Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP-GfK Poll: Gains for Obama, not his Afghan plans (AP)
• Analysis: Obama won't break new ground at summit (AP)
• House narrowly approves year-end jobs (AP)
• House approves $290 billion increase in debt limit (AP)
• Pelosi in 'campaign mode' (Politico)
• Senators: Drugmakers will pay more for health bill (AP)
• Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate (AP)
• DHS made improper intel report on Nation of Islam (AP)
• Diplomat: Pakistan holding up some US visas (AP)
• US to expand eyes in the sky over Afghanistan (AP)
• No ho, ho spirit at 'Harry Christmas' time (AP)
• Vote by Christmas seems in peril (Politico)
• Obama: Tax hikes, spending cuts wrong for economy (Reuters)
• U.S. Senate staggers toward healthcare votes (Reuters)
• US lawmakers approve jobs package (AFP)
• Obama on war decision: `You feel it viscerally' (AP)
• House passes defense bill, rushes to adjournment (AP)
• Obama must sell Afghan surge: US House Speaker (AFP)
• Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law (AP)
• US sees Iran edging closer to nuclear arms knowhow (AP)

AP-GfK Poll: Gains for Obama, not his Afghan plans (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:18 PM PST AP - Americans like seeing President Barack Obama finally tackle Afghanistan — even if most don't support his plans.

Analysis: Obama won't break new ground at summit (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:47 PM PST AP - A warning to delegates in Copenhagen: If you're looking for President Barack Obama to cave to pressure and deepen U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gases, don't bet on it.

House narrowly approves year-end jobs (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 06:00 PM PST AP - Democrats in the House Wednesday muscled through a year-end plan to create jobs, mixing about $50 billion for public works projects with another almost $50 billion for cash-strapped state and local governments.

House approves $290 billion increase in debt limit (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 01:28 PM PST AP - The House on Wednesday passed legislation giving the federal government the ability to borrow a whopping $290 billion to finance its operations for just six additional weeks.

Pelosi in 'campaign mode' (Politico) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:42 PM PST Politico - Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted Wednesday that job creation and deficit reduction will be the central Democratic themes for the coming year – and that public support for health care reform will rebound once a bill has been sent to President Barack Obama.

Senators: Drugmakers will pay more for health bill (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:18 PM PST AP - Democratic senators said Wednesday they've been told the pharmaceutical industry will contribute billions of dollars more than it has previously promised for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, with the money being used to close a gap in Medicare drug coverage.

Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:36 PM PST AP - The liberals' longtime dream of a government-run health care system for all died Wednesday in the Senate, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont vowed it will return when the realization dawns that private insurance companies "are no longer needed."

DHS made improper intel report on Nation of Islam (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:34 PM PST AP - Homeland security officials improperly gathered intelligence on the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim group, but government rules were "unintentionally and inadvertently violated" and only publicly available information was collected, according to documents made public Wednesday.

Diplomat: Pakistan holding up some US visas (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:12 PM PST AP - Pakistan has held up visas for U.S. diplomats, military service members and others, apparently because of hostility within the country toward the expansion of U.S. operations in Pakistan, a senior U.S. diplomat said Wednesday.

US to expand eyes in the sky over Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:03 PM PST AP - The U.S. military is adding more drones and expanding its video surveillance in the skies over Afghanistan to meet the needs of American forces as 30,000 more troops head into the war zone, a top Air Force general said Wednesday.

No ho, ho spirit at 'Harry Christmas' time (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:32 PM PST AP - Ho, ho — hold that holiday thought.

Vote by Christmas seems in peril (Politico) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:22 PM PST Politico - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to pass the Senate health care reform bill by Christmas looked increasingly in doubt Wednesday, as Republicans launched an offensive to stall the legislation and Democrats had yet to strike a 60-vote compromise.

Obama: Tax hikes, spending cuts wrong for economy (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 05:16 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday raising taxes or cutting spending would be the "wrong thing to do" next year when the U.S. economy is still fragile and this would be reflected in his budget plan and State of the Union speech.

U.S. Senate staggers toward healthcare votes (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:58 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. Senate staggered toward the healthcare finish line on Wednesday, as Republicans used new tactics to delay debate and a Democratic holdout remained uncommitted after meeting President Barack Obama.

US lawmakers approve jobs package (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:44 PM PST AFP - The US House of Representatives, grappling with double-digit unemployment on the cusp of an election year, narrowly approved a 154-billion-dollar spending bill Wednesday aimed at creating jobs.

Obama on war decision: `You feel it viscerally' (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:17 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama spoke in personal terms Wednesday about the weight of war, calling his middle-of-the-night trip to Dover, Del., to greet the remains of fallen soldiers the most powerful moment of his presidency.

House passes defense bill, rushes to adjournment (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST AP - The House voted Wednesday to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and ensure the jobless don't lose their benefits, spearheading a flurry of legislative activity as lawmakers hurried to finish their work for the year.

Obama must sell Afghan surge: US House Speaker (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:34 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama will have to sell his escalation of the war in Afghanistan to his divided Democratic allies in the US Congress, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday.

Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:57 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has signed into law a $1.1 trillion bill that increases the budgets in many areas of the government by about 10 percent, including health, law enforcement and veterans' programs.

US sees Iran edging closer to nuclear arms knowhow (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:55 PM PST AP - Behind the U.S. drive for harsh new sanctions on Iran is growing concern that the Iranians are acquiring the know-how to build a nuclear weapon. The latest worry is a purported Iranian secret document that lays out a plan for developing a critical component of an atomic bomb.

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