonian Awakening in Texas Report: Jane Harman recorded vowing take action for AIPAC on wiretap Meghan McCain: No ‘creeps’ like Rove on Twitter The Torture Memos: Obama, Holder Strike the Right Balance … Again The GOP’s Move Toward Gay Marriage Grassley Burn update — from Twitter Institutional Self-Defense BofA posts profit; more banks want out of TARP VIDEO: Dems: GOP wrecked the economy Camelot Huxtables? If Wamp could walk 4,000 miles… MORNING READ Drudge Report Huffington Post The Daily Beast Weekly Standard Matthew Yglesias Power Line The Plank The Corner Daily Kos RedState