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By Abby Livingston Posted at 11:12 a.m. on Sept. 25

Benishek is a Republican from Michigan. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Updated 3:49 p.m. | A Democratic super PAC has cut a television ad reservation for the partys best offensive opportunity in Michigan, according to two sources who monitor media buys.

House Majority PACs cancellation could be a sign Democrats are no longer optimistic their nominee, retired Army Maj. Gen.Jerry Cannon, can defeat Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Mich.

In June, HMP a super PAC that boosts House Democrats reserved $375,000 for the district, according toThe Washington Post. A Republican source said the reservationwas for Sept. 23 through Oct. 13 in the Marquette and Traverse City media markets.

But this week, HMP went dark in Michigans 1st District.

That HMP reservation previously filled in a two-week gap when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee did not plan on airing ads in the district.

According to a GOP source, Cannon is currently on television this week, but Democrats are not slated to air any ads in the district as of next week: The candidate, the DCCC and HMP have not bought or reserved airtime for the week of Sept. 30.

Cannon plans to be back on the air on Oct. 6, and the DCCC reserved another weeks-long window beginning Oct. 14.

The cancellation occurred several weeks ago, according to a Democratic insider. On Sept. 16, the National Republican Congressional Committee reserved $1 million in the Traverse City market.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - Three Senate Democrats have urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to conduct a thorough review of the London Metal Exchange, the largest exchange of aluminum futures, arguing that U.S. manufacturers and end users are being gouged by anti-competitive market behavior. Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, want the CFTC to probe the aluminum markets used by U.S. participants before approving the LME's application as a foreign board of trade. The letter is the latest effort to reform the aluminum market after the New York Times reported in 2013 that many big banks owned commodity subsidiaries and were skirting LME rules to hoard aluminum, driving up prices for consumers and manufacturers.

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Senate Democrats ask CFTC to probe London Metal Exchange

Close Up Hangout with U.S. Rep Steny Hoyer
5 Maryland high schools will discuss the minimum wage, immigration reform/the border crisis, and net neutrality with Rep. Steny Hoyer.

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In light of President Obama's decision to delay his much-anticipated edict on immigration until after November's elections, some critics are asking why the president and Democrats in Congress didn't pass immigration reform back when they had overwhelming majorities in both House and Senate.

It's a good question and a good reason to revisit 2009 and 2010, when immigration reform could have become a reality.

As a presidential candidate, Obama promised to put comprehensive immigration reform back on the nation's agenda during my first year in office. After victory in 2008, he had the clout to do so: sky-high approval ratings, 257 Democrats in the House and, for a while, a filibuster-proof majority of 60 Democrats in the Senate.

Immigration activists pressed hard for Obama to act; after all, he had promised.

As 2009 unfolded, Obama encouraged the activists to believe he was committed to introducing a comprehensive reform bill. After a White House meeting, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, told reporters Obama had promised a bill in the very near future.

The next month, April 2009, the White House sent out word that Obama was preparing to move. The New York Times reported: (O)ver the summer he will convene working groups, including lawmakers from both parties and a range of immigration groups, to begin discussing possible legislation for as early as this fall.

Things seemed to be on track.

Throughout June, Obama and top Democrats promised action. After meeting with congressional leaders, Obama declared they all want to actively get something done and not put it off until a year, two years, three years, five years from now.

As the summer of 2009 went on, though, the talk slowed down as work on health care reform consumed the administration. Immigration fell out of the first tier, if it had ever really been there. By August, Obama put reform at the bottom of a long list.

Immigration reform would have to wait for 2010. And then 2011. And then 2012. And then 2013. And now 2014.

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Immigration reform still a promise

Less than a week after Pope Francis named Bishop Blase Cupich the next archbishop of Chicago, the appointee spoke of his move to Illinois, citing immigration reform as chief among the issues to tackle here.

In a news conference this morning in Spokane, Wash., Cupich said he was prepared to work with political and community leaders on immigration reform.

It has been held hostage, I think, to too many views that need to examine whether or not the common good is being secured, saidCupich, 65.

The bishop said he would support state recognition for immigrants, though not necessarily citizenship, in order to better account for immigrants living in the United States.

These people pay taxes, they contribute to the common good it is a matter of making sure we can give them legal status, he said.

Cupich also described the call he received Sept. 11 when the papal nuncio told him that he had been selected for the Chicago position.

I prayed that the Lord would deliver our country from all disaster, then I was appointed to Chicago, Cupich said jokingly. You figure that one out.

Pope Francis named Cupich as the next archbishop Sept. 20. The announcement came just after the Vatican announced the resignation of the cancer-stricken Cardinal Francis George, 77, earlier that morning.

Cupich will step in as leader of the areas 2 million Roman Catholics after his planned installation Nov. 18. George will maintain the position until then.

Throughout the news conference Cupich displayed his sense of humor, joking that he would adopt a Chicago accent and adapt to Chicago sports teams that would likely not win as often as the Gonzaga University Zags of Spokane.

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Cupich discusses immigration reform and move to Chicago