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• Senate panel rejects gov't-run insurance option (AP)
• Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats (AP)
• US to send home 4,000 more troops from Iraq (AP)
• Senate climate bill tougher than House version (AP)
• Grayson: GOP wants 'you to die' (Politico)
• Obama to honor India with his first state dinner (AP)
• Would-be pro player relates tale of steroid woes (AP)
• NATO leader agrees war strategy should be reviewed (AP)
• McCain tries to kill additional C-17 cargo jets (AP)
• Obama's Olympic pitch draws GOP complaints (AP)
• Harry situation: What if Reid loses? (Politico)
• US: No `snap judgment' this week on Iran nukes (AP)
• Meg Whitman: I focused on family instead of voting (AP)
• GOP lawmaker clarifies remarks critical of Obama (AP)
• Obama announces mid-October visit to Gulf Coast (AP)
• U.S. eyes insurers, fuel in Iran sanctions strategy (Reuters)
• Nov. 3 Date Set for New York House Special (CQPolitics.com)
• Military to get mandatory swine flu shots soon (AP)
• Geithner makes case for quick reform (Politico)
• Congress Tackles Afghanistan Strategy As Obama Wavers (Time.com)

Senate panel rejects gov't-run insurance option (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - In a long-anticipated showdown, liberal Democrats twice failed on Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate, despite bipartisan agreement that private insurers must change their ways.

Toyota to recall 3.8M vehicles over floor mats (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it will recall 3.8 million vehicles in the United States, the company's largest-ever U.S. recall, to address problems with a removable floor mat that could cause accelerators to get stuck and lead to a crash. The recall will involve popular models such as the Toyota Camry, the top-selling passenger car in America, and the Toyota Prius, the best-selling gas-electric hybrid.

US to send home 4,000 more troops from Iraq (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - The top general in Iraq is sending home 4,000 more U.S. troops by the end of October as the American military winds down the six-year war. Army Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing Wednesday that the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq will total about 120,000 over the next month.

Senate climate bill tougher than House version (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Senate Democrats are pushing for a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020 — deeper than what the House has passed and what President Barack Obama wants — according to a long-awaited bill that will test how serious the U.S. is about slowing global warming.

Grayson: GOP wants 'you to die' (Politico) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT Politico - Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., warned Americans that "Republicans want you to die quickly" during an after-hours House floor speech Tuesday night.

Obama to honor India with his first state dinner (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - And the first state dinner of President Barack Obama's administration goes to ... India.

Would-be pro player relates tale of steroid woes (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:38 PM PDT AP - Jareem Gunter, a college baseball player with dreams of playing professionally, thought he had found a "diamond in the rough," a safe and legal dietary supplement that would make him healthier.

NATO leader agrees war strategy should be reviewed (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT AP - As the White House began Tuesday to debate in earnest the increasingly unpopular Afghanistan war, NATO's secretary-general said President Barack Obama is right to delay troop decisions until a possibly revamped approach is devised.

McCain tries to kill additional C-17 cargo jets (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - While ceding some ground to President Obama on high-profile weapons cuts, lawmakers are cutting money for training and spare parts to pay for other weapons Obama doesn't want and their own pet projects.

Obama's Olympic pitch draws GOP complaints (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - President Obama's decision to travel to Copenhagen to boost Chicago's chances of winning the 2016 Olympics has drawn criticism from some Republicans, who call it a boondoggle for Obama's hometown allies and evidence the president has blurred his priorities.

Harry situation: What if Reid loses? (Politico) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:15 PM PDT Politico - It’s a question few in the Senate will ask aloud but one that’s creeping into the chamber’s collective consciousness: What happens to Democrats if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid really does get knocked off in the 2010 midterm elections?

US: No `snap judgment' this week on Iran nukes (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration, while skeptical of an early breakthrough in nuclear talks with Iran, indicated Tuesday it does not intend to swiftly press for stiffer economic sanctions.

Meg Whitman: I focused on family instead of voting (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday that it wasn't until she was a chief executive in Silicon Valley that she realized why she should vote after sitting out elections for decades.

GOP lawmaker clarifies remarks critical of Obama (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - A Republican congressman who called President Barack Obama an "enemy of humanity" said Tuesday that he should have made clear that he was referring to the president's policies related to abortion.

Obama announces mid-October visit to Gulf Coast (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll visit the Hurricane Katrina-damaged Gulf Coast by mid-October.

U.S. eyes insurers, fuel in Iran sanctions strategy (Reuters) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - The White House is weighing sanctions targeting Iran's dependence on gasoline imports and insurance firms that underwrite the trade, even as the Obama administration focuses for now on diplomatic efforts to resolve a nuclear standoff.

Nov. 3 Date Set for New York House Special (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 03:01 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The election to fill former Rep. John M. McHugh's upstate New York House seat will take place Nov. 3, setting up a month-long sprint in the three-way contest.

Military to get mandatory swine flu shots soon (AP) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - U.S. military troops will begin getting required swine flu shots in the next week to 10 days, with active duty forces deploying to war zones and other critical areas going to the front of the vaccine line, a top military commander said Tuesday.

Geithner makes case for quick reform (Politico) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 02:41 PM PDT Politico - With time on the legislative calendar running short, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday made his best case for Congress to pass the Obama administration’s financial regulatory reform proposal before the year is out.

Congress Tackles Afghanistan Strategy As Obama Wavers (Time.com) Posted: 29 Sep 2009 01:45 PM PDT Time.com - The Senate on Tuesday is expected to debate amendments to the 2010 defense appropriations bill that are likely to include everything from timelines for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan to proposals to send upwards of 40,000 more

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