Blog - Congress Links

• The economic crisis hasn’t affected the banks’ ability to fund congressional campaigns (The Hill).

• What the big earmarkers like to talk about in Congress (Sunlight Foundation).

• Pelosi announces her opposition to the Graham-Lieberman detainee photo ban amendment (Plum Line).

• All about Doug Elmendorf, the man in charge of putting a price tag on health care reform (Washington Post).

• Republicans release their nuclear-focused alternative proposal for climate change legislation (New York Times).

• Sen. Landrieu flip-flops on health care, now says she does not support a public option (Matt Yglesias).

• D.C. Voting Rights Act stalled indefinitely by an unrelated gun amendment (Capitol Briefing).

• Good interview with House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (GQ)

• House subcommittee approves the food safety bill (Wall Street Journal).

• Here’s a way to explain the bailouts: “Lawmakers Invested in Bailed-Out Firms” (Washington Post).
  
  

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