2009年12月23日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections


Democrats put health care bill on brink of passage (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, accompanied by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., right, and Senate Democrats, gestures during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.


Abortion looms as possible block to health bill (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:49 PM PST

Senators are preparing for a crucial early Monday morning vote on US health care reform after a key senator finally said he would back the legislation, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. Democratic Senator Ben Nelson's resistance had kept fellow Democrats from corralling the 60 votes needed to ensure Senate passage over resistance from Republicans eager to hand Obama a crippling political defeat. AP - The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.


Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011 (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST

A cell is seen during a media tour of the Thomson Correctional Center Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009 in Thomson, Ill. President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to acquire the underused state prison in Thomson earlier this month to be the new home for a limited number of terror suspects now held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - President Barack Obama's commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until 2011 because it will take months for the government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists.


US anti-drug effort in Afghanistan criticized (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:16 PM PST

AP - The State Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday criticized the agency's nearly $2 billion anti-drug effort in Afghanistan for poor oversight and lack of a long-term strategy.

Senators talk much but vote little (Politico)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:49 AM PST

Politico - Exhausted senators are eager to go home for the holidays and get as far away from Washington as possible.

Geithner: Job growth should resume by springtime (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:57 AM PST

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies at a hearing before a Congressional Oversight Panel overseeing the expenditure of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 10, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he believes it's reasonable to expect "positive job growth" by spring and that people should have confidence about an improving economic climate.


Obama: climate change disappointment justified (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:50 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama says the public is justified in its disappointment with the outcome of the United Nations climate change summit.

Dodd, Shelby voice optimism on banking regulations (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:51 PM PST

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou delivers a speech during a parliament session in Athens December 23, 2009. Greece's parliament is set to pass the socialist government's 2010 budget late on Wednesday, which aims to cut the deficit to single digits as a first step towards pulling the indebted nation out of its fiscal crisis. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)AP - The top Senate Democrat and Republican negotiating new Wall Street regulation said Wednesday they expect to resolve their differences before the end of January, an optimistic outlook for a bill that had seemed mired in partisan conflicts.


Judge allows wild horse roundup in Nevada (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:49 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it is going forward with a contentious plan to round up about 2,500 wild horses in Nevada.

Ex-President Carter offers apology to Jews (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:54 PM PST

FILE -In this Thursday, Dec. 6, 2001, file photo, Former President Jimmy Carter, speaks at the opening of the Joan B. Kroc Institute For Peace and Justice on the campus of the University of San Diego, in San Diego. Carter is offering the Jewish community an apology for any of his 'words and deeds' that may have upset them. Carter writes in an open letter to the Jewish community this week in 2009, that he hopes the new year will bring peace between Israel and its neighbors. He says 'we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel.' (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to improve an often-tense relationship.


Obama says disappointment at Copenhagen justified (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:59 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks during a plenary session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 18. Disappointment at the outcome of a United Nations-sponsored climate change conference in Copenhagen is Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.


Mental exam ordered in first lady threatening case (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:55 PM PST

AP - A mental competency examination has been ordered for a woman accused of threatening to kill first lady Michelle Obama.

Obama vents frustration at Senate delays (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST

US President Barack Obama speaks during a plenary session at the Bella Center in Copenhagen on December 18. Disappointment at the outcome of a United Nations-sponsored climate change conference in Copenhagen is AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed frustration with the way the Senate does business, saying the use of delaying tactics there harms the nation's ability to "deal with big problems in a very competitive world."


Senate health bill clears final hurdle (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST

Senate Majority Leader of Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, accompanied by Senate Democrats, speaks during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. From left are, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn,, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Reid, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Reuters - Senate Democrats cleared the last 60-vote hurdle on U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Wednesday, virtually ensuring final passage of its version of the biggest health policy changes in four decades.


New Mix in Reapportionment Estimates (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:33 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - A total of 10 seats would shift among 17 states if the reapportionment of the U.S. House were held today, according to an analysis by the Virginia-based consulting firm Election Data Services (EDS). That analysis is based on estimates of each state's population on July 1, 2009, that were released early Wednesday by the Census Bureau.

Long hours not bad for senators (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. share a laugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Yes, they've been in session every day for a month. They're sick of Christmas cookies and each other. But don't feel bad for the senators stuck working overtime. They're dining on catered food in gilded suites and cloak rooms. They're recording video tributes and poetry. And they're outta here earlier Christmas Eve morning than had been anticipated.


McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch (Politico)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:03 PM PST

The Senate Armed Services Committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. says he will be an ally with President Obama on the war in Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, during a speech at The Heritage Foundation in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politico - Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who is not ruling out such a move.


US criticizes Sudan parliament on referendum law (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:37 PM PST

AP - The United States is worried that a peace agreement between Northern and Southern Sudan could be jeopardized by a law passed by Sudan's parliament.

US blasts trial of Chinese dissident (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:32 PM PST

AP - The United States is sharply criticizing China's trial of a prominent Chinese dissident as being "uncharacteristic of a great country."

Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:42 AM PST

Iraqi security forces and a sniffer dog inspect a van entering the holy city of Karbala on December 22, 2009. A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.


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