The Hill Articles: February 5, 2009

Obama: Sacrifice needed on stimulus RNC shake-up: Steele asks for resignations Reid “cautiously optimistic” on stimulus DAY’S END ROUNDUP Panetta passes first CIA confirmation test Tax Watchdogs Take On Stimulus Adult Film Star Could Oppose Vitter Pelosi Announces Committee Assignments Pelosi tells Dems regular order will return Limbaugh to Speak in Closing Slot at CPAC Dems to Obama: Reform healthcare in ’09 Clark Goes to Bat for Ethanol Producers Obama hits GOP for stimulus opposition Armed Services Comte Confirms Former Lobbyist Bipartisanship slips as Senate vote readied Springsteen, Rep. Pascrell blast TicketMaster Sen. Wyden open to HHS consideration Van Hollen: Sessions N.Y. School Renamed for Obama Utilizing Unused Resources in Deep Ocean (Rep. John Shimkus) Gerlach Launches Gov. Committee, Website Obama’s First News Conference on Monday Panetta Vows to End Bush Policies A Day To Celebrate (Rep. Eric Massa) Blue Dogs push back against stimulus Senate committee postpones Labor secretary vote Faith-Based Colleges Have No New Restrictions in Stimulus Bill Kitzhaber Says No Thanks to HHS How Obama must maintain credibility on the stimulus A Life after Public Service without Conflicts of Interest Romney’s PAC Targets Reid for 2010 Report: Solis’s Husband Paid Off Tax Liens Yesterday Vivek Kundra May Be Obama’s choice for OMB e-Gov Head GOP Senator Calls Stimulus ‘Stinky’ Webb: $100 Billion Could Be Cut from Stimulus Education Important Investment in Ailing Economy TARP firms spent more than $114M lobbying Succession Accomplished NOW Pushes for Stabenow for HHS Pelosi Buries Hatchet, Throws Party for Dingell Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg hospitalized Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized for Cancer Treatment Harkin: Card-check Waiting on Franken Graham: Obama ‘AWOL’ in Stimulus Leadership Obama rescinds Bush SCHIP restrictions Are We Going to Buy the Bezzle? (Rep. Brad Miller) Sen. Reid: We’ve got votes on stimulus Executive Pay Agreement A Union Lesson from My Grandfather Bunning’s Mixed Job Approval Obama Creates Faith-Based & Neighborhood Office House Plan the ‘Snuggie Stimulus,’ Pundit Claims Green Investments Critical in Senate’s Recovery Package Paralyzed by the Ideological Straitjacket MIDDAY ROUNDUP Obama recovery plan would cut emissions Franken: Coleman Dishes ‘Cruel Criticism’ of Election Revise Meat Country of Origin Labeling Standards (Sen. Byron Dorgan) AP in talks over Obama image Congress to Vote to Ban Retreats Wyden for HHS? ‘Pulling the Wool Over Our Eyes’ (Rep. Lynn Woolsey) Franken seating appears unlikely From the Nashville Tennessean — Originally published Thursday, Jan. 5 Obama Must Avoid Clinton’s Mistake Small Businesses Need Easier Access to Loans (Sen. Mary Landrieu) Newsweek Launches ‘The Hills’ Parody for D.C. Blair Congratulates Obama on BlackBerry McCain hits fundraising trail Sessions: GOP May Resort to Taliban-Like Insurgency ‘Green Jobs’ Boom Unlikely With Increased Regulation (Sen. James Inhofe) Former NATO Commander Clark joins ethanol group RNC Committed to Coleman as Franken Heads to Court Report finds TARP at risk of fraud Zinni: Administration Blew Me Off Obama at Prayer Breakfast: Work for Common Good Webb: House Was Free to Stuff Stimulus with Pork Obama Solicits Stimulus Support in WaPo MORNING READ Huffington Post Drudge Report firedoglake Townhall MyDD The Corner Open Left RedState AMERICAblog Powerline Everybody Won