Senator George LeMieux (R-FL) is starting to feel the heat of pro-migrant voters, specifically Latino voters. Tonight, Univision will air a debate in which current Florida governor and U.S. Senate nominee Charlie Crist will come out in support of the DREAM Act.  The day before yesterday, Representive Kendrick Meek (D-FL), and also a nominee for U.S. Senate, hand delivered a letter to LeMieux.  This part of Meek’s letter says it all:

China and America decline to acknowledge what everyone else knows: China suppresses the value of its currency to gain a trade advantage over America. This is costing America untold numbers of manufacturers and millions of jobs. The U.S. Treasury Department, which is required by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to name foreign currency manipulators in bi-annual reports, must label China in its April 15 account, then sanction China if it doesn’t begin balancing its currency.

Two healthcare bombshells hit yesterday afternoon: The Republicans finally decided that having a health secretary to manage a potential pandemic was more important than grandstanding on abortion and confirmed Kathleen Sebelius. Sen. Arlen Specter announced that he would cross the aisle and caucus with the Democrats, which, at least in theory gives the Dems a filibuster-proof majority if and when they seat Al Franken.

This is a special edition of the Weekly Pulse dedicated to profiling the two newest nominees for Obama’s healthcare team, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services and Nancy-Ann DeParle for health czar.