ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE: The Buffalo News' Jerry Zremski pens a story on women seeing a lost chance for breaking the ultimate glass ceiling in Clinton's downfall. Jason Embry of the Austin American Statesman researched FEC filings to show that the three remaining presidential candidates have spent more than $1.2 million at area businesses since Jan. 07.
WAR FUNDING: Ellyn Ferguson of Gannett News Service writes about the political football of funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. FARM BILL: Gannett's Ferguson writes about the possibility of a veto override, while colleague Faith Bremner notes that ethanol critics capitalize on world energy and food woes. Portland Press Herald's Jonathan Kaplan notes the upcoming votes. Trish Choate writes in the Wichita Falls' Times Record News about mixed reactions to the farm bill.
PLAYING BY THE FEC RULES: Gannett's Bill Theobald writes in The Jackson Sun about Rep. Marsha Blackburn settling an FEC probe by paying a $1,500 fine. BIG BROTHER WATCHING?: McClatchy's Rob Hotakainen notes the "Orwellian nightmare" for some about a proposal that the federal government sign off on every new hire by checking Social Security numbers.
ON THE HILL: The (Baton Rouge) Advocate's Gerard Sheilds profiles Katie Nee, one of Congress' youngest chiefs of staffs. The (Rochester, MN) Post-Bulliten's Edward Felker writes up the housing crisis talk on the hill, with a special nugget of how Rep. Tim Walz's home has lost value. Stephen's Aaron Sadler searched through financial disclosures filed last week and finds that Sen. Mark Pryor's stock fell from $600,000 to almost nothing in 2007. Gannett's Raju Chebium looks at the Amtrak funding bill and notes that the House legislation would allow private firms to compete for train service in the Northeast Corridor for the first time. Tony Batt of Stephen's Media profiles a Rutgers poli-sci prof who spent four months detailed to Sen. Harry Reid's office. Bruce Alpert jots down some political tidbits for the Times-Picayune.
POLICE WEEK: The Advocate's Shields covers Police Week in Washington with an local eye, while The Salt Lake Tribune's Thomas Burr offers a picture of the memorial's nod to a fallen Utahn. THE SCENE: Lisa Mascaro of the Las Vegas Sun types up her Letter From Washington about tourists getting a living history of D.C.
TUBE-TIME: Todd Gillman of the Dallas Morning News became a C-SPAN star with his co-interview of Rep. Kay Granger. MEDICARE NUMBERS: The Palm Beach Post's Larry Lipman writes up two reports showing that Florida nursing homes would love $62 million under proposed rule-changes. Lipman also takes on McCain's Medicare plan in advance of a visit.
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