Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Democrats pull back on health care bill (AP)
• Officials say stimulus bill to cost $75B more (AP)
• CBO: Federal deficit projected at $1.35T (AP)
• Obama's speech to tout plans to energize economy (AP)
• McCain turns up heat on Hayworth (Politico)
• Clinton: Critics of US Haiti relief misguided (AP)
• Tea Partiers shaking up races across country (AP)
• US redefines Yemen strategy (AP)
• Clinton: Nigeria failing to curb extremism (AP)
• Obama to announce plan to respond to bioterrorism (AP)
• Deficit report highlights Obama's challenge (Reuters)
• US commends high turnout in Sri Lanka (AFP)
• AP source: Obama to freeze top officials' pay (AP)
• Obama to freeze salaries of top White House officials (Reuters)
• Obama heads to NH next week (AP)
• Obama to emphasize jobs, economy in State of the Union (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Business urges Obama resist Iran sanctions bill (Reuters)
• Analysis: Deficit-cutting vows not matched by acts (AP)
• PROMISES, PROMISES: Skepticism on Obama tax credit (AP)
• IRS requires firms to report iffy tax breaks (AP)

Democrats pull back on health care bill (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - Democrats retreated Tuesday from a quick push to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, lacking a workable strategy to salvage the sweeping legislation that has consumed Congress for more than a year.

Officials say stimulus bill to cost $75B more (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - Last year's $787 billion economic stimulus bill is going to be even more expensive — $75 billion more.

CBO: Federal deficit projected at $1.35T (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST AP - The Senate on Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to create a bipartisan task force to tackle the federal deficit this year, despite glaring new figures showing the enormity of the red-ink threat.

Obama's speech to tout plans to energize economy (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 05:30 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will try to pivot past rocky times for the nation and himself Wednesday night in his first State of the Union address, offering a skeptical public repackaged plans to energize the economy, stem a tide of red ink and strengthen anti-terror defenses.

McCain turns up heat on Hayworth (Politico) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:45 AM PST Politico - One year after seeing his presidential ambitions extinguished in an overwhelming defeat, Arizona Sen. John McCain is launching a scorched-earth campaign aimed at incinerating a reelection challenge from J.D. Hayworth, the conservative former Arizona congressman and radio talk show host.

Clinton: Critics of US Haiti relief misguided (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:43 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday she resents criticism of the U.S. effort to help stricken Haiti and pledged to redouble efforts to help survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

Tea Partiers shaking up races across country (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:03 PM PST AP - A once-dismissed loose confederation of Tea Party activists opposed to big government, bailouts and higher taxes is causing heartburn for establishment candidates across the country.

US redefines Yemen strategy (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST AP - The terror incubator in Yemen, birthplace of the Christmas Day airliner attack, is forcing the United States and allies to pour millions of dollars into a shaky government that officials suspect won't spend the money wisely and isn't fully committed to the battle against al-Qaida.

Clinton: Nigeria failing to curb extremism (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:19 AM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Nigeria on Tuesday for corruption and poor living standards that she said encourage the sort of extremism typified by the attempted bombing of an American airliner.

Obama to announce plan to respond to bioterrorism (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:05 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to unveil a new plan for a better and quicker response to bioterrorism threats and attacks, the White House said Tuesday.

Deficit report highlights Obama's challenge (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 04:34 PM PST Reuters - The U.S. budget outlook is "daunting," with deficits stuck at levels not seen since World War Two, congressional forecasters said on Tuesday in a report that lays out the challenge facing President Barack Obama as he seeks to boost the economy while cutting spending.

US commends high turnout in Sri Lanka (AFP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST AFP - The United States on Tuesday commended Sri Lanka on the high turnout in its first post-war presidential election amid a brewing dispute over the opposition candidate's legitimacy.

AP source: Obama to freeze top officials' pay (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:46 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama plans to freeze the salaries of his top aides at the White House and appointees across his government.

Obama to freeze salaries of top White House officials (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:38 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama is to freeze salaries of senior White House officials and other top political appointees, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

Obama heads to NH next week (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama plans to visit New Hampshire next week to sell policy proposals he's including in Wednesday's State of the Union address.

Obama to emphasize jobs, economy in State of the Union (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The Barack Obama who'll deliver the State of the Union address Wednesday night faces a grimmer, more dubious audience than the popular new president who was riding high when he first addressed Congress last February did.

Business urges Obama resist Iran sanctions bill (Reuters) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:32 PM PST Reuters - U.S. business groups warned the White House on Tuesday that congressional plans to expand U.S. sanctions on Iran threaten to significantly undermine U.S. economic and security interests.

Analysis: Deficit-cutting vows not matched by acts (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:46 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama and Congress want to have it both ways.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Skepticism on Obama tax credit (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 02:15 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's push to create jobs includes a new tax credit for small businesses that add employees, an idea that fell flat in Congress last year and continues to have skeptics this year.

IRS requires firms to report iffy tax breaks (AP) Posted: 26 Jan 2010 01:57 PM PST AP - The Internal Revenue Service plans to start requiring large corporations to disclose on their tax returns whether they are taking tax breaks that might be unacceptable to the IRS.

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