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By Sunlight Foundation & Participatory Politics Foundation

• Mike Lillis catches McConnell flip-flopping on the possibility of filibustering Kagan. (Washington Independent)
• James Inhofe becomes the first senator to say publicly and unequivocally that he will vote against confirming Kagan for SCOTUS. (Washington Post)
• A roundup of Judiciary Committee members’ statements on the Kagan nomination. (Senatus)
• GOP launches SCOTUS YouTube channel. (Political Wire)
• Erik Prince, the owner of Xe (formerly Blackwater) hosted a $1,000-a-person fundraiser yesterday for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46]. (Under the Influence).
• Banks lobby against the derivatives desk spin-off provision. (NYTimes)
• Everyone expects the scaled-back Fed audit amendment to pass the Senate tomorrow. (Reuters)
• Senate Dems unveil their prop-trading ban amendment, say it has Dodd and White House support. (Congress Daily)
• Pat Garofalo argues that the McCain amendment to privatize the GSEs could seriously harm the fragile housing market (Wonk Room)
• As part of their “Hill Blitz,” payday loan dealers have been pressuring customers to call their senators and ask for a carve-out for the industry from consumer protections in the financial reform bill. (L.A. Times)
• Florida senator Bill Nelson says that lobbying and campaign contributions from big oil contributed to the BP disaster (The Hill)
• HHS issued regulations today on allowing children to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until they are 26. (White House blog)
• Senate unanimously approved the Faster FOIA Act last week. (truthout)
• Check out the Faster FOIA on OpenCongress. (S.3111 and H.R.5087)

Full post as published by Open Congress on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).