2009年7月7日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Bipartisan bill on health care suffers a setback (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:42 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2009 file photo, Gov. Jay Nixon talks to reporters during a news conference in Jefferson City, Mo. Nixon started the new fiscal year by vetoing or freezing $430 million in spending — halting college construction projects, reducing Medicaid rate increases to some health care providers and eliminating 200 more state jobs on top of the 1,245 already axed. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, file)AP - Attempts to draft bipartisan health care legislation in the Senate have suffered a significant setback, with Democratic leaders objecting to a proposed tax on high-cost health benefits.


Mixed results for Obama's first Moscow summit (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:13 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, gesture as they leave Manezh Exhibition Hall during the Parallel Business Summit in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - For two days, President Barack Obama pressed the reset button with Russia. The results: He ended up getting the expected agreement on deep cuts in nuclear arsenals, but he is leaving Moscow with few assurances of Kremlin help in solving other issues key to his foreign policy agenda.


Democrats wave Franken as trophy over limping GOP (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., left, with his wife Franni holding the bible, takes his oath of office during a ceremonial swearing-in by Vice President Joe Biden on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Turns out that not-funny senator bit was an act.


Mullen: Strike on Iran an option, but a bad one (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT

In this photograph provided by CBS, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen appears on 'Face the Nation' at the CBS studios in Washington Sunday,  July 5, 2009.  (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)AP - A military strike to thwart Iran's nuclear weapons capability remains on the table but could have grave and unpredictable consequences, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday.


Dems moonwalk the Jackson minefield (Politico)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:58 PM PDT

Politico - At about 3 p.m. Tuesday, civil rights hero John Lewis (D-Ga.) rose in a nearly-empty House chamber to express his support for a resolution recognizing the slaves who toiled and died while building the Capitol.

Political rivals in Honduras accept mediation (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:36 PM PDT

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya arrives at the State Department in Washington to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Tuesday, July 7, 2009.  Zelaya is back in the U.S. after his failed attempt to land in Honduras last Sunday.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)AP - Both sides in Honduras' leadership crisis on Tuesday signaled willingness to forge a diplomatic solution to the deadlock over the fate of President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted last month in a coup.


Palin returns to work, defends decision to resign (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:56 PM PDT

A video frame grab shows former Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin departing after announcing that she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor in Wasilla, Alaska, July 3, 2009. REUTERS/KTUU-TVAP - Gov. Sarah Palin returned to the spotlight Tuesday with an appearance in a remote Arctic village where she stood by her perplexing decision to resign just as she tries to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 presidential run.


Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:15 PM PDT

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and former Vice President Walter Mondale, right, leave the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill after Franken's ceremonial swearing-in by Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.


Sotomayor critics step up rhetoric before hearing (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:04 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2009 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is escorted by security officials, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are floundering in their efforts to trip up Sotomayor, unable to find an effective message about why she's not fit to be a justice with just one week to go before hearings on her confirmation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Conservatives stepped up their criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday, but it was unclear how far Senate Republicans were willing to go to create bumps in what appears to be a smooth road to confirmation for President Barack Obama's first high-court choice.


Hatch calls for Justice investigation into BCS (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:26 PM PDT

Witnesses including Utah University President Michael Young, from left, Barry Brett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman, and William Monts, are sworn in at the start of a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights hearing to examine if the Bowl Championship Series is in fair compliance with the Antitrust Law, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 7, 2009, in Washinngton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate college football's Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws.


Rove deposed in U.S. attorney probe (Politico)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:29 PM PDT

Politico - Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove was deposed Tuesday by attorneys for the House Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the panel’s chairman.

Democrats expand Senate control, yet splits remain (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 05:14 PM PDT

Reuters - Democrats achieved their biggest majority in the U.S. Senate in decades on Tuesday as Al Franken of Minnesota finally took his seat -- but President Barack Obama will still have to fight hard to muster the votes to pass healthcare reform and other major initiatives.

Indonesia votes in presidential poll (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:42 PM PDT

Workers carry ballot boxes to polling stations in Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looked set for re-election Wednesday as Indonesia went to the polls in only its second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship.(AFP/Arif Ariadi)AFP - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono looked set for re-election Wednesday as Indonesia went to the polls in only its second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship.


Top Obama ally: New stimulus may be needed (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 04:14 PM PDT

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, seen here in May 2009, said Tuesday that lawmakers must be open to seeking a second economic stimulus package to fight a stubborn recession and create jobs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - One of US President Barack Obama's top allies in Congress said Tuesday that lawmakers must be open to seeking a second economic stimulus package to fight a stubborn recession and create jobs.


Mental health problems growing for troops' kids (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT

AP - Children of U.S. military troops sought outpatient mental health care 2 million times last year, double the number at the start of the Iraq war, and there was also an alarming spike in the number of military kids actually hospitalized for mental health reasons.

Congress digs into spending bills (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT

AP - The Senate took up a $42.9 billion measure funding homeland security programs on Tuesday as Capitol Hill's appropriations season revved into high gear.

Democrats divided on second stimulus (Politico)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:04 PM PDT

Politico - President Barack Obama says there’s “nothing” he “would have done differently” about his economic stimulus plan, but one of his top outside economic advisers says the plan was “a bit too small.” Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says the idea of a second stimulus is a “non-starter,” but Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says it “should be on the table.” 

Did team Obama get it wrong on the stimulus? (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 02:45 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? That's the question du jour following a dismal June employment report last week and Vice President Joe Biden's Sunday talk-show confession that the administration "misread" the economy.

Officials: Fate of Guantanamo detainees uncertain (AP)

Posted: 07 Jul 2009 03:44 PM PDT

In this pool photo, reviewed by the US military, a Guantanamo guard stands inside a doorway at Camp 6 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, in May 2009. US administration officials said Tuesday that terror suspects tried before military commissions can claim some constitutional rights, including protection against evidence obtained through coercion.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AP - Basic questions remain unanswered over how to prosecute or otherwise deal with hundreds of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Obama administration lawyers acknowledged Tuesday, just over six months before the prison is expected to close.


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