Daily Briefing: Raise the Roof

* Senate approves $2.8 trillion budget as the debt ceiling is raised to $9 trillion; House moves ahead on $92b for war and the Gulf
Coast. [WP, NYT, W$J]
* Discontent between White House and Republican lawmakers has been stewing for years. [WP]
* Republican proposal would allow warrantless eavesdropping with added oversight. [WP]
* Some Republicans worry that democracy-building has reduced the overall strength of America. [NYT]
* House approves $4.2b in hurricane relief for Louisiana. [NYT]
* Congressional leaders want to tweak nuclear agreement with India. [NYT]
* Bush selects Idaho governor to lead the Interior Department. [WP, NYT]
* Sen. Frist produces immigration bill without Bush‘s guest worker program. [WP, NYT]
* Ashcroft is “setting himself up as something of an anti-Abramoff.” [NYT]