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• Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
• Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO) (Huffington Post)
• GOP seizes on immigration memo (Politico)
• Why Rangel is surviving (Politico)
• House takes up oil spill legislation (AP)
• Army: Rising suicide rate reflects risk-taking (AP)
• Berlusconi ousts ally, says government stable (AP)
• Challenges abound for new finance research chief (Reuters)
• Democratic Surge? Part II (Huffington Post)
• House to Vote on Easing Drilling Moratorium (CQPolitics.com)
• Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf's future (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Increase in FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Passes in House (CQPolitics.com)
• Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act (McClatchy Newspapers)

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 03:02 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.

Anthony Weiner Goes Ballistic At GOP For Killing 9/11 Responders Health Care Bill (VIDEO) (Huffington Post) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 07:04 AM PDT Huffington Post - House Republicans late Thursday were able to corral enough votes to defeat a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to those sickened by toxins resulting from the 9/11 attacks.

GOP seizes on immigration memo (Politico) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:37 PM PDT Politico - Memo provides fresh ammunition to Republicans.

Why Rangel is surviving (Politico) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:03 PM PDT Politico - House Democrats are shrugging off Rep. Charles Rangel’s ethical scandal.

House takes up oil spill legislation (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - The House debated a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills, and impose new fees on oil and gas taken from federal lands.

Army: Rising suicide rate reflects risk-taking (AP) Posted: 29 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT AP - An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend reflects a rise in risky behavior including drunken driving and drug abuse in a military stretched to the breaking point by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Berlusconi ousts ally, says government stable (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT AP - Silvio Berlusconi has split with his oldest political ally and co-founder of his party, a spectacular falling-out expected to make it harder for the premier to push disputed legislation through parliament.

Challenges abound for new finance research chief (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - A gargantuan task faces whoever President Barack Obama picks to head up a new, powerful Treasury Department office charged with amassing intelligence on the financial system to help prevent future crises.

Democratic Surge? Part II (Huffington Post) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 02:51 PM PDT Huffington Post - Last week, I argued that a reported "jump" for Democrats in Gallup's weekly tracking of the national generic U.S.

House to Vote on Easing Drilling Moratorium (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 10:22 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - The House will vote Friday on a measure that would ease the Obama administration's temporary ban on new deepwater drilling.

Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf's future (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:51 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama's point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five states — two a day in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and one in Texas.

Increase in FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums Passes in House (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 10:22 AM PDT CQPolitics.com - The House passed legislation Friday to give the Federal Housing Administration flexibility to raise mortgage insurance premiums on the loans it guarantees.

Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 01:37 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too?

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