In This Issue

• Reid Has New Energy, Faces New Pressure on Health Bill
• Davis Decides On Re-Election Run

Today in Washington

The House is not in session.

The Senate debates the Military Construction-VA spending bill and votes on Andre M. Davis to be a judge on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The President signs an executive order on an employment initiative for military veterans, then meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In Washington, the New America Foundation holds a screening of a documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo." 4 p.m., Suite 400, 1899 L St. N.W.

Top Stories

Reid Has New Energy, Faces New Pressure on Health Bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid insists that he and his colleagues refuse to be "bound by any timelines" on health care legislation. But House passage of its overhaul bill this weekend has created momentum for — and pressure on — the Nevada Democrat to push forward on a Senate version by year's end. [Read More]

Davis Decides On Re-Election Run

Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., has decided to run for an eighth term in in Congress instead of trying to become president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. [Read More]

Political Clippings

According to the Citizen Patriot of Jackson, Mich., "Republicans are lining up to take on freshman Democrat U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer in next fall's election." The newspaper reports: "The most recent addition to the mix is Brian Rooney, a 37-year-old Marine and constitutional lawyer. He joins former congressman Tim Walberg and Manchester resident Marvin Carlson, who have officially filed to run." At least three other Republicans "are rumored to be considering running in the August primary, "and conservative Scott Aughney is running as an independent," according to the paper. Schauer represents Michigan's 7th House District.

The Daily Herald of suburban Chicago reports that Rep. Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, called Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, R-Ill., a "moderate" during a C-SPAN interview on Sunday. The newspaper said Van Hollen's comment contradicts the DCCC's efforts to paint Kirk as a far-right Republican and undermines attempts by Kirk's potential Democratic opponents in the 2010 Senate race to do the same.