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Sage News Roundup for Week ending 4/11/09

President’s Budget Strategy Under Fire
Senior members of the Obama administration are pressing lawmakers to use a shortcut to drive the president’s signature initiatives on health care and energy through Congress without Republican votes, a move that many lawmakers say would fly in the face of President Obama’s pledge to restore bipartisanship to Washington.
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Steele’s Campaign Spending Questioned
By Henri E. Cauvin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 7, 2009; Page A01
Michael S. Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, arranged for his 2006 Senate campaign to pay a defunct company run by his sister for services that were never performed, his finance chairman from that campaign has told [...]

Hill Tapped as Ambassador to Iraq
Assistant Secretary of State Christopher R. Hill, a career diplomat who since 2005 was chief negotiator in the often difficult effort to try to persuade North Korea to end its nuclear programs, will be nominated as ambassador to Iraq, administration officials said.
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Holder Confirmed As the First Black Attorney General
The Senate [...]

Banks May Need More, Biden Says
By Michael D. Shear
Monday, January 26, 2009; Page A02
Banks and other financial institutions may need more than the $700 billion in public money that has already been approved to repair the nation’s feeble credit system, Vice President Biden and congressional Democrats said yesterday.
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Obama Moves to Let States Set [...]