U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty
The New York Times reports: “The fragile bipartisan consensus that nuclear power offers a big piece of the answer to America’s energy and global warming challenges may have evaporated as quickly as confidence in Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors.”
Obama’s Day Ahead
At 10:20 a.m. ET, President Obama will visit a classroom in Arlington, Virginia, and deliver a speech on education reform at 10:40 a.m. ET. He will meet with senior advisers at the White House at 11:55 a.m. ET. He will meet at 1:45 p.m. ET with Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and they will deliver statements to the press at 2:25 p.m. ET. Obama will meet at 3 p.m. ET with General David Petraeus. At 7:30 p.m. ET, he will attend a DNC fundraising event at 7:30 p.m. ET.
Biden’s Day Ahead
Vice President Biden will meet with senior advisers throughout the day in Washington, D.C. He does not currently have any public events scheduled for today.
Obama To Outline Fix For ‘No Child Left Behind’ That Gives States More Power
The Hill reports: “President Obama in a major speech Monday will call for a less Washington-centric approach to education reform which would give more power to state and local governments…Obama will call for fixes to the No Child Left Behind education law that passed early in former President George W. Bush’s administration. He plans to drop Bush’s name for the reauthorization of the law.”
Conservatives Impatient With Stopgap Bills
Politico reports: “House conservatives have a new object of ire in their war on spending: the short-term spending resolution Republican leaders hope to pass this week. It’s not so much the bill itself as what it represents: the prospect of Republicans spending the rest of the fiscal year squabbling with Democrats on piecemeal spending cuts that neither make a true dent in spending nor show long-term progress in their No. 1 priority.”
White House Seeks To Re-Connect To Young Voters
The Washington Post reports: “Twenty months before Election Day, and even before the president officially opens his campaign office, Obama and his White House team are launching a number of efforts to reconnect with the young voters who were among his most fervent supporters in 2008 — but who have soured somewhat on the president since.”
For Hill’s Muslims, Hearings Complicate Roles
Roll Call reports on the impact of Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) hearings on Muslim radicalization: “Muslim staffers on Capitol Hill say they are watching the proceedings with a wary eye, worried that any anti-Muslim sentiments they might stir will make their already complicated roles just a bit thornier. In addition to the rules of their faith, Muslim staffers are bound by another creed — that of the Hill aide. Those rules are simple: Don’t make news, never publicly question a Member of Congress on your own behalf, and don’t do or say anything that might reflect badly on the boss. Because of that, most did not want to be named publicly, and even when speaking on background tempered their criticism of King, expressing sadness rather than outrage over the tone and focus of the hearing.”
