The Hill Articles: March 6, 2009

Ex-congressional staffer faces charges AUC to target 5 GOPers with radio ads Pelosi to meet black lawmakers on D.C. vote Obama to repeal stem cell funding ban DAY’S END ROUNDUP Vitter in danger for 2010? Steele soothes jittery RNC nerves Obama to lift stem-cells funding ban Monday: Reports Modernizing Unemployment Compensation Poll: Boxer would terminate Ahnold Court denies Franken election certificate Members ask Clinton to rethink Gaza aid Gray wolf to be kept off endangered list Diaz launches communications firm All Earmarks Are Not Created Equal Rasmussen: Obama acting less bipartisan Rep. Issa questions Obama health czar’s industry ties The Big Question, March 6: The GOP’s Struggles Johanns discharged Cantor: We are a party of ideas Hillary, the Consensus Maker Dem rep. aims to be Hawaii governor GOPers will attend Hispanic event, despite worries Tweet of the day Jindal to GOP: Stop worrying about your 2012 candidate Obama hails 25 new jobs amid huge losses Well, Obama Has His Bipartisan Agreement … Gupta: Family — not money — were key to deciding to stay at CNN Boehner calls on supporters to jam Senate on omnibus NYT joins editorial bandwagon for D.C. vote Auto officials meet with Geithner and Summers MIDDAY ROUNDUP Localism is a Threat to Freedom of Speech (Sen. James Inhofe) U.S. News Truculent Over D.C. Voting Rights Arguments After negative comments, Steele’s site redirects to RNC Spinning the unemployment rate Prop 8: Political Hot Potato Will The California Supreme Court Mortally End The Democratic Process? Jackson considering Senate run Pelosi Would Muzzle Talk Radio Gingrich: Eric Cantor will be Speaker one day Creep of the Week: PennyMac’s Stanford L. Kurland Jim Rogers’s Agrarian Paradise — Romney at CPAC; Zombie Banks, Zombie Politics; Better a Red State Than a Dead State Finding Answers for The Anthrax Attacks (Rep. Rush Holt) Unemployment jumps to 8.1 percent Buck considers challenging Bennet Government lacks needed information on foreclosures WaPo hammers Congress on voting rights bill Unemployment jumps to 8.1 percent Burris consultant: ‘There is more to be discovered’ MORNING READ The Daily Beast Huffington Post Drudge Report Ezra Klein Daily Kos Printer says repair won’t soak taxpayers RedState firedoglake The Corner AMERICAblog Powerline