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  1. Good breakfast meeting / discussion of small business issues earlier with Rep. Glenn Nye (D-VA) and DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
  2. Blue Dog Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) to retire at the end of his current term
  3. 10 likely GOP Sen. pickups: Castle/Simmons/Norton(CO)/Lowden(NV)/Kirk/Toomey/ Portman/Blunt/Paul(KY)/Alyotte(NH) http://bit.ly/3rLYad
  4. RT @politico Five things to watch in Virginia http://bit.ly/44XgTv
  5. WSJ on ways small business owners can survive amid the looming threat of inflation: http://tinyurl.com/ykxtyne
  6. Cillizza's top 10 intraparty battles for 2010: 1.TX Gov (R); 2.PA Sen (D).; 3.CA Gov (R)...full list worth reading at http://bit.ly/dymxb
  7. With Olympia Snowe voting in favor, Senate Finance passes health-care overhaul 14-9. #healthcare
  8. A key question re health care: Can more of the benefits be front-loaded w/o losing deficit neutrality? @GStephanopoulos http://ow.ly/tCeu
  9. Senate Finance vote on Baucus bill now expected next Tuesday
  10. WSJ: Recession has left a scorched landscape that will weigh on the labor market & the broader economy for years to come http://ow.ly/tqgu
  11. Rep. Castle announces candidacy; key Sen race btw a moderate Republican and the Vice President's son taking shape @mikecastle2010
  12. RT @congressdaily Rep. Castle will announce he is running for the Senate seat once held by Vice Pres. Biden.
  13. This week in Congress: defense and agriculture spending bills, plus hearings on Iran sanctions and financial regulatory overhaul.
  14. WSJ on lobbyist/PAC donation trends: http://bit.ly/emu5d
  15. 6-hr Senate Finance markup over; both public option amendments defeated: Rockefeller 8-15, Schumer 10-13. #publicoption
  16. Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly: "The worst is ahead of us...There are absolutely no green shoots." http://tinyurl.com/ybv5vxh
  17. "How Washington Lobbyists Peddle Power"-- thanks to @hfienberg from the American League of Lobbyists for the link http://tinyurl.com/y8wrmqc
  18. Public option day in the Senate Finance Committee http://tinyurl.com/yb7am49
  19. Senate clears SEVENTH consecutive short-term FAA authorization extension
  20. Senate Finance health care markup may slip to next week, according to @RollCall