Tuesday Links

• The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed new documents Tuesday from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as part of its investigation into the firings of federal prosecutors, with the panel chairman saying he had run out of patience.

• MoveOn.org is hosting a "live 'virtual town hall' forum about the Iraq war, in what is being billed as the largest and most ambitious experiment yet in harnessing the power of Internet technology to reshape participatory democracy." Seven Democratic presidential candidates are expected to take part in the event tonight.

• McDonald's Corp. agreed Monday to pay a penny more per pound for its Florida-grown tomatoes to help boost wages for the migrant workers who harvest them, following a two-year campaign by the nonprofit advocacy group Coalition of Immokalee Worker that called for the increase.

• Maryland will be the first state to provide a living wage. Individual cities across the country have taken similar steps; let's hope that other states follow suit.

• Don't believe the talking heads that say that Democrats taking on Bush over Iraq and other issues are taking unpopular issues. According to an AP poll, public approval for Congress is at its highest level in a year as Democrats mark 100 days in power.

• The Bush administration will soon pull the plug on federal funding for Medicaid services in Wisconsin despite having saved the federal government $669 million in Medicaid costs over five years.

• Curious how your tax dollars are spent? National Priorities Project shows you.