Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP sources: Obama plans trip to Capitol on Friday (AP)
• Democrats say elections won't stop health care (AP)
• Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers (AP)
• Analysis: Election lessons will shape '10 campaign (AP)
• Obama turns to policy (Politico)
• Analysis: For Clinton, tough talk but few results (AP)
• 3 senators join forces to rescue climate bill (AP)
• Obama explains 6th grader's test challenges (AP)
• Former HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer's Senate seat (AP)
• House panel votes to give SEC more money, power (AP)
• AP Sources: Dem Health bill to get AARP backing (AP)
• AP IMPACT: Clunker pickups traded for new pickups (AP)
• Warning sign for Democrats: They're losing independents (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Former surgeon general's letter prompts scare (AP)
• Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Do Tuesday's elections foreshadow a 2010 Obama effect? (The Yahoo! Newsroom)
• Obama offers schools money for backing initiatives (AP)
• House votes to accelerate credit card rules (AP)
• White House: Tuesday's GOP wins not about Obama (AP)
• Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine (AP)

AP sources: Obama plans trip to Capitol on Friday (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama plans a trip to Capitol Hill this week to meet with lawmakers as his push for health care legislation moves forward.

Democrats say elections won't stop health care (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:40 PM PST AP - Far from chastened by off-year election setbacks, congressional Democrats vowed no let-up in the drive to pass controversial health care Wednesday, arguing that the way to regain voter trust was to complete what they started in more prosperous political times.

Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:31 PM PST AP - Recognizing that a weak economy still needs a government boost, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market.

Analysis: Election lessons will shape '10 campaign (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST AP - What we learned from the off-year elections: The president's influence is limited, independents rule, incumbents beware, issues trump ideology and, once more, "It's the economy, stupid."

Obama turns to policy (Politico) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 12:23 PM PST Politico - MADISON, Wis. – Faced with fresh Democratic setbacks on the one-year anniversary of his historical election, President Barack Obama tried to change the topic.

Analysis: For Clinton, tough talk but few results (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:29 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's tense exchanges with Pakistani civilians and Arab diplomats over a harrowing week of foreign stops exposed the confining limits of her office.

3 senators join forces to rescue climate bill (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:42 PM PST AP - A trio of senators with differing political views is working behind-the-scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation.

Obama explains 6th grader's test challenges (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is making the need for parent involvement personal, citing his own daughter's classroom challenges.

Former HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer's Senate seat (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:44 PM PST AP - Former Silicon Valley executive Carly Fiorina announced Wednesday she is running for the chance to seize liberal stalwart Barbara Boxer's U.S. Senate seat, depicting the three-term Democrat as a Capitol Hill do-nothing who penned novels while jobs vanished and government spending soared.

House panel votes to give SEC more money, power (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 01:01 PM PST AP - The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after Bernard Madoff was sentenced for the biggest investment scam in history.

AP Sources: Dem Health bill to get AARP backing (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST AP - In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

AP IMPACT: Clunker pickups traded for new pickups (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST AP - The most common deals under the government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program, aimed at putting more fuel-efficient cars on the road, replaced old Ford or Chevrolet pickups with new ones that got only marginally better gas mileage, according to an analysis of new federal data by The Associated Press.

Warning sign for Democrats: They're losing independents (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:53 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - FAIRFAX STATION, Va. — President Barack Obama and the Democrats have a problem heading into next year's elections for control of Congress — they're losing independents to the Republicans and parts of their own Democratic base to apathy.

Former surgeon general's letter prompts scare (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:42 PM PST AP - An unstamped letter from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop turned into a security scare Wednesday as U.S. Capitol Police closed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office for about 45 minutes.

Election results chill moderate Democrats in Congress (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:30 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Already-skittish moderate Democrats in Congress got fresh reasons Wednesday to worry about their votes on economic and health care legislation from the election results in Virginia and New Jersey.

Do Tuesday's elections foreshadow a 2010 Obama effect? (The Yahoo! Newsroom) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST The Yahoo! Newsroom - Much was made, some thought too much, about how the outcome of Tuesday's state races would serve as a referendum on President Obama one year after his historic election victory.

Obama offers schools money for backing initiatives (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:52 PM PST AP - Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White House priorities.

House votes to accelerate credit card rules (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:51 PM PST AP - The House voted on Wednesday to impose immediately tough new rules for credit card companies after voters complained of increased interest rates and steep new fees.

White House: Tuesday's GOP wins not about Obama (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:45 PM PST AP - The White House says that Republican wins in two governors' races were not referendums on the president.

Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine (AP) Posted: 04 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST AP - Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate.

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