2009年11月4日星期三

Yahoo! News: Elections

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Elections


AP sources: Obama plans trip to Capitol on Friday (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST

President Barack Obama exits Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - President Barack Obama plans a trip to Capitol Hill this week to meet with lawmakers as his push for health care legislation moves forward.


Democrats say elections won't stop health care (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST

AP - Far from chastened by off-year election setbacks, congressional Democrats vowed no let-up in the drive to pass controversial health care Wednesday, arguing that the way to regain voter trust was to complete what they started in more prosperous political times.

Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:31 PM PST

AP - Recognizing that a weak economy still needs a government boost, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market.

Analysis: Election lessons will shape '10 campaign (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST

Governor-elect Chris Christie gives a thumbs up sign as he sits with Lt. governor elect Kim Guadagno at the Robert Treat Academy charter school Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, in Newark, N.J., the day after he won over incumbent Jon S. Corzine. Christie said with the visit to the highly successful school, he wanted to highlight his plans to improve education. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - What we learned from the off-year elections: The president's influence is limited, independents rule, incumbents beware, issues trump ideology and, once more, "It's the economy, stupid."


Obama turns to policy (Politico)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:23 PM PST

Politico - MADISON, Wis. – Faced with fresh Democratic setbacks on the one-year anniversary of his historical election, President Barack Obama tried to change the topic.

Analysis: For Clinton, tough talk but few results (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:29 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks during a presser with Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, not pictured, following her meeting with President Hosni Mubarak at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's tense exchanges with Pakistani civilians and Arab diplomats over a harrowing week of foreign stops exposed the confining limits of her office.


3 senators join forces to rescue climate bill (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:42 PM PST

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, accompanied by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday,Nov. 4, 2009, to discuss climate change legislation. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A trio of senators with differing political views is working behind-the-scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation.


Obama explains 6th grader's test challenges (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at James C. Wright Middle School in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)AP - President Barack Obama is making the need for parent involvement personal, citing his own daughter's classroom challenges.


Former HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer's Senate seat (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:44 PM PST

Carly Fiorina, the former chairwoman and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co., who recently completed breast cancer treatment, comments on her hair, before announcing her run for the California Senate seat now held by Democrat Barbara Boxer during a tour of the Earth Friendly Products facility in Garden Grove, Calif. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.


House panel votes to give SEC more money, power (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:01 PM PST

AP - The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after Bernard Madoff was sentenced for the biggest investment scam in history.

AP Sources: Dem Health bill to get AARP backing (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST

House Speaker Pelosi of Calif. takes part in her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.


AP IMPACT: Clunker pickups traded for new pickups (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2009 file photo, an old pickup truck is displayed outside a car dealership in Norwood, Mass. The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, file)AP - The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.


Warning sign for Democrats: They're losing independents (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:53 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - FAIRFAX STATION, Va. — President Barack Obama and the Democrats have a problem heading into next year's elections for control of Congress — they're losing independents to the Republicans and parts of their own Democratic base to apathy.

Former surgeon general's letter prompts scare (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:42 PM PST

AP - An unstamped letter from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop turned into a security scare Wednesday as U.S. Capitol Police closed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office for about 45 minutes.

Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:30 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Already-skittish moderate Democrats in Congress got fresh reasons Wednesday to worry about their votes on economic and health care legislation from the election results in Virginia and New Jersey.

Do Tuesday's elections foreshadow a 2010 Obama effect? (The Yahoo! Newsroom)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks about education at Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin. Obama Wednesday brushed aside a sharp polls rebuke as he marked the first anniversary of his historic election saying his administration had saved the nation from economic ruin.(AFP/Saul Loeb)The Yahoo! Newsroom - Much was made, some thought too much, about how the outcome of Tuesday's state races would serve as a referendum on President Obama one year after his historic election victory.


Obama offers schools money for backing initiatives (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:52 PM PST

President Barack Obama speak to students at Wright Middle school in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White House priorities.


House votes to accelerate credit card rules (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:51 PM PST

FILE - This July 30, 2008, file photo, shows credit card stickers  posted at a bowling alley in Palo Alto, Calif.   Credit-card companies are rushing to raise rates and tack on extra fees ahead of a law slated to take effect Feb. 22 that is supposed to limit such moves in the future. In some cases, rates are doubling to as high as 30 percent or more, even for people who pay their bills on time. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - The House voted on Wednesday to impose immediately tough new rules for credit card companies after voters complained of increased interest rates and steep new fees.


White House: Tuesday's GOP wins not about Obama (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:45 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gestures during his daily press briefing at the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president.


Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST

Kt Crossman  joins same-sex marriage supporters for a rally on the steps of City Hall,  in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, a day after voters rejected the gay marriage law. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)AP - Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate.


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