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• Obama "May" Extend TARP

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 587
  This should be no surprise. TARP expires at the end of the year, so of course the Obama administration is considering extending it . The Obama administration is leaning towards extending the troubled asset relief programme into next year, retaining part of the $700bn war chest in case of another financial ...
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• Bauer’s appointment as White House Counsel reverses longstanding trend, says Times

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The Times covers Robert Bauer’s appointment as White House Counsel here . Many presidents initially name a close friend and ally to the post, and then turn to a well-known Washington legal fixture when they run into legal or political trouble. Bauer’s law firm, Perkins Coie LLP, is a registrant under ...
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• INDIAN NAVY-SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION (SSC) LOGISTICS CADRE RECRUITMENT- JULY 2010

  
  VFRESHERS — Authority: 157
  Indian Navy Short Service Commission (SSC) Logistics Cadre of Executive Branch course July 2010Indian NavyJob Description :Applications are invited from unmarried male and female Indian citizens for Short Service Commission (SSC) in the Logisitcs Cadre of Executive Branch of the Indian Navy for Course commencing July ...
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• Perkins Coie Lawyer Bob Bauer Said to Be New White House Counsel

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  Reports on the likely resignation of White House counsel Greg Craig are surfacing once again, and this time there is a time frame and a likely replacement. Craig could announce his resignation as soon as today, according to stories in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.). The New York Times is ...
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• New White House Counsel?

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The Post reports that White House Counsel Gregory Craig will be replaced by Bob Bauer, “a Democratic lawyer who is Obama’s personal attorney.”
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• $250 Million Worth of Fuss

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 536
  The U.S. Department of Education released the final rules Thursday for the high-stakes competition called the Race to the Top. That’s the $4.35 billion in grants to be given out in the next year to spur states to take major steps aimed at improving a host of aspects of schooling, including the quality of teachers ...
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• Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac FIRE Their Own Inspector General

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 587
  Dont want people to know how screwed up your are? Well, just fire your inspector general : There is no independent auditor overseeing the federal agency responsible for some $6 trillion in home mortgages, because the Department of Justices Office of Legal Counsel ruled that the agencys inspector general didnt have ...
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• Feds File Seizure Action Seeking $500M in Alleged Iranian Gov’t Property in US

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  Developing: A federal forfeiture action was filed today by the U.S. Attorneys office in Manhattan seeking possession of $500 million in United States assets allegedly held by front companies for the government of Iran. The filing targets a controlling ownership interest in a 36-story New York City office building at ...
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• MSNBC’s Dubious Insinuation of Job Data Manipulation

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 135
  A paragraph in an article written by Mike Stuckey on MSNBC.com insinuates that the White House manipulated the Recovery.gov job count total to match its previous claims of job growth numbers. I cant tell if Stuckey simply has his facts wrong, is intending to mislead to create controversy, or has been misled by an ...
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• Why We Put the Flag at Half-Staff

  
  Home & living - home-living.marc8.com — Authority: 148
  Driving around town this week you may have noticed that flags were flown at half-staff, a message from President Obama to honor the soldiers who were killed in the shootings at Fort Hood. read more
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• Big Pharma to make billions, thanks Obama and Congress!

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 587
  No, you did not enter a time warp and read about President Bush and the Republicans passing a corrupt prescription drug bill written by lobbyists. Yes, its 2009. You ready for this? Pharma Deal With White House On Course To Net Industry Billions : The deal struck between the pharmaceutical lobby, the White House ...
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• US Citizen Sues Feds Over ‘Rendition’ Outside American Court System

  
  ABA Journal Top Stories — Authority: 677
  An American citizen who was allegedly held and interrogated in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia at the behest of his own countrys law enforcement agents over a several-month period in 2007 filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., yesterday contending that the "rendition" violated his constitutional rights. Amir Mohamed ...
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• Climate Chavistas?

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 766
  There are plenty of reasons to oppose the cap-and-trade legislation working its way through Congress, but the claim that  a “nasty bureaucratic provision” will require “President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez” is not one of them. The provision at issue — Section 707 in the bill ...
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• Government agency YouTube takedown was about ethics, not content, per EPA

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  GovExec reports on the latest in the Environmental Protection Agency’s move to get two of its lawyers to change or remove a YouTube video of theirs discussing climate protection. The issue, according to EPA, is not the content of the video but whenever agency employees use their profession “to accent the ...
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• He-Man on Executive Power

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 766
  In one of my recent Constitutional Law classes, I had occasion to quote a much-neglected legal authority: He-Man. Like many presidents, especially in wartime, He-Man claims that he has “fabulous secret powers” and even summarizes his legal position with the immortal words “I have the power.” It’s the best ...
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• Obama Gingerly Addresses Abortion and Health Care Bill

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 136
  Wash. Post: Obama weighs in on abortion -- carefully, by Ben Pershing: Liberals spent a good portion of the health-care debate complaining that President Obama was insufficiently committed to including the public option in a reform bill, accusing him of...
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• Government employees’ online activity draws agency fire

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  The Environmental Protection Agency has threatened two of its lawyers regarding their online activity, including posting a video on YouTube.  The online material is allegedly critical of the administration’s approach to climate change. The agency, citing federal policies, told the two lawyers, Laurie Williams ...
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• Special counsel to the President for ethics and government reform Norm Eisen blogs on boards

  
  Political Activity Law — Authority: 147
  Norm Eisen’s post on the White House Blog discusses the administration’s position on the ban on lobbyist service on agency boards and commissions. We explained to the ITAC chairs that this issue is not about the few corrupt lobbyists or specific abuses by the profession, but rather concerns the system as a ...
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• The Stupak Amendments Effects on Abortion Access

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 136
  The Huffington Post: Why the Stupak Amendment Is A Monumental Setback for Abortion Access, by Jessica Arons: If you thought that just because abortion is a constitutional right and part of basic reproductive health care it would be available in...
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• Abortion Rights Opponents Influence Health Care Reform

  
  Reproductive Rights Prof Blog — Authority: 136
  NY Times: For Abortion Foes, A Victory in Health Care Vote, by David D. Kirkpatrick & Robert Pear: A restriction on abortion coverage, added late Saturday to the health care bill passed by the House, has energized abortion opponents with...
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