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Yahoo! News: Elections


Fed chief Bernanke wins 2nd term in closest vote (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke meets with Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., not shown, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke won confirmation for a second term Thursday, but only by the closest vote ever for the crucial post and after withering criticism from lawmakers for bailing out Wall Street while other Americans suffered in recession.


Senate Dem: Health care bill 'on life support' (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:52 PM PST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, January 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - President Barack Obama's health care appeal failed to break the congressional gridlock Thursday, dimming hopes for millions of uninsured Americans. Democrats stared down a political nightmare — getting clobbered for voting last year for ambitious, politically risky bills, yet having nothing to show for it in November.


Obama picked odd time and place to jab high court (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:05 PM PST

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, left, and Sonia Sotomayor, center, are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, prior to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address . (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - An unusual piece of theater that unfolded in the blink of an eye at the State of the Union speech raises questions:


Obama pleads for civility, cooperation in politics (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:07 PM PST

President Barack Obama smiles during a town hall style meeting at the University of Tampa's Bob Martinez Sports Center in Tampa, Fla., the day after his State of the Union speech, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Trying to bury a year of polarization, President Barack Obama on Thursday escalated his appeal for politicians and voters alike to settle differences without tearing each other apart. His plea: "Let's start thinking of each other as Americans first."


Pols in paradise: RNC in Hawaii (Politico)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:32 AM PST

FILE - This May 15, 2009, file photo shows Waikiki in Honolulu.  168 Republican National Committee delegates are scheduled to arrive Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at Waikiki, one of Hawaii's most prominent beachfront resorts, for a RNC winter meeting.  For years the RNC sidestepped requests by its Hawaii members to bring its winter meeting to a warm climate.  (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)Politico - HONOLULU — Republicans delight in depicting President Barack Obama as hopelessly out of touch with average Americans, but the decision by the Republican National Committee to hold its winter meeting at a tropical resort is turning the accusation on its head.


Senate permits gov't to borrow an additional $1.9T (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST

From left, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - The Senate voted Thursday to allow the government to go a whopping $1.9 trillion deeper in debt, offering a vivid election-year reminder that the government has to borrow 40 cents of every dollar it spends.


SPIN METER: US jobs picture mixed for rail grants (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 01:02 PM PST

FILE - In this March 26, 2007 file photo, the new high speed train motor unit and coaches that will open the way for the first commercial high speed link through the LGV East railway line, enters a railway depot in Pantin, northeast of Paris. High-speed rail projects in California, Florida and Illinois are among the big winners of $8 billion in grants to be announced Thursday by the White House — the start of what some Democrats tout as a national rail-building program that could rival the interstate highways begun in the Eisenhower era. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)AP - President Barack Obama is pitching his $8 billion high-speed rail program to Americans as a jobs generator that will revitalize the domestic rail industry. But the full picture is more complicated.


Can Obama get any other Democrats elected? (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama rolls up his shirt sleeves at a town hall style meeting at the University of Tampa's Bob Martinez Sports Center in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Barack Obama built a powerful campaign organization and got himself to the White House. Now, as head of the Democratic Party, he's expected to get other Democrats into office, too. But, judging by his one-year track record, he's not getting it done.


Pentagon to propose way forward on gay ban (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:52 PM PST

President Barack Obama waves as he exits Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Edmund Fountain, Pool)AP - The Defense Department next week will propose for the first time a "way forward" on lifting the military's ban on gays from serving openly, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said Thursday.


Obama defends Israel, says he wants Mideast peace (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 11:14 AM PST

President Barack Obama waves goodbye at the end of his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungAP - President Barack Obama says he's working to get the Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks.


Obama's latest speech seen by 48 million Americans (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 04:15 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama's television ratings may be the latest indication that his popularity is slipping, despite his move to push job creation to the top of his policy agenda.

Senate OKs sanctions on Iran's fuel suppliers (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:58 PM PST

Reuters - The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would let President Barack Obama impose sanctions on Iran's gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran's elites, a move aimed at pressuring Tehran to give up its nuclear program.

Pentagon to detail new "don't ask, don't tell" steps (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:33 PM PST

Reuters - The Pentagon will unveil initial steps next week to lay the ground for an eventual repeal of its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which permits gays to serve in uniform as long they hide their sexual orientation, officials said on Thursday.

U.S. embraces Copenhagen pact, Senators rework bill (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:31 PM PST

U.S. Senator John Kerry arrives for a news conference during the UN Climate Change Conference COP15 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Scanpix/Henning BaggerReuters - The Obama Administration formally embraced the Copenhagen Accord on global warming on Thursday, a day after the president urged a fractious U.S. Congress to get to work on comprehensive legislation to stem the nation's emissions.


Voters say Obama's speech a call to lawmakers (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:20 PM PST

Al Melquist cuddles his daughter Madison, 9, at their home in Las Vegas on Wednesday, January, 27, 2009. Madison suffers from a liver disease known as Biliary Atresia and is awaiting a liver transplant. When Melquist voted for Barack Obama in 2008, the unemployed software engineer was drawn to the politician's charisma and promise of solutions for the nation's economic woes and wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the time since, Melquist has given up looking for work. The house in Las Vegas where he lived sits empty and bank-owned after his landlord didn't make mortgage payments for 13 months.  (AP Photo/Laura Rauch)AP - President Barack Obama's intense focus on jobs in his first State of the Union speech hit close to home for the millions of Americans who are in a bad mood over their financial distress a year into his term.


2 lawmakers drop out of Tea Party Convention (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:59 PM PST

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks during a news conference unveiling the Republican's Declaration of Health Care Independence ahead of the State of the Union on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - A planned convention of Tea Party activists lost two prominent speakers Thursday, the latest sign of disagreement over how best to showcase the movement's growing political force.


Obama urges nervous Dems to fight for his agenda (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 03:26 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks at a town hall style meeting at the University of Tampa's Bob Martinez Sports Center in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President Barack Obama voiced determination Thursday to change the tone of Washington politics and urged Republicans to get "off the sidelines" and help fix health care and other problems.


Chris Matthews on Obama: 'I forgot he was black' (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:18 PM PST

President Barack Obama gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, after delivering his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - MSNBC's Chris Matthews says President Barack Obama has done so much to heal racial divisions that he "forgot he was black" while watching his State of the Union address.


Matthews' remark exposes complexity of 'transcending race' (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST

President Barack Obama smiles during a town hall style meeting at the University of Tampa's Bob Martinez Sports Center in Tampa, Fla., the day after his State of the Union speech, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Five little words â€" "I forgot he was black" â€" have exposed a contradiction in the idea of a post-racial nation.


Iran hangs two in wake of election unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 02:06 PM PST

Supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi attend a rally in Tehran June 18, 2009. REUTERS/via Your ViewReuters - Iran hanged two men convicted in the wake of the unrest that erupted after last year's disputed election, as a top opposition figure predicted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be ousted before the end of his term.


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