2009年9月16日星期三

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Baucus outlines health plan without GOP support (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. gestures during his news conference on health care legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - His calls for compromise rebuffed by Republicans, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee unveiled sweeping legislation Wednesday to remake the nation's costly health care system largely along the lines outlined by President Barack Obama.

Obama: No 'pending' decision on troops to Afghan (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:33 PM PDT

In a handout picture released by the US Coalition Force and taken on August 17, 2009 US soldiers patrol in Korengal valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province. US President Barack Obama rejected comparisons between the deepening US involvement in Afghanistan and the Vietnam war in an interview with the New York Times published Tuesday.(AFP/HO/File/Matthew Moeller)AP - President Barack Obama said Wednesday there will be no quick decision on whether to send more U.S. troops into the widening war in Afghanistan, saying "my determination is to get this right."

EPA tells court it will redo Bush-era smog rule (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:19 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration signaled Wednesday that it would scrap a controversial Bush-era rule that set stricter limits for smog but fell short of scientific recommendations.

Embattled ACORN orders independent investigation (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:37 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - An advocacy group under fire after employees were caught on camera appearing to advise a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp to lie about the woman's profession to get housing help said Wednesday it is ordering an independent investigation.

GOP seizes on ACORN funding (Politico)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:38 AM PDT

Politico - Seizing on an issue that has been trumpeted by conservative media, Republican congressional leaders have launched an all-out campaign to choke off any federal dollars from going to ACORN, the scandal-plagued anti-poverty group.

Under fire, Napolitano halts projects for review (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:06 PM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2009 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano addresses the American Legion national convention in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke, FILE)AP - Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected.

Afghan war benchmarks focus heavily on Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:54 PM PDT

In this undated photo provided by the Department of Defense via the The Times and Democrat, Spc. Demetrius L. Void is shown. A Pentagon statement issued Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009, says Spc. Demetrius L. Void of Orangeburg, S.C., was performing physical training at Kandahar Airfield on Tuesday when he was struck and killed by a military vehicle in Afghanistan. Void was assigned to the 57th Expeditionary Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Department of Defense via The Times and Democrat)AP - The Obama administration's road map to winning the war in Afghanistan relies heavily on clearing al-Qaida terrorists from Pakistan, according to a list of benchmarks given Wednesday to an increasingly skeptical Congress.

White House: Criticism of Obama not based on race (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley walk together on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, during an event supporting Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House says President Barack Obama doesn't believe he's being criticized because of his race.

SPIN METER: Biden's water projects claim a stretch (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 01:03 PM PDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2009, file photo Vice President Joe Biden holds up a copy of the administration's 'Roadmap to Recovery' for President Barack Obama as he talks about the program during a Cabinet meeting at the in Washington. The Obama administration says it has started more than 200 projects to improve water quality under the federal stimulus, but construction has not begun on any of the 10 largest projects in continental U.S. declared 'started' by the administration during the last 100 days. Workers won't actually begin digging at many job sites until sometime next year. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)AP - Under pressure to show quick results from the economic stimulus, the White House is taking credit for starting to build hundreds of rural water systems nationwide.

Senate votes to allow guns on Amtrak (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:30 PM PDT

AP - The Senate voted Wednesday to permit passengers on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage.

A look at who's in, out for Kennedy seat (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 05:01 PM PDT

AP - A glance at who's in and who's out of the special election race to succeed the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.:

No Time to Waste in N.Y. 23 House Special (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT

CQPolitics.com - The long-stalled confirmation of New York Republican Rep. John McHugh as secretary of the Army now appears imminent, which in turn will kick the special election race to succeed him into high gear.

The race from race: Dems rebut Carter (Politico)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 04:07 PM PDT

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Politico - Jimmy Carter is 84 years old and three decades removed from the White House, but he still has the power to make Democrats run.

Tally shows Karzai in lead; EU casts doubt on votes (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:40 PM PDT

The head of a European Union election observer mission Philippe Morillon talks during an interview with Reuters in Kabul September 16, 2009. REUTERS/Omar SobhaniReuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai won the presidential vote outright in the first round, election officials said on Wednesday, but the European Union said more than a third of his votes might be suspect because of fraud.

White House: G-20 summit will not be `victory lap' (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:31 PM PDT

AP - Wary of complacency, President Barack Obama will urge a summit of world financial powers to stick with efforts to boost the global economy rather than abandon coordinated economic stimulus work, a top White House adviser said Wednesday.

Obama visits Hispanic caucus' gala (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:27 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama speaks with workers at the Lordstown Complex General Motors Plant in Warren, Ohio, on September 15, 2009. President Obama does not believe G20 states should slap limits on executive pay, an official said Wednesday, as Europe readied a call for AP - President Barack Obama is pushing his ambitious health care overhaul to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Harper: Tentative deal reached on flight dispute (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:13 PM PDT

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)AP - The U.S. and Canada have a tentative deal to settle a dispute over charter flights that threatened to disrupt the upcoming professional hockey and basketball seasons, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday.

WWE CEO Linda McMahon wades into Conn. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:03 PM PDT

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., meets with former Senate Sergeant-of-Arms Jim Ziegler on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon has never been shy about wading into the ring — and now she's plotting a smackdown of Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd.

One-time coal miner Trumka takes helm of AFL-CIO (AP)

Posted: 16 Sep 2009 03:52 PM PDT

In this Sept. 15, 2009 photo, then, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka, left, stands with AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney, right, after hearing President Barack Obama address the delegates attending the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh. Union members have formally elected Richard Trumka as the AFL-CIO's first new president in 14 years Wednesday, Sept. 16. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)AP - Richard Trumka, who rose from the coal mines of Pennsylvania to the top ranks of the nation's labor movement, took the helm of the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, ushering in a more aggressive style of leadership and vowing to revive unions' sagging membership rolls.

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