| Illinois House on verge of impeaching Blagojevich (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:22 AM CST  AP - Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces almost certain impeachment by the Illinois House, a historic step that would trigger a trial to determine whether the Democratic governor should be tossed out of office.
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| Burris denies Senate-seat deals, waits for court (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST  AP - Roland Burris raised his right hand in a committee room at the Illinois Capitol, swearing to tell a room full of lawmakers the truth about his appointment by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich to the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
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| Cheney warns against impulsive action in Iraq (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:25 AM CST  AP - Vice President Dick Cheney, warning against impulsive U.S. action in Iraq, says that whether the struggling nation backslides into a cycle of violence partly depends on how President-elect Barack Obama decides to pull out American forces.
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| Obama to finalize national security team Friday (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:22 AM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama is completing his national security team by announcing his unusual choices for CIA director and a national intelligence director who may face tough Senate confirmation questioning over how he confronted the Indonesian military when civilian massacres were occurring in East Timor.
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| Boost for bankruptcy bill as Citi backs (Politico) Posted: 08 Jan 2009 08:18 PM CST Politico - The long embattled bankruptcy “cramdown” bill just took a major leap toward reality. |
| Toxic coal ash piling up in ponds in 32 states (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:47 AM CST  AP - Millions of tons of toxic coal ash is piling up in power plant ponds in 32 states, a practice the federal government has long recognized as a risk to human health and the environment but has left unregulated.
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| Missouri Sen. Kit Bond won't seek re-election (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:15 AM CST  AP - Republican Sen. Kit Bond announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he wants to go out "at the top of my game" and setting the stage for what one expert said could be a "land rush" for the seat.
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| Obama: Congress must act boldly and now on economy (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:52 AM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama implored Congress on Thursday to "act boldly and act now" to fix an economy growing perilously weaker. Democratic and Republican lawmakers complained about his tax policies, letting Obama know they intend to place their own stamp on the economic recovery effort.
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| Democrats criticize Obama's proposed tax cuts (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2009 10:37 PM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do something to stimulate the economy. But Democratic senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticized business and individual tax cuts in Obama's stimulus plan.
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| No campaign reform? No money, activists say (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 12:54 AM CST AP - Alan Kovacs has contributed to political campaigns since he was a senior in college almost four decades ago. |
| Senate holds confirmation hearing on labor pick (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 03:38 AM CST  AP - Hilda Solis, President-elect Barack Obama's pick for labor secretary, has made no secret of her plan for more aggressive enforcement of the agency's role in protecting workers' rights.
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| Biden arrives in Pakistan at start of Asia trip (AFP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:41 AM CST  AFP - US vice president-elect Joe Biden arrived in Pakistan on Friday at the start of a South Asian tour, less than two weeks before he takes office alongside Barack Obama, officials said.
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| Obama battles to push stimulus package (AFP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 02:17 AM CST  AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama's team was working Friday to push forward giant stimulus measures to jolt the country out of recession after an unexpectedly rocky reception from his own party.
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| Obama picks lobbyist as Pentagon No. 2 (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:02 AM CST  AP - President-elect Barack Obama appointed a defense contractor's lobbyist Thursday to become the No. 2 official at the Defense Department, a choice that appeared to break with his self-imposed rules to keep lobbyists at arm's length.
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| Petraeus: Afghan, Pakistan problems are really one (AP) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 01:00 AM CST  AP - U.S. policy to win in Afghanistan must recognize the poor nation's limitations and its neighborhood, especially its intertwined relationship with U.S. terrorism-fighting ally Pakistan, the top U.S. military commander in the region said Thursday.
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| Obama team amending financial rescue package: report (Reuters) Posted: 09 Jan 2009 12:31 AM CST  Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is urgently overhauling the $700 billion financial rescue package to broaden its scope beyond Wall Street, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
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| U.S. health care overhaul needn't break bank: study (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2009 11:10 PM CST  Reuters - An analysis of proposals to overhaul U.S. health care by President-elect Barack Obama and members of Congress suggests it is possible to insure all Americans without significantly raising total health spending.
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| Official: US strike kills 2 al-Qaida operatives (AP) Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:57 PM CST  AP - Two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list were killed New Year's Eve in a U.S. strike in Pakistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Thursday.
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| Doubts arise over Obama stimulus plan (Politico) Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:27 PM CST Politico - After calling on Congress to “act boldly and act now,” Barack Obama got a lesson Thursday from his old Senate Democratic colleagues: a little more time for takeoff could avoid a crash landing of his economic recovery plan. |
| Illinois panel recommends governor's impeachment (Reuters) Posted: 08 Jan 2009 09:20 PM CST  Reuters - A legislative committee on Thursday recommended the impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, citing widespread abuse of power including allegations he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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