2009年12月17日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Elections

Health care bill in balance without Nelson's vote (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:45 PM PST

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., talks to reporters after voting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - A year in the making, sweeping health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama hung in the balance Thursday as conservative Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson withheld his vote in pursuit of stricter abortion limits and liberals grew restive on the left.

Obama heads to high-risk, uncertain climate talks (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:42 PM PST

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009, on his way to Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - With global climate change talks at a critical juncture, President Barack Obama flew to Copenhagen on Thursday to join more than 110 other world leaders looking to push an interim agreement across the finish line.

Obama, Medvedev to meet on nuclear weapons talks (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:24 PM PST

AP - Negotiations with Russia to replace an expired Cold War-era arms control treaty have bogged down and now appear unlikely to be concluded by the end of the year as the White House had hoped.

Olbermann joins call to kill bill (Politico)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST

Politico - Keith Olbermann became the latest progressive icon to voice opposition for the Senate health care reform bill on Wednesday.

Reliance on contractors sparks oversight concerns (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 02:15 PM PST

AP - The growing number of contractors in Afghanistan is outpacing the ability to oversee them, raising concerns that the waste and fraud that marred the U.S. mission in Iraq will be repeated, lawmakers said Thursday.

AP Interview: SC senator stumps for climate change (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:42 PM PST

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., gestures during an interview in his Capitol Hill office on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Sen. Lindsey Graham makes an unlikely champion for action on climate change.

Turns out, sunshine states really are happiest (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST

AP - People in sunny, outdoorsy states — Louisiana, Hawaii, Florida — say they're the happiest Americans, and researchers think they know why. A new study comparing self-described pleasant feelings with objective measures of good living found these folks generally have reason to feel fine.

More vaccine has US urging swine flu shots for all (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:46 AM PST

A nurse prepares a swine flu vaccine at a local health center, as the government encouraged the public to receive the inoculation in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - A flu shot for the holidays?

GOP: Obama can't act on climate without Congress (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:07 AM PST

Nancy Pelosi, left, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, joins a briefing with U.S. majority leader Steny Hoyer at the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States is prepared to join other rich countries in raising $100 billion in yearly climate financing for poor countries by 2020. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Republican lawmakers are telling President Barack Obama that he needs Congress to deliver on any commitments he makes to reduce global warming gases.

Obama heads to Copenhagen, sees progress with China (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:54 PM PST

A Greenpeace activist wearing a mask to represent U.S. President Barack Obama takes part in a protest against U.S. policies on climate change in front of the U.S. embassy in Mexico City December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Eliana AponteReuters - The United States is making progress with China on outstanding issues overshadowing U.N. climate talks but cannot say whether a deal will result after President Barack Obama arrives in Copenhagen, officials said.

Pentagon: Insurgents intercepted drone spy videos (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force)AP - Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have intercepted live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military's eyes in the sky for surveillance and intelligence collection.

Republican leader: Don't bet on Gitmo transfers (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:34 PM PST

Reuters - Congress will probably be able to stop the Obama administration from bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to U.S. soil, the Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday.

Unions frustrated with Senate health care bill (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:13 PM PST

AP - Politically powerful labor unions Thursday panned the Senate health care bill praised by President Barack Obama, but stopped short of calling for its demise, saying they hope lawmakers will ultimately improve it.

Obama Democrats will pay for 'garbage' laws: Republican (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:12 PM PST

US House Minority Leader John Boehner speaks during a news conference December 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Boehner took aim at Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remark Wednesday that she was AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will pay in November 2010 mid-term elections for the "garbage" legislation they pushed through the US Congress, a top Republican lawmaker warned Thursday.

Obama foes warn he can't bind US on climate (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 01:04 PM PST

Sen. Jon Kyl (2nd L) speaks during a news conference by Republican Senators to highlight the Obama administration's AFP - Republican US lawmakers sharply assailed President Barack Obama's approach to climate change on Thursday, warning that Congress could derail any treaty pledges he makes at global talks in Denmark.

FEC Opens Scrutiny of Nonprofit Rules (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 12:19 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - The Federal Election Commission announced that it is taking suggestions on how it should rewrite its regulations that limit how nonprofits can raise and spend money.

Monica's back – says Clinton lied (Politico)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:30 AM PST

Politico - In the years since their bitter battle, both former President Bill Clinton and independent counsel Ken Starr have predicted they’d be vindicated in the history books.

Ohio's Traficant contemplates return to Congress (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:22 AM PST

FILE - In this April 11, 2002 file photo, U.S. Rep. James Traficant Jr. arrives at the federal courthouse in Cleveland to hear the verdict in his bribery and corruption trial. Traficant, who was elected to nine terms as a Democrat from Youngstown, said he may try to return to Congress Thursday Dec. 17, 2009. Traficant was released in September 2009 after serving time for racketeering, bribery, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)AP - Former Rep. James Traficant, who was recently released from prison after serving seven years for corruption, said Thursday that he is "proud of being an ex-con" and may try to return to Congress.

Obama faces healthcare insurrection from left flank (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:47 AM PST

President Barack Obama is seen with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the Oval Office before Obama departs the White House in Washington for the climate conference in Copenhagen, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Reuters - The White House worked on Thursday to tamp down an insurrection from some of President Barack Obama's liberal backers who feel he has been too willing to compromise away their priorities on a healthcare overhaul.

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