The Hill Articles: November 22, 2009

November 22
White House tells Rep. Markey it won’t interfere with independent EPA testing Senate drilling fight heats up Attorney: 9/11 defendants want platform to air views SUNDAY ROUNDUP Coakley in strong position heading into Mass. Senate primary Rep. Hinojosa drops support of bank overdraft legislation Australian oil spill seeps into Senate debate about drilling offshore in U.S. Brown: Health vote ‘most impt I ever cast’ Etheridge concerned about Capitol Police decision to ban PETA pig protest Durbin, Feinstein rally for public option Rep. Kennedy barred from communion in R.I. Brown: Obama economic team has ‘turned a corner’ Schumer and Kyl spar over so-called ‘new Louisiana Purchase’ A “provisional” U.S. target in Copenhagen? Nelson is a ‘no’ on health bill as written McConnell predicts lengthy debate on health bill Sen. Brown: Centrists should not ‘dictate’ future of public option GOP senators unload on health legislation the morning after Schumer, centrists working on public option compromise First Family attends Valerie Jarrett’s birthday party ‘Senate’ third trending topic on Twitter Reid gets a tearful phone call from Kennedy’s widow Reid spoke to tearful Kennedy widow after vote RNC, DNC, White House, lawmakers react to health care vote Reid, Rockefeller feel the love after health vote Crowd of well-wishers applauds departing senators RNC, DNC, White House, lawmakers react to health care vote Reid pulls together Senate Dems to take huge step forward on health reform Snowe still in discussions with Obama about final health vote