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I have been short on time lately, so for this post I am including some direct quotes from various news organizations on things you may want to know.

From the Wall Street Journal today an article mentioned a recent survey it had conducted in conjunction with NBC News. It said this, "In December's survey, for the first time, less than half of Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing, marking a steeper first-year fall for this president than his recent predecessors."

From the Wall Street Journal today an article detailed some of the travel expenses reported by Congress. The article stated, "The cost they reported for such travel abroad was $13 million, a 70% jump from 2005, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of the travel records. Lawmakers don't have to provide the cost of domestic travel when the government pays. The $13 million didn't include the expense of flying on Air Force planes, which lawmakers don't have to disclose."

Fox News quoted Newt Gingrich when speaking of the possibility that Obama might bypass Congress and illegally enter into an international climate-change bill. Obama may go directly to the EPA to have them act without ever having the agreement ratified in Congress. Gingrich said, "Similarly he can't bypass the peoples' representatives in Congress by having the EPA pursue the same goals through bureaucratic totalitarianism."

More later...