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President Obama temporarily appointed Dr. Donaly M. Berwick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  The recess appointment does not have to be confirmed by the Senate, but will expire in 2011, when the Senate will have to approve the President’s selection. (NY Times)

Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) announced that the US is prepared to use “military actions”, if it must, to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.  (AP)

Senate Democrats are expected to try again to extend unemployment benefits when Congress reconvenes on July 9.  Senate Democrats have so far been unable to break the Republican filibuster preventing them from passing such a bill.  It has been 36 days since these benefits were allowed to lapse. (Christian Science Monitor)

Full post as published by Open Congress on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).