Daily Digest: Big banks, Klobuchar and Lewis
It's Wednesday already. Good morning. Let's check the Digest.
1. The head of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve shook up the Internet yesterday when he said big banks are still too big, and the country should keep working on ways to break them up. That's what Bernie Sanders has been saying. (MPR News)
2. Jason Lewis's opponents for the Republican nomination in the 2nd District congressional race are criticizing him for comments he made about women during his career as a talk radio host. (Star Tribune)
3. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-MN, said she doesn't expect to be nominated but does expect to play a role in debating a new Supreme Court justice. (Star Tribune)
4. As the president and Democratic candidates begin to apply pressure, some Republican senators, including Chuck Grassley of Iowa, are opening the door a crack to considering an Obama nominee for the Supreme Court. (Politico)
5. Both sides are weighing the politics of a possible nominee. (New York Times)
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