Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama challenges GOP critics on health care (AP)
• Medicare took one year; overhaul to take nearly 10 (AP)
• Voting rate dips in 2008 as older whites stay home (AP)
• Doctors, Eli Lilly and Co. lead in health lobbying (AP)
• Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion (Politico)
• Senate takes up concealed weapons measure (AP)
• Obama honors first men to land on moon (AP)
• GOP, divided on Sotomayor, won't drag out debate (AP)
• Judge: CIA committed fraud in eavesdropping case (AP)
• Obama, Mormon leader meet in Oval Office (AP)
• Obama mixes it up in health care brawl (Politico)
• First daughters check out parents done in wax (AP)
• Obama campaigns for public support of healthcare push (Reuters)
• Obama hits out at Wall Street banks (Reuters)
• Fish fry, NY fundraiser highlight Ala. gov's race (AP)
• Obama to nominate Sommers to another CFTC term (AP)
• As economy bites, White House delays budget review (Reuters)
• US financial market bailout tab hits $4.7 trillion (AP)
• Michelle Obama sponsors future Coast Guard cutter (AP)
• Gates announces Army being increased by 22,000 (AP)

Obama challenges GOP critics on health care (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama pushed back hard against Republican critics of his health care overhaul plan Monday, dismissing the "politics of the moment" marked by GOP comparisons of his efforts to socialism.

Medicare took one year; overhaul to take nearly 10 (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:59 PM PDT AP - President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare law on July 30, 1965, and 11 months later seniors were receiving coverage. But if President Barack Obama gets to sign a health care overhaul this fall, the uninsured won't be covered until 2013 — after the next presidential election.

Voting rate dips in 2008 as older whites stay home (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - For all the attention generated by Barack Obama's candidacy, the share of eligible voters who actually cast ballots in November declined for the first time in a dozen years. The reason: Older whites with little interest in backing either Barack Obama or John McCain stayed home.

Doctors, Eli Lilly and Co. lead in health lobbying (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:08 PM PDT AP - The country's largest doctors' group and one of the nation's biggest pharmaceutical companies reported spending more money than other health care organizations on lobbying in the second quarter of this year.

Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion (Politico) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:10 PM PDT Politico - A series of bailouts, bank rescues and other economic lifelines could end up costing the federal government as much as $23 trillion, the U.S. government’s watchdog over the effort says – a staggering amount that is nearly double the nation’s entire economic output for a year.

Senate takes up concealed weapons measure (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - A measure taken up by the Senate Monday would give people the right to carry concealed weapons across state lines as long as they obey the concealed gun laws of the state they are visiting.

Obama honors first men to land on moon (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:57 PM PDT AP - Hailing the Apollo 11 astronauts as "three genuine American heroes," President Barack Obama said Monday that exploration spurs ingenuity and inspires students in math and science.

GOP, divided on Sotomayor, won't drag out debate (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:54 PM PDT AP - Senate Republicans, divided over whether to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, aren't planning a drawn-out floor debate on her nomination.

Judge: CIA committed fraud in eavesdropping case (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:21 PM PDT AP - A federal judge has ruled that CIA officials committed fraud to protect a former covert agent against an eavesdropping lawsuit and is considering sanctioning as many as six who have worked at the agency, including former CIA Director George Tenet.

Obama, Mormon leader meet in Oval Office (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:16 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama met with the leader of the Mormon church on Monday in the Oval Office, thanking the religion's president for a thorough history of the first family.

Obama mixes it up in health care brawl (Politico) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:32 PM PDT Politico - After months of focusing on the finer points of health reform policy, President Barack Obama dove into the political street-fight threatening his signature issue Monday — taking aim at a freshman Republican senator in hopes of rallying Democrats increasingly nervous about Obama-style reform.

First daughters check out parents done in wax (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:30 PM PDT AP - The sight of their parents done up in wax at Madame Tussauds museum in Washington sent Sasha and Malia Obama giggling.

Obama campaigns for public support of healthcare push (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday spiraling healthcare costs were battering American families as he sought to bolster wavering public support for plans to revamp the $2 trillion U.S. healthcare industry.

Obama hits out at Wall Street banks (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Wall Street banks had failed to show remorse for the "wild risks" that triggered a financial meltdown and helped to push the United States into recession.

Fish fry, NY fundraiser highlight Ala. gov's race (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Artur Davis' campaign to become Alabama's first black governor is drawing notice as far off as New York, where a prominent attorney organized a top-dollar fundraiser at his swanky Manhattan penthouse. A rival Democrat, Ron Sparks, is also angling for funds far ahead of the party's 2010 primary — by calling all donors to a fish fry.

Obama to nominate Sommers to another CFTC term (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he intends to nominate Jill Sommers to another term as a commissioner on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

As economy bites, White House delays budget review (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - As unemployment rises and economic forecasts sour, the White House has delayed until August the release of its mid-year budget review, which is likely to include a revised projection of the 2009 deficit.

US financial market bailout tab hits $4.7 trillion (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:46 PM PDT AP - The federal government has devoted $4.7 trillion to help the financial sector through its crisis, a level of assistance equal to about one-third of the overall U.S. economy, a watchdog report said Monday.

Michelle Obama sponsors future Coast Guard cutter (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - In a first for a first lady, Michelle Obama is sponsoring a future Coast Guard cutter.

Gates announces Army being increased by 22,000 (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:02 PM PDT AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Monday that the size of the Army will be increased temporarily by 22,000 soldiers to help meet the needs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other missions around the world.

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