The Morning Read: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Congestion pricing passed the City Council by an "unusually slim margin.”

Now it has to pass in Albany.

“The apparent vote shortfall among state legislators seemed clear yesterday,” writes Grace Rauh.

A guy running to replace term-limited Councilman Bill de Blasio is disappointed that de Blasio voted against congestion pricing.

State lawmakers can’t cut spending because they keep adding programs to the budget, according to The New York Times.

“A lot of Sen. Obama’s supporters want to end this race because they don’t want people to keep voting,” Hillary Clinton said on TV in Montana (where Bill Clinton is campaigning today).

Jonathan Martin thinks Clinton's rhetoric about the race is close to what Mike Huckabee was saying in Texas.

If Clinton does make it to the convention, she may not have enough votes on the credentials committee to get the delegates from Florida and Michigan seated.

John McCain says that Barack Obama is taking his "100 years" comment out of context, and Obama says drawing attention to that comment is fair.

Michael Bloomberg and Christine Quinn’s support of a conference in Belfast, Ireland is greeted warmly by a paper there.

The AP says it clearly in this headline: “State budget won’t be passed before midnight deadline.”

The New York Post reports that David Paterson authorized Andrew Cuomo to investigate the state police.

Congressman Peter King is thinking of running for governor.

Paterson’s use of campaign funds for hotel stays isn't as typical as he suggested.

Albany County District Attorney David Soares said he didn’t go easy on Eliot Spitzer in his Troopergate investigation.

Soares also says he has no concerns about his reelection.

Michael Powell writes that Obama is "grounding his lofty rhetoric" in Pennsylvania.

Tony McPeak defends himself and Obama's position on Israel.

The New York Times editorial board will miss Frederick Schwartz.

The race for departing Democratic Congressman Mike McNulty’s seat is getting crowded.

So is the race for the seat Republican Congressman James Walsh is retiring from.