2009年1月6日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:31 AM CST

Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, left, listens to House Minority leader John Boehner, right, during a news conference following their bi-partisan meeting with President-elect Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama.

Burris making personal bid to join the new Senate (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:13 AM CST

Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris talks with the media after arriving at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Linthicum, Md., Monday, Jan. 4, 2009. Burris will face a showdown on Capitol Hill about whether he'll succeed President-elect Barack Obama in Congress after being appointed last week by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Although he calls himself a senator, Roland Burris has found little support among fellow Democrats in his effort to take the Senate seat to which embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him.

Lawsuit last option for Coleman in Minn. recount (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:39 AM CST

In a Sept. 23, 2008 file photo Democratic candidate for the Minnesota Senate Al Franken makes remarks at the National Jewish Democratic Council in Washington. The Minnesota state Canvassing Board is expected to certify the results of the re-count of the race between Franken and Republican incumbant Norm Coleman, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson/file)AP - The morning after the Nov. 4 election, Norm Coleman stood before TV cameras, declared victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate election and said that if he were opponent Al Franken he'd "step aside."

Kennedy missteps might not trip her up in the end (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 11:18 PM CST

In this Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Caroline Kennedy, daughter of former President John F. Kennedy, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference at City Hall in Buffalo, N.Y. Kennedy's missteps and halting speech patterns have been replayed endlessly since she announced her bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Don Heupel, File)AP - Caroline Kennedy's missteps and halting speech patterns have been replayed endlessly since she announced her bid to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. Senate.

Transition donors give less (Politico)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 08:05 PM CST

Politico - Barack Obama’s transition fundraising has fallen off its earlier pace and may just squeak by in reaching its target before he’s sworn in as president Jan. 20.

Kaine says he'll limit time spent as party leader (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 09:40 PM CST

AP - Gov. Tim Kaine said Monday he will manage a Virginia budget crisis $3 billion and growing and head the Democratic National Committee in his spare time, largely as "an electronic gig."

Biden to head to Asia for congressional trip (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 05:03 PM CST

Vice president-elect Joe Biden, seen here in 2008, will visit Southwest Asia this week at the head of a US fact-finding mission, his spokeswoman announced Monday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/J.D. Pooley)AP - Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia on a congressional trip just days before he's set to become vice president.

AP source: Ex-eBay CEO to run for Calif. governor (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 05:13 PM CST

AP - Former eBay Inc. chief executive Meg Whitman plans to run for governor of California, a person with knowledge of her political aspirations said Monday.

Congressmen sound off against SEC in Madoff affair (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:40 AM CST

In this Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Bernard Madoff, chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, returns to his Manhattan apartment after making a court appearance in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow,File)AP - Republican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Obama's intel picks short on direct experience (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:40 AM CST

This Nov. 27, 2001 file photo shows retired admiral and former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command Dennis Blair speaking during a news conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. President-elect Barack Obama's decision to fill the nation's top intelligence jobs with two men short on direct experience in intelligence gathering surprised the spy community and signaled the Democrat's intention for a clean break from Bush administration policies. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, file)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's selection of an old White House hand to head the CIA shows a preference for a strong manager over an intelligence expert.

Obama stimulus plan boosts business tax refunds (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, left, and Council of Economic Advisers Chair-designate Christina Romer, meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package would provide businesses with billions of dollars in refunds on taxes they paid several years ago.

Analysis: Nothing good to say, Obama mum on Gaza (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama's studied silence on the subject of Israel's 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks.

A rush to broker peace in Gaza (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - With the Bush administration signaling a green light to Israeli military action in Gaza and President-elect Obama holding to a "one president at a time" silence, other powers are vying to fill the vacuum left by the absence of more forceful American diplomacy.

Obama demands 'bold' action on stimulus plan (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:19 AM CST

US President-elect Barack Obama speaks after meeting with members of his economic team at the transition office in Washington. Obama launched a hard sell for his near 800 billion dollar stimulus plan, warning the US economy would pay a dramatic price if the bill gets bogged down in Congress.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - President-elect Barack Obama has demanded bold action on his near 800 billion dollar stimulus plan, warning Congress would send the US economy into an even deeper hole if it failed to act swiftly.

New Congress set to convene with economy in focus (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:18 AM CST

President-elect Barack Obama (R) meets with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at her office in the Capitol Building in Washington, January 5, 2009. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - The new U.S. Congress convenes on Tuesday under pressure to deal with a worsening economy by passing a stimulus package that Barack Obama could sign into law soon after being sworn in as president.

Alaska trooper says politics slowed drug arrest (AP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2009 10:20 PM CST

AP - A drug investigator says authorities delayed the arrest of a woman tied to Gov. Sarah Palin's family until after the November election, in which Palin was the Republican vice presidential candidate, a newspaper reported.

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