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Hot Button Blog Archive: March 2009

• Obama turns grassroots group against Bayh

  Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh is being targeted by President Obama's grassroots campaign, Organizing for America. Published March 25 2009

• Specter announces opposition to 'card check'

  Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter announced his opposition to a contentious bill to make union organizing easier called The Employee Free Choice Act Tuesday afternoon. Published March 24 2009

• House GOP obtains e-mails from Countrywide's VIP loan program

  The ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee releases a report on "Friends of Angelo" loan program. Published March 23 2009

• 11 percent of Obama's top staff are former lobbyists

  Study shows 30 out of 267 administration officials have lobbied over the past five years. Published March 20 2009

• Palin miffed at Obama's Special Olympic gaffe

  Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, mother to a child with Down's Syndrome, took issue with a comment President Obama made on "The Tonight Show." Published March 20 2009

• Bayh launches group for moderate Dems

  Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh announces a new, moderate working group in the Senate. Published March 18 2009

• Hasn't Geithner been here before with AIG?

  AIG spent taxdollars on spa treatments and retention bonuses that were routed to the insurance firm under Geithner's New York Federal Reserve Published March 18 2009

• AIG has pulled one over Geithner before

  AIG spent tax dollars on spa treatments and retention bonuses that were routed to the insurance firm under Geithner's New York Federal Reserve Published March 18 2009

• Dodd reaped campaign cash from AIG

  Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D.-Conn.) received more than $280,000 on donations from AIG over the past 10 years. Published March 17 2009

• Department of Labor may roll back union disclosure rules

  Unions may not have to comply with regulations enacted by the Bush administration. Published March 17 2009

• Anti-spending tide grows in New Hampshire

  Voters in the increasingly Democratic state of New Hampshire worry about Obama's massive government spending. Published March 16 2009

• GOP congressman introduces birth certificate bill

  Rep. Bill Posey drops a bill to require all presidential candidates to prove citizenship. Published March 16 2009

• HuffPo lauches media monitoring project

  Arianna Huffington's liberally-leaning Huffington Post has launched a new media monitoring project to track chatter on television, radio and newspapers. Published March 13 2009

• HuffPo lauches media monitoring project

  Arianna Huffington's site Published March 13 2009

• Madoff spent nearly $1 million lobbying and on Democratic causes

  According to the Center for Responsive Politics, 88 percent of disgraced financier Bernie Madoff's campaign donations went to Democratic causes and candidates. Published March 13 2009

• AFL-CIO expected a return on P.G. County campaign cash

  A Washington chapter of AFL-CIO threatened to withhold funding from Prince George's County Democrats who don't support a progressive agenda. Published March 12 2009

• The GOP's 'party of no' pushback

  House and Senate Republicans are joining forces to label the Democrats as the party of "too much." Published March 11 2009