The Hill Articles: March 10, 2009

Obama grants two more lobbyists waivers Obama budget lacks votes Under fire, intel pick withdraws Dem senators cooling on card-check Recession hits lobby groups Union bill weighs heavily on four senators up in 2010 D.C. could have Dulles rail by 2015 Senate passes $410B spending bill Dems eye another stimulus bill ‘I was not a pretty girl, and I felt like I was a man’ Two members honor late colleague New Costa aides come bearing garlic, jokes Meet the Lawmaker: Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (R-Texas) Democrats offer NRA gun vote to move D.C. Voting Rights Act Simon Limage NIH opens stimulus coffers to scientists Legislators seek role for coal in carbon-constrained world Lawmakers frustrated as Navy pushes for ships A new watchdog Accounting change Lobbying World New regulations to have little impact on lobbyists Dems have chance at 60-plus in Senate Illegals’ opponents — on the left Tying Obama to Stalin egregious Card-check showdown Why I’m bullish on America Armed man’s car searched by bomb squad Burris at 5 percent in Illinois Senate poll Intel director outlines touchy Iran situation Special Report: Labor Freeman out DAY’S END ROUNDUP Weyant’s World: March 11, 2009 The line-item veto makes a comeback Short- and long-term joblessness fixes Managers, workers can make headway Remembering a heroine of women in workforce Standards in trade agreements foster the common good Card-check undermines sanctity of secret ballot Announcements – March 11, 2009 Sands shift, GOP stiff Phony mortgage plan Huckabee backs Kelsey in Kan. House race Free Santino Schwarzenegger will go to Detroit to talk auto industry Appointment process to be scrutinized Carbon Tax Hits All Americans (Rep. Michele Bachmann) S.C. Rep. Brown to get big-name primary challenger Ensign: I won’t rest until ‘card check’ is dead Romney Looking Like a Man Among Boys Coleman camp: Reelection freight train headed toward Franken Rep. Ron Paul: ‘We need more earmarks’ Selling the Warthog Murphy continues to hammer Tedisco on stimulus Former Rep. Chris Shays and the phantom earmarks Al Franken meets with Senate Dems The Big Question, March 10: The Employee Free Choice Act Reid Hopes for End to ‘Party of No’ Democrats introduce card-check The Next Generation of National Service (Sen. Edward Kennedy) Meghan McCain dishes on Ann Coulter on ‘Inside Edition’ GOP Plays Offense in Connecticut Graham: Budget shows the ‘political soul’ of Obama (Audio) Castle leads B. Biden in Senate poll Lastest Idea: A Capital Gains Tax Holiday (Rep. John Campbell) Majority back Obama decision on stem cells House Dems eyeing another stimulus bill Learning from the Bees, Part II Tweet of the day Sen. Bunning keeps poll results to himself Lawmakers talk Ted at Kennedy Center bash MIDDAY ROUNDUP McCaul draws 2010 challenger from tech exec Lawmakers talk Ted at Kennedy Center bash Conservative bloggers want Palin for 2012 Beach Ball Allegory Cantor: Obama losing focus on economy O’Reilly announces Gov 2.0 Summit: The Platform for Change A Vote for Cloture is a vote against the Secret Ballot Bennett defends ‘Mormon cricket’ earmark (Video) Snowe, Collins criticize Limbaugh (sort of) The Next Villain? UK Tory leader urges GOP to think past Reagan (Video) CDC Data Shows Why Lyme Disease Bill Should Be Taken Up Now (Rep. Chris Smith) Michael Steele Needs to Lead Blunt and Steelman get ugly over earmarks The U.S. Must Remain Undeterred by North Korea’s Blustering and Belligerence (Rep. Trent Franks) Keep Political Hands Off Vital Census Data (Rep. Kevin Brady) From The Hartford (Conn.) Courant — Originally published Tuesday, March 10 Conn. group files first ‘Draft Palin’ papers Limbaugh billboard slogan finalists Albany GOP hosting Giuliani, King Another Deadly Attack in Northern Ireland Culture of Science Returns to the White House Biden at NATO meeting for ‘listening’ tour Another conservative GOPer to challenge Specter Bipartisan Importation Bill Paves the Way for Lower Prescription Drug Prices (Sen. Olympia Snowe) Campbell gets a challenger Another bad poll for Dodd Challenger edges out Dodd in Senate poll MORNING READ Federal aid sought for homeless kids Drudge Report Huffington Post Daily Beast The Plank Townhall OpenLeft Powerline DailyKos The Foundry Matthew Yglesias