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• LaHood's Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety (AP)
• Obama close to health law success that eluded past (AP)
• Obama to Iranians: We want brighter future for you (AP)
• Conservative Party backs ex-Rep. Lazio for NY gov (AP)
• Top Senate Dem says he has votes for health bill (AP)
• Bernanke: Keep Fed as watchdog of small US banks (AP)
• Former press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson dies (AP)
• Obama order: Bring advance teams home from Asia (AP)
• Raucous, ugly build-up to House health care vote (AP)
• Obama tells Congress: Act soon on financial reform (AP)
• Black support high for Obama's race-neutral stance (AP)
• SUNSHINE WEEK: Q&A with the open records ombudsman (AP)
• Obama says historic health plan will pass (AFP)
• Obama to Democrats: Back health bill for Americans (AP)
• Obama encourages House Dems on health care bill (AP)
• Democrat says Medicare dispute resolved (AP)
• Democrats say they have votes to pass healthcare (Reuters)
• Dems to hold straight vote on health care (AP)

LaHood's Japan trip to focus on Toyota safety (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he'll go to Japan this summer for talks with Toyota executives about the sudden acceleration problem plaguing some Toyotas.

Obama close to health law success that eluded past (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:10 AM PDT AP - Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near.

Obama to Iranians: We want brighter future for you (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 09:11 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama told Iranians in an online video message that the U.S. wants more educational and cultural exchanges, and lamented that Tehran's leaders have "turned their backs" on good faith overtures in the past to expand opportunities for their people.

Conservative Party backs ex-Rep. Lazio for NY gov (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:40 PM PDT AP - Leaders of the state Conservative Party are giving their critical backing for governor to former Rep. Rick Lazio (LA'-zee-oh).

Top Senate Dem says he has votes for health bill (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:59 PM PDT AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he has enough votes to push changes in the health care overhaul bill through the Senate.

Bernanke: Keep Fed as watchdog of small US banks (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 07:34 AM PDT AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a fresh pitch Saturday to retain oversight of small banks, contending that what the Fed learns from that role helps it assess the overall health of the entire U.S. financial system.

Former press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson dies (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - Liz Carpenter, an author and former press secretary to first lady Lady Bird Johnson, died Saturday at an Austin hospital after contracting pneumonia earlier in the week, said her daughter, Christy Carpenter. Carpenter was 89.

Obama order: Bring advance teams home from Asia (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 10:27 AM PDT AP - Rooms were booked, limousines waiting, snipers staking out positions. Then President Barack Obama ditched plans to visit Guam, Indonesia and Australia — health care trumping Asia, an expected House vote Sunday grounding Air Force One's planned departure that day.

Raucous, ugly build-up to House health care vote (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 04:22 PM PDT AP - House Democrats heard it all Saturday — words of inspiration from President Barack Obama and raucous chants of protests from demonstrators. And at times it was flat-out ugly, including some racial epithets aimed at black members of Congress.

Obama tells Congress: Act soon on financial reform (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:32 PM PDT AP - The U.S. needs major changes to its financial system so consumers are better protected, banks fortified and the economy safeguarded from sliding into another Depression, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

Black support high for Obama's race-neutral stance (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 02:46 PM PDT AP - In this banking center walloped by the Great Recession, where unemployment just hit a 20-year high and as many as one in three black people are out of work, blacks could easily be frustrated with President Barack Obama's insistence that a rising economic tide for all will lift African-American boats.

SUNSHINE WEEK: Q&A with the open records ombudsman (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - As part of Sunshine Week, when news organizations highlight the importance of government openness, the nation's new Freedom of Information Act ombudsman, Miriam Nisbet, took part in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.

Obama says historic health plan will pass (AFP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 02:02 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama led Democrats in a triumphant, fist-pumping rally Saturday and confidently predicted Congress would rise to a century-old challenge and pass his health care overhaul.

Obama to Democrats: Back health bill for Americans (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 01:27 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says House Democrats should vote Sunday for a massive health care bill to help Americans. But he says it will also end up being good politics.

Obama encourages House Dems on health care bill (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:53 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is encouraging House Democrats to finish work on his health care overhaul bill and has told them, "We're going to get this done."

Democrat says Medicare dispute resolved (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:39 PM PDT AP - A group of lawmakers had threatened to oppose President Barack Obama's health overhaul bill because of a dispute over Medicare payments to some doctors and hospitals.

Democrats say they have votes to pass healthcare (Reuters) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 03:41 PM PDT Reuters - Democrats in the House of Representatives said on Saturday they had secured enough support to pass a sweeping healthcare overhaul and would dump a controversial plan to avoid a direct vote on the Senate bill.

Dems to hold straight vote on health care (AP) Posted: 20 Mar 2010 11:42 AM PDT AP - House Democratic leaders will have a straight up-or-down vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

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