Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama embraces House financial overhaul bill (AP)
• Dem moderates challenge Reid on health care plan (AP)
• Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy (AP)
• Lamont could 'opt in' vs. Lieberman (Politico)
• Obama on Va. governor's race: It's not over yet (AP)
• Review finds 9/11 Potomac exercise was ill-advised (AP)
• DEA identifies 3 agents killed in Afghanistan (AP)
• Analysis: US making plans for Iran nuke strategy (AP)
• Gibbs: Obama closer to decision on Afghanistan (AP)
• Democrats downplay Lieberman threat (Politico)
• Senate votes to take up jobless benefit extension (AP)
• Bombings push U.S. toll to worst month in Afghan war (Reuters)
• Obama girls get swine flu shots, Obama will wait (AP)
• Twitter user list favors Dems in Calif. gov race (AP)
• Obama officially extends sanctions on Sudan (Reuters)
• Obama hails financial regulation bill in House (AP)
• Obama officially backs extension of jobless benefits (Reuters)
• House bill likely to include long-term health care (AP)
• Obama renews sanctions against Sudan (AP)

Obama embraces House financial overhaul bill (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Tuesday embraced a House bill that would give the government unprecedented power to seize bank holding companies and other large financial firms teetering on the brink of collapse and stick their competitors with the cost.

Dem moderates challenge Reid on health care plan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:12 PM PDT AP - Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans, underscoring the enormity of the challenge confronting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid one day after he unveiled the plan as a consensus product.

Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs of a rift emerged among Democrats over the bill's costs.

Lamont could 'opt in' vs. Lieberman (Politico) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:03 PM PDT Politico - Former Connecticut Senate candidate and progressive standard-bearer Ned Lamont blasted Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) Tuesday for announcing that he would support a Republican filibuster of any health care reform bill that included a public health insurance option.

Obama on Va. governor's race: It's not over yet (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:36 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama urged Virginians Tuesday to elect a Democrat as governor next week, but party officials braced for a defeat that could take some sheen off Obama's first year in office.

Review finds 9/11 Potomac exercise was ill-advised (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - Holding a training exercise near the Pentagon on Sept. 11 this year was ill-advised, but it did not violate Coast Guard policies, an internal review found.

DEA identifies 3 agents killed in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:53 PM PDT AP - The Drug Enforcement Administration has identified the three agents killed Monday in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the agency's first fatalities in its counter-narcotics operations in that country.

Analysis: US making plans for Iran nuke strategy (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:18 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is quietly laying the groundwork for long-range strategy that could be used to contain a nuclear-equipped Iran and deter its leaders from using atomic weapons.

Gibbs: Obama closer to decision on Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:22 PM PDT AP - The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has nearly finished gathering information and advice on how to proceed in Afghanistan, but he will weigh his options before announcing a plan on U.S. troop strength there.

Democrats downplay Lieberman threat (Politico) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:06 PM PDT Politico - Joe Lieberman has once again rolled a political hand grenade into the Democrats’ tent.

Senate votes to take up jobless benefit extension (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 05:03 PM PDT AP - After weeks of political haggling, the Senate agreed Tuesday to take up legislation that would give people running out of unemployment insurance benefits up to 20 more weeks of federal aid.

Bombings push U.S. toll to worst month in Afghan war (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - Eight U.S. troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday ahead of a run-off presidential election, the NATO-led alliance said, in the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the start of the war eight years ago.

Obama girls get swine flu shots, Obama will wait (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:24 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha, have received their swine flu shots.

Twitter user list favors Dems in Calif. gov race (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - When people sign up for Twitter, the popular social-networking site presents a list of suggested users to follow, driving significant traffic to sports figures, celebrities, politicians and other prominent posters.

Obama officially extends sanctions on Sudan (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama formally renewed U.S. sanctions on Sudan on Tuesday under his new strategy of keeping up pressure while offering incentives to the Khartoum government.

Obama hails financial regulation bill in House (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 03:42 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is cheering an effort to rein in large financial firms. He says proposed legislation in the House would let government take down failing institutions and make taxpayers whole.

Obama officially backs extension of jobless benefits (Reuters) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:59 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration on Tuesday officially threw its weight behind legislation making its way through Congress to provide additional weeks of unemployment benefits to help Americans hit by rising joblessness.

House bill likely to include long-term health care (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:30 PM PDT AP - House health care legislation expected within days is likely to include a new long-term care insurance program to help seniors and disabled people stay out of nursing homes, senior Democrats say.

Obama renews sanctions against Sudan (AP) Posted: 27 Oct 2009 02:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions against Sudan, saying the government's actions and policies pose a continuing threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy.

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