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Yahoo! News: Elections

Dem negotiator: Time here for health care action (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:36 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. talks to reporter outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FILE)AP - The Senate's chief Democratic negotiator on a health care bill is indicating it's time to act and has told his colleagues he won't wait much longer for a Republican compromise.

Obama promotes new ways to save for retirement (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 02:56 PM PDT

President Barack Obama walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as he departs for the Camp David presidential retreat, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The recession has eaten into people's nest eggs so the government is promoting ways to make it easier to save for retirement.

Obama's back-to-school message is responsibility (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2009 file photo Education Secretary Arne Duncan has lunch with students at Eagle School in Martinsburg, W.Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FILE)AP - Classrooms are filling up as kids head back to school, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan's two children are among them.

Analysis: Crunch time for Obama on health care (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:14 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama visits Sunset Lake in Yellowstone National Park August 15, 2009. Obama announced measures on Saturday to encourage Americans to save more money for retirement, a move the White House said would put the economy on a stronger footing in the future. REUTERS/Pete Souza/HandoutAP - When Barack Obama was considering running for president in 2006, the political strategist who had engineered his Senate victory two years earlier bluntly stated a potentially fatal concern.

US Embassy memo: 'Afghan First' (Politico)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 01:01 PM PDT

Politico - U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, retired Gen. Karl Eikenberry, has distributed an unclassified memo to U.S. diplomatic and foreign assistance personnel, obtained by POLITICO, which calls for the “Afghanization” of foreign assistance to that country.

Hillary movie puts campaign finance limits at risk (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2007 file photo, former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson speaks in New York . (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, FILE)AP - The Supreme Court appears poised to wipe away limits on campaign spending by corporations and labor unions in time for next year's congressional elections in a case that began as a dispute over a movie about Hillary Rodham Clinton.

For the jobless, every day is a battle (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:26 PM PDT

In this Sept. 4, 2009 photo, David O'Bryan uses the computer to search for jobs in Barre, Vt. The nearly 15 million unemployed Americans won't enjoy Labor Day as a relaxing respite from work. Instead, they'll once again need to prepare to get up, hit the pavement and keep hunting for a job. As the jobless rate nears 10 percent, even those fortunate enough to be employed fret about keeping their jobs. But for those without them, it's a daily struggle with emotional and economic distress. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Every day it's a battle. The nearly 15 million unemployed Americans won't enjoy Labor Day as a relaxing respite from work. Instead, they'll once again need to prepare to get up, hit the pavement and keep hunting for a job.

Airplane trade ruling may seem outdated (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:54 PM PDT

RESEND of graphic that moved on 090209; chart shows historic aircraft deliveries from Boeing and AirbusAP - The World Trade Organization's ruling that European loans for Airbus were illegal subsidies is being cheered by U.S. lawmakers loyal to the Boeing Co., even though the preliminary decision may seem outdated now that government subsidies, bailouts and takeovers are common.

Dems signal resistance to Afghan troop increase (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:55 PM PDT

Afghan security forces stand guard near a burnt fuel tanker in Kunduz, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 4, 2009. NATO jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, Afghan officials said. (AP Photo)AP - Senate Democrats are signaling that any push by the White House for more troops in Afghanistan probably will run into resistance.

Maine's Snowe seen as key player in health care (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:29 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, talks about health care reform during an interview at the Associated Press bureau in Portland, Maine. Snowe, a longtime Republican lawmaker who prides herself on her bipartisan approaches to the thorniest issues, finds herself in the middle of another one with big stakes: health care. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)AP - While working for a marketing firm, Michael Townsend coined the signature phrase that appears on highway signs, T-shirts and tourism promos in these parts: "Maine — the Way Life Should Be."

Pelosi loath to drop hammer on Rangel (Politico)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:47 PM PDT

Politico - Why is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refusing a growing chorus of calls to drop the hammer on ethics-challenged Charlie Rangel?

INSIDE WASHINGTON: A costly bid to help Hawaii (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 04:32 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 5, 2006, file photo, Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, speaks at a new conference on Capitol Hill. Abercrombie has discovered a lifeline for Hawaii's struggling construction industry in the military build-up of the federal territory of Guam. His idea: Legislate high wages for a massive construction project in Guam, restrict the ability of foreigners to get those jobs and hope Hawaiians, though 3,800 miles away, will flock there for the work. The cost to U.S. taxpayers if he gets his proposal through Congress: $10 billion by one official estimate, doubling the price tag of the project. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP - A veteran House member from Hawaii has found a way to help his state's struggling construction industry — and boost his campaign for governor. The catch? It would cost taxpayers an extra $10 billion.

Obama unveils measures to spur retirement saving (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:49 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama announced new measures on Saturday to encourage Americans to save more money for retirement, a move the White House said would put the economy on a stronger footing in the future.

Fresh violence flares in Gabon (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT

An overturned vehicle is part of a makeshift barricade which was erected in the second city of Port Gentil on a main road leading to Libreville. Gabon's president-elect Ali Bongo attended a World Cup qualifying match on Saturday and appealed for calm after protests against his hotly disputed election victory that have left two people dead.(AFP)AFP - Gabon's president-elect Ali Bongo appealed for calm Saturday after protests against his hotly disputed election victory left two people dead and unrest broke out again for a third night running.

Gabon hit by new clashes, football fails to bring relief (AFP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 12:34 PM PDT

An overturned vehicle is part of a makeshift barricade which was erected in the second city of Port Gentil on a main road leading to Libreville. Gabon's president-elect Ali Bongo attended a World Cup qualifying match on Saturday and appealed for calm after protests against his hotly disputed election victory that have left two people dead.(AFP)AFP - Gabon's president-elect Ali Bongo attended a World Cup qualifying match on Saturday amid heavy security following protests against his hotly disputed election that left two people dead.

Iran's Mousavi defiant after MPs back Ahmadinejad (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 08:42 AM PDT

A poster of Iran's moderate presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi is seen in the ground in Tehran June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Ahmed JadallahReuters - Opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called on Saturday for more protests over Iran's disputed June election, two days after lawmakers backed most of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new government ministers.

Brief look at the major players in 'Hillary' case (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 07:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 20, 2009 file photo David Bossie, leader of Citizens United and producer of 'Hillary: The Movie', is seen in his office in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FILE)AP - A brief look at some of the people involved in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission arguments in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday:

Campaign finance laws before the Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 06:15 AM PDT

AP - The federal and state campaign finance laws and legal interpretations of them at stake as the Supreme Court hears a reargument of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:

What groups are telling court about 'Hillary' case (AP)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 06:15 AM PDT

AP - A brief look at what different groups are telling the Supreme Court about the current campaign finance laws in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case to be argued Wednesday:

The first family you can identify with (Politico)

Posted: 05 Sep 2009 05:14 AM PDT

Politico - Labor Day marks the end of summer and, along with it, the highly photogenic vacations of the first family. No more pictures of President Barack Obama riding a bike or swinging a golf club before taking his daughters for ice cream.

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