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White House Will Boast Of 3 Million Jobs The WH will begin claiming the stimulus package passed last year has created or save about 3M jobs, boasting that the admin's signature piece of economic recovery legislation is working. The stimulus package has raised employment by between 2.5M and 3.6M jobs, according to a new report [pdf] from the Council of Economic Advisers. The bill raised gross domestic product by between 2.7% and 3.2%, the report estimates. Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:42pm
TechAmerica Panel To Examine Federal IT Purchasing Process In response to the Obama administration's decision to halt or review some federal information technology system projects, the TechAmerica Foundation launched a new commission Wednesday to provide recommendations for improving the way federal government purchases and implements IT systems. Last month, the Office of Management and Budget announced it had halted federal financial system modernizations, about 30 projects, to shrink the scope and timetable of these projects, which were found to be behind schedule and over budget. Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:17pm
McInnis Scandal Forces Apology Ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) has apologized for copying whole sections of an '05 essay on CO water rights, spurring calls that he drop out of the race and return the thousands of dollars he was paid by an educational foundation. McInnis wrote the essay, "Musings on Water," for the Hasan Family Foundation, a conservative think tank. He was paid $300K for the essays, which he claimed were original. But this week, McInnis admitted that much of the essay came from an '84 paper penned by Gregory Hobbs. Hobbs is now a CO Supreme Court justice. Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:53am
Herseth Touts Health Care Opposition Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) is highlighting her opposition to health care legislation in her campaign's first ad, becoming the latest Dem to run away from one of her party's signature legislative achievements. "I'm as determined to be an independent voice for South Dakota today, as I was then," Herseth Sandlin says after replaying her first campaign ad from '04. "It's why I voted against the bailouts and a trillion-dollar health care plan, but for expanding renewable energy and improving veterans' benefits." Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:22am
EU Oks Comcast-NBCU Merger The European Commission Wednesday approved Comcast's merger with NBC Universal, saying it would not thwart effective competition in the European Union's member states. In a statement, the commission noted that Comcast owns no cable assets in the EU. Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:11am
Brown Against DISCLOSE Act, May Seal Bill's Fate Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has provided Dems with some key votes in recent months, but he won't help them pass sweeping campaign finance reform legislation despite pressure from pro-reform groups, he said on Wednesday. In a letter to groups that urged him to back the legislation, Brown said the DISCLOSE Act did not go far enough in requiring "transparency, accountability and fair play." Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 10:09am
Sestak, Toomey Tied In PA Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) has made up ground after a contentious primary battle and finds himself tied with ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (R), according to a new Quinnipiac Univ. survey. The poll shows Sestak and Toomey tied at 43%. It's the first Quinnipiac poll in which Sestak has not trailed Toomey. The last poll, released May 13, just before the Dem primary, showed Toomey ahead by a 42%-40% margin. Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 9:16am
Wednesday's Starting Lineup Good Wednesday morning. Now's the time for Dems to truly panic: The last 9 times the GOP has picked up 20 or more seats, the National League has won the All Star game. Last night, for the first time since '96, the NL beat the AL. Here's today's Starting Lineup, previewing the people who will make a difference in politics today: Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 6:51am
New Coalition To Battle Broadcasters On Transmission Rules A coalition of 31 cable operators, consumer groups, independent broadcasters, satellite providers, and telecommunications firms on Wednesday launched a lobbying effort to battle broadcasters over the issue of retransmission consent rules. The group, which dubs itself the American Television Alliance, aims to prod Congress and the FCC to begin a process to reform rules that require cable companies to get permission from broadcasters to distribute their programs. Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:04am
GOP Fave Advances In AL-02; Sewell Easily Wins AL-07 AL voters tonight picked an NRCC "Young Gun" to advance in the race against Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL 02), and Dems selected atty Terri Sewell (D) in the heavily Dem Seventh CD, where the Dem is almost automatically assured of the seat in the fall. Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 10:19pm

White House Will Boast Of 3 Million Jobs

The WH will begin claiming the stimulus package passed last year has created or save about 3M jobs, boasting that the admin's signature piece of economic recovery legislation is working.

The stimulus package has raised employment by between 2.5M and 3.6M jobs, according to a new report [pdf] from the Council of Economic Advisers. The bill raised gross domestic product by between 2.7% and 3.2%, the report estimates.

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:42pm

TechAmerica Panel To Examine Federal IT Purchasing Process

In response to the Obama administration's decision to halt or review some federal information technology system projects, the TechAmerica Foundation launched a new commission Wednesday to provide recommendations for improving the way federal government purchases and implements IT systems. Last month, the Office of Management and Budget announced it had halted federal financial system modernizations, about 30 projects, to shrink the scope and timetable of these projects, which were found to be behind schedule and over budget.

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:17pm

McInnis Scandal Forces Apology

Ex-Rep. Scott McInnis (R) has apologized for copying whole sections of an '05 essay on CO water rights, spurring calls that he drop out of the race and return the thousands of dollars he was paid by an educational foundation.

McInnis wrote the essay, "Musings on Water," for the Hasan Family Foundation, a conservative think tank. He was paid $300K for the essays, which he claimed were original. But this week, McInnis admitted that much of the essay came from an '84 paper penned by Gregory Hobbs. Hobbs is now a CO Supreme Court justice.

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:53am

Herseth Touts Health Care Opposition

Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) is highlighting her opposition to health care legislation in her campaign's first ad, becoming the latest Dem to run away from one of her party's signature legislative achievements.

"I'm as determined to be an independent voice for South Dakota today, as I was then," Herseth Sandlin says after replaying her first campaign ad from '04. "It's why I voted against the bailouts and a trillion-dollar health care plan, but for expanding renewable energy and improving veterans' benefits."

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:22am

EU Oks Comcast-NBCU Merger

The European Commission Wednesday approved Comcast's merger with NBC Universal, saying it would not thwart effective competition in the European Union's member states. In a statement, the commission noted that Comcast owns no cable assets in the EU.

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 11:11am

Brown Against DISCLOSE Act, May Seal Bill's Fate

Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) has provided Dems with some key votes in recent months, but he won't help them pass sweeping campaign finance reform legislation despite pressure from pro-reform groups, he said on Wednesday.

In a letter to groups that urged him to back the legislation, Brown said the DISCLOSE Act did not go far enough in requiring "transparency, accountability and fair play."

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 10:09am

Sestak, Toomey Tied In PA

Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) has made up ground after a contentious primary battle and finds himself tied with ex-Rep. Pat Toomey (R), according to a new Quinnipiac Univ. survey.

The poll shows Sestak and Toomey tied at 43%. It's the first Quinnipiac poll in which Sestak has not trailed Toomey. The last poll, released May 13, just before the Dem primary, showed Toomey ahead by a 42%-40% margin.

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 9:16am

Wednesday's Starting Lineup

Good Wednesday morning. Now's the time for Dems to truly panic: The last 9 times the GOP has picked up 20 or more seats, the National League has won the All Star game. Last night, for the first time since '96, the NL beat the AL.

Here's today's Starting Lineup, previewing the people who will make a difference in politics today:

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 6:51am

New Coalition To Battle Broadcasters On Transmission Rules

A coalition of 31 cable operators, consumer groups, independent broadcasters, satellite providers, and telecommunications firms on Wednesday launched a lobbying effort to battle broadcasters over the issue of retransmission consent rules. The group, which dubs itself the American Television Alliance, aims to prod Congress and the FCC to begin a process to reform rules that require cable companies to get permission from broadcasters to distribute their programs.

Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:04am

GOP Fave Advances In AL-02; Sewell Easily Wins AL-07

AL voters tonight picked an NRCC "Young Gun" to advance in the race against Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL 02), and Dems selected atty Terri Sewell (D) in the heavily Dem Seventh CD, where the Dem is almost automatically assured of the seat in the fall.

Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 10:19pm

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