“Obama, eager to quell a potential revolt, dispatched Vice President Joe Biden in an effort to soothe angry Democrats, in a closed-door meeting that Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland described as ‘rowdy’ and ‘raucous,’” the New York Post writes.
Roll Call: “House and Senate Democrats remained deeply skeptical of President Barack Obama’s tax cut deal Tuesday, after a full-day sales pitch by White House officials that the agreement with the GOP is the best they could get given the circumstances.”
“House Democratic leaders unhappy with the tax-cut deal President Obama struck with Republicans are signaling they will try to draw the line at a GOP-favored proposal for the estate tax,” The Hill reports. “Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday escalated the Democratic criticism of the agreement and said the estate-tax provision was ‘a bridge too far.’”
“The Senate wrapped up its first impeachment trial since the 1999 case against President Bill Clinton, scheduling votes for today on the fate of a Louisiana judge accused of corruption,” the AP writes.
“House Appropriations Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) has unveiled his $1.25 trillion, 181-page spending bill that omits earmarks, freezes civilian salaries and funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Roll Call reports.
“The office of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced early Wednesday that the House will take up a $1.1 trillion continuing resolution funding the government though Sept. 30,” The Hill writes.
“With the first key test vote set for today on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, some 60 responders paid a visit to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.),” the New York Daily News reports. “Enzi is blamed for circulating a document filled with distortions about the bill. Dozens of responders hoped to tell him not to block the $7.4 billion measure.”
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