Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Health care bill in balance without Nelson's vote (AP)
• Obama heads to high-risk, uncertain climate talks (AP)
• Obama, Medvedev to meet on nuclear weapons talks (AP)
• Olbermann joins call to kill bill (Politico)
• Reliance on contractors sparks oversight concerns (AP)
• AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change (AP)
• Turns out, sunshine states really are happiest (AP)
• More vaccine has US urging swine flu shots for all (AP)
• GOP: Obama can't act on climate without Congress (AP)
• Obama heads to Copenhagen, sees progress with China (Reuters)
• Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted drone spy videos (AP)
• Republican leader: Don't bet on Gitmo transfers (Reuters)
• Unions frustrated with Senate health care bill (AP)
• Obama Democrats will pay for 'garbage' laws: Republican (AFP)
• Obama foes warn he can't bind US on climate (AFP)
• FEC Opens Scrutiny of Nonprofit Rules (CQPolitics.com)
• Monica's back – says Clinton lied (Politico)
• Ohio's Traficant contemplates return to Congress (AP)
• Obama faces healthcare insurrection from left flank (Reuters)

Health care bill in balance without Nelson's vote (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:45 PM PST AP - A year in the making, sweeping health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama hung in the balance Thursday as conservative Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson withheld his vote in pursuit of stricter abortion limits and liberals grew restive on the left.

Obama heads to high-risk, uncertain climate talks (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST AP - With global climate change talks at a critical juncture, President Barack Obama flew to Copenhagen on Thursday to join more than 110 other world leaders looking to push an interim agreement across the finish line.

Obama, Medvedev to meet on nuclear weapons talks (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:24 PM PST AP - Negotiations with Russia to replace an expired Cold War-era arms control treaty have bogged down and now appear unlikely to be concluded by the end of the year as the White House had hoped.

Olbermann joins call to kill bill (Politico) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST Politico - Keith Olbermann became the latest progressive icon to voice opposition for the Senate health care reform bill on Wednesday.

Reliance on contractors sparks oversight concerns (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST AP - The growing number of contractors in Afghanistan is outpacing the ability to oversee them, raising concerns that the waste and fraud that marred the U.S. mission in Iraq will be repeated, lawmakers said Thursday.

AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:42 PM PST AP - Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change.

Turns out, sunshine states really are happiest (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - People in sunny, outdoorsy states — Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida — say they're the happiest Americans, and researchers think they know why. A new study comparing self-described pleasant feelings with objective measures of good living found these folks generally have reason to feel fine.

More vaccine has US urging swine flu shots for all (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:46 AM PST AP - A flu shot for the holidays?

GOP: Obama can't act on climate without Congress (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:07 AM PST AP - Republican lawmakers are telling President Barack Obama that he needs Congress to deliver on any commitments he makes to reduce global warming gases.

Obama heads to Copenhagen, sees progress with China (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:54 PM PST Reuters - The United States is making progress with China on outstanding issues overshadowing U.N. climate talks but cannot say whether a deal will result after President Barack Obama arrives in Copenhagen, officials said.

Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted drone spy videos (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST AP - Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have intercepted live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military's eyes in the sky for surveillance and intelligence collection.

Republican leader: Don't bet on Gitmo transfers (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:34 PM PST Reuters - Congress will probably be able to stop the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to U.S. soil, the Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday.

Unions frustrated with Senate health care bill (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:13 PM PST AP - Politically powerful labor unions Thursday panned the Senate health care bill praised by President Barack Obama, but stopped short of calling for its demise, saying they hope lawmakers will ultimately improve it.

Obama Democrats will pay for 'garbage' laws: Republican (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:12 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will pay in November 2010 mid-term elections for the "garbage" legislation they pushed through the US Congress, a top Republican lawmaker warned Thursday.

Obama foes warn he can't bind US on climate (AFP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:04 PM PST AFP - Republican US lawmakers sharply assailed President Barack Obama's approach to climate change on Thursday, warning that Congress could derail any treaty pledges he makes at global talks in Denmark.

FEC Opens Scrutiny of Nonprofit Rules (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:19 PM PST CQPolitics.com - The Federal Election Commission announced that it is taking suggestions on how it should rewrite its regulations that limit how nonprofits can raise and spend money.

Monica's back – says Clinton lied (Politico) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:30 AM PST Politico - In the years since their bitter battle, both former President Bill Clinton and independent counsel Ken Starr have predicted they’d be vindicated in the history books.

Ohio's Traficant contemplates return to Congress (AP) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:22 AM PST AP - Former Rep. James Traficant, who was recently released from prison after serving seven years for corruption, said Thursday that he is "proud of being an ex-con" and may try to return to Congress.

Obama faces healthcare insurrection from left flank (Reuters) Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:47 AM PST Reuters - The White House worked on Thursday to tamp down an insurrection from some of President Barack Obama's liberal backers who feel he has been too willing to compromise away their priorities on a healthcare overhaul.

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