Daily Democratic Wire 2-1-2010

George Wenschhof

Today at 10:45 AM from the White House, President Barack Obama will present his 3.8 trillion FY 2011 Budget - Time.com has more here. Expect this to be picked apart from both sides of the aisle as Congress is in mid term election mode. You can watch the President present his Budget here.

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Also today from the White House, President Barack Obama will answer questions from the public via YouTube - I posted info on this prior to his State of The Union address last week. He will watch and listen to questions posed by those who viewed his address and his answers will be broadcast live online. 11,000 questions were received along with 16,000 votes ranking the questions. This will be broadcast today at 1:45 PM ET and you can watch it here.

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First of the 2010 primaries to be held tomorrow in Illinois - one of the more contested congressional seats is between Republicans Ethan Hastert and Randy Hultgren. Ethan's father was former House Speaker; Dennis Hastert. The NY Times has more here.

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Republicans should take note - newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown (R) said yesterday he will vote as he sees it and not in lock step with the Republican party. For examples he indicated he supported Abortion Rights, will support the upcoming proposed spending freeze by President Obama and also supports the President's proposed tax credits for businesses. TheHill.com has more here.

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In case you missed some of the Sunday Morning "Talking Heads", here are some highlights.



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