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Daily Briefing: A Little Thing Called the Constitution
- Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick is resigning to join the private sector, conveniently for the New York Times' ongoing series on officials working in domestic security who've found the private sector more lucrative [WP, NYT, NYT]
- Barack Obama has spent the recess "touring the country at breakneck pace," is strongly considering an '08 run. [WP]
- Duncan Hunter releases list of his pet earmarks for the '07 budget. [WP]
- At least 19 California towns have paid millions of dollar to a single DC lobbying firm to influence their own congressman, Rep. Jerry Lewis. Lewis has close ties to the firm, which "drawn the attention of a federal investigation into the relationships between lobbyists and lawmakers." [LAT]
