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Sen Dodd urges Justice probe of Lehman accounting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee on Friday wrote to the Justice Department urging establishment of a task force to probe possible violations of the law at Lehman Brothers and other firms. (original story)

LaHood's Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety (AP)

AP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he'll go to Japan this summer for talks with Toyota executives about the sudden acceleration problem plaguing some Toyotas. (original story)

Dems to hold straight vote on health care (AP)

AP - House Democratic leaders will have a straight up-or-down vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (original story)

House committee deciding terms of health care vote (AP)

AP - House Democrats are moving closer toward enacting President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. (original story)

Obama close to health law success that eluded past (AP)

AP - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near. (original story)

Obama to Iranians: We want brighter future for you (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama told Iranians in an online video message that the U.S. wants more educational and cultural exchanges, and lamented that Tehran's leaders have "turned their backs" on good faith overtures in the past to expand opportunities for their people. (original story)

House Democrats draw closer to having votes for health bill (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives continued scouring for votes Friday among reluctant anti-abortion and conservative Democrats in search of enough "Yeas" to triumph in Sunday's historic vote on a $940 billion health care overhaul — and... (original story)

Obama says historic health plan will pass (AFP)

AFP - US President Barack Obama led Democrats in a triumphant, fist-pumping rally Saturday and confidently predicted Congress would rise to a century-old challenge and pass his health care overhaul. (original story)

EAC extends comment period on proposed Maintenance of Expenditure (MOE) policy

EAC has extended the public comment period deadline to April 19 on a proposed Maintenance of Expenditure (MOE) policy. Read the proposed policy and instruction for submitting comments here.  (original story)

Stewart Udall, interior secretary in '60s, dies

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Stewart Udall, interior secretary for presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson and a member of a major Democratic political family, has died at age 90, his family said on Saturday. (original story)





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