2009年11月7日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Obama asks House to vote on health care bill (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 05:19 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama summoned Democrats to "answer the call of history" Saturday as the House pushed toward a vote on a landmark health care bill holding out the promise of coverage for tens of millions who lack it.


Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 02:43 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the media as he arrives for an official welcoming ceremony for Qatari Emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.


Obama arrival in Tokyo delayed by a day (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 03:56 PM PST

President Barack Obama walks back to the Oval Office as he speaks about health care reform in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama is attending a memorial service at Fort Hood on Tuesday and now won't get to his planned first stop in Asia next week until one day later than expected.


2010 elections: Tables have turned on Democrats (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 04:27 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governors' races in a cross-country Democratic wave.


Palin: Dems will apply abortion mind-set to elderly (Politico)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:02 AM PST

Politico - WEST ALLIS, Wisc. – Sarah Palin rallied thousands of abortion opponents Friday night with a a stark warning that the same philosophy that allows abortion rights could soon be invoked to allow the government to cut off health care for the elderly or children with special needs. 

Shortage of military therapists creates strain (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 04:48 PM PST

The 2007 picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when he entered the program for his Disaster and Military Psychiatry Fellowship. Authorities said he went on the killing spree at Fort Hood, Texas which left 13 people dead. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)AP - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.


High court to look at life in prison for juveniles (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 04:58 PM PST

This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla.  Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. According to Equal Justice Initiative Sullivan uses a wheelchair because he has multiple sclerosis. (AP Photo/Glenn Paul)AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.


Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:08 PM PST

President Barack Obama walks off Marine One on the South Lawn of The White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, after going to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday honoring victims of the Ford Hood shootings, an attack he described as "all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable" because it occurred on the nation's largest Army post.


Obama to House: Time to finish job on health care (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:22 PM PST

President Barack Obama walks with Senior Adviser David Axelrod, left, Reggie Love, personal aide, center, and Phil Schiliro, legislative affairs director, right, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, as they return to the White House from Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - In a private meeting on Capitol Hill and from the presidential podium in the Rose Garden, President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed for House passage of a health overhaul bill and told lawmakers "to rise to this moment" and "answer the call of history."


House, Senate health care bills detailed (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:54 PM PST

Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., left, and Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, pick up a copy of the house health care bill HB-3962 after they took it up the steps to the House after a rally against the health care bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Here is a comparison of the three health care bills before Congress, including one by House Democrats and an alternative by House Republicans.


Pelosi Says House Will Pass Health-Care Legislation (Bloomberg)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 04:02 PM PST

Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation on the most far-reaching changes in U.S. health-care policy in four decades as President Barack Obama urged Congress to “rise to this moment.”

AP News in Brief (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 03:11 PM PST

AP - Obama tells Democrats to answer the call of history as they move toward health care vote

The 'No' list: 33 Democrats so far (Politico)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 02:35 PM PST

Politico - With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 33 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 7:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis. 

Pelosi: Obama visit inspired Democrats (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 02:02 PM PST

President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Cannon Caucus Room with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.


Obama pleads for health care overhaul, vote looms (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:53 PM PST

US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.


Obama makes pitch for House healthcare votes (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:39 PM PST

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) walks on Capitol Hill in Washington before the House vote on health care reform November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES POLITICS HEALTH)Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.


Obama statement on health care legislation (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:16 AM PST

AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Saturday at the White House on health care legislation:

Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:09 AM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.

Health bill clears first hurdle in House (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:47 AM PST

AP - President Barack Obama's health care initiative has cleared its first big hurdle in the House, with lawmakers voting to advance the debate.

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