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Alaska's Murkowski a new 'powerhouse' in Senate (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:18 PM PDT AP - Not even a skiing accident could slow Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's political ascent.

Obama says US economy sound, reassures investors (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:15 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday downplayed divisions between the U.S. and Europe over how to tackle the world's financial crisis and said China should have "absolute confidence" that its sizable investments in the United States are safe.

Obama: Food safety system a health 'hazard' (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 02:02 PM PDT AP - The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he filled the top job at the Food and Drug Administration.

Biden sees signs economic confidence returning (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:49 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes there are signs the public's confidence is growing in the Obama administration's ability to tackle the financial crisis.

Post-Rush: Obama's message war (Politico) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 04:41 PM PDT Politico - Beginning Sunday, the White House will harness every part of the Democratic Party’s machinery to defend President Obama’s budget and portray Republicans as reflexively political, according to party strategists.

Obama, Brazil leader focus on economy, energy (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed the economy, energy and the environment Saturday during their first White House meeting.

Insurance giant paying out $165 million in bonuses (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:42 PM PDT AP - American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars.

Obama jokes the GOP wants him to get lost (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 01:19 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is joking that Republicans would like to see him get lost in the Amazon.

Souter, no fan of capital, seems at home in D.C. (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 11:41 AM PDT AP - For a guy who often can't wait to leave town and is said to be considering retirement, Supreme Court Justice David Souter gives the impression he's staying put for a while.

Government bans `downer' cows from food supply (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 09:47 AM PDT AP - The government on Saturday permanently banned the slaughter of cows too sick or weak to stand on their own, seeking to further minimize the chance that mad cow disease could enter the food supply.

Unity '09: Dem groups quietly align (Politico) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 05:45 PM PDT Politico - A broad coalition of left-leaning groups is quietly closing ranks into a new coalition, "Unity '09," aimed at helping President Barack Obama push his agenda through Congress.

Obama picks FDA chief, starts food safety panel (Reuters) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 04:40 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday chose public health and biological threat expert Dr. Margaret Hamburg to run the troubled U.S. Food and Drug Administration and announced a Cabinet-level food safety group.

Getting lost in Amazon? Obama banters with Lula (Reuters) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 03:49 PM PDT Reuters - Foreign leaders hoping to have good chemistry with U.S. President Barack Obama may want to take a lesson from Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Next meeting on middle class in Minnesota (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's middle class task force will hold its next meeting this coming week in St. Cloud, Minn.

Obama says he hasn't yet gone for a swing (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has pushed the girls on their new swing set and made them fly. But he has yet to try the swing he had installed for his daughters on the White House grounds just outside his Oval Office.

Meeting of the minds (Politico) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 02:38 PM PDT Politico - In his first sit-down with a Latin American leader since taking office in January, Barack Obama had what he called a "wonderful meeting of the minds" with Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Republicans say Obama's budget plan too costly (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 01:57 PM PDT AP - Republicans are trying to build on some bipartisan misgivings over President Barack Obama's ambitious spending blueprint, claiming that the deficits and taxes he envisions are "destroying opportunities for the next generation."

Pakistan moots concessions to head off crisis (AFP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 12:04 PM PDT AFP - Concessions held out by Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday to main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif in a bid to defuse the worst political crisis of his rule met a cool response.

Reform, don't ban, earmarks (Politico) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 08:13 AM PDT Politico - I was talking to a Republican mayor of a fairly large city in the southern part of the United States, and the subject of earmarks came up. He was a big fan. “It is a lot easier for me to get the attention of my local congressman than it is to get the attention of a bureaucrat here in Washington.”

THE INFLUENCE GAME: New record for number of PACs (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2009 06:35 AM PDT AP - More groups than ever are contributing money to presidential and congressional candidates as their strongest growth in a generation reflects the fervor over last year's White House election and a desire for access and clout on Capitol Hill.

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