The Hill Articles: August 13, 2009

Michigan GOP lawmakers don’t want Gitmo prisoners Palin’s new Twitter handle: SarahPalinUSA Hamas looks at Obama plan ‘positively,’ with condition Pork-barrel spending increases in 2009 Rep. Space dodges challenger DAY’S END ROUNDUP The British model (Rep. John Campbell) GOP lawmaker criticizes Nazi talk Obama going fishing later this week: Report Netroots Nation a Twitter trending topic Goodlatte teaches some young people a lesson Poll: Voters trust GOP over Dems on healthcare Obama to hold two more town halls on healthcare McCaskill Wrong on Healthcare, but Right to Reject Left’s Tactics Rove uses Twitter to confirm appearance on Family Guy Rove, Limbaugh to guest star on Family Guy TOP TWEETS White House starts healthcare chain email Finance Committee to drop end-of-life provision Grassley: Town halls could force senators to start over on healthcare Shopping for a (Political) Label Finance Committee drops end-of-life provision Two ejected from House Dem’s town hall Steele: Obama would sacrifice seats in Congress to get health bill Avid bassist Huckabee tweets remembrance of fallen guitar hero Speak up to stop unfair trade House GOPer live-tweets health reform tele-town hall Some agencies already track website visitors Reid: Protesters are ‘evil-mongers’ Report: News dead last in types of tweets Skelton challenger launches campaign in Missouri Venezuela fumes over Obama’s ‘hypocrisy’ remark Too Timid to Succeed Sen. Gillibrand wants McHugh hold lifted Heller urges Ensign to start coming clean MIDDAY ROUNDUP Coburn: ‘Death panel’ claims aren’t outrageous Baird apologizes for ‘brown shirt’ comments State Department comes out swinging over Chavez’s golf insults NRCC pushing Pelosi ties in early ad offering Burgess: Congress does not have the ‘credibility’ to pass health bill Retail sales drop despite ‘cash for clunkers’ Sympathy for the Protester NYC Mayor Bloomberg to personally take up Twitter Hoekstra: Obama would turn Michigan into ‘federal penal colony’ Capitol Police to honor first officer killed Palin repeats death-panel charge Sestak: Vast majority of town hallers have legitimate concerns Livable Communities Act will strengthen communities nationwide Biden and lobbyist don’t mix at Grayson fundraiser A health dirge night: President Obama’s lefty health club band (Rep. Thaddeus McCotter) Ellison: ‘There’s no place like home’ Hoyer blames Palestinians for stall in peace talks UPDATED: McHenry unconvinced Obama’s a citizen Cardin Won’t Vote for Healthcare Bill if it Increases the Deficit MORNING READ Sell Clunkers at Auction to Low-Income Workers Congress moves to extend unemployment benefits Huffington Post Drudge Report The Daily Beast RedState MyDD Townhall Balloon Juice contentions TalkLeft Hot Air Another poll shows Garamendi leading CA special