Yahoo!News: Politics News Int'l food aid advocates worry about spending (Politico) Ill.Congressman responds to child support report (AP) AP - The endgame at hand, House Republicans lined up Thursday to pa*s legislation to prevent looming government default while slicing nearly $1 trillion from federal spending.Senate Democrats pledged to scuttle the bill swiftly in hopes of forcing a final compromise.28 Jul 2011 03:07 PM PDT AP - Rep.Michele Bachmann steadfastly refused Thursday to answer questions about her family's business and finances, saying that she not her husband was the one seeking the White House.28 Jul 2011 02:19 PM PDTAP - Like its predecessor, the Obama administration says it cannot count how many people in the U.S.have had their telephone calls and emails monitored by government agents in national security investigations under federal surveillance law. Ill.Congressman responds to child support report (AP) 28 Jul 2011 03:03 PM PDT AP - Illinois Rep.Joe Walsh, a rising star in the Tea Party movement best known for his blistering lectures of President Barack Obama for "spending like a drunken sailor," is now being peppered with questions about his own financial responsibility after reports surfaced that he's being sued for more than $100,000 in unpaid child support. Obama aide says premature to say if U.S.will prioritize debt (Reuters) Debt ceiling vote: A referendum on Boehner? (The Week) 28 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDTThe Atlantic Wire - This afternoon Sarah Palin issued a vague threat to freshman Republicans just ahead of the House vote on a bill to reduce the deficit and raise the debt ceiling.Does Palin want Republicans to vote it down?She wouldn't say precisely.On her Facebook page, Palin cited quotations from a 2010 letter she issued to Republicans reminding them that they "campaigned on a promise to rein in out-of-control government spending...promises that you must keep." She punctuated her reminder with an ominous post script: "P.S.Everyone I talk to still believes in contested primaries." 28 Jul 2011 01:36 PM PDTContributorNetwork - Apparently growing frustrated with the Tea Party element within his own Party, Sen.John McCain (R-Ariz.) took to the Senate floor Wednesday and said their current demands with regard to the debt ceiling debate were "bizarre" and "unfair" to constituents.He read from an Op-Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal wherein the Tea Partyers and Corey Taylor takes over Q101.1! 
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