From this morning's Earlybird:

• "As Senate Democrats show tentative signs of coalescing around a compromise health care bill that eliminates the controversial public insurance option, some of their allies are wasting no time in trying to sink the new proposal," Roll Call (subscription) reports. "While lawmakers await a Congressional Budget Office cost analysis of the proposed substitute, doctor and hospital groups are already trying to scuttle part of the plan that would allow people ages 55 to 64 to enroll in Medicare."

• "The U.S. Supreme Court has put off until next year a ruling that could remake the political landscape for the 2010 midterm elections, and that's making things tricky for those eagerly awaiting the decision, including political professionals, regulators, advocacy groups and even the White House," Politico reports. "The case in question, which was brought by the conservative non-profit group Citizens United against the Federal Election Commission, challenges decades of law limiting corporate and union spending on elections."

• "While the two sides rarely see eye to eye, the energy industry and environmentalists can agree on at least one thing: The White House's decision last week to regulate pollution alters the legislative prospects for a Senate climate change bill that could emerge early next year," Roll Call (subscription) reports.

• Roll Call (subscription) reports on recent management and structural changes at various lobbying and advocacy groups, including the American Petroleum Institute and the Specialty Tobacco Council.