The Hill Articles: April 8, 2009

Liberals ramp up healthcare pressure Newspapers have asked Pelosi for bailout cash Holder: White House did not silence me on guns Labor targets Wall Street on ‘card-check’ VIDEO: EFCA fight continues Holder appoints attorney to head ethics Holmes Norton backs City Council on same-sex marriage Iran ‘still awaiting’ U.S. attitude change Rep. Gerlach gets his first Dem challenger DAY’S END ROUNDUP Burr unable to appear at Bragg with Biden Report: Pakistan rejects U.S. plan, wants drones Obama phones winning UNC basketball coach Issa: Holder being partisan Quigley: I don’t play hardball, I play hockey Issa strikes! Cox to Grassley: You tweet like a 14-year-old girl VIDEO: Ad targets gay marriage Poll: GOP narrows Dem advantage on generic ballot to 1 point Administration faces pirate attack, hostage quandary Sanford: stimulus like ‘winning the lottery’ Forbes: card-check is ‘Soviet-style’ Obama formally creates health reform office Rep.-elect Quigley to be sworn in April 21 Jackson says he’s innocent, cooperating First Dem announces he’ll challenge Gerlach Shameless self-promotion The Big Question for April 8: Employee Free Choice Act CBC delegation didn’t ask about human rights Barbara Lee: Fidel was ‘very energetic’ Newt the Dark Horse Nelson calls on consumer czar to resign Real-Life Advice on Government Sites from Candi Harrison TOP TWEETS Rep. Maffei “enjoys cocaine because…” The FIRST PUP TWEETS Anti-terrorism expert tapped for key post TechNet CEO leaves for personal care association UPDATE: Americans have taken back control of the ship U.S. is the isolated country, Barbara Lee claims on Cuba Cuban PAC blasts trip as ’embarrassment’ Obama to meet baseball champs next week MIDDAY ROUNDUP Report: Pakistan rejects U.S. plan, wants drones No good news for Corzine in latest poll A Trillion Dollars for the Banks: How About A Second Opinion? Tedisco up 17 Prominent conservatives to headline Iowa events Blagojevich arraignment set for Tuesday We agree: Awesome Not first Congressional delegation to Cuba S.C. GOP dinner will feature Congressional Visit to Iraq, Part I (Rep. Jared Polis) Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen hops on Twitter bandwagon Bachmann uses disputed study America’s New Marijuana Zeitgeist Scarborough mocks Sanford From the Albany (N.Y.) Times Union — Originally published Wednesday, April 8 Report: Pirates hijack American ship 2012 Watch: Palin to rules out Murkowski challenge Report: Ethics to probe Rep. Jesse Jackson Ethics office investigates Jackson Polis is straight outta’ Iraq Poll: Support for stricter gun control laws at all time low last fall Scarborough stares down Republicans Obama to be pressed on Cuba before summit MORNING READ Clyburn urges confrontation with Sanford Europe Loves Obama, But Will They Respect U.S. in the Morning? Giuliani won’t rule out 2010 run for N.Y. Governor Drudge Report Huffington Post A Sad and Scary Showing Abroad Hot Air MyDD Powerline AMERICAblog Townhall firedoglake contentions TPMCaf