National News
Bloomberg - Slump in U.S. to Worsen as Consumers Get `Squeezed'
The U.S. economic slump will extend into 2009 as the longest expansion in consumer spending on record comes to an end, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
Roll Call - Boehner: GOP Has Pelosi on the Run
Republican leaders are vowing to continue through the August recess their daily protests on the House floor to demand votes on oil drilling, believing that they have struck a chord with a public fed up with high gas prices and Congressional gridlock and have Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on the run.
Washington Post - Self-Deportation Has Few Takers
Program Reflects Problems in Immigration Enforcement Efforts, Experts Say
CQ - Congress Tries a Piecemeal Approach to Overhauling Immigration
The prospect of comprehensive immigration overhaul legislation died a public death in June 2007, but the notion of targeted immigration changes has continued to live on in proposals seeking to provide special help for narrow categories of foreigners, one at a time.
Roll Call - Reid Promises Hectic Session
Senate Democrats have outlined an ambitious legislative agenda to pack into three weeks in September, including long-stalled issues such as an energy bill and tax extenders.
NY Times - A Darker Outlook at Fannie and Freddie
Shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the big government-backed mortgage companies, were hammered anew last week, as the companies reported worse-than-expected quarterly results and warned of more pain to come. For all the distress, no one should be surprised that shareholder value has been destroyed.
International News
NY Times - Iraq Private Sector Falters; Rolls of Government Soar Hampered by years of violence, a decimated infrastructure, a lack of foreign investors and a flood of imports that undercut local businesses, Iraq’s private sector, particularly its small non-oil economy, has so far failed to flourish as its American patrons had hoped.
International Herald Tribune - Putin assails U.S. for airlifting Georgian troops from Iraq
Georgia's Defense Ministry says Russian armored vehicles seized a military base in western Georgia near a second breakaway province.
International Herald Tribune - Georgian president says he signs cease-fire pledge
Georgia's Defense Ministry spokeswoman says Russian armored vehicles have rolled into a Georgian military base in western Georgia.
International Herald Tribune - Iraqis suspend military operations in Diyala
The Iraqi government said Monday it has halted military operations in Diyala province for a week to give insurgents time to surrender, even as deadly bombings struck the area northeast of Baghdad.
State News
San Francisco Chronicle - State budget impasse looks poised to worsen
California's budget impasse, which hits Day 42 today, may get a lot worse if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic-controlled Legislature do not reach a compromise in the coming days.
North County Times - County GOP opens local headquarters
Office will handle Republican efforts in Southwest County
Sacramento Bee - California's House delegation could shrink
Population growth – usually high population growth – has been a fact of California life virtually from its birth as a state 158 years ago, and it eventually expanded the state's share of the 435-member House of Representatives to the largest delegation in the nation's history, 53 members.
North County Times - Feds prosecuting more criminal immigrants
Prosecution of immigrants with criminal records who return to San Diego County after being deported has risen sharply over the last two years, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics and federal public defenders.
The Hill - More Illegal Immigration Garbage
Ten states in our great country allow illegal aliens not only to attend college in their state, but to do so at in-state tuition rates.
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