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• Obama disapproval on health care up to 52 percent (AP)
• Court signals it may loosen campaign spending (AP)
• Last Senate panel sets timetable for health care (AP)
• Skeptical SCOTUS in finance hearing (Politico)
• GOP says Obama needs to start over on health care (AP)
• Senate shakeup won't change liberal control (AP)
• Analysis: Administration weighs Afghan options (AP)
• Flight 93 passengers, crew honored at Capitol (AP)
• Industry pushes new international visitor fee (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Obama drops iffy line on health plan (AP)
• Top Democrats Back Senate Appointment at Massachusetts Hearing (CQPolitics.com)
• Core financial reforms to succeed: Geithner (Reuters)
• Obama says to end bickering, pass healthcare reform (Reuters)
• State senator opts to run against Reid (AP)
• Mass. Democrats support filling Kennedy seat now (Reuters)
• Obama warns Americans will die without health reform (AFP)
• Obama regrets delaying details for health plan (AP)
• Obama Seeks To Refocus Health Care Debate as GOP Calls for Fresh Start (CQPolitics.com)
• Excerpts of Obama's health care address (AP)

Obama disapproval on health care up to 52 percent (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - Public disapproval of President Barack Obama's handling of health care has leaped to 52 percent, according to Associated Press-GfK poll that underscores the country's glowering mood just as the White House revs up its pitch for an overhaul.

Court signals it may loosen campaign spending (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in time for next year's elections. Such a step could roll back a century of attempts to restrain the power of corporate treasuries in American politics.

Last Senate panel sets timetable for health care (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:33 PM PDT AP - A leading Senate negotiator acknowledged Wednesday that a bipartisan deal on health care is unlikely, vowing to move ahead on a bill fulfilling President Barack Obama's top domestic priority whether it has Republican support or not.

Skeptical SCOTUS in finance hearing (Politico) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 12:28 PM PDT Politico - Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed strong skepticism about restrictions on corporate election spending in a case the court heard Wednesday that observers said could fundamentally reshape the way American political campaigns are waged.

GOP says Obama needs to start over on health care (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - Slow down and start over. That was the message from top Capitol Hill Republicans in advance of President Barack Obama's address Wednesday night to Congress and the nation on health care.

Senate shakeup won't change liberal control (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT AP - A leadership shake-up announced Wednesday by Senate Democrats due to Ted Kennedy's death will continue to empower the party's more left-leaning members on crucial issues, with Sen. Tom Harkin set to take over health care.

Analysis: Administration weighs Afghan options (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - As President Barack Obama weighs thrusting America deeper into the conflict in Afghanistan with perhaps thousands more combat troops, his administration has yet to answer a question at the core of his strategy for turning around the deteriorating war: How long will it last?

Flight 93 passengers, crew honored at Capitol (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - It was a day of thank yous and thoughts of what could've been, as family members of the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday to honor those who perished aboard that plane eight years ago.

Industry pushes new international visitor fee (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - Senators voted Wednesday to charge international travelers a $10 fee to help pay for a new nonprofit corporation that would promote tourism in the United States.

FACT CHECK: Obama drops iffy line on health plan (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT AP - The change was subtle, but significant. In his speech to Congress on Wednesday night, President Barack Obama gave a more accurate — and less reassuring — account of the impact of his proposed health care overall than he has done in the past. It went by in a blink.

Top Democrats Back Senate Appointment at Massachusetts Hearing (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - Sen. John Kerry, Rep. Bill Delahunt and numerous other Massachusetts Democrats urged Wednesday the state's legislature to allow the governor to fill temporarily the late Edward M. Kennedy's seat until a January special election.

Core financial reforms to succeed: Geithner (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will succeed at winning core reforms to improve consumer protection and financial system stability despite a "tremendous fight" on the issue in Congress, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.

Obama says to end bickering, pass healthcare reform (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will tell Congress on Wednesday "the time for bickering is over" and call for quick action on a comprehensive healthcare overhaul that would dramatically transform the U.S. insurance market and health system.

State senator opts to run against Reid (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:49 PM PDT AP - Nevada state Sen. Mark Amodei is joining a growing list of Republican candidates who will try to prevent Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from winning a fifth term.

Mass. Democrats support filling Kennedy seat now (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Democratic politicians and voters urged Massachusetts lawmakers Wednesday to pass a law that would allow an interim senator to succeed the late Edward Kennedy immediately.

Obama warns Americans will die without health reform (AFP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama warned Congress Wednesday that more Americans would die if it did not act now on health care, seizing the spotlight at a pivotal moment for his embattled reform drive.

Obama regrets delaying details for health plan (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - In retrospect, President Barack Obama now says, he should have offered more details about health care proposals a few months ago, rather than give critics all summer to criticize them, often with baseless claims.

Obama Seeks To Refocus Health Care Debate as GOP Calls for Fresh Start (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:16 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - President Obama steps before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night hoping to clear up public confusion about the health care changes he's proposing and rally congressional Democrats divided over the extent to which government should be involved in the medical system.

Excerpts of Obama's health care address (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - Excerpts of President Barack Obama's address to Congress about health care reform Wednesday night, as provided by the White House.

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