2009年1月31日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:30 PM CST

Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele holds a gavel after he was elected the first black Republican National Committee chairman in an election by the RNC during their winter meetings, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 in Washington. Steele was the most moderate candidate in the field and was considered an outsider because he's not an RNC member. He beat back four challengers, including incumbent Mike Duncan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president.


Tax issues emerge in Daschle nomination (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:29 PM CST

Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle, left, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., who introduced Daschle to the committee, looks on at right.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Barack Obama to lead his health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate document obtained by The Associated Press.


Blackwater's Iraq deal not to be renewed (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:16 PM CST

Blackwater Worldwide's headquarters is seen in Moyock, N.C., in this Monday, July 21, 2008 file photo. Iraq will not allow Blackwater Worldwide to continue providing security protection for U.S. diplomats in the country, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Thursday Jan. 29, 2009.  (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - The State Department said Friday it will not renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq when it expires in May.


White House: Bailout plan will address bonus pay (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:35 PM CST

Surrounded by members of Congress President Barack Obama hands out pens after signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act with Lilly Ledbetter, standind left of Obama, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. Others standing from left, are House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland (partially visible at top left), Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Me., Ledbetter, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Senate Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - The White House says its upcoming financial plan will clamp down on the salaries and bonuses paid to Wall Street employees whose firms receive taxpayer help.


Reid loans aide to Burris (Politico)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 07:50 PM CST

Politico - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has loaned one of his top advisers to Illinois Sen. Roland Burris – a sign that Reid is warming to a senator he wanted to keep out of the chamber just three weeks ago.

Senator says US, Russia must work together on Iran (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 05:25 PM CST

AP - Sen. Carl Levin, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, said Friday he believes the time is ripe for the U.S. to pursue a fresh partnership with Russia aimed at deterring Iranian missiles.

Obama to sign bill on analog shutdown delay (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 01:13 PM CST

AP - White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama will sign a bill to give consumers more time to get ready for the switch from analog to digital television broadcasts. The switch under current law is set for Feb. 17.

Geithner, Bernanke work on $700B bailout overhaul (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:17 PM CST

US President Barack Obama, seen here on January 29, 2009, sits alongside Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) during meetings in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao Friday agreed to forge AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other top banking officials met Friday to hammer out details of a major overhaul of the government's financial rescue program. One official said the Obama administration was close to unveiling the new plan.


Republicans choose first African-American party leader (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 02:23 AM CST

Michael S. Steele, former Lt. Gov. of Maryland, speaks after being elected Chairman during the Republican National Committee's (RNC) winter meeting in Washington, DC. US Republicans on Friday elected Michael Steele as their party's first-ever African-American chairman in a bid to revitalize conservatives after dramatic losses in November's election.(AFP/Getty Images/Brendan Smialowski)AFP - US Republicans have elected their party's first-ever African-American leader, hoping to draw younger and more diverse voters after bitter losses in November, when Democrat Barack Obama became the first black to win the White House.


Iraqis vote behind barbed wire, testing security (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:58 AM CST

A resident casts his vote in a polling station in Baghdad January 31, 2009. Iraqis vote on Saturday in the Iraq's first election since 2005 that will pick local councils in 14 of its 18 provinces. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqis voted behind barbed wire and rings of police on Saturday in an election that tested the war-battered country's fragile security gains and which may ease lingering sectarian resentment still fuelling violence.


Iraqis vote in landmark election (AFP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2009 12:48 AM CST

An Iraqi man is searched as people arrive at the Salhiyeh polling station in central Baghdad to vote in the provincial elections. Voting in Iraq's provincial elections began amid tight security in the nation's first ballot since 2005.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqis were voting in provincial elections on Saturday in a crucial test for a nation struggling to emerge from years of sectarian strife and strengthen its fledgling democracy.


15 lawmakers to join Obama to watch Super Bowl (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:24 PM CST

President Barack Obama jokes with guest as he mingled in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, after signing an executive order dealing with the Middle Class Working Families Task Force.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - He met at the White House with congressional leaders from both parties. He went to Capitol Hill for private meetings with House and Senate Republicans. President Barack Obama even schmoozed with a group over cocktails at the executive mansion.


Obama addresses global trade imbalances with Hu (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 11:02 PM CST

President Barack Obama talks with guests after signing an executive order dealing with the Middle Class Working Families Taskforce, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama on Friday opened his relationship with Chinese President Hu Jintao, promising cooperation in a phone call that broadly covered sensitive trade issues, the global financial crisis and the North Korean nuclear threat.


Senate Democrats promise to change stimulus bill (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:34 PM CST

AP - Senate Democrats promised more money for infrastructure projects when an almost $900 billion version of President Barack Obama's stimulus plan hits the Senate floor next week.

US reviewing 'Buy American' stimulus clause (AFP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 09:26 PM CST

The US administration is reviewing a controversial clause in the economic stimulus plan banning the use of foreign steel for huge infrastructure projects, a White House spokesman said Friday.(Made in USA)AFP - The White House said Friday it was reviewing a "Buy American" clause in Congress's version of President Barack Obama stimulus plan that has sparked angry claims of protectionism from US allies.


Tax issues shadow Obama health nominee Daschle (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:54 PM CST

Former Senator Tom Daschle testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing about his confirmation for Secretary of Health and Human Services on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 8, 2009. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - President Barack Obama's choice to spearhead U.S. healthcare reform, Tom Daschle, paid more than $100,000 in back taxes for a three-year period, setting up a potential roadblock to his nomination, documents showed on Friday.


Republican Romney criticizes Obama on abortion (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:34 PM CST

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is shown in this 2008 file photo in Louisville, Ky. Romney, a potential candidate for the White House in 2012, accused President Barack Obama of answering to the 'most extreme wing of the abortion lobby.' (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, FILE)AP - Republican Mitt Romney, a potential candidate for the White House in 2012, accused President Barack Obama on Friday of answering to the "most extreme wing of the abortion lobby." Even if the administration "will say nothing on behalf of the child waiting to be born, we must take the side of life," the former Massachusetts governor told House Republicans at a weekend retreat, according to his prepared remarks.


Daschle made $5m in last 2 years (Politico)

Posted: 30 Jan 2009 08:05 PM CST

Politico - Tom Daschle, under fire for not paying taxes, made nearly $5.3 million in the last two years, records released Friday show.

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