Public Punt?: On Sunday, The White House signaled that it might be willing to sign a health care reform bill without a public insurance option, The New York Times reports. “The public option, whether we have it or we don’t have it, is not the entirety of health care reform,” President Barack Obama said at a town hall meeting. “This is just one sliver of it, one aspect of it.”
John Roberts, Jr., Fund Manager?: The Wall Street Journal turns its attention to Jones v. Harris, a pending Supreme Court case dealing with the fees mutual fund managers charge their customers. “The Supreme Court has no business setting fees, but people watching the case said they expect the justices to get their hands dirty, providing fund boards with guidance on how to negotiate fairer fees,” the paper says.
Coal Clunkers: A new climate change bill might encourage energy companies to rely more on old, coal-fired power-plants, The Washington Post reports. Environmental groups fear that would be the outcome of legislation in the House, which would drive up the cost of opening new plants, but exempts old ones from new regulations. Activists are already pressing the issue with senators.
Nadler on Torture: According to Politico, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is telling the White House to keep its hands off any potential Justice Department torture investigation, Politico writes. The congressman told a crowd Saturday that the president should leave the decision whether or not to appoint a special prosecutor completely up to Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr.
Armey’s Retreat: In an interview Friday with The National Law Journal, former Rep. Dick Armey said he resigned from DLA Piper’s lobby shop because clients were being hurt by criticism over his connection to a conservative non-profit. However, he also said no client asked him to leave.
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