The Hill Articles: December 23, 2009

Graham says shape of Senate carbon controls is up in the air Treasury receives bailout repayments from Citi, Wells Fargo DAY’S END ROUNDUP President: Healthcare bill is more than ‘half a loaf’ compromise Senate bill poised for Christmas Eve passage with 60-39 cloture vote S.C. attorney general to probe constitutionality of Senate healthcare bill’s Medicaid provision Steele’s deals Sen. Vitter: Healthcare bill is ‘Louisiana Sell-out,’ not ‘Louisiana Purchase’ Franken: GOP’s $2.5 trillion price tag on healthcare ‘simply made up’ Christmas Eve Is the 3,000th day in Afghanistan and 30th anniversary of the Russian invasion (Rep. Eric Massa) OPM-managed healthcare plans may not reduce premiums, CBO finds Congress is committed to creating jobs on Main Street (Rep. Edolphus Towns) Final Senate healthcare vote bumped up to 7 a.m. on Thursday to ease travel Dodd, Shelby optimistic they’ll finish financial regs bill by January Crapo: GOP unlikely to be able to repeal health bill Senator bemoans loss of TV program in Delaware, blames FCC Challenge to health bill’s constitutionality fails, 39-60 Momentum needed on two-state talks in Middle East WH requested Stupak ‘not say anything’ on abortion, congressman says Senior Dem: Kill the Senate health reform bill and start over The cash-for-cornhusker clunkers deal Republican Sen. Hatch cites liberal blogger in healthcare speech Independent report: Texas could gain four House seats in Census Howard Dean cites GOP opposition as reason to pass Senate health bill Schwarzenegger seeks new drilling from coastal platform — report Lieberman’s favorables drop over past two weeks Inglis praises Senate GOPers for fighting healthcare bill Polls clash over public support for making emissions reductions MIDDAY ROUNDUP Obama stars in personalized video e-cards Report: Schwarzenegger to seek federal bailout on threat of deep cuts Self-preservation politics undermining our democracy Boehner: Senate Dems have put their votes ‘on the auction block’ All I want for Christmas is regulatory reform Ellison’s healthcare jingle Christmas Blues Is America the new Tibet? What happened in Copenhagen … Grassley: Vote on bill’s constitutionality is likely meaningless Obama seeks to close the deal on healthcare reform in new year Genachowski: Over 50 percent of small businesses don’t have websites BlackBerry experiences widespread outage Progressive group takes aim at president on healthcare FCC extends filing deadlines because of the snow EPA moves closer to final – and controversial – ethanol rules Cornyn: Conservatives ‘have to yield’ to reality in upcoming Senate races ‘Nothing sleazy about it’ Geithner: Job growth unlikely until spring Truth or consequences: The lobbyists win, the people lose A ‘lot’ of Blue Dogs may flip to vote for Senate health bill, says member MORNING READ Huffington Post Drudge Report Daily Kos Weekly Standard Balloon Juice RedState After quiet first months, Franken’s sharp tongue emerges in Senate Some Republicans knew of Griffith’s decision ‘weeks ago’