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Sunday 11/08/09
Saturday 11/07/09
- House Passes Landmark Health Care Overhaul
- House Rejects GOP Health Bill
- House OKs Stupak Anti-Abortion Amendment
- Cao May Be Sole GOP Vote In Favor of Health Bill
- Health Debate Winds Down; Dingell Set to Close
- House Health Care Debate Slogs On Along Party Lines
- Protesters, GOP Leaders Pledge Fight to the End
- Stupak Claims 225 Votes for Anti-Abortion Amendment
- Obama Delivers Eleventh-Hour Appeal for Health Care Bill
- House Clears Rule for Health Care Debate
- Obama’s Grass-Roots Team Targets GOP Members
- Obama Makes Rose Garden Pitch for Bill
- Pro-Choice Caucus Democrats ‘Furious’ Over Abortion Amendment
- Republicans Begin Stall Tactics on Health Care Bill
- House Kicks Off Debate on Health Care Bill
- Barbour Attacks Health Care Proposals as Obama Focuses on Fort Hood Shooting
- Abortion Compromise in House Tees Up Health Care Reform Vote
Friday 11/06/09
- Barney Frank Was at 2007 Drug Bust
- Obama Going to Camp David After Meeting With House Democrats Saturday
- House Republicans to Participate in Saturday Tea Party on Health Care
- Heard on the Hill: It’s Whose Party?
- Hamos Hits the Airwaves in Race for Kirk’s Seat
- Phone Problems Reported in Capitol
- Former Specter Foe to Back Sestak
- Flake Endorses Moran in Kansas Senate Race
- Owens Supports House Health Care Bill
- Reid Warns of Saturday Sessions in December
- Bipartisan Support Grows for Addressing Nation’s Hepatitis Scourge
- Postage Stamp Promise and Other ‘Too Good to Be True’ Claims From the Cap-and-Trade Camp
- Weiner Drops Push to Force Vote on ‘Single Payer’ Plan
- Cyber Attacks Demand Strong Public-Private Response
- CRS Memo Raises New Questions About Legality of HHS Web Site
- Obama Considers New Steps on Economy, Signs Unemployment Bill
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Cleopatra of the Potomac
- With Shurtleff Out, Bennett May Escape Serious Primary Challenge
- GOP Seizes on Double-Digit Unemployment Figure
- Hoyer: Health Care Vote Could Slip to Sunday or Beyond
- Obama Moves Meeting with House Democrats to Saturday
Thursday 11/05/09
- Senate to Take Up Military Spending Bill, Judicial Nomination
- Senate Rejects GOP Push to Keep 9/11 Terrorist Cases in Military Courts
- Hispanic Caucus Threatens to Block Health Bill Over Immigration Language
- Obama to Emphasize Substance of Health Reform
- Top GOP Senate Leaders Back Fiorina
- DeMint Drops Hold on Nominees, Applauds Obama Moves on Honduras
- Boehner Laughs at Pelosi’s Take on Tuesday’s Election
- House to Meet Saturday at 9 a.m.
- Burris’ Legal Fees Reach $650,000
- House Sends Unemployment Benefits Bill to President
- Demonstrators Cause Mayhem Near Pelosi’s Office
- Cantor: No GOP Votes for Democratic Health Bill
- White House Holds to End-of-Year ‘Deadline’ for Health Care Bill
- Tea Party Protesters Descend on Capitol
- Obama Trumpets Health Bill Endorsements From AARP, AMA
- Ethics Committee Clears Shuler in Tenn. Land Deal
- Reid: No Votes This Weekend
- Potential Grayson Challenger Says No Thanks
- Club for Growth Set to Air Anti-Crist Ads in Florida
- Reid Huddles With Emanuel on Health Care Strategy
- Pelosi: No Decisions Yet on Abortion Language
- Garamendi, Owens to Be Sworn In Before Health Care Vote
- AARP Endorses House Health Care Reform Bill
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Winning Combination
- Senate to Debate Criminal Trials of 9/11 Conspirators
- Protesters Arrested in Lieberman’s Office
- Obama Heads to Capitol on Friday to Lobby House Democrats on Health Reform
- Boxer Pushes Through Climate Bill Despite GOP Boycott
Wednesday 11/04/09
- GOP Health Bill Would Cut Deficit but Leave 52 Million Uninsured, CBO Says
- Obama to Host Hispanic Members on Thursday
- Unemployment Benefits Bill Sails Through Senate After Lengthy Delay
- Giannoulias to Dine at Vice President’s House
- GOP Members Lament Loss in New York Special Election
- Koop Acknowledges Writing Letter to Reid
- Suspicious Envelope Closes Reid’s Office
- Bipartisan Senate Trio Launches Climate Change Effort
- Landrieu Warming to Public Insurance Option
- Obama’s Grass-Roots Team Pushes Health Bill
- Democrats Eye 6 p.m. Saturday Health Care Vote
- Fiorina Enters California Senate Race
- Doggett Amends Disclosure to Show $200K in Profits
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: No Lost Cause
- White House: Election Results Don’t Threaten Agenda
- Reid Blames GOP for Legislative Backlog
- GOP Releases 219-Page Health Care Bill
- Garamendi Cruises in Race to Succeed Tauscher
- Sessions: Open Candidate Selection Process in N.Y.
- Owens Holds Off Hoffman to Win in New York
Tuesday 11/03/09
- Democrats File Manager's Amendment, Start 72-Hour Clock
- GOP Sweeps New Jersey, Virginia
- McDonnell Wins Easily in Virginia
- Coakley Launches Her First TV Ad in Massachusetts
- Parties Engage in Dueling Stunts on Health Care
- People With Pre-Existing Conditions Would Pay More Under GOP Health Plan
- Durbin Acknowledges Likelihood of Omnibus, Warns of Weekend Session
- Reid: Not Bound by Timelines for Health Care Bill
- Grayson ‘Money Bomb’ Raises $500,000
- McMorris Rodgers Calls Health Bill an ‘Internal’ Terrorist Attack
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Menendez’s New Recruit?
- Landrieu Aligning With Snowe on Health Care
- Hoyer: Health Bill to Pass No Later Than Tuesday
- Boxer Presses Ahead With Climate Change Markup
- Obama to Meet With Lincoln
Monday 11/02/09
- Candidate Filing Deadline Passes in Illinois
- Bipartisanship Is Crucial for Producing a Meaningful, Job-Creating Climate Change Bill
- Liberals Press Reid to Strip Lieberman of His Gavel
- Senate Likely to Pass Unemployment Bill Later This Week
- Boehner Scales Back GOP Health Care Bill
- House GOP Women Plan Assault on Democratic Health Bill
- Carter Failed to Report $48,000 Profit in 2008
- Boehner Regrets Endorsing Scozzafava
- Reid to GOP: Floor Time for Cloture
- Boxer Urges GOP to Rethink Boycott of Climate Change Markup
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: A Sure Thing
- With Scozzafava Out, Hoffman Leads in N.Y. Special
Sunday 11/01/09
- Scozzafava Backs Democrat Owens in N.Y. Special Election
- Murtha Acknowledges He Is Subject of Ethics Inquiry
- Axelrod Expects Public Option; Lieberman Defends His Opposition
Saturday 10/31/09
- House GOP Leaders Throw In With Hoffman
- Scozzafava Ends Campaign in N.Y. Special Election
- New Poll Confirms Owens, Hoffman in Dead Heat
- As Obama Touts Economy, GOP Talks Health Care
Friday 10/30/09
- House Leaders Vow to Review Data Security
- White House Releases Visitor Logs
- Biden to Campaign for Owens in N.Y.
- Roof of Kelly’s Irish Times Catches Fire
- Reid Focuses on Energy in Third Campaign TV Ad
- Rep. Rooney’s Brother to Run for Congress in Michigan
- Biden Says 1 Million Jobs ‘Saved or Created’
- Bill to Secure Chemical Plants Has Unintended Consequences
- Liberal Groups Urge Reid to Move Controversial Nominee
- Lieberman Aligns With GOP on USA PATRIOT Act
- GOP House Candidates Rush to Back Hoffman in New York Special
- Report: Shuler Investigated Over Land Swap
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Tears and Jeers
- ‘Appearance’ Isn’t Enough for Ethics Panel in Graves Case
- Conflict Escalates Between House Ethics Bodies
- White House to Announce Stimulus Created or Saved 650K Jobs
Thursday 10/29/09
- Report: Ethics Committee Investigating 7 Members' Ties to PMA
- Senate Confirms Benjamin as Surgeon General
- Care for Immigrants Continues to Complicate House Bill
- Lofgren, Bonner Reassure Members After Ethics Document Leak
- GOP Senators Want Reid to Release Bill Sent to CBO
- Senate Approves Stopgap Funding Measure
- Limiting Flexible Spending Accounts Is Not Effective Health Care Reform
- Reid Continues to Work Moderates on Health Care Bill
- Ethics Committee Opens Investigations Into Waters, Richardson
- House Bill Comes In at Just More Than $1 Trillion
- Reid, McConnell Still in Knots Over Unemployment Bill
- Kucinich Livid After Health Care Provision Gets Nixed
- Ethics Won’t Pursue Graves Investigation
- Hatch, Once Skeptical of Toomey, Will Host Fundraiser for Him
- Deal Reached on Homebuyer Tax Credit
- 11 More GOP Members Back Hoffman as New Poll Shows Scozzafava Sinking
- Second Illinois Senate Candidate Confers With Axelrod at White House
- Former Louisiana Governor and Rep. David Treen Dies
- GOP: Democratic Health Care Bill Amounts to Government System
- Global Warming Panel Nixes GOP Witness
- Obama Makes Health Care Pitch to Small Business, House Liberals
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Dead Chef Walking
- Pelosi Unveils House Health Care Bill
- Ethics Committee May Probe Rep. Richardson
- Witnesses Doing Damage Control Over Forged Letters to Congress
- Reid, on Floor, Excoriates GOP for Stalling Nominees
- Van Hollen: ‘Extreme Voices’ Prevailing in GOP’s Internal Struggle
Wednesday 10/28/09
- Grayson Cries on House Floor Over the Uninsured
- Lobby League Pressures White House on Advisory Boards
- Resuscitate End-of-Life Counseling
- Blog Stirs Controversy on Hill, K Street With Quotes From Senate Aide
- White House Staffers Temporarily Detained by Capitol Police’s Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
- Bill Allen, Key Stevens Trial Witness, Gets Three Years
- Carter Releases Tax Forms, Challenges Rangel and Geithner
- Former Sen. Edward Brooke Receives Congressional Honor
- Liberals Poised to Roll
- Schumer: Moderates Likely to Warm to Senate Health Care Plan
- EMILY’s List Backs Kuster in New Hampshire Open Seat
- CBO Score to Delay Senate Health Care Debate
- Hagel, Boren to Join Obama’s Intel Board
- HOH's One-Minute Recess: Insult Arsenal
Tuesday 10/27/09
- Members Beat Police in Overtime at Longest Yard
- Senate Moderates Discuss Opposing Public Option, Nelson Says
- Injured Rehberg Aide Back at Work After Boating Accident
- Senate Moves Ahead With Unemployment Bill
- Grayson Apologizes for Calling Bernanke Aide ‘Whore’
- Inhofe Backs Tiahrt Over Moran in Kansas
- Congressional Support Building for Hoffman in New York Special
- Reid Set On Having Veterans Day Recess
- Hoyer Adds Days to November Work Schedule
- T-Minus Two Days to House Health Care Bill
- Lieberman Would Support Filibuster of Health Plan With Public Option
- Ethics Office Addresses Member Concerns Over Procedures
- GOP Candidates Hit TV Airwaves Early in Connecticut Senate Race
- Rep. Weiner Apologizes for Saying Grayson ‘Is One Fry Short of a Happy Meal’
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Settle Down, Sen. Specter
- Few Fireworks in First Massachusetts Senate Democratic Debate
Monday 10/26/09
- Grayson Called Bernanke Aide ‘Whore’
- Obama Will Honor Trailblazing Black Senator
- Republicans Slam AARP on Health Care Reform
- White House: Obama ‘Pleased’ by Reid’s Health Care Bill
- Danny Davis Files to Run for Cook County Board
- Kerry: Success in Afghanistan Doesn’t Mean ‘Flawless Democracy’
- Democrats Press GOP to Lift Objections to Jobs Bill
- Reid Unveils Final Plan; States Could Opt Out of Public Option
- White House Invites Chamber, NFIB to Obama Event
- GOP Pushes for Rules Committee Cameras
- DCCC Targets Hoffman as New Poll Shows Him Ahead in New York Special
- Christie Vilsack Won’t Challenge Grassley
- Reid to Announce Final Health Care Reform Bill
- HOH’s One-Minute Recess: Monkeying Around
Sunday 10/25/09
- Republicans Seek Quick Boost in Force in Afghanistan
- Senate Democrats Confident Bill Will Include Some Public Option
Saturday 10/24/09
- Sebelius Prods Senate to Move on Surgeon General Nominee
- Podesta Bash Lures High-Profile Democrats
- House Committee Issues Subpoena in Countrywide Probe
- Obama Hails Small Businesses as GOP Hammers on Health Care Bill
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Chun: Cyber Attacks Demand Strong Public-Private Response
Nov. 6, 12:35 p.m.
The federal government is increasingly taking a leadership role in improving the nation’s cybersecurity. But, with a threat that is quickly growing and more sophisticated each day, it’s clear that the government — for all of its good intentions — cannot win this battle without a robust commitment from technology companies. Read Full Article
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