Morning Constitutional – 21 April 2010

Good morning, folks. Tara\’s not getting married after all, and Leonard\’s not going to act anymore. But we\’re still bringing you your morning constitutional:

European airports have reopened, and about 75% of scheduled flights are expected to fly today.

In U.S. auto industry news, Chrysler announced that it lost $4B since coming out of bankruptcy almost a year ago, but sees signs of improvement in a profit for the first quarter of 2010 and a positive cash flow. On the other hand, General Motors has repaid $8.1B in loans it received from the U.S. and Canadian governments—five years ahead of schedule, and hopes to repay the rest of the remaining loans — $45.3B to the U.S. government and $8.1B to Canada — through a public stock offering, possibly later this year.

How the upcoming U.K. election could be affected by religion, oft considered \”un-British\”, a bit \”American\” and a \”turn-off\” to the electorate.

Democratic congressional campaign committees hold a sizable cash advantage of their Republican counterparts.

President Obama meets with Congressional Democrats Wednesday to discuss the Supreme Court vacancy, in hopes of nominating a replacement by the end of May. At the same time, an \”unprecedented\” number of Obama appointees have been held in the Senate.

The Senate campaign of Florida Governor Charlie Crist denies scrubbing website of references to the GOP, which would signal a move to an independent bid for the Senate seat.

The D.C. House Voting Rights Act, which would give the District of Columbia a voting member in the House of Representatives, was killed Tuesday due to a NRA-sponsored gun rights amendment that would keep D.C. from banning people from publicly carrying guns.

Crows found able to use up to three different tools.

President Obama called Senator Brown of Massachusetts yesterday to tell him that Democrats will move on immigration reform in the next month.

The Arizona House has passed a provision that would require any presidential candidate to show their birth certificate before being placed on the state\’s ballot.

Five 2010 Senate races that could be impacted by the tea party.

Finally, a man lost his license after drunk-driving a children\’s electric Barbie car, which has a top speed of about 4 mph.