- Transit workers union brags about its political donation winning a White House nomination, making senators very angry (Roll Call)
- Back home in Minnesota, Oberstar keeps jabbing at the White House's transpo delay plan (Finance and Commerce)
- Obama announces $2.4 billion in grants to car battery manufacturers (NYT)
- Senate vote on "cash for clunkers" re-up could fall to Friday amid procedural wrangling (Bloomberg)
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