Yahoo! News: Elections

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• AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now (AP)
• Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP)
• Informant says WikiLeaks suspect had civilian help (AP)
• Obama says he'll call GOP's bluff on deficit talk (AP)
• Michigan voters search for economic savior (AP)
• Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign (AP)
• When Double Dippers become economic party poopers (AP)
• California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial (AP)
• GOP's Rand Paul softens rhetoric in Ky. Senate bid (AP)
• Obama warns U.S. not to "demagogue" immigration (Reuters)
• Obama: Republicans holding small businesses "hostage" (Reuters)
• Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP)
• Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill (AP)
• Obama hopes Rep. Rangel can leave "with dignity" (Reuters)
• House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate (AP)
• Obama visits spy museum (AP)
• Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP)
• Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP)
• Key Florida campaign-finance provision blocked by federal court (The Christian Science Monitor)

AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:41 PM PDT AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico — with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface — when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.

Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:23 PM PDT AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.

Informant says WikiLeaks suspect had civilian help (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 03:11 PM PDT AP - An Army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case said Saturday.

Obama says he'll call GOP's bluff on deficit talk (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:03 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has a warning for Republicans who denounce the federal deficit but reject proposals to cut it.

Michigan voters search for economic savior (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 03:23 PM PDT AP - Michigan voters frustrated over lost jobs, home foreclosures and budget deficits will vote in Tuesday's primary election for leaders they hope can move the state out of its economic morass.

Obama: Rangel case troubling; some Dems say resign (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 10:59 AM PDT AP - Rep. Charlie Rangel is getting sympathy from some fellow Democrats but scant support from others as he faces trial on several ethics charges.

When Double Dippers become economic party poopers (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:11 AM PDT AP - They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery.

California Rep. Waters may face fall ethics trial (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 05:27 AM PDT AP - A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority.

GOP's Rand Paul softens rhetoric in Ky. Senate bid (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 07:59 AM PDT AP - A tea party success story in search of a statewide triumph, Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul volunteers that he's spent two decades "popping off" about one issue or another. Not quite so much now, though.

Obama warns U.S. not to "demagogue" immigration (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 01:36 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama warned U.S. leaders not to use the divisive issue of illegal immigration as a way to gain power and name recognition in an interview with CBS television released on Saturday.

Obama: Republicans holding small businesses "hostage" (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:53 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday accused Republicans of holding American small businesses "hostage to politics" after Republican senators refused to back a $30 billion small-business lending package.

Paperwork nightmare: A struggle to fix new law (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:45 AM PDT AP - Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses.

Obama blames GOP on small business lending bill (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 08:44 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is going after Senate Republicans who have stymied his proposal to create a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending for credit-starved small businesses.

Obama hopes Rep. Rangel can leave "with dignity" (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama called ethics charges against Representative Charles Rangel "very troubling" on Friday and said he hoped the lawmaker could end his career "with dignity."

House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate (AP) Posted: 31 Jul 2010 12:42 AM PDT AP - The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer recess.

Obama visits spy museum (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 11:45 PM PDT AP - It's hard to travel incognito when you're the president — even on a mission to a spy museum.

Agency weighs skirting Congress on immigration (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 06:30 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration, unable to push an immigration overhaul through Congress, is considering ways it could go around lawmakers to let undocumented immigrants stay in the United States, according to an agency memo.

Kan. Senate race turns nasty as GOP seeks fighter (AP) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - The big issue in Kansas' U.S. Senate race is which of two veteran Republican congressmen will fight hardest — and loudest — against President Barack Obama's agenda.

Key Florida campaign-finance provision blocked by federal court (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 30 Jul 2010 04:25 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A federal appeals court in Atlanta has blocked Florida election officials from providing potentially millions of dollars from the state’s campaign finance system to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum in his race against multimillionaire challenger Rick Scott.

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