Image not recoveredWhitehouseCapital.jpgThe following is political activity for Friday, October 29, 2010, going on in Washington and across the nation. It is courtesy of Scott Wilk, Community Organizer, and Anchor Consulting group. The Beacon will be posting these daily as they become available.
IN THE HOUSE
- The House is not in session.
- An eleventh-hour lift for Tom Perriello - It’s late in the game, but the Virginia congressman is basking in the spotlight. He got some airtime with Stephen Colbert, and President Obama plans to visit. Democrats are hoping to make this race tighter, says one expert. (Los Angeles Times)
IN THE SENATE
- The Senate is in pro-forma session until November 12, 2010.
- Clinton says he tried to talk Florida Senate candidate out of race - Former president Bill Clinton tried to persuade Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek to drop out of the Florida Senate race, he acknowledged Thursday night, saying that Meek didn’t have enough money to win the race. (Washington Post)
OTHER NEWS
- White House’s next task: rebuilding policy team - President Barack Obama, with his party perhaps on the cusp of a major electoral defeat, also faces the burden of recalibrating his presidency while restocking the West Wing’s depleted policy team. (Wall Street Journal)
- Judges forced to revisit juveniles’ life sentences - Judges are grappling with whether it is ever proper to sentence a juvenile to life in prison without parole in light of a Supreme Court decision that such a punishment for non-murderers is cruel and unusual. (Wall Street Journal)
- Napolitano: Military to aid civilian cyber-security - The Defense Department’s super-secret National Security Agency can be used “appropriately” on civilian cyber-security matters, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday. (AP)
- Five ways the election will change Washington - Voters say they want change, again. (USA Today)
- Get ready for Durbin vs. Schumer if Reid falls - If Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada loses his re-election bid next week, his two senior deputies, Richard Durbin of Chicago and Charles Schumer of New York, are widely expected to compete for the title. That is why, in the classic way of Washington, the two men are doing everything they can to act as if they don’t want the job. (Wall Street Journal)
FEDERAL GRANT OF THE DAY
- Affordable Care Act Family Professional Partnership/Family-to-Family Health Information and Education Centers- This competing continuation guidance is for “Family To Family Health Care Information and Education Centers for Families of Children with Special Health Care Needs”. It is designed to address the President’s Health Care Reform efforts to enhance community-based care for Americans with disabilities. This initiative ultimately will assist families so that: “Families of children with special health care needs will partner in decision-making at all levels”. Grants will fund state-wide, family-run centers providing information, education, technical assistance and peer support to families of CYSHCN. They will be responsible for developing partnerships with those organizations serving these children and their families and monitor the progress of programs with responsibility for payment and direct services of this population through a statewide data collection system. For more information, see HRSA. Application deadline: December 15, 2010
TODAY IN HISTORY
- October 29, 1998- On this day, John Glenn, the first American to orbit the moon, returned to space 36 years later, at age 77
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