From this week's National Journal: (subscription)

• In our cover story this week, Alexis Simendinger looks at whether or not the key Senate committee chairs, Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. have the right voltage to get an energy and climate change legislation through their chamber this year.

• From the K Street Corridor: When it comes to raising money for his 2010 re-election race, Sen. John Thune's June is definitely busting out all over. The South Dakota Republican has at least four events scheduled in the greater Washington area this month that together are expected to draw dozens of lobbyists; In anticipation of the health care reform debate, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America has been building a national grassroots support network involving member companies' employees, suppliers, patient-advocacy groups, and the medical research community.
  

• From on the Move: Former Clinton administration official Sally Katzen, is a new executive managing director for the Podesta Group. Benjamin Powell, has joined the law firm of WilmerHale as a partner in its regulatory and government-affairs department after serving as general counsel in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and as a special assistant to the president and an associate White House counsel.Frank Micciche is now a senior adviser with the government-affairs practice of McKenna Long & Aldridge. Micciche was previously a director of state-federal relations for then-Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.