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• Obama to appeal for revived health care support (AP)
• Obama tries to salvage health care bill (AP)
• Senate Democrats press smaller jobs legislation (AP)
• GOP leaders reject litmus test for party backing (AP)
• Obama's SOTU hurdles (Politico)
• GOP narrows request for White House documents (AP)
• Officials: US readies new Iran sanctions at UN (AP)
• Democrats vow to resurrect health care bill (AP)
• Republicans say nation can't afford Dem policies (AP)
• Geithner draws fire defending Fed on AIG bailout (AP)
• Obama will vow not to "walk away" from health reform (Reuters)
• A by-the-numbers look at Obama's time in office (AP)
• Pelosi says spending freeze should apply to defense (Reuters)
• Obama: 'Strict limits' needed on lobbyists (AP)
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• Obama to seek repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" (Reuters)
• Obama to seek up to $4B in new education spending (AP)
• Pelosi cool to Obama's freeze plan (Politico)
• Backroom health care deals fuel voter anger (AP)
• U.S., Russia close to nuclear deal: report (Reuters)

Obama to appeal for revived health care support (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:04 PM PST AP - Hoping to rescue his prized health care overhaul and revive his presidency as well, Barack Obama appealed in his State of the Union address for support for the plan that is in severe danger in Congress, urging dispirited Democrats not to abandon the effort.

Obama tries to salvage health care bill (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama had hoped a historic victory on health care would be the centerpiece of his State of the Union speech Wednesday. Instead, he appealed to jittery Democrats to save what was once his top domestic initiative, now stalled in Congress.

Senate Democrats press smaller jobs legislation (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:27 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's allies in the Senate acknowledge they can't pass an $83 billion jobs package. Instead, they're making plans to advance a small, first piece of his jobs agenda next month: a tax credit for new hires.

GOP leaders reject litmus test for party backing (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - State Republican Party leaders voted Wednesday to oppose requiring GOP candidates across the country to adhere to certain policy views if they want campaign assistance.

Obama's SOTU hurdles (Politico) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST Politico - President Barack Obama has a big opportunity tonight to get his presidency back on track.

GOP narrows request for White House documents (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:19 PM PST AP - House Democrats on Wednesday headed off a wide-ranging request by Republicans for documents on private meetings that White House officials had last year with doctors and other medical providers as health care legislation was being prepared.

Officials: US readies new Iran sanctions at UN (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:26 PM PST AP - The Obama administration is preparing to circulate proposed tough new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as early as this week at the United Nations, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Democrats vow to resurrect health care bill (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:11 PM PST AP - Giving up on overhauling the nation's health care system is not an option, the top House Democrat said Wednesday as lawmakers looked to President Barack Obama for guidance in his State of the Union address on how to revive the stalled legislation.

Republicans say nation can't afford Dem policies (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:11 PM PST AP - The nation cannot afford the spending Democrats have enacted or the tax increases they propose, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Wednesday in the Republican response to the State of the Union address.

Geithner draws fire defending Fed on AIG bailout (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:42 PM PST AP - Democrats and Republicans alike pummeled Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday over his role in the $180 billion bailout of insurance giant AIG Inc., venting public anger over Wall Street's return to prosperity while unemployment stands at 10 percent.

Obama will vow not to "walk away" from health reform (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 05:12 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will pledge on Wednesday not to give up on his push to overhaul the healthcare system, striking a defiant note in a speech to Americans after his worst political setback since taking office.

A by-the-numbers look at Obama's time in office (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:49 PM PST AP - Highlights of Obama's first year, by the numbers:

Pelosi says spending freeze should apply to defense (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:31 PM PST Reuters - Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi broke ranks with President Barack Obama on Wednesday and said his proposed spending freeze on domestic programs should also cover defense expenditures.

Obama: 'Strict limits' needed on lobbyists (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:23 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is calling for "strict limits" on lobbyists' contact with his administration and on their contributions to federal candidates.

(AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 04:13 PM PST AP - Obama says he's never been more hopeful about United States' future, cites American spirit.

Obama to seek repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will call for the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward homosexuals in his State of the Union address on Wednesday, an Obama administration official said.

Obama to seek up to $4B in new education spending (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama will ask Congress to boost federal spending on education by as much as $4 billion in the coming 2011 budget year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Wednesday.

Pelosi cool to Obama's freeze plan (Politico) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:39 PM PST Politico - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that defense spending shouldn't be exempt from President Barack Obama's proposal for a three-year freeze on federal spending.

Backroom health care deals fuel voter anger (AP) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST AP - Special legislative favors, especially one designed to secure a Nebraska senator's vote for the embattled health care package, ignited so much public outrage that President Barack Obama is calling them a mistake and House leaders say the bill can't be resurrected unless such sweetheart deals are scrapped.

U.S., Russia close to nuclear deal: report (Reuters) Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:36 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed in a telephone call on Wednesday that both countries were close to a new nuclear arms reduction treaty, the White House said.

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