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  1. Gulf Coast lawmakers in House jointly unveil oil spill fine bill nearly identical to Senate proposal: ow.ly/6OJPb
  2. Gulf Coast lawmakers in House reach long-awaited agreement on oil spill fine bill; to hold news conference tomorrow: ow.ly/6Nule
  3. @EWErickson MS tea party is indeed targeting Sen Roger Wicker in the 2012 primary
  4. Tea Party targets MS Sen Roger Wicker in primary; former tea party fave Rep Steven Palazzo could be next target: ow.ly/6l9Yr
  5. I feel the earth move under my feet
  6. @toddstacy Thanks. Better late than never, right?
  7. MS Rep Palazzo proposes letting #BP #oilspill claims recipients pay taxes on their settlements over 3 years: ow.ly/67wZM
  8. Conservative Orange Beach businessman Dean Young to challenge U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner in GOP primary: ow.ly/66Rh8
  9. Slate mag: August is like Mississippi - hot, "nothing good ever happens in it," and US "would be better off without it" ow.ly/5YW7O
  10. Politico reports Texas Gov. Rick Perry will run for president: ow.ly/5Y43w
  11. Sen. Jeff Sessions: Democrats' closed-door approach made #debtceiling crisis worse: ow.ly/5XLSC
  12. 80's music was weird ow.ly/5VFGk
  13. #Debtceiling compromise passes US Senate, with support of both MS senators and opposition from both AL senators: ow.ly/5Tig7
  14. MS lawmakers rally around #debtceiling compromise bill; AL lawmakers split: ow.ly/5SG6Z
  15. House approves #debtceiling compromise, with support of @RepJoBonner: bit.ly/oYTNk8
  16. @RepJoBonner doubts whether lawmakers will agree on #debtceiling deal by Tuesday deadline: ow.ly/5RkcY
  17. Reps. Jo Bonner, R-Mobile, and Steven Palazzo, R-Biloxi, vote for speaker's debt ceiling plan. Narrowly passes House: ow.ly/5QSIF
  18. Anything you can tweet, I can tweet better: @BarackObama and @BachusAL06 each ask followers to lobby the other on #debtceiling