Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Democrats put health care bill on brink of passage (AP)
• Abortion looms as possible block to health bill (AP)
• Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011 (AP)
• US anti-drug effort in Afghanistan criticized (AP)
• Senators talk much but vote little (Politico)
• Geithner: Job growth should resume by springtime (AP)
• Obama: climate change disappointment justified (AP)
• Dodd, Shelby voice optimism on banking regulations (AP)
• Judge allows wild horse roundup in Nevada (AP)
• Ex-President Carter offers apology to Jews (AP)
• Obama says disappointment at Copenhagen justified (Reuters)
• Mental exam ordered in first lady threatening case (AP)
• Obama vents frustration at Senate delays (AP)
• Senate health bill clears final hurdle (Reuters)
• New Mix in Reapportionment Estimates (CQPolitics.com)
• Long hours not bad for senators (AP)
• McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch (Politico)
• US criticizes Sudan parliament on referendum law (AP)
• US blasts trial of Chinese dissident (AP)
• Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (AFP)

Democrats put health care bill on brink of passage (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST AP - Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage Wednesday, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama's call to remake the nation's health care system.

Abortion looms as possible block to health bill (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:49 PM PST AP - The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.

Guantanamo prison may have to stay open until 2011 (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:47 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's commitment to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by next month may be delayed until 2011 because it will take months for the government to buy an Illinois prison and upgrade it to hold suspected terrorists.

US anti-drug effort in Afghanistan criticized (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:16 PM PST AP - The State Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday criticized the agency's nearly $2 billion anti-drug effort in Afghanistan for poor oversight and lack of a long-term strategy.

Senators talk much but vote little (Politico) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:49 AM PST Politico - Exhausted senators are eager to go home for the holidays and get as far away from Washington as possible.

Geithner: Job growth should resume by springtime (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:57 AM PST AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he believes it's reasonable to expect "positive job growth" by spring and that people should have confidence about an improving economic climate.

Obama: climate change disappointment justified (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:50 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says the public is justified in its disappointment with the outcome of the United Nations climate change summit.

Dodd, Shelby voice optimism on banking regulations (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 01:51 PM PST AP - The top Senate Democrat and Republican negotiating new Wall Street regulation said Wednesday they expect to resolve their differences before the end of January, an optimistic outlook for a bill that had seemed mired in partisan conflicts.

Judge allows wild horse roundup in Nevada (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:49 PM PST AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it is going forward with a contentious plan to round up about 2,500 wild horses in Nevada.

Ex-President Carter offers apology to Jews (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:54 PM PST AP - Former President Jimmy Carter apologized for any words or deeds that may have upset the Jewish community in an open letter meant to improve an often-tense relationship.

Obama says disappointment at Copenhagen justified (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 04:59 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that disappointment over the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change summit was justified, hardening a widespread verdict that the conference had been a failure.

Mental exam ordered in first lady threatening case (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:55 PM PST AP - A mental competency examination has been ordered for a woman accused of threatening to kill first lady Michelle Obama.

Obama vents frustration at Senate delays (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 03:19 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed frustration with the way the Senate does business, saying the use of delaying tactics there harms the nation's ability to "deal with big problems in a very competitive world."

Senate health bill clears final hurdle (Reuters) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:42 PM PST Reuters - Senate Democrats cleared the last 60-vote hurdle on U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Wednesday, virtually ensuring final passage of its version of the biggest health policy changes in four decades.

New Mix in Reapportionment Estimates (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:33 PM PST CQPolitics.com - A total of 10 seats would shift among 17 states if the reapportionment of the U.S. House were held today, according to an analysis by the Virginia-based consulting firm Election Data Services (EDS). That analysis is based on estimates of each state's population on July 1, 2009, that were released early Wednesday by the Census Bureau.

Long hours not bad for senators (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:26 PM PST AP - Yes, they've been in session every day for a month. They're sick of Christmas cookies and each other. But don't feel bad for the senators stuck working overtime. They're dining on catered food in gilded suites and cloak rooms. They're recording video tributes and poetry. And they're outta here earlier Christmas Eve morning than had been anticipated.

McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch (Politico) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 02:03 PM PST Politico - Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who is not ruling out such a move.

US criticizes Sudan parliament on referendum law (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:37 PM PST AP - The United States is worried that a peace agreement between Northern and Southern Sudan could be jeopardized by a law passed by Sudan's parliament.

US blasts trial of Chinese dissident (AP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 12:32 PM PST AP - The United States is sharply criticizing China's trial of a prominent Chinese dissident as being "uncharacteristic of a great country."

Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 23 Dec 2009 11:42 AM PST AFP - A pre-Christmas attack on a church killed two people in the Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday while a Sunni Arab candidate died in a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls.

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