Daily Briefing: 'Day of Reckoning'
* House narrowly approves ethics legislation that increases disclosure requirements for dealings with lobbyists; earmarks now must be publicly sponsored. Most Democrats and 20 Republicans vote nay and the new rules must be reconciled with Senate proposal. [ WP , NYT , USAT , WSJ ]
* Senators pile on earmarks to emergency spending bill in spite of renewed veto threat fromBush. [ WP , NYT ]
* Some lawmakers are rethinking their resistance to raising fuel economy standards. [ WP ]
* "Day of reckoning" for tax cuts will probably be January 1, 2011. [ WP , WSJ ]
* Administration releases plan for flu outbreak; funding is not established. [ WP , NYT , USAT ]
* Businessman pleads guilty to bribing Rep.William Jefferson(D-La.) with $400,000;Jefferson's "legal problems are steadily mounting and have undercut his party's efforts to portray the Republicans as the party of political corruption." [ WP , NYT ]
* Callers to Medicare hotline are frequently provided wrong or incomplete information, independent study finds. [ WP ]
*Valerie Plameis shopping a book deal. [ NYT ]