Daily Briefing: Fundraising 'Magnet'
•Congress is expected to vote next week on the renewal of the Patriot Act; Sen.Russ Feingold(D-Wis.) threatens to use the filibuster. [ WP , NYT , USAT , WT ]
•House votes mostly along party lines to pass more tax cuts. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
•Administration linked Iraq and al Qaeda with information received from prisoner who "fabricated [the tie] to escape harsh treatment"; Democrats seek access to White House documents about prewar intelligence. [ NYT , NYT ]
• TimereporterViveca Novakmeets withPatrick Fitzgeraldregarding her conversations withKarl Rove. [ NYT ]
•Second business partner ofJack Abramoffis near a plea agreement with prosecutors. [ WP ]
•American and Saudi officials wrote aboutOsama bin Laden's interest in using civilian aircraft back in 1998. [ NYT ]
• Bushis welcomed by Republican candidates as fundraising tool; president has helped raise over $50m this year. [ WP ]
•European officials seem satisfied withRice, but questions about treatment of detainees remain. [ WP , NYT ]
•Democrats request more papers aboutSamuel Alito's tenure as a federal judge and government lawyer. [ WP ]
•Democrats are rethinking their presidential primary schedule. [ WP ]
•Republicans in Texas aren't worried aboutDeLayor 2006. [ NYT ]
• Rumsfeldhas no plans to retire. [ NYT ]