Politics: Afternoon Edition: New to Washington: playing nice

If you have difficulty viewing this newsletter, click here to view as a Web page. Click here to view in plain text. Friday, June 17, 2011 HEADLINES 2chambers: New to Washington: playing nice The debt-ceiling talks have been largely absent the partisan rancor, name-calling and — for lack of a better term — blamesmanship that typically mark most spending fights in Washington. » Read full article The Fix: Pawlenty goes after Mitt Romney, again Just 72 hours after backing down from a confrontation with Mitt Romney over health care, Tim Pawlenty made clear Thursday night he won't miss his moment again. » Read full article The Fix: Liberals turn on Obama at conference White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer was greeted by an unhappy audience at Netroots Nation. » Read full article 2chambers: Lawmakers call on Obama to re-sign Patriot Act Twenty-one House Republicans are calling on President Obama to re-sign a measure extending key provisions of the Patriot Act, which was already signed with an autopen. » Read full article The Plum Line: Dems probe whether Bush officials sought dirt on Iraq War critic Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are looking into allegations that a CIA official in the Bush administration was asked to gather personal information on a prominent critic of the Iraq War in order to discredit and "get" him, I'm told. » Read full article BEHIND THE GOVERNMENT SHOWDOWN Sign up for daily e-mail updates on the federal budget showdown QUOTE OF THE DAY Vice President Joe Biden on the debt-reduction talks: "Now we're getting down to the real hard stuff: I'll trade you my bicycle for your golf clubs." COMMENT OF THE DAY biograph_1985, on Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake's "Tim Pawlenty goes after Mitt Romney, part two" story: Pawlenty has done himself permanent damage. He demonstrated that when challenged, he'll back down. Hitting Romney in the future isn't worth much now. He showed what he was made of in the first debate, and it isn't presidential material. Q&A DISCUSSIONS The Fix's Chris Cillizza was online at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the week in politics: Q: What do you think Weiner's future is? Do you think he will run for Mayor? He does have quite a treasury left over from his congressional race. Do you think he is betting that people will forget about this in 2 years? Chris Cillizza: No chance he runs for Mayor in 2013. Just not happening. I don't totally write off his ability to run for something down the line but I think there will be an extended cooling off period. Like 5-10 years. At least. » View full Q&A session MULTIMEDIA Video: Mitt Romney jokes about being unemployed At a campaign stop in Florida, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney joked to a group of unemployed citizens that he is also unemployed. Get The Washington Post, your way. Want to stay on top of the latest news, features, commentary and more? Here's how: Mobile: Alerts: Social Media: Applications Web site E-mail SMS RSS Feeds Facebook Twitter SEND TO A FRIEND UNSUBSCRIBE E-NEWSLETTER CENTER GET HELP Washington Post Digital E-mail Customer Care 1150 15th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 ©2011 The Washington Post Privacy Policy