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Democratic opposition to seating Burris cracks (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:56 AM CST AP - Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer.

New Congress opens pledging to rescue economy (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 08:29 PM CST AP - The Capitol rang loud with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy Tuesday as Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era. "We need action and we need action now," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Republicans agreed, and pledged cooperation in Congress as well as with President-elect Barack Obama — to a point.

End to Minn. Senate race pushed even further out (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 04:15 AM CST AP - Minnesota's grueling U.S. Senate race, already dragging on two months past Election Day, has now moved even further from the voters — and into the hands of lawyers.

Burris' best bet could be federal court (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:58 AM CST AP - If Senate Democrats stick to their refusal to seat Roland Burris as a senator from Illinois, his best bet could be getting a federal judge to force open the Senate's doors.

Obama boosts DCCC with extra funds (Politico) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:36 AM CST Politico - Winning doesn’t come cheap.

Ex-Fla. Gov. Jeb Bush won't run for Senate in 2010 (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 05:44 PM CST AP - Former Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday that he won't run for the U.S. Senate in 2010 to replace the retiring Mel Martinez, saying that it was not the right time to return to elected office.

Businessman linked to Richardson donated to Obama (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 07:13 PM CST AP - A prominent businessman caught up in a grand jury probe whose political donations ended any role for New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in the Obama administration also was a generous contributor in support of the president-elect.

CNN: Gupta approached about surgeon general post (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 08:31 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, about becoming the country's next surgeon general, the cable network said Tuesday.

Ex-eBay CEO largely unknown amid Calif. gov.'s bid (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 08:22 PM CST AP - Former eBay executive Meg Whitman brings intrigue and a big bank account to California's beleaguered Republican Party.

Obama bans earmarks from big economic package (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 12:18 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama says he will bar pork-barrel projects from the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass.

It's the economic rollout, stupid (Politico) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:45 AM CST Politico - Barack Obama’s elaborate rollout of his economic recovery plan could provide an impressive early victory for his incoming administration.

44 Buzz: Commerce guessing game (Politico) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST Politico - Commerce Guessing Game

Support for Panetta trickles in (Politico) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:32 AM CST Politico - After a rocky start, Barack Obama’s choice to lead the CIA gained critical support in Congress on Tuesday, with at least five members of the Senate Intelligence Committee backing Leon Panetta.

Former Australian leader has Blair House reserved (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:09 AM CST AP - It's a D.C. property so exclusive that even the president-elect couldn't reserve it. So who's staying at Blair House, the White House's guest quarters across Pennsylvania Avenue?

Stimulus aside, Obama vows future budget restraint (AP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 03:02 AM CST AP - To a public wary of government spending, President-elect Barack Obama is offering a salve with his massive economic stimulus package: the promise of long-term fiscal discipline.

Mugabe appoints acting ministers: Herald (AFP) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:56 AM CST AFP - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has appointed eight acting ministers days after firing a number of ministers from his ZANU-PF party who lost in the March 2008 elections, state media said on Wednesday.

Obama said to pick a spy chief with little intelligence experience (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - Leon Panetta, reported to be President-elect Obama's pick to head the Central Intelligence Agency, has little hands-on intelligence experience – a reality that may make it hard for him to win the trust of operatives inside an agency known to be unwelcoming to outsiders.

Dem says Bennet has 'the goods' to win in 2010 (Rocky Mountain News) Posted: 07 Jan 2009 01:05 AM CST Rocky Mountain News - Sen. Ken Salazar's would-be replacement, Denver Public Schools chief Michael Bennet, might be a political rookie heading into a hard-fought 2010 election, but "he's got the goods" to win, according to the man who oversees the national U.S. Senate battleground for Democrats.

Networks devoted more time to election: report (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 11:42 PM CST Reuters - The presidential election and worsening economy pushed the war in Iraq mostly out of the headlines, especially among the Big Three evening newscasts.

Obama pledges new intel chiefs will break with past practices (AFP) Posted: 06 Jan 2009 11:16 PM CST AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to make a break with the CIA's controversial war-on-terror practices in naming new intelligence chiefs, but said they would not look backwards.

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