Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Stern Obama confronts Israeli, Palestinian leaders (AP)
• House votes to extend jobless benefits (AP)
• Obama praises Clinton in speech to Clinton group (AP)
• Budget chief contradicts Obama on Medicare costs (AP)
• Obama: It's time to move forward (Politico)
• Minn.'s Pawlenty forming PAC; possible 2012 step (AP)
• Condoms, contact lenses shielded from tax (AP)
• GOP raps Dems for hushing insurers on Medicare (AP)
• Rep. Frank extracts vanilla from consumer agency (Reuters)
• Obama issues stern challenge on Mideast peace (Reuters)
• Obama losing momentum in financial overhaul effort (AP)
• Obama reviews options in Afghanistan (Reuters)
• ACORN names former Mass AG its investigator (AP)
• Newyork (CQPolitics.com)
• Calif. automaker receives $528.7 million govt loan (AP)
• Conservatives Cast Obama as 'Reluctant, Timid' (CQPolitics.com)
• Obama presses China for help on Iran, NKorea (AP)
• Obama 'impatient' for Mideast progress (Politico)

Stern Obama confronts Israeli, Palestinian leaders (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama sternly prodded Israeli and Palestinian leaders to relaunch Mideast peace negotiations Tuesday, grasping a newly personal role in their historic standoff. He won an awkward, stone-faced handshake but no other apparent progress beyond a promise to talk about more talks.

House votes to extend jobless benefits (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Jobless workers in imminent danger of losing their unemployment benefits would get a 13-week reprieve under legislation approved by the House on Tuesday.

Obama praises Clinton in speech to Clinton group (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says former President Bill Clinton should be credited with saving millions of lives around the world since leaving the White House.

Budget chief contradicts Obama on Medicare costs (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:49 PM PDT AP - Congress' chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack Obama's oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn't see their Medicare benefits cut under a health care overhaul.

Obama: It's time to move forward (Politico) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT Politico - NEW YORK—President Barack Obama is pressing Palestinians not to allow Israel’s refusal to halt settlement activities to prevent both sides from reopening long-dormant negotiations towards peace in the Middle East.

Minn.'s Pawlenty forming PAC; possible 2012 step (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:45 PM PDT AP - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is preparing to launch a national fundraising committee, another signal the Republican may be positioning himself for a possible 2012 presidential run.

Condoms, contact lenses shielded from tax (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:00 PM PDT AP - They were calling it the tax on Q-tips. Amid Republican ridicule, a Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less — from condoms to contact lenses — from a proposed tax on medical device manufacturers.

GOP raps Dems for hushing insurers on Medicare (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - Republican lawmakers rebuked the Obama administration Tuesday for telling health insurance companies to stop warning elderly customers they'll lose benefits in health care legislation, which some equated to a gag order.

Rep. Frank extracts vanilla from consumer agency (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:59 PM PDT Reuters - The Congress' chief author of financial regulatory reform moved on Tuesday to kill the most controversial part of an Obama administration proposal for a new government watchdog for financial consumers.

Obama issues stern challenge on Mideast peace (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - An impatient U.S. President Barack Obama scolded Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday for not doing more to unblock the peace process and urged them to relaunch negotiations soon.

Obama losing momentum in financial overhaul effort (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:59 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's attempt to tighten the government's reins on Wall Street is losing momentum as banks gain traction against his proposal for increased consumer protections and key lawmakers question his call for standardized financial products.

Obama reviews options in Afghanistan (Reuters) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:23 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, under pressure for a swift decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan, has delayed action due to doubts about the election there and over the government's legitimacy, officials said on Tuesday.

ACORN names former Mass AG its investigator (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 03:14 PM PDT AP - The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.

Newyork (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:46 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Special Election Ramps Up in New York

Calif. automaker receives $528.7 million govt loan (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:18 PM PDT AP - Fisker Automotive, a California manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, will receive more than $500 million in federal loans to develop a plug-in hybrid sports car with a sticker price of nearly $90,000 and a new plug-in hybrid vehicle to be built in the United States.

Conservatives Cast Obama as 'Reluctant, Timid' (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 02:17 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - In a preview of campaign refrains to come, prominent conservatives are saying President Obama's foreign policy is hurting our allies and helping our enemies.

Obama presses China for help on Iran, NKorea (AP) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao offered each other diplomatic assurances Tuesday as the U.S. sought help from China in dealing with Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs at a testy time in ties between Washington and Beijing.

Obama 'impatient' for Mideast progress (Politico) Posted: 22 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT Politico - NEW YORK — President Barack Obama attempted to push fast-forward on the vexing task of Middle East peace Tuesday, and the coming weeks will test the power of an impatient American president to accelerate the resolution of a century-old conflict.

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