Daily Briefing: Something to Tout

• Republicans in Congress settle on $70B tax-cut package as proposal for $100 gas vouchers withers; Bush “implored lawmakers to deliver an agreement he could tout.” [WP, WP, NYT]
• Immigration rallies apparently made little influence on Congress. [NYT]
• Democrats aim to pick up House seats in the Northeast. [NYT]
• Bush may have sung a Spanish version of the national anthem at a campaign event. [WP]
• House votes on lobbying reform today. [USAT]
• Administration is testing “antisatellite weapons.” [NYT]
• Democrats threaten to filibuster one, maybe two, conservative judicial nominations. [WP]
• Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is on a one-man mission to eliminate earmarks from the emergency spending bill. [WP]
• The Supreme Court under John Roberts has become more contemplative and patient. [NYT]
• Blogosphere bloviates about Stephen Colbert’s performance. [NYT]

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