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Senator says Obama needs more votes for his budget (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - The Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says that President Barack Obama lacks the votes to see his budget plan for next year passed by Congress, at least in its current form.

Obama defends pet projects and signs spending bill (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama, sounding weary of criticism over federal earmarks, defended Congress' pet projects Wednesday as he signed an "imperfect" $410 billion measure with thousands of examples.

US, China agree on need to reduce sea tensions (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:13 PM PDT AP - The United States and China agreed Wednesday on the need to reduce tensions and avoid a repeat of a confrontation between American and Chinese vessels in the South China Sea, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said. "We both agreed that we should work to ensure that such incidents do not happen again," Clinton told reporters after meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the State Department.

Source: Ex-NYC health commissioner tapped for FDA (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama intends to name former New York City Health Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to lead the troubled Food and Drug Administration.

GOP leaders bash Dems spending (Politico) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:40 PM PDT Politico - Bashing Democrats on the day President Obama signed the $410 billion omnibus spending bill was the easy part for Republican leaders Wednesday.

Obama urges other nations to take stimulus action (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 08:27 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama called Wednesday for international allies to sign on to more aggressive steps to jump-start their own economies, warning that U.S. efforts to pull its own economy back from the brink will falter without global coordination.

Obama creates women's panel (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama invoked his grandmother, single mother and two young daughters on Wednesday in creating a White House panel to advise him on issues facing women and girls.

Chu to OPEC: Cutting production will harm economy (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 11:24 AM PDT AP - Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday that if OPEC cuts production and adds to oil price volatility, it could severely hamper any global economic recovery.

Congress mulls elections to fill Senate vacancies (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 12:43 PM PDT AP - Following tumultuous turnovers in Illinois and New York, lawmakers on Wednesday asked whether it was time to change the Constitution so that voters, and not state governors, fill Senate vacancies.

Toyota concerned about needs of parts suppliers (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:07 PM PDT AP - A top Toyota executive said Wednesday the Japanese automaker is concerned about the fate of 20 percent of its parts suppliers who face a cash crunch because of the sluggish economy.

Obama names envoys to Afghanistan, Iraq (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:54 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday named a career military officer who once was the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan to be the next ambassador to the war-torn country and tapped a veteran diplomat to be the new American envoy in Iraq.

Obama issues signing statement on spending bill (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - Two days after criticizing his predecessor for issuing guidelines on how to put legislation into practice, President Barack Obama issued such a directive himself.

ACORN, MoveOn target House Dems (Politico) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:51 PM PDT Politico - Republicans hammered Barack Obama over his connection to ACORN during last year’s election, but now ACORN is taking a swing at some Democrats — with the help of liberal activists at MoveOn.org.

AP countersues artist over famous Obama image (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:45 PM PDT AP - The Associated Press countersued an artist Wednesday over his famous image of Barack Obama, saying the uncredited, uncompensated use of an AP photo violated copyright laws and signaled a threat to journalism.

U.S. lawmakers pressure Obama on Armenian issue (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:44 PM PDT Reuters - Several U.S. lawmakers have written to President Barack Obama urging him to follow up on campaign statements and label the 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Coleman donors' information hacked (Politico) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 03:23 PM PDT Politico - Former Sen. Norm Coleman announced Wednesday that a hacker may have confiscated the confidential financial information for several thousand donors to the Minnesota Republican’s campaign.

US House offers strong backing to Tibet (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:38 PM PDT AFP - The US Congress on Wednesday nearly unanimously urged China to end "repression" in Tibet, ignoring Beijing's warnings just as its foreign minister prepared to meet President Barack Obama. The House of Representatives voted an overwhelming 422 to 1 to approve the resolution, which marks 50 years since a failed uprising in Tibet that forced the Dalai Lama into exile. Nine House members did not vote.

Federal job discrimination complaints hit record (AP) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - A record number of workers filed federal job discrimination complaints last year, with claims of unfair treatment by older employees seeing the largest increase.

Hotel, travel executives press Obama on downturn (Reuters) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:13 PM PDT Reuters - Hotel and other travel executives pressed President Barack Obama on Wednesday about the downturn in bookings for business meetings and other events they blame largely on negative sentiment fueled by government and media comments about corporate spending during recession.

Obama Signs Spending Bill as He Seeks Earmarks Curb (Bloomberg) Posted: 11 Mar 2009 02:12 PM PDT Bloomberg - March 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he will crack down on future spending for congressional pet projects before signing an “imperfect” $410 billion spending measure stuffed with thousands of them.

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