Politics: Afternoon Edition

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Most Viewed Articles in Politics 1) Reid's recipe for getting health-care deal done Of the Democratic senators who have set out to transform the nation's health-care system, one of the least likely is Majority Leader Harry M. Reid, whose legislative priorities typically fall more toward protecting the interests of his native Nevada. 2) Jobs summit underscores dilemma President Obama's jobs summit was aimed at producing ideas to battle a surging unemployment problem exacting ever greater economic and political toll, but the event only highlighted the tough dilemma he confronts. 3) House hearing keys on Secret Service role and Rogers's absence Bennie Thompson got the memo. In a high-profile House hearing on Thursday, Rep. Thompson (D-Miss.), the Homeland Security Committee chairman, squashed Republican efforts to subpoena White House social secretary Desir?e Rogers and put the blame for Tareq and Michaele Salahi's uninvited entry into the... 4) Some Obama donors are feeling left out Some of President Obama's wealthiest supporters are becoming a bit whiny, and it has nothing to do with policy. 5) No. 2 official leaving Justice Department The Justice Department's second in command announced Thursday that he will step down from one of the most critical law enforcement posts in the nation after less than a year of service, bringing to the surface tensions that have long simmered over management of the vast department. 6) House votes to keep current estate tax rate The House approved a measure Thursday that would make the current estate tax rate permanent, setting it at 45 percent for individual estates worth more than $3.5 million. 7) Senate votes down GOP plan to strip Medicare cuts from bill Senate Republicans lost their first major challenge to a Democratic plan to overhaul the health-care system, as the chamber voted Thursday to reject a GOP proposal to strip the package of nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts, its most important source of financing. 8) Pelosi rejects plan to impose 'war tax' for troop increase House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday scuttled a proposal to create a "war tax" to finance the increased troop deployment to Afghanistan, an idea that had come from her closest allies in the Capitol. 9) As Obama opens jobs summit, he faces limited options for growth Creating jobs is a political and economic imperative for President Obama, who is holding a high-profile jobs summit Thursday that aides hope will demonstrate his concern for the plight of everyday Americans. 10) Bureau of Engraving scratches gift cards The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has scrapped plans to distribute $75 gift cards to employees who agree to return their government-owned desktop printers in favor of network printers. The agency has also suspended its efforts to retrieve the printers. UNSUBSCRIBE | Additional Newsletter Services | Advertising | Subscribe to the Paper | Privacy Policy

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