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By Sunlight Foundation & Participatory Politics Foundation

The health care summit just concluded and we’ll have more analysis soon. Until then, here are some articles and blog posts that you may have missed:

• David Weigel chronicles the cut-throat jockeying among Republicans to win the chance to take the seat of the late John Murtha [D, PA-12]. (The Washington Independent)
• On the other side of the aisle, Murtha’s widow Joyce has endorsed Mark Critz, a former aide to her husband, in the Democratic primary for the same seat. (The New York Times)
• Sen. Robert Byrd [D, WV], the longest serving member in Senate history, comes out strongly against the idea of eliminating or weakening the filibuster. (The Hill)
• Felix Salmon takes a look at Sen. Bob Corker’s [R, TN] attempts to water down the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. (Retuers)
• Chris Good explains why many Republican senators voted to pass the Senate jobs bill this week. (The Atlantic)
• A lot of lawmakers trotted out health care horror stories today but probably the most memorable came from Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28]. Karen Tumulty has video and a transcript in which Slaughter tells of a constituent who was forced to wear her dead sister’s dentures. (Time)
• One of the best ways to follow today’s health care summit was on Twitter. In particular, I’d like to highlight the feeds of Ezra Klein, Karen Tumulty and Jonathan Cohn.

Full post as published by Open Congress on February 25, 2010 (boomark / email).