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11:20 AM, Jun 29, 2009 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM
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As Congress tackles President Barack Obama's top two domestic priorities -- climate change and health care -- he faces some of his most serious challenges from fellow Democrats.

Uh oh: Looks like somebody just read the cap-and-trade bill...

"The president had said in the past that he doesn't believe taxing health care benefits at any level is necessarily the best way to go here. He still believes that," Axelrod told me on This Week, "But there are a number of formulations and we'll wait and see."

Honduras Congress names a new leader.

Meddling: Back in.

Laura Bush: Remember Burma.

Worst celebrity news tie-in of the week, Washington Post.

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Dear God, no.

Can it really be called "rallying" when you ditch out on rehab to vote for the cap-and-trade bill? Isn't that more like the beginning of an awesome weekend for a Kennedy?

Ed Whelan on the Ricci case.

WaPo vs. HuffPo: The rumble over who's less in bed with the Obama administration:

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