While he did not say that the figures were based on a draft, aides later said he had been briefed on the document.
Talks between Manchin and Toomey began in earnest Wednesday, and the two have swapped proposed drafts, aides said.
It was unclear whether she had felt compelled to sign a letter drafted by aides to her superiors.
On Wednesday, Republicans obtained a copy of a letter to the I.R.S. drafted by aides to Malcolm A. Smith, a Queens Democrat and the Senate minority leader, in consultation with Spitzer administration officials.
The Senate report, drafted by aides to Democratic Sens. J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, Dale Bumpers of Arkansas and William Proxmire of Wisconsin, is the latest of several studies raising doubts about the viability of the missile defense program.
Schiff (D-Burbank), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, prepared the document as a rebuttal to an earlier memo drafted by aides to Rep. Devin Nunes, the panel's Republican chairman.
A few days later, with that information in hand, Obama wrote to an aide, "Draft a short letter for Ginger, answering her primary concern — her husband's career — for me to send".
A few days later, with that information in hand, Obama wrote to an aide, "Draft a short letter for Ginger, answering her primary concern her husband's career for me to send".
He and Connaughton and another aide drafted a series of speeches on Wall Street excesses, the financial crisis, and the failure to punish any of the culprits.
Each night after conferees finish deliberations, Treasury lawyers are helping Congressional tax aides draft the day's decisions into legislative language, thus helping shape the important details of the package.
