Jeb Gaffes On Women's Health
Jeb Bush tries to walk back comment dismissing women's health. W. Post: "Jeb Bush looked to quiet the firestorm that erupted after he said Tuesday he was 'not sure we need half a billion dollars for women's health issues,' ... The campaign rushed out a statement -- then sent a second version that added the words 'I misspoke'..."
Clinton jabs Jeb in Colorado speech. Time quotes: "...he has got no problem giving billions of dollars away to super wealthy and powerful corporations, but I guess women’s health just isn’t a priority for him.”
Republicans under pressure to offer economic ideas at tomorrow's debate. Politico: "Bush will have to begin convincing voters his plan to double the nation’s economic growth rate is something more than a talking point. Rubio will have to translate his Reagaesque anecdotes about hard-working people keeping more of their paychecks into something more concrete. And Walker will have to prove that he has a vision broader than just busting unions."
Sen. Mitch McConnell tries to tamp down conservative push for shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding. Roll Call: "'Let me say it again: no more government shutdowns,; the Kentucky Republican said, ... 'At some point we’ll negotiate the way forward.' ... But Minority Leader Harry Reid ... said there have been no such discussions on the path forward for funding the government past Sept. 30..."
Dem Race Tight In NH
Bernie six points behind Hillary in NH in new WMUR poll.
Progressives in Congress refrain from attacking Hillary. The Hillary: "... liberal lawmakers, who are not usually shrinking violets when it comes to promoting their agenda, have largely given Clinton cover ... some of the fiercest opponents of Obama’s trade agenda — including Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) — have already endorsed Clinton..."
Climate Regs Don't Boost Natural Gas
Natural gas industry "furious" at EPA climate regs. The Hill: "...the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) boasted that the new regulation will accommodate a large transition from coal power directly to renewables like wind and solar, skipping over natural gas altogether ... Obama had previously held up gas as a top driver of the United States’ recent emissions reductions..."
EPA plan tough on fossil fuel states. Politico's Michael Grunwald: "[North Dakota] will have to cut emissions 44.9 percent to comply with the final rule, the most of any state except for similarly fossil-fueled Montana and South Dakota. Coal-rich Wyoming, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana were also among the biggest losers ... [However,] the EPA pointed out that 'in fact, most states could allow their sources to remain uncontrolled in 2022 and 2023 ...'"
Aggressive Push On Fair Housing
"[T]he poverty housing industry has been thrown on the defensive" says NYT's Thomas Edsall: "What remains to be seen is how much this power shift will actually result in the diffusion of poor families and subsidized housing into more upscale communities. If the integrationist wing of the affordable housing sector now armed with a Supreme Court ruling and a tough H.U.D. regulation is successful, the next test will be political: how much backlash will there be..."
EPI examines persistent gap in black and white unemployment: "...although [Tennessee's] 6.9 percent is the lowest black unemployment rate in the country, it is essentially the same as the highest white unemployment rate (West Virginia’s)."
