Daily Briefing: How a Bill Becomes a Clusterfuck
Two of the White House's most controversial anti-terror programs are on the hill and multiple incarnations in multiple committees are making for confusing parallel legislation. [ NYT , WP , LAT ]
Bush's approval rating goes up one percentage point for every thousand mentions of phrase, "Iraq and terrorism." [ WSJ ]
House unwilling to give up anonymous earmarks for even a couple of weeks. [ NYT ]
International Atomic Energy Agency claims a recent House Intelligence committee report on Iran is "erroneous, misleading and unsubstantiated." [ NYT ]
Nationwide shortage of poll workers; ones we have too old, stupid. [ USAT ]
House Republicans want 700 miles of fence built along the border with Mexico. [ NYT ]
Who's the gunslinger now? Novak blasts Armitage. [ WP ]