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- Lots more voting rights coverage! Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim reports that newly elected GOP Chairman and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele will lobby Republicans to vote for the D.C. Voting Rights Act. Steele also mentioned that today’s development was “exciting as a native Washingtonian.”
- Not too surprising: D.C. Wire notes that Sen. Lisa Murkowski may have voted for cloture today, but she does not plan to vote for the bill itself.
- Crucial AP story on the National Zoo’s whistling orangutan.
- A man wearing earmuffs did not hear an Amtrak train coming and was struck and killed Tuesday morning in Lorton, Va., reports WTOP.
- Does Harris Teeter have its sights set on Silver Spring? The Penguin has the latest.
- A Pizza Autentica restaurant will take the place of Irene’s Deli on the ground floor of the Reporters Building, according to Southwest … The Little Quadrant That Could.
- Don’t forget about tonight’s road closures around the Capitol, starting at 7:30 p.m.
