2009年12月22日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Dems, White House predict success on health care (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:50 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures during a health care rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. From left are, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. Reid, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - From the White House to Capitol Hill, Democrats on Tuesday confidently predicted Senate passage of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul after the bill cleared its second 60-vote test and the time was set for a final tally.


Pain before gain in health care overhaul (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:23 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, looks on as Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Americans will feel the pain before the gain from the health care overhaul Democrats are close to pushing through Congress.


Court bans sale of Word; Microsoft promises fix (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:42 PM PST

General view of Microsoft Corporation new headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris October 6, 2009. REUTERS/Charles PlatiauAP - A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to stop selling its Word program in January and pay a Canadian software company $290 million for violating a patent, upholding the judgment of a lower court.


AP ENTERPRISE: Vets wait for GI Bill payments (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 02:14 PM PST

FILE - In this  Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Gen. Eric Shinseki testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington,  before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - Universities and colleges are still waiting for tuition payments for thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who attended school last fall under the new GI Bill, leaving the veterans panicked that they'll be unable to return to class in January.


Lobbyists on pace for record year (Politico)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:38 AM PST

Politico - Main Street has had a tough year, losing jobs and seeing little evidence of the economic revival that experts say has already begun.

White House confident of health overhaul enactment (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:37 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Dec.  22, 2009. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - A White House spokesman says health care overhaul legislation has progressed to the point that its enactment is no longer in question.


No peeking: Obama getting Christmas 'sports stuff' (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:32 PM PST

First lady Michelle Obama, left, with daughters, Malia and Sasha, answers questions from children during a visit to the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama is getting "sports stuff" for Christmas.


Community bankers get Obama's soft touch (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:20 PM PST

Legislation to enact President Barack Obama's top domestic goal, remaking US health care, was expected to clear a new Senate procedural hurdle and stay on track for Christmas passage.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AP - This time, no fat cats. President Barack Obama took his plea for more small business lending to community bankers Tuesday, but his prodding was far gentler than it was with high finance CEOs last week.


Ala. Dem defects to GOP over health care, policy (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:37 PM PST

Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama discusses his decision to switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party during a news conference at his home in Huntsville, Ala., on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009. Parker, a freshman from north Alabama, said Democrats no longer represent the interests of his conservative district. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP - A U.S. House Democrat who opposes the health care overhaul announced Tuesday he is defecting to the GOP, another blow to Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.


No longer coy, Giuliani won't run for NY office (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, right, answers questions from the media after announcing that he won't run for New York governor but endorsing  Republican Rick Lazio., left, during a news conference in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.  (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - After months of playing it coy and flirting with a bid for statewide office, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Tuesday that he won't return to the campaign trail next year, leaving a wide-open field for New York Republicans interested in the gubernatorial and Senate races.


Report: Campaign finance laws full of loopholes (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 04:39 PM PST

AP - Politicians across the country keep finding ways to skirt campaign-finance laws, using ballot-measure committees and other avenues to raise millions in unregulated contributions, according to a report issued Tuesday by a California-based think tank.

White House prods Iran over nuclear deadline (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:45 PM PST

AP - The White House is warning Iran's leader to take seriously a year-end deadline over its nuclear program, responding sternly to defiant language by the Iranian president.

Keep IRS auditors away: Earn less than $200,000 (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:34 PM PST

AP - Want to keep IRS auditors away? Keep your earnings under $200,000 and they won't bother you 99 percent of the time.

Karzai orders investigation into cousin's slaying (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 03:03 PM PST

In this undated family photo, Waheed Karzai, is seen in Afghanistan. Karzai, 18, a relative of Afghan President Hamid Karzai was shot to death in October 2009 in what relatives describe as a family feud. American and Afghan relatives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast doubt Tuesday, Dec.. 22, 2009, on Afghanistan's move to investigate the slaying of Waheed karzai, saying the Afghan government does not want to bring the suspected killer to justice in part because of his U.S. military connections. (AP Photo/Karzai Family) NO SALESAP - American and Afghan relatives of Afghan President Hamid Karzai cast doubt Tuesday on Afghanistan's move to investigate the slaying of a young Karzai family member, saying the Afghan government does not want to bring the suspected killer to justice in part because of his U.S. military connectons.


Woman held in Hawaii after Michelle Obama threat (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 02:14 PM PST

This photo provided by the U.S. Secret Service shows Kristy Lee Roshia. Authorities say Roshia, accused of threatening to kill first lady Michelle Obama, is in federal custody in Honolulu as the Obama family plans to travel to Hawaii. Agents arrested Roshia on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 after she told them she knew where President Obama and his wife will be staying during a visit to the islands later this week. (AP Photo/The U.S. Secret Service)AP - A woman accused of telling the Secret Service she would "blow away" Michelle Obama was in federal custody Tuesday as the Obama family planned to travel to Hawaii.


Rating Change Signifies Challenge to Tenn.'s Davis (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 02:00 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - Tennessee Rep. Lincoln Davis, a Democrat with a center-right image, has won his three House re-election contests by comfortable margins despite his 4th District's overall conservative leanings. But 2010 is looming as a tougher year for Democrats than 2006 or 2008 both nationally and in Tennessee, where two senior House Democrats, John Tanner and Bart Gordon, already have announced their retirements.

Obama: No vacation until Senate passes health bill (AP)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:51 PM PST

President Barack Obama's daughter Malia Obama holds their dog Bo during a visit to the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - President Barack Obama won't leave Washington for his Hawaii vacation until the Senate finishes work on the health care overhaul, even if that means staying in town for Christmas Eve.


House Democrat switches to Republican Party (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:50 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. Representative Parker Griffith switched parties on Tuesday and became a Republican, a move that underscored challenges his former Democratic colleagues face in next year's election.

Race Rating Change: Alabama 5 (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:13 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - Parker Griffith survived a brutal open-seat campaign in 2008 and appeared to have at least a slight edge to keep Alabama's 5th District in the Democratic column in the 2010 election. On Tuesday, the conservative Democrat announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party.

Health bill clears second Senate hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2009 01:03 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid(L), seen here addressing the press with Senator Max Baucus on Capitol Hill, said US Senators locked in a bitter partisan debate over remaking US health care were looking Tuesday to speed up a schedule that, as written, called for a vote at 7 pm on Christmas Eve at the earliest.(AFP/Jim Watson)Reuters - U.S. Senate Democrats cleared the second of three 60-vote hurdles on President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, moving its version of the landmark legislation one step closer to passage before Christmas.


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