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Sessions Staying Mum On McChrystal Departure Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was impressed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal's performance, and the GOPer will neither criticize nor agree with Pres. Obama's decision to fire the country's top commander in Afghanistan. "The president gets to make that decision," Sessions said in an interview with Sirius XM's POTUS channel. Asked directly whether it was the right decision, Sessions balked. Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 9:06am
Abramoff Tries Out Pizza Business From this morning's Earlybird: • "A lively mix of regulars and families with small children ate lunch at a kosher pizzeria in northwest Baltimore on Wednesday, and several said they have no problem with the restaurant's new employee: ex-Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports. Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 8:30am
Google Wins Summary Judgment in Copyright Case From this morning's Earlybird: • "In a major victory for Google in its battle with media companies, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday threw out Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's YouTube, the No. 1 Internet video-sharing site," the New York Times reports. Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 8:30am
Thursday's Starting Lineup Good Thursday morning. Watch out, Ghana, you're next. Here's today's Starting Lineup, previewing the people who will make a difference in politics today: DCCC CHAIR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: Van Hollen, chief sponsor of major new campaign finance legislation, will try a second time to bring the DISCLOSE Act to the floor today after a week of placating, mollifying and soothing nervous and angry Dems. Van Hollen demonstrated his clout, twisting arms himself and bringing the WH to bear on members of the caucus. Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 6:59am
California Marijuana Advocates Outpace Opponents On Ads The environment in California will be tense for the next four months. Well, maybe not so much for those who enjoy marijuana, which is at the heart of one of the state's bigger battles.In November, Californians will have a chance to vote on a ballot initiative that would legalize the possession an Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 12:00am
Judge Sides With YouTube In Viacom Lawsuit YouTube scored a big legal victory Wednesday after a federal judge in New York sided with the video Internet site in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Viacom. YouTube, which Google bought in 2006, argued it was protected from liability by a provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that provides a safe harbor from liability for copyright infringement if an Internet firm moves to take down illegal content once it is informed of it. In the decision granting YouTube's motion for summary judgement, U.S. Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:19pm
Whitman Goes Negative Ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R) released her first negative TV ad yesterday, accusing AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D) of being a "failure" in every stage of his lengthy public service career. The 60-second ad recaps Brown's many government positions, from his meteoric rise in the '60s to his unsuccessful '82 Senate bid to his grassroots WH'92 bid. The ad, which features era-appropriate psychedelic music, contains a '92 clip of Bill Clinton denigrating Brown's re-invention habit. Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 4:16pm
Barton To Retain Commerce Post House Republican leaders will not strip Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex., of his post as ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee," CongressDaily reported. Barton stood up and apologized Wednesday morning during a closed-door meeting to his House GOP colleagues for his controversial apology and remarks to British Petroleum at a hearing last week, when he described a trust fund to cover oil spill damages in the Gulf of Mexico a "$20 billion shakedown" by the White House. "Mr. Barton apologized to the members for -- in his words -- his poor choice of words. He retracted his statement Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 3:20pm
Branstad Toys With Delicate LG Decision As he continues to battle Gov. Chet Culver (D) in a race characterized by early negative ads, ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R) also finds himself on the cusp of a decision that could be very influential come Nov.: His selection of an LG running mate. Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 3:04pm
Travel Group Finds Novel Way Raise Funds As the recession has pounded the travel industry over the past year, its chief lobbying group, the U.S Travel Association was in a search for funds, so it came up with a clever way to raise money: an online auction tied to travel products donated by the association's members. "We called it a kind of bake sale," said Geoff Freeman, senior vice president of public affairs for U.S. Travel. Twenty six of the group's largest members, including travel companies, airlines, hotels, resorts, and convention centers, donated dozens of packages. Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 2:25pm

Sessions Staying Mum On McChrystal Departure

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was impressed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal's performance, and the GOPer will neither criticize nor agree with Pres. Obama's decision to fire the country's top commander in Afghanistan.

"The president gets to make that decision," Sessions said in an interview with Sirius XM's POTUS channel. Asked directly whether it was the right decision, Sessions balked.

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 9:06am

Abramoff Tries Out Pizza Business

From this morning's Earlybird: • "A lively mix of regulars and families with small children ate lunch at a kosher pizzeria in northwest Baltimore on Wednesday, and several said they have no problem with the restaurant's new employee: ex-Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports.

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 8:30am

Google Wins Summary Judgment in Copyright Case

From this morning's Earlybird: • "In a major victory for Google in its battle with media companies, a federal judge in New York on Wednesday threw out Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's YouTube, the No. 1 Internet video-sharing site," the New York Times reports.

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 8:30am

Thursday's Starting Lineup

Good Thursday morning. Watch out, Ghana, you're next.

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

DCCC CHAIR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN: Van Hollen, chief sponsor of major new campaign finance legislation, will try a second time to bring the DISCLOSE Act to the floor today after a week of placating, mollifying and soothing nervous and angry Dems. Van Hollen demonstrated his clout, twisting arms himself and bringing the WH to bear on members of the caucus.

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 6:59am

California Marijuana Advocates Outpace Opponents On Ads

The environment in California will be tense for the next four months. Well, maybe not so much for those who enjoy marijuana, which is at the heart of one of the state's bigger battles.In November, Californians will have a chance to vote on a ballot initiative that would legalize the possession an

Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Judge Sides With YouTube In Viacom Lawsuit

YouTube scored a big legal victory Wednesday after a federal judge in New York sided with the video Internet site in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Viacom. YouTube, which Google bought in 2006, argued it was protected from liability by a provision in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that provides a safe harbor from liability for copyright infringement if an Internet firm moves to take down illegal content once it is informed of it. In the decision granting YouTube's motion for summary judgement, U.S.

Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 5:19pm

Whitman Goes Negative

Ex-eBay CEO Meg Whitman (R) released her first negative TV ad yesterday, accusing AG/ex-Gov. Jerry Brown (D) of being a "failure" in every stage of his lengthy public service career.

The 60-second ad recaps Brown's many government positions, from his meteoric rise in the '60s to his unsuccessful '82 Senate bid to his grassroots WH'92 bid. The ad, which features era-appropriate psychedelic music, contains a '92 clip of Bill Clinton denigrating Brown's re-invention habit.

Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 4:16pm

Barton To Retain Commerce Post

House Republican leaders will not strip Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex., of his post as ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee," CongressDaily reported. Barton stood up and apologized Wednesday morning during a closed-door meeting to his House GOP colleagues for his controversial apology and remarks to British Petroleum at a hearing last week, when he described a trust fund to cover oil spill damages in the Gulf of Mexico a "$20 billion shakedown" by the White House. "Mr. Barton apologized to the members for -- in his words -- his poor choice of words. He retracted his statement

Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 3:20pm

Branstad Toys With Delicate LG Decision

As he continues to battle Gov. Chet Culver (D) in a race characterized by early negative ads, ex-Gov. Terry Branstad (R) also finds himself on the cusp of a decision that could be very influential come Nov.: His selection of an LG running mate.

Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 3:04pm

Travel Group Finds Novel Way Raise Funds

As the recession has pounded the travel industry over the past year, its chief lobbying group, the U.S Travel Association was in a search for funds, so it came up with a clever way to raise money: an online auction tied to travel products donated by the association's members. "We called it a kind of bake sale," said Geoff Freeman, senior vice president of public affairs for U.S. Travel. Twenty six of the group's largest members, including travel companies, airlines, hotels, resorts, and convention centers, donated dozens of packages.

Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 2:25pm

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