February 14, 2008

Earlybird Roundup: FISA Revisions, Craig Rebuke, Arroyo Plot

Administration. President Bush yesterday said he would not give the House more time to review the Senate's recently passed FISA revisions.

Congress. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, got a formal admonishment from the Senate Select Committee on Ethics yesterday for trying to use his position to talk an officer out of arresting him for his conduct in a Minneapolis airport bathroom last summer.

Iraq. Three key bills were passed by the Iraqi parliament yesterday, ending a political impasse.

World. Officials in the Philippines are on high alert after discovering an al-Qaida assassination plot aimed at President Gloria Arroyo.

Nation. FBI officials revealed yesterday that they are conducting criminal investigations into 16 companies connected to the subprime mortgage crisis, and the SEC is looking into 24 more.

See Earlybird (subscription) for more of this morning's headlines.

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