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Republican strategists bearish on their chances of actually ousting conservative Democrats, but are having some success in splitting them from Obama, Pelosi.

As the heat gets turned up on the health care reform debate, anti-immigrant activists are using the issue to whip up fear and anger toward immigrants, portraying them as a costly and burdensome drain on any taxpayer-supported U.S. health care system.

With information only on the first $69 million of the $1 billion spent on a taxpayer-sponsored voucher program, some lawmakers and environmentalists are calling on Congress to hold off on shelling out $2 billion more.

Representatives Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Steve King (R-Iowa) have just asked FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate whether the CIA misled Congress, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has charged.
Suggesting that such claims, if proven false, would “harm national security” undermining morale at the CIA, King cited a federal law that criminalizes fraud and false [...]

The National Republican Congressional Committee is up with a new ad against Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), who won one of the closest races in the country last year. It knocks him for his “yes” vote on the stimulus package:
Pelosi’s plan wastes hundreds of millions on programs that won’t help the economy: smoking cessation, arts funding, [...]

As we mentioned earlier, it’s been a hell of a time tracking down details on a stimulus “deal” that lacked for details. But a preliminary summary coming from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) this morning indicates that the $789 billion package includes a tax-credit for first-time homebuyers.

Place this in the “legislative-futility” column.
Just a few hours after the Senate voted yesterday to grant the Obama administration its request for the second $350 billion in Wall Street bailout cash, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) said the lower chamber will still consider its bailout-reform bill next week. From Pelosi’s statement:

Fueled by their congressional victories in 2006, House Democratic leaders moved bills on renewable energy, health insurance for children and an economic stimulus package — only to run into a wall of GOP opposition in the Senate and presidential vetoes. But Obama’s election could tear down that wall.

It’s tough to keep track of the numerous stimuli floating through Washington these days.
First, at the start of the year, we had the $168 billion package that delivered cash money to you and me.
Then Congress passed the $700 billion financial bailout — a jolt for Wall Street designed to thaw frozen credit markets by boosting [...]

The financial bailout bill failed in the House when no one — not the president, congressional leader or vote counter — had the influence to save it. What would LBJ have done?